Jason L. Hughes is a native of Beaumont, Texas. He graduated from Lamar University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice in 1993. After graduation, Jason started his career as a patrolman, then detective with the…
United States District Courts for the Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Districts of Texas
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States
Education
South Texas College of Law Houston
Doctor of Jurisprudence – 2006
Lamar University
Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice – 1993
Recognitions and Honors
“Appellate Lawyer of the Week” by Texas Lawyer Magazine ( September 2011 )
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
State Bar of Texas
Jefferson County Bar Association
Member of Board of Directors, 2019 – 2021
Texas Association of Defense Counsel
Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
Family Law Section of the Jefferson County Bar Association
Michelle F. Mehaffy Inn of Court
Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation
Representative Experience
Obtained summary judgment in favor of Parkdale Mall in a premises liability slip and fall suit and successfully defended the summary judgment on appeal in Wilson v. CBL/Parkdale Mall GP, LLC, No. 09-12-00566-CV (Tex.App.–Beaumont May 9, 2013, no pet.) (not designated for publication), 2013 WL 1932834.
Representative Clients:
AIG
Alcoa World Alumina, LLC
American Emergency Vehicles
CBL & Associates Management, Inc.
Corvell
Deeprock Energy Resources, LLC
ERMC II, L.P.
ERMC III Property Management Company, LLC
Gallagher Bassett
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Livesports, LLC
Parkdale Mall CMBS, LLC
Premier Trading and Transportation, LLC Pinch Transport
Progressive Casualty Insurance Company
Root Insurance Company
Sam Houston Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Sedgwick Claims
State Farm
Sutherland’s Lumber Beaumont, L.P.
USAA Insurance Company
Jason Hughes recently presented instruction on “Trial Testimony and the Importance of Report Writing” to the Lamar Institute of Technology’s Basic Emergency Medical Technician Academy.
Jason Hughes presented “HB19: The New Commercial Vehicle Law” to the State Bar of Texas 2022 Advanced Civil Trial Law CLE course.
Jason Hughes presented a CLE on “The Effect of SB19 on Chapter 72 of the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code and Commercial Motor Vehicle Cases” to the Jefferson County Bar Association.
Civic Involvement
Administrative Board Committee Member, Wesley United Methodist Church, Beaumont, Texas
Finance Committee Member, Wesley United Methodist Church, Beaumont, Texas
City of Beaumont Teen Court Volunteer
Board of Trustees Member, Wesley United Methodist Church, Beaumont, Texas
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