Senior Counsel
T: 972-934-9100 F: 972-934-9200 tjohnson@feesmith.com
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PRACTICE AREAS
Personal Injury
Products Liability
Oil and Gas/Offshore Injuries
Transportation
Government
Insurance
EDUCATION
J.D., Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1989
B.A., Economics, Tulane University, 1986
BAR ADMISSIONS
State Bar of Texas
Louisiana State Bar Association
COURT ADMISSIONS
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court
of Appeal
U.S. District Courts for Texas and Louisiana
Tracy is a trial lawyer with over 150 jury trials. He has represented individuals, corporations, government entities, and small business associations in his 30-year career as both plaintiffs and defendants in matters in Texas, Louisiana, California, New York, New Jersey, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and even in the Royal Courts of London, Austria, and the Island of Nevis. An excellent courtroom advocate, Tracy uses his experience to advise and counsel clients concerning the pitfalls of litigation and both managing and avoiding risks that lead to litigation, including drafting and revising Master Service Agreements, Corporate Policies and Guidelines, Employee Guidelines, and determining appropriate insurance coverage.
Representative Matters
Jedediah Higginbotham v. Drake Towing, L.L.C., et al.: Cause No. 2:15-CV-0898; In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (2015) (Dismissal for lack of Admiralty jurisdiction for alleged injury on a fixed platform in Louisiana territorial waters).
Mark Hilton v. Kirby Inland Maine, C.P., et al.: Cause No. 1:15-CV-0093; In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division (2016); affirmed sub nom, No.16-40823 (5th Cir. 2017) (Summary judgment obtained for an alleged maritime injury).
Hanover Insurance Co. v. Plaquemines Parish Government: Cause No. 12-1680; In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (2015) (Construction defect claims for a Parish owned building).
Bristow Helicopters and others v. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and others: Cause No. [2004] All ERCDJ 112(Mar); In the Royal Courts of Justice, Commercial Court, London (2004)(Wrongful death claims involving a helicopter crash on a platform in the North Sea).
Estate of Daniel Bradford v. Ross School of Veterinary Medicine, et al.: Cause No. L-406-06; In the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Middlesex County (2008) (Wrongful death claim for an accident on the island of Nevis).
Isle Breuss, et al. v. Euram, Inc.: Cause No. 13-9077; In the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana (2010) (Wrongful death claim involving an airplane crash in Innsbruck, Austria).
Kelly Battaglia v . Dowcopy-Cempex, Inc.: Cause No. 98-20605 (5th Cir. 2000) (Pregnancy discrimination claim in Houston, Texas).
Erica Christmas, et al. v. Centex Television L.P., et al.: Cause No. 07-50878 (5th Cir. 2007) (Wrongful death claim involving a helicopter tower strike in Waco, Texas).
Clint Miller, et al. v. Sonat Exploration Co.: 126 S.W.3d 106 (Tex. App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2003) (Wrongful death claims from an oil well explosion in Louisiana).
National Security Fire & Casualty Company, et al. v Ozier Hurst: 629 S.W.3d 143 (Tex. 2019) (First party insurance claim from Hurricane Ike).
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