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Brown Sims, P.C.
Law Practice
Houston, Texas 3,564 followers
Providing clients in every industry with experience-based solutions tailored to their specific legal problems.
About us
About Brown Sims - For over 50 years, Brown Sims has dedicated itself to providing its clients with experienced-based solutions tailored to their specific legal problems. In the courtroom, the boardroom, and the community; Brown Sims represents and counsels clients in virtually every major industry. Representing and Counseling Industry Leaders - Brown Sims’ clients include industry leaders and businesses in the construction, energy, environmental, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, maritime, products manufacturing and design, professional services, retail, and transportation industries. Through its experienced and talented practice groups, Brown Sims offers legal counseling and focus in appellate, arbitration, business, insurance, transactional, trial, and workers’ compensation issues. Seeing the Forest and the Trees - Many legal problems are susceptible to recurrence or may have more than one solution. Without an adequate understanding of what gives rise to a specific legal issue or an appreciation of the ramifications of a solution, what seems like a quick fix solution can become a long-term problem. At its inception, Brown Sims recognized that its clients desired more than excellent results—they also desired excellent counseling. Brown Sims helps its clients put their legal issues into context while escaping cycles of repetitive problems. Brown Sims also offers its clients insightful analysis of the larger impact that alternative resolutions can have and assists them in picking the best course.
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http://www.brownsims.com
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- Industry
- Law Practice
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Houston, Texas
- Type
- Privately Held
- Specialties
- business law, Appellate, workers compensation, construction law, energy law, transportation law, environmental law, healthcare law, insurance law, maritime law, retail law, arbitration, defense base act, defense lawyer - attorney , Longshore law , and Jones Act
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1990 Post Oak Blvd
Suite 1800
Houston, Texas 77056, US
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365 Canal Street
Suite 2900
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, US
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2801 SW 149th Ave
Suite120
Miramar, Florida 33027, US
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1110 Cowan Road
Suite B#214
Gulfport, Mississippi 39507, US
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Updates
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Following the surge of "revenge travel" post-COVID, the hospitality industry can still face unpredictability. Our lawyers have successfully represented and advised hospitality service providers including hotels, motels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, travel agents, and cruise lines. Learn more: https://ow.ly/Y11250TBARU #HospitalityLitigation
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The October issue of Brown Sim's Longshore & Maritime Update is now available! 📰🛥️ Get interpretations of the latest federal and state court decisions by our President Kenneth Engerrand. Read them all here: https://ow.ly/pYqr50TAA83 #LongshoreUpdate #MaritimeLaw
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A doctor testified that an employee's anxiety was caused by his injury on the employer's rig. Read how his testimony and opinions for future treatment costs were disqualified after cross-examination revealed employee marital problems as potential cause for anxiety: https://ow.ly/Bu7K50Tm0JQ #LongshoreUpdate
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Brown Sims defends a wide range of professional service providers such as accountants, real estate agents, and financial planners against claims of negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract; as well as the defense of grievances, and complaints before state licensing boards. Learn more about our Professional Liability industry: https://ow.ly/L8JC50TlZPR
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Citing Louisiana Supreme Court and Fifth Circuit to prove seaman status, an injured anchor handler argued that his petition in state court invoked the saving-to-suitors clause. Read this #LongshoreUpdate for how the Fifth Circuit applied federal maritime authority to decide that the Jones Act claim was fraudulently pleaded and rejected the argument that “Louisiana maritime law” applied: https://ow.ly/ozfs50Tm0cE
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An injured employee spent 96% of his work hours on a vessel and brought this suit in state court. Fifth Circuit panel reversed course and held that the contractor did not establish as a matter of law that its employee was not a seaman. Read the full #LongshoreUpdate for how they allowed the removal of his suit filed in state court based on fraudulent pleading of his Jones Act claim: https://ow.ly/9KWf50TlXZh
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Transportation lawsuits are receiving more nuclear verdicts, growing from 26 between 2006-2019, to 300 in just the past 5 years. Brown Sims regularly handles litigation of vehicular accidents, shipping and cargo claims, and aggressively defends automobile liability matters where fraud and exaggeration of claims are suspected. Learn more about the industries we represent: https://ow.ly/piRK50SZALA
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Now available! 📰🛥️ Get interpretations of the latest federal and state court decisions in the September issue of Brown Sim's Longshore & Maritime Update by our President Kenneth Engerrand. Read them all here: https://ow.ly/wgZb50ThOXV #LongshoreUpdate #MaritimeLaw
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