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Jay Harvey

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Education

  • Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas
    • J.D. - 1982
  • West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas
    • B.S. - 1979
    • Honors: Cum Laude

Bar Admission

  • Texas
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
  • U.S. Federal Courts
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Honors

  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (A Woodward White, Inc. Peer-Review Publication)
  • Named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers (A Woodward White, Inc. Peer-Review Publication) for Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, Austin , 2018, 2020 & 2022
  • Named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers (A Woodward White, Inc. Peer-Review Publication) for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Austin, 2015 & 2017
  • Super Lawyers (A Thomson Reuters Service)
  • Super Lawyers Top 50, Central & West Texas Region of Texas (A Thomson Reuters Service), 2008, 2011, 2013-2016, 2018-2019
  • Texas Super Lawyers Top 100 (A Thomson Reuters Service), 2016
  • Listed in Texas' Best Lawyers (A Woodward White, Inc. Peer-Review Publication)
  • "AV" Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
  • VerdictSearch's Top Texas Verdicts of 2011 (Mary Ann Summers v. Standard Regional Home Health, Inc.)
  • Super Lawyers Texas Top 50 (A Thomson Reuters Service) 2012

Fraternities or Sororities

  • Phi Alpha Delta

Professional Associations

  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association, President, 2007 to 2007
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association, President-Elect, 2006 to 2006
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors, 1990
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Supreme Court Task Force to Expand Legal Services Delivery, 2006 to 2006
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Legislative Chair, 2005 to 2005
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Executive Committee, 2004
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Professional Development Task Force Chair, 2004 to 2004
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Medical Malpractice Task Force, 2002 to 2003
  • State Bar of Texas, College of the State Bar, 1998
  • State Bar of Texas, Pattern Jury Charge Committee, 2001 to 2004
  • State Bar of Texas, Court Rules Committee, 1998 to 2001
  • American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Member, 1998 to Present
  • Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association, President, 2003 to 2004
  • Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association, President-Elect, 2002 to 2003
  • Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association, Secretary/Treasurer, 2001 to 2002
  • Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association, Executive Committee, 1999 to 2001
  • Austin Bar Association, Member, 1991
  • American Association for Justice, Member, 1983
  • International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2009 to Present
  • American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow, 2014 to Present

Certified Legal Specialties

  • Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Practice Areas:

  • Medical Malpractice
  • Nursing Home Negligence
  • Defective Products - Medical/Pharmaceutical
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents