Charles Herd
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With over 35 years of litigation and management experience, Charles Herd concentrates on Jones Act and maritime-related claims, maritime products liability cases and maritime-related commercial matters. He also handles and resolves insurance coverage issues, commercial truck and vehicle wrecks and other serious injury or damage claims. A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Mr. Herd earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978 from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was Student Body President. In 1981, he began law school at the University of Louisville School of Law, where he was on the Dean's List and earned his law degree in 1983. In 1984, Mr. Herd earned a Master of Laws in Admiralty from Tulane Law School in New Orleans. He served as judicial law clerk to Federal Judge Lansing Mitchell of the Eastern District of Louisiana, and clerked for various law firms during this period. Mr. Herd moved to Houston in 1985, where he joined and later was named Partner in the Admiralty Department for the firm of Fulbright & Jaworski (now Norton Rose Fulbright). In 1996, he founded and became the Managing Partner of the Houston office of Fowler, Rodriguez & Chalos, where he grew the office from two to 10 lawyers. Mr. Herd worked for The Lanier Law Firm 2002-2018, to represent clients in Jones Act seaman cases, and maritime-related commercial cases. He also successfully handled and resolved numerous mesothelioma and asbestos-related injuries, and successfully concluded and tried various land-transportation cases, including commercial vehicle wrecks, motorcycle collisions, drunk-driver/dram shop cases, and premises-liability claims. Mr. Herd is licensed in state and federal courts in Texas, Louisiana Kentucky and New York. He was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States in 2005. He is further licensed to practice in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Ninth Circuit, plus numerous district courts.
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