6800 West Loop South, Suite 115

Bellaire, (Houston) Texas 77401

Tel 713.526.9966   Fax 713.838.8721   www.makrislaw.com

 Our 26th Year 1978 – 2004

 

Victor N. Makris

Michael S. Makris

Luther A. Dulevitz

Board Certified Personal Injury

Former Assistant District Attorney

Former Assistant District Attorney

Attorney – Mediator

County-Trial Division

Harris County-Appellate Division

 

RESUME OF VICTOR MAKRIS

 

Primary Areas of Practice

 

*Personal Injury

Social Security Disability

Business Law and Litigation

Business Entity Structuring

Family Law, Bankruptcy

Entertainment Law,

Employment Law, and

Wills and Probate

 

Education

 

Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Political Science, 1974 University of Houston, Central Campus

 

Doctor of Jurisprudence 1977, University of Houston Law Center

 

Licensure  

 

State of Texas 1977

 

Admissions

 

Eastern, Western, and Northern Districts of Texas 2005, and Southern Districts of Texas 1978, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1978

 

Certifications

 

*Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law 1993 to present

            (Disability Law is a subset)

Former Member College of the State Bar of Texas 1995

Not Board Certified in other areas

 

Associations

 

Texas Bar Association

Houston Bar Association

Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity

Order of the Barons, Legal Honor Society

 

Work Experience

 

Congressional Intern, Washington D.C. 1973, U.S. Representative Bob Eckhardt

 

Lorance, Thompson & Wittig, Houston, Texas, 1975 - 1976, Law Clerk, Insurance Defense

 

Rogers & Wells, New York, New York, Houston, Texas, 1976, Summer Associate, Business Litigation

 

Covington & Reese, Houston, Texas, 1977-1978, Associate, General Practice

 

Makris Law Firm, PC, Houston, Texas, 1978 through present

 

Trial Experience

 

Business litigation (defense and plaintiff), Injunctive relief, personal injury (defense and plaintiff), social security disability hearings, worker's compensation, contract litigation, employment law litigation (defense and plaintiff), child custody trials, divorce property dispute trials

 

Appellate Court Cases

 

1.         Davis v. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment of La Porte, No. D-3831, Supreme Court of Texas, 865 S.W.2d 941; 1993 Tex. Lexis 145; 37 Tex. Sup. J. 204, November 24, 1993, Delivered

 

2.         Henderson v. Parker, No. C-5584, Supreme Court of Texas, 728 S.W.2d 768; 1987 Tex. Lexis 336; 30 Tex. Sup. J. 415, May 6, 1987, Decided

 

3.         Cary v. Cary, No. 01-94-00940-CV, Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, Houston, 894 S.W.2d 111; 1995 Tex. App. Lexis 362, March 2, 1995, rendered and delivered, March 2, 1995, Filed

 

4.         Davis v. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment of La Porte, No. C14-92-00876-CV, Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, Houston, 853 S.W.2d 650; 1993 Tex. App. Lexis 821, March 25, 1993, Rendered, March 25, 1993, Filed

 

5.         Zalta v. Tennant, No. 01-90-00313-CV, Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, Houston, 789 S.W.2d 432; 1990 Tex. App. Lexis 1077, May 2, 1990, Delivered

 

6.         Donovan v. Rankin, No. 01-86-00815-CV, Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, Houston, 762 S.W.2d 342; 1988 Tex. App. Lexis 3089, December 15, 1988, Original opinion of August 31, 1988 Withdrawn and Substituted.

 

7.         Kelley v. Southwestern Bell Media, Inc., No. 01-87-00781-CV, Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, Houston, 745 S.W.2d 447; 1988 Tex. App. Lexis 142, January 28, 1988, Decided

 

8.         In re Rebector, Civil Action No. SA-96-CA-229, United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division, 208 Bankr. 867; 1997 U.S. Dist. Lexis 7508, May 22, 1997, Decided, May 22, 1997, Filed

 

9.         Spring Branch Independent School District v. Siebert, 100 S.W.3rd 520 (Tex.App.-Houston [1 Dist.], Feb 06, 2003) (No. 01-00-00892-CV)

 

10.       Cary v. Cary, 894 S.W.2d 111 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.], March 2, 1995) (No. 01-94-00940-CV)

 

11.       Davis v. Zoning Bd. Of Adjustment of City of La Porte, 865 S.W.2d 941 (Tex., November 24, 1993) (No. D-3831)

 

12.       Kelley v. Southwestern Bell Media, Inc., 745 S.W.2 447 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.], January 28, 1988) (No. 01-87-00781)

 

13.       Brown v. Barnhart, 285 F.Supp.2d 9191, 92 Soc.Sec.Rep.Serv. 434 (S.D. Tex., June 12, 2003) (Civ. A. No. H-02-4036)

 

14.       Johnson v. Barnhart, 285 F.Supp.2d 899, 92 Soc.Sec.Rep.Serv. 452 (S.D. Tex, March 18, 2003) (Civ. A. No. H-02-2657)

 

15.       Robinson v. Barnhart, 248 F.Supp.2d 607, 87 Soc.Sec.Rep.Serv. 297 (S.D. Tex., January 31, 2003)

 

16.       Howe v. Barnhart, 285 F.Supp.2d 837 (S.D. Tex., October 2, 2002) (Civ. A. No. H-02-1599)

 

17.       Spears v. Barnhart, 284 F.Supp.2d 477 (S.D. Tex., March 28, 2002 (Civ. A. No. H-00-4024)

 

18.       Locke v. Massanari, 285 F.Supp.2d 784 (S.D. Tex., July 20, 2001) (Civ. A. No. H-00-0238).

 

 

Personal

 

Concert classical guitarist, former Nation Chief of YMCA Indian Guide Program, current Board Member YMCA, Assistant Scoutmaster Boy Scouts of America, Year 2000 Volunteer of the Year Award Southwest YMCA, Year 2002 Partners of Youth Chairman Southwest YMCA, Year 2004 Board Member Weekly Family YMCA, Married 1984, 2 children.

 

Languages

 

Fluent in Spanish and Greek, knowledge of French.

 

Legal Publications

 

Article - Due Process in Incompetency Proceedings, 1979

 

Senior Honors Thesis - Administrative Discretion in the Securities and Exchange Commission (A study using statistical multiple regression analysis) 1974

 

 

 

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