The LAWBOSS Houston attorneys who handle vehicle accident claims

Three LAWBOSS Houston attorneys stand behind this website. Each one worked for insurers before turning to represent people hurt in vehicle crashes, and that history shapes how they build a claim.

Automobile Accident Lawyers Houston is run by LAWBOSS – Harris, Nelsen & Uvalle, PLLC, a Texas law firm, and every call or form from it reaches our Houston office at 5300 Memorial Dr Ste 810. Jonathan Harris, Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law – Texas Board of Legal Specialization, answers for what this site says, and his primary practice location is that Houston office.

Howard Hill, litigation attorney

Howard Hill, one of the LAWBOSS Houston attorneys, tries civil cases and is based in Houston, by the firm’s own account. The State Bar of Texas lists his license date as November 6, 1998, the same year he finished law school at the University of Houston. He has practiced since then, with more than 23 years of trial work in complex civil matters.

For over 20 years, Howard worked with two of the nation’s largest auto and commercial insurance carriers. Commercial carriers insure business vehicles, so he knows that side of a claim as well as the passenger-car side.

Jonathan Harris, partner and managing attorney of litigation

Among the LAWBOSS Houston attorneys, Jonathan Harris is a partner and the managing attorney of litigation, which means the lawsuits the firm files run through him. The State Bar of Texas shows his license dated November 6, 1998, and his law degree from the University of Houston. He came to LAWBOSS in 2017.

Before that, Jonathan spent more than a decade as a senior trial attorney for a major automobile insurance company. He knows how an insurer gets an auto case ready for trial because that was his job. He is also the attorney responsible for Automobile Accident Lawyers Houston.

Ian Nelsen, partner attorney

Ian Nelsen joined the firm in 2016, the year the State Bar of Texas licensed him (May 2, 2016). He earned his law degree at South Texas College of Law, finishing third in his class, after a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University and a master’s degree from Texas A&M University-Commerce.

His insurance background starts even earlier in a claim’s life. Ian worked as an adjuster, the person who handles a claim for the insurer, and then as an insurance defense attorney. He has handled a vehicle claim at both ends of the insurer’s process.

How the firm started

Michael Uvalle started LAWBOSS after working for several of the largest insurance companies in Texas. He saw from the inside how injury claims were scored and paid, and he built a firm to use that knowledge for the injured person instead. He has been licensed in Texas since 2010, according to the State Bar.

He also gave the firm its motto: Work Hard and Do Right. Five of the firm’s seven attorneys, Michael Uvalle, Ian Nelsen, Jonathan Harris, Joseph Massey and Howard Hill, came from the insurance side. Inside the firm, that shared history goes by the name Insurance Insider Advantage.

Three offices, one Houston team for this site

LAWBOSS has offices in Dallas, which is the principal office, in Houston and in San Antonio. This site belongs to the Houston office on Memorial Drive by Memorial Park, west of downtown. Clients from Katy, Sugar Land, Pasadena, Pearland, Baytown, The Woodlands and the other towns around the city meet the LAWBOSS Houston attorneys by phone or at that office.

Why insurance-side experience matters on a vehicle claim

A vehicle claim is mostly a conversation with an insurance company. The adjuster reads the crash report, looks at photos of the cars, pulls the medical records and decides what the file is worth to the company. If the claim does not settle, a defense lawyer hired by the insurer takes over. Our LAWBOSS Houston attorneys held those jobs.

That background helps in a few concrete ways:

• Fault. Texas lets you recover only if you are 50 percent or less responsible, and any award is reduced by your share (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 33.001 and 33.012). Insurers know a few points of blame can change a claim, so we gather the proof of fault early.
• Spreading blame. A defendant may ask to name a responsible third party, generally at least 60 days before trial (CPRC 33.004). We look for every driver, owner and company that played a part before the other side does.
• Statements. An adjuster’s early recorded call is often used to lock in what you said. We handle those conversations for you.
• Medical records. Gaps and missing visits are the first thing a reviewer questions. We keep the treatment record complete and in order.
• Coverage. Texas requires 30/60/25 liability limits (Transportation Code 601.072), and UM/UIM and PIP coverage stay in a policy unless rejected in writing. We read every policy that might apply, including your own.

None of this predicts how any case will end. It means the people working on your claim have sat where the adjuster sits and know what that desk looks for.

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To see the claim process step by step, read about our auto accident lawyer Houston work, or how an automobile accident law firm in Houston is set up to carry a case to trial if it must. Questions about the basics are on our FAQ page.