R. Chad Geisler

Principal

Overview

Chad Geisler is a principal in the Austin office at Germer, PLLC, having joined Germer in 2004.  He is a trial lawyer with 25 years of experience in civil litigation and has tried over three dozen cases to verdict in state…

Practice Areas

Construction LawEmployment LawHealth LawInsurance LawMedical MalpracticePersonal Injury Defense

Professional Background

  • Joined Germer Beaman & Brown in 2004
  • Former Assistant United States Attorney

Bar Admissions

  • State Bar of Texas – 1995
  • Admitted to practice before the following courts:
    • Texas State Courts
    • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    • United States District Court for the Western, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas

Professional Certifications

  • Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
    • Personal Injury

Education

  • Texas Tech Law School
    • Juris Doctor – cum laude – 1995
  • University of Texas Austin
    • Bachelor of Arts – History and English – 1991

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

  • Austin Bar Association
  • Texas Association of Defense Counsel
  • American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)

Representative Experience

  • Chad has served as first or second chair in over three dozen cases tried to verdict before a judge or jury.
  • Appellate Opinions:
    • Okoye v. UTHSC–Houston, 245 F.3d 507 (5th Cir. 2001)
    • M.D. Anderson Hosp. v. Willrich, 28 S.W.3d 22 (Tex. 2000)
    • Adjemian v. American Smelting, 2002 WL 358829 (Tex. App.–El Paso 2002, no pet.)
    • Logsdon v. Miller, M.D., 2002 WL 437284 (Tex. App.–Austin 2002, pet. denied)
    • Caesar v. Lamar University, 147 F.Supp.2d 547 (E.D. Tex. 2001)
    • Shea v. Brister, 26 F.Supp.2d 943 (S.D. Tex. 1998)
    • Handy v. Brownlee, 2004 WL 2980347 (5th Cir. 2004)
    • Haynes v. United States, 2005 WL 1605822 (W.D. Tex. 2005)
    • Cunningham v. St. David’s Hosp., 2005 WL 2574082 (Tex. App.–Austin 2005, no pet.)
    • Garza v. Scott and White Memorial Hosp., 234 F.R.D. 617 (W.D. Tex. 2005)
    • Heart Hosp. of Austin v. Matthews, 262 S.W.3d 316 (Tex. 2007)
    • MIS v. Westlake Surgical, 554 S.W. 3d 152 (Tex. App. – San Antonio 2018, no pet.)
    • Jones v. Baylor Scott & White, 2020 WL 6852865 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2020)
    • Sabatelli v. Baylor Scott & White, 832 F. App’x 843 (5th Cir. 2020)
    • Thompson v. Scott & White Memorial Hosp., 2022 WL 2093092 (Tex. App.—El Paso, pet. filed)

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