Roger A. Rider
Areas of Practice
- Admiralty & Maritime Law
- Business & Commercial Law
- Consumer Protection
- Business Organizations
- Class Actions -- Plaintiff
- Nursing Home
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Wrongful Death
- Medical Malpractice
- Toxic Torts
- Whistleblower/Qui Tam
- Commercial and Personal Injury Litigation
- General Civil Trial Law
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certified Legal Specialties
- Civil Trial, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1995
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1974
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1975
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1975
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
Education
- University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas
- J.D. (Magna Cum Laude) - 1974
- Honors: With Highest Honors
- Honors: Chief, Order of the Barons Honor Society, 1974
- Law Review: Houston Law Review, Editor, 1974
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas
- B.S. - 1971
Classes/Seminars
- Presenter, Advanced Civil Discovery, University of Houston Law Center, 1991
- Presenter, Advanced Civil Discovery, University of Houston Law Center, 1992
- Presenter, Civil Litigation Seminar, Gulf Coast Legal Foundation, 1995
- Presenter, Advanced Business Litigation, Pleadings-Special Exceptions; University of Houston Law Center, 1996
- Presenter, Advanced Civil Discovery, Selected Business Torts, University of Houston Law Center, 1998
- Presenter, Sanctions for Discovery Abuse, University of Houston Law Center
- Presenter, Sanctions for Discovery Abuse, Nursing Home Negligence for Professional Systems (Orlando), 2000
- Presenter, Sanctions for Discovery Abuse, Nursing Home Negligence for Professional Systems (Las Vegas), 2000
- Presenter, Sanctions for Discovery Abuse, Nursing Home Negligence for Professional Systems (Houston, Dallas and Austin), 2001
- Presenter, Hurricane Ike, Bad Faith Claims, South Texas Law Insurance Symposium, 2009
- Presenter, Sanctions for Discovery Abuse, Nursing Home Negligence for Professional Systems (Houston, Dallas and San Antonio), 2000
Honors and Awards
- Selected to Texas Superlawyers, 2003
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Houston Young Lawyers Association, President, 1980 - 1981
- Houston Bar Association, Director, 1981 - 1986
- Houston Bar Association, Secretary, 1990 - 1991
- CLE Task Force, State Bar of Texas, Member, 1986 - Present
- State Bar of Texas, Member, Law Focused Education Committee, 1995 - 1998
- American Bar Association, Torts and Insurance Practice Section, Member
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Advocate
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Member
- Texas Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow
- Houston Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
- Houston Young Lawyers Foundation, Fellow
- College of the State Bar of Texas, Member
- Board of Directors of the Inns of Court Club, Member, 1985 - 1991
- Board of Directors of the Inns of Court Club, Chairman, 1989 - 1991
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- American Association for Justice, Member
- Texas Association of Civil Trail and Appellate Specialists, Member
- Gulf Coast Legal Foundation, Director, 1979 - 1984
Past Employment Positions
- United States Marine Corps, 1966 - 1968
- United States Marine Corps, Republic of Vietnam, 1967 - 1968
The Rider Law Firm
1 Sugar Creek Center Boulevard, Suite 980, Comerica Bank Building
Sugar Land, TX 77478
Phone: 281-980-4529
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