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Adrian Senyszyn
Adrian Senyszyn is a principal at Germer PLLC, and he practices in the areas of construction, cybersecurity, health care law, HIPAA, administrative law, and personal injury.
Alexis M. Filley
Alexis M. Filley is an attorney in the Austin office of Germer, where she focuses on health law, representing hospitals, physicians, and healthcare providers.
Benjamin Zinnecker
Ben Zinnecker was born and raised in Austin, Texas. He attended Texas A&M University, where he received a B.A. in Philosophy in 2005. In 2008, Ben earned his J.D. from Baylor University School of Law, where he enjoyed success in pretrial, mock trial, and moot court competitions.
C. Scott Mann, Jr.
C. Scott Mann, Jr. is a business lawyer with over 25 years of experience in representing developers, lenders and business enterprises in complex real estate transactions, business acquisitions, sales, and in advising clients on the formation,…
Carmen Jo Rejda-Ponce
Carmen Jo Rejda-Ponce (“CJ”) focuses on a broad range of labor and employment litigation, including, discrimination, harassment, hostile work environment, retaliation, disability accommodation, wage and hour laws, and unemployment benefits…
Chad J. Castille
Chad Castille is a Principal in the Houston office of Germer and concentrates his practice on complex civil litigation. Chad has tried more than a dozen cases before the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”).
Charles W. Goehringer, Jr.
Charles W. “Charlie” Goehringer, Jr. joined GERMER in 2001. Charlie graduated from Lamar University in Beaumont with a Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering degree in 1980. He received a Masters of Business Administration…
Chris A. Blackerby
Chris A. Blackerby is a successful trial lawyer with 30 years of experience in a wide range of matters focusing principally on product liability and personal injury litigation…
Chris Pearson
Chris Pearson is a principal at Germer in Austin, Texas. Chris is licensed to practice in Texas and Oklahoma and has over 35 years of experience as a trial attorney.
Christine Burkhart
Christine D. Burkhart is a principal in the San Antonio office. She has over 19 years of experience in civil litigation primarily focusing her practice on construction defect litigation, representing general contractors and subcontractors, premises liability, product liability and trucking/transportation matters.
Senior Trail Counsel
Antonio Ramirez
Antonio “Tony” Ramirez joins Germer’s Houston office after working for a national law firm, representing both private and public employers in employment matters of all types in state and federal courts.
Barbara Jordan
Prior to joining Germer in 2019, Barbara Jordan spent over twelve years serving as a prosecutor on behalf of Texas regulatory agencies, including the Texas Medical Board, Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, and State Board of Dental Examiners.
Chelsie Vaught
Chelsie Vaught is an Attorney in the Houston and Beaumont offices of Germer. Prior to joining the firm, she served as Associate Judge for the 246th District Court, and she has worked as an attorney handling complex litigation matters for nearly 20 years.
Eric Robertson
Eric Robertson was raised in Port Neches, Texas, before he moved away for school and work. He attended Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, for his undergraduate studies.
Hee Jin Chang
Hee Jin Chang is Senior Trial Counsel at Germer, where her practice focuses on civil litigation, with an emphasis on commercial disputes. Her experience includes representing clients in matters involving business torts…
Janice M. Byington
Janice M. Byington is a litigation attorney with over 24 years of experience. Her practice focuses on representing hospitals, physicians and a wide range of allied healthcare professionals in connection with health care liability claims, and professional licensing and regulatory matters.
Julie DeWeese Curtis
Julie DeWeese Curtis is a summa cum laude graduate of St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas where she received a Bachelor of Arts in English Writing and Rhetoric in 2009.
Juvie Cruz Cardenas
Juvie Cruz Cardenas is an experienced, efficient, and proactive attorney and legal strategist with over 15 years of civil litigation experience in Texas state and federal courts. She is Senior Trial Counsel at the firm’s Houston office and has…
Kelli B. Smith
Kelli B. Smith earned her Doctor of Jurisprudence degree, with honors, from the University of Texas School of Law in 1998. While attending law school, she was a Teaching Quizmaster, an associate editor of the Texas Journal of Women and The Law, and excelled in Moot Court competitions.
Laura O’Toole
Laura O’Toole was born and raised in Beaumont, Texas. She earned her law degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1991 and has practiced in Austin since 1994. Laura is the co-author of Betting Booze & Brothels, Vice, Corruption and Justice in Jefferson County, Texas from Spindletop to the 1960s published by…
Associates
Anna Seale
Anna Seale is originally from Jasper, Texas. Anna graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2021 from The University of Texas at Austin. She attended the University of Houston Law Center and graduated in 2024.
Callie Copeland
Callie Copeland is a native Houstonian who joined Germer’s Houston office as an attorney in 2023. She graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Arts in English, a minor in Business, and a Professional Writing Certificate.
Christen St.Denis
Christen St. Denis was born and raised in California. Following her graduation from the University of Washington, Christen moved to Austin, Texas in 2016.
Claire Walker
Claire Walker is currently an associate attorney in Germer’s Austin office, where she focuses on many areas of civil litigation.
Cristina Gadangi
Cristina Gadangi was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Cristina graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Development and earned her Doctor of Jurisprudence…
Daniela Jimenez
Daniela Jimenez earned her Bachelor of Science in Sport Management from Texas A&M University in 2019. She went on to graduate from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 2023.
Diego Snyder-Zuasnabar
Diego Snyder-Zuasnabar is an Associate Attorney at Germer PLLC in the Houston office. Born in Lima, Peru, he spent his childhood living in Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Peru before moving to Texas as a teenager to train at the John Newcombe Tennis Academy in New Braunfels.
Dylan Bass
Dylan Bass joined Germer’s Houston office as an attorney in 2025. Dylan earned his J.D. from South Texas College of Law and his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University.
Jesse Guadiana
Jesse Guadiana was born and raised in North Texas. Jesse graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Houston Law Center.
Of Counsel
G. David Barnett
G. David Barnett has over twenty-eight years of experience practicing law. He is licensed in Texas and Louisiana.
J. Stephen Dillawn
Steve Dillawn graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Chemical Engineering in 1979, and worked as a petroleum engineer until 1986. He received his law degree from the University of…
Joe Michael Dodson
Mike Dodson is an AV rated attorney by Martindale Hubbell, with over forty years of litigation experience. He is licensed to practice law in both Texas and Louisiana. He has a very well documented and public record of excellence in large and complex litigation.
Lansford Ireson
Lansford Ireson has thirty-four years of trial and litigation experience in state and federal courts across Texas. Areas include oil field accidents, trucking, products liability, and premise liability involving personal injury and property damage.
Paula H. Blazek
Paula H. Blazek, has been Board Certified in both Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1990 and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. An…
Roy A. Spezia
Roy A. Spezia has focused his practice in the area of products liability for over twenty years. Roy is regional counsel for an automobile manufacturer for all of its products liability matters in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. Additionally,…
Sandra C. Howard
Sandra C. Howard is a Golden Triangle native who graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Lamar University in 1993. She received her Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from South Texas College of Law in…