Robert D. Clements

Robert D. Clements, Jr. is a firm courtroom presence—aggressive when necessary but always aware that people’s lives are in the balance. His goal is to provide the same counsel and same protection to each client that he would give when representing a close friend or family member. Understanding that—even when a litigant’s choice is painful—bad counsel and bad decision-making can seriously exacerbate their losses. Though the United States courtroom is unequaled in the world, it can inflict devastating injury if not handled properly.

Robert graduated from the Creighton University College of Law, Cum Laude, in 1981. His last year of law school he attended Southern Methodist University. After six years with an extremely successful Plaintiff’s law firm and three years with Britt, Todd, Hagood & Clements, he founded the Law Office of Robert D. Clements, Jr., in 1989. Though he has handled cases all over the State of Texas, he works primarily in Harris, Galveston, and Brazoria county.

Mr. Clements has gained a reputation for skillfully handling difficult and hotly contested litigation where the stakes are high—financially or emotionally. He has represented estates and businesses worth millions of dollars, families in crisis, injured workers and drivers, and homeowners against their insurance company.

Formerly with: Brown, Todd, Hagood & Davenport, 1981-1987; Britt, Todd, Hagood & Clements, 1987-1989.

ISLN: 908341335

Practice Areas

• Personal Injury
• Family Law
• Probate
• Probate Litigation
• Civil Practice
• Business Litigation

Education 

• Law School: Creighton University, J.D., 1980
• College: Creighton University, B.A., English, 1978; Southern Methodist University

Certifications

• Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law
  • Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Memberships

• Admitted: 1981, Texas; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• Member: Brazoria County and Galveston County Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; Texas Board of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists; College of the State Bar of Texas.

Presentations

• “The Effective and Ethical Use of Legal Assistants”
  • 8th Annual Lake Tahoe Seminar, Galveston County Bar Association, March 1994
• “Valuations of a Professional Practice”
  • 10th Annual Lake Tahoe Seminar, Galveston County Bar Association, March 1996
• “Law Office Technology”
  • 11th Annual Lake Tahoe Seminar, Galveston County Bar Association, February 1997
• “The Expanding Roles of Paralegals in Litigation/Law Firms”
  • Texas Civil Litigation Practice for Paralegals, March 1997
• “Children Under Three: Are Outdated, Inaccurate Concepts Causing Our Family Courts To Do More Harm Than Good?”
  • October 1998
• “Disclosure Under the 1998 Revisions To The Texas Rules of Civil Procedure”
  • November 1998
• “Texas Personal Injury: Current Status of Stowers”
  • 14th Annual Lake Tahoe Seminar, Galveston County Bar Association, February 2000
• “Proving Separate Property Claims in Texas”
  • 15th Annual Lake Tahoe Seminar, Galveston County Bar Association, March 2001
• “Valuation in Divorce: Expert or Advocate?”
  • NACVA Annual Divorce Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2002