Tom Alexander
Of Counsel

Doyle, Restrepo, Harvin & Robbins, L.L.P.
600 Travis, Suite 4700, Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: 713-439-0000
Fax: 713-963-8478
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Education and Professional Background

  • L.L.B., Southern Methodist University, 1956
  • L.L.M., Southern Methodist University, 1957
  • The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 2004
  • The University of Texas, B.A., 1998

Activities and Affiliations

  • Member, State Bar of Texas
  • Member, Houston Bar Association
  • Member, Inter-American Bar Association
  • Member, Southwestern Legal Foundation
  • Member, Law Science Academy
  • Member, Federation of Insurance of Corporate Counsel
  • Member, International Society of Barristers
  • Member, American Trial Lawyers Association
  • Member, American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Member, International Academy of Trial Lawyers
  • Member, Mensa
  • Member, Significant Sig 95
  • Member, Houston Philosophical Society
  • Member, Advocacy Advisory Committee
  • Member, South Texas College of Law
  • Member, The Chancellors Council, University of Texas

Offices Held

  • Board of Governors, International Society of Barristers, 1983 -- present
  • President, International Society of Barristers, 1993-1994
  • Vice Chairman, Town Hall Task Force Committee, State Bar of Texas
  • Chairman, Inteprofessional Relations Committee, Houston Bar Association
  • Harris County Medical Society
  • Advisory Board, Law Science Academy
  • Chairman, Products Liability Committee, Federation of Insurance of Corporation Counsel, 1972-1973
  • Vice Chairman, Advocacy Committee, American Bar Association 1972- 1974
  • General Practice Session, Law and Medicine Committee, 1973-1974
  • Vice President, Federation of Insurance of Corporate Counsel, 1973-1974, Program Chairman, 1975
  • Director, Southern Methodist University Law Alumni Association 1980
  • Advocacy Advisory Committee Member, South Texas College of Law
  • Advisory Board Member, Texas College of Trial Advocacy
  • Chancellors Council, University of Texas
  • Advisory Committee for the Advanced Evidence and Discovery Institute

Publications

  • Use and Overuse of the Expert Witness, EXPERTS IN LITIGATION, Chapter 1 (University of Michigan Law School, State Bar of Michigan 1973)
  • Final Argument for Defendant, SUCCESSFUL PREPARATION & TRIAL OF THE PRODUCTS LIABILITY CASE (MCLE 1982)
  • The Opening Statement in the Product Case, OPENING STATEMENT AND CLOSING ARGUMENTS (MCLE 1982)
  • The Products Liability Case, TRIAL (Institute of Continuing Legal Education 1987)
  • Mary Carter Agreements: The State of the Law, 18 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS QUARTERLY 4, at 382 (1983)
  • Defending a Professional Liability Case; MASTERS OF TRIAL PRACTICES, Chapter 14 (Wiley Law Publication 1988)
  • Points of Error, STATE BAR OF TEXAS (1991)

Awards

  • Gold Medal Award, Law Science Academy, 1969
  • The American Tradition Foundation Award, presented by BíN Brith (Houston), 1990

Guest Lecturer On Trial Topics

  • At Law Schools: University of Alabama, University of Michigan, Southern Methodist University, University of Texas, Tulane University, University of Houston (Bates College), South Texas School of Law, Hastings University College of Law, San Francisco Campus, and Stetson University.
  • American Bar Association: Annual Meeting, 1974; American Bar Association Symposium on Law and Medicine, Memphis, 1973; American Bar Association: Litigation Section ñ Class Action Litigation, Washington, 1978; American Bar Association, Business Litigation, New York, 1982.
  • State and Other Bar Associations: Annual Meetings of Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Montana, Wisconsin and Utah State Bar Associations; Houston Bar Association; Tulsa Bar Association; Bergen County Bar Association; and Dallas Bar Association.
  • Medical School and Medical Societies: University of Texas Medical School; Baylor Medical School; Houston State Psychiatric Institute; North American Radiological Society; Harris County Medical Society; Florida Academy of General Practice; Seaboard-Airline Surgeons; National Conference on Medical Radiation-National Convention of Health Physics Society
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  • National Practice Institute, Inc. The 1990 National Conference on Products Liability Law, Chicago, March 1990.
  • Practice Law Institute- New York: Many programs on trial topics, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Miami, Dallas (S.M.U.), Memphis, St. Louis, Houston.
  • Adjunct Professor: Ohio State University Law School -- Summer 2001.