JEFF DIAMANT
OVERVIEW/EXPERIENCE
With nearly 25 years of experience, Jeff Diamant has a broad-reaching legal and professional background making him uniquely suited for a wide variety of complex litigation. He began his career at what was the largest litigation-only firm in the Southwest handling commercial litigation, personal injury, insurance and aviation cases. After that, he spent the bulk of his legal career as a partner at Ware, Jackson, Lee & Chambers (formerly Ware, Snow, Fogel & Jackson) for 12 years, where he achieved several successful accolades:
1 of 4 partners on the successful trial team representing the Estate of J. Howard Marshall II precluding Anna Nicole Smith from recovering from the billion-dollar Estate.
Handled commercial litigation, product liability, securities, wrongful death, and insurance defense/coverage litigation matters as Lead and Co-Trial Counsel for cases ranging from $1m – $500m.
Regional Trial Counsel for Allied Waste
Regional Trial Counsel for Waste Management
Excess Counsel for AIG handling cases as Lead Trial Counsel valued at over $2m
Throughout his history, Mr. Diamant has taken an active role as both lead and additional counsel on many of the most complex divorce cases in Texas reaching over a broad range of issues from complex estates to complex custody issues. He is frequently heralded as one of the best divorce attorneys in practice and his history in commercial litigation and complex civil trials brings him a perspective unique to divorce cases that has proven to be advantageous to his clients repeatedly. His clients have benefited significantly from his blend of “actual lawyer work” with a business and pragmatic sensibility coupled with a history of handling heavy-conflict cases.
Through his own firm, Mr. Diamant has continued his work in both complicated commercial cases as well as high-conflict divorce cases. His services continue to be provided in business/corporate consulting, all areas of family law, malpractice and even complex personal injury cases and have been utilized in multi-million dollar divorces, international kidnapping, fraud and many related fields ranging up to hundreds of millions of dollars at issue.
Mr. Diamant also founded 3 manufacturing companies making electric guitars, guitar amplifiers and tactical bags and accessories, which together manufacture and sell products to over 37 countries across the world. Not only did he found these companies and run each, he was also the chief product designer and marketer for all 3. His extensive business knowledge and both domestic and international business experience provide Mr. Diamant with specialized knowledge and practical advice in both commercial and product liability cases.While managing these business, he also provided consulting to many companies on business, insurance and risk management issues.
Mr. Diamant is also a SCUBA diving Master Instructor, Course Director (instructor trainer) and Technical Diving Instructor. He is also a firearms expert (having formerly represented a major firearms manufacturer), as well as a guitar enthusiast.
EDUCATION
University of Houston Law Center – J.D. 1995
Top 10%
Houston Law Review
National Mock Trial Team
National Moot Court Team
Published: Texas Senate Bill 4: Product Liability Legislation Analyzed, 31 Houston L. Rev. 921 (Fall 1994).
University of Texas (Austin) – B.A. 1992
PRACTICE AREAS
Commercial Litigation
Securities Litigation
Contract and Business Agreement Litigation
Fraud
Family Law for Complex Estates
Corporate Malfeasance
Product Liability
Trucking Accidents
Catastrophic Personal Injury
Nursing Home and Assisted Living Malpractice
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
Jeff Diamant has been, or currently is, admitted to practice in the following jurisdictions:
State Bar of Texas (admitted to all courts)
Texas Courts of Appeals
Federal District Courts for the Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York
Federal District Court for the Southern District of California
He has also handled and/or tried lawsuits in the following jurisdictions:
California
New York
New Mexico
Louisiana
Texas
Colorado
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
Voted Texas Rising Stars multiple times
Texas Super Lawyers
AV Rating from Martindale
Voted Top Texas Attorneys
Voted Top Young Attorneys
Top Houston Attorneys, H Texas Magazine