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Jay Winckler

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Biography

Education

  • The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
    • J.D. - 1981
    • Honors: Cum Laude
  • University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota
    • B.A. - 1978
    • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
    • Honors: Phi Eta Sigma

Bar Admission

  • Texas, 1981
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Texas

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 – Plaintiffs, Austin, 2019 and 2021
  • Listed in Texas' Best Lawyers (A Woodward White, Inc. Peer-Review Publication)
  • Super Lawyer (A Thomson Reuters Service), 2003, 2011 - 2012 , 2014-2020
  • "AV" Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • VerdictSearch’s Top Texas Verdicts of 2010 - (Janice Temple v. James Hansen, MD; and Angela and Robert Gibson v. Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc.)
  • Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
  • Named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers (A Woodward White, Inc. Peer-Review Publication) for Personal Injury - Plaintiffs Austin , 2022

Past Positions

  • Gibbins, Winckler & Harvey, LLP, Partner, 04/1984 to 03/1997

Professional Associations

  • American Association for Justice, Member
  • American Board of Trial Advocates, Member
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Member
  • State Bar of Texas, Member
  • Travis County Bar Association, Member
  • Capitol Area Trial Lawyers Association, Member
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors
  • American Board of Trial Advocates, 1998 to Present

Certified Legal Specialties

  • Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Practice Areas:

  • Medical Malpractice
  • Pharmaceutical Negligence
  • Defective Products - Medical/Pharmaceutical
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents Defects
  • Dog Bite Cases