Julian Gomez founded the Julian C. Gomez Law Firm in 2002 and has focused on using the law to make his clients’ lives better ever since. In his free time, he loves spending time with his number one legal assistant, his daughter Averri. He is an avid outdoorsman, skier, tarpon fly-fishing fisherman, Olympic weightlifter, and photographer.
From rescuing people from a nursing home during Hurricane Harvey to the McAllen Educational Foundation and the Texas Internation Fishing Tournament to the USA Weightlifting Foundation, he is honored to work with his neighbors and friends to make peoples’ lives better in the community.
Managing Partner—The Julian C. Gomez Law Firm, PLLC, McAllen, Texas September 2002-Present
Law Clerk for the Honorable Filemon B. Vela—United States District Court—Southern District of Texas, Brownsville, Texas August 2001-July 2002
Law Clerk for the Honorable Reynaldo G. Garza—United States Court of Appeals—Fifth Circuit, New Orleans, Louisiana / Brownsville, Texas August 2000-July 2001
Education
University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, J.D., May 2000
Texas A&M University (Corps of Cadets), College Station, Texas, B.S. in Agriculture Economics, December 1996
Positions, Professional Memberships, and Achievements.
Past-Chairman, American Association for Justice’s (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America) Product Liability Section (the largest Plaintiff Attorney Product Liability Organization in the United States) Executive Board Member, American Association for Justice’s Product Liability Section Executive Committee Member, Texas Trial Lawyers Association Board of Director, Attorney’s Information Exchange Group (the largest automotiveplaintiff product liability organization in the United States) Board of Director, Texas Trial Lawyers Association Executive Committee Member, American Association for Justice’s (formerlyAssociation of Trial Lawyers of America) Driverless Car Subcommittee Executive Committee Member, American Association for Justice’s (formerlyAssociation of Trial Lawyers of America) Public Affairs Subcommittee Special Liaison between the American Association for Justice’s (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America) Product Liability Section and the National HighwayTraffic Safety (NHTSA) Special Liaison between the Attorney’s Information Exchange Group ProductLiability Section and the National Highway Traffic Safety (NHTSA) Vice President of Continuing Legal Education, Texas Trial Lawyers Association Co-Chair of Continuing Legal Education Committee, Attorney’s InformationExchange Group Board of Director, United States Amateur Weightlifting Foundation (the Foundationfor USA Weighting, the governing body for the Olympic sport of weightlifting) Board of Director, McAllen Educational Foundation (Advisory Board to the McAllenIndependent School District) Advisory Board of Director, Texas International Fishing Tournament (the largestsaltwater fishing tournament in the State of Texas) Member of the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit Member of the College of the State Bar of Texas Member of the American Association for Justice (formerly Association of TrialLawyers of America) Member of the Attorney’s Information Exchange Group Member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association Planning Committee Member, State Bar of Texas 2013 26th Annual AdvancedEvidence and Discovery Continuing Legal Education Course Course Director, The State Bar of Texas 2018 Soaking Up Some CLE ContinuingLegal Education Course Planning Committee Member, Attorney’s Information Exchange Group, 2018 SpringSeminar Course Director, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 2018 TTLA CLE in the RGV:Anatomy of a South Texas Case from Beginning to End Continuing Legal EducationCourse Planning Committee Member, Attorney’s Information Exchange Group, 2018 FallSeminar Course Director, Texas Trial Lawyers Association 2019 Car Wrecks CLE Seminar Course Director, The State Bar of Texas 2019 Soaking Up Some CLE ContinuingLegal Education Course Course Director, Texas Trial Lawyers Association 2019 Mid-Year Conference andCLE Seminar Course Director, Attorney Information Exchange Group 2019 Fall Conference Graduate of The Trial Lawyers College, Thunder Head Ranch, Dubois, Wyoming Graduate of the American Association for Justice (formerly Association of TrialLawyers of America) Leadership Academy Dallas White Rock Marathon—completion in a time of 3:45:04 2017 Men’s 40-44, -69kg Texas State Weightlifting ChampionSpeaking Engagements & Publications Faculty & Speaker, “Preparing Initial Discovery Requests,” Attorneys Information Exchange Groups 2008 Auto Focus, San Antonio, Texas Faculty & Speaker, “Do Not Let the Speed Bumps Get in the Way of a Good Auto Products Case,” Starr County, Texas’s 2009 Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Rio Grande City, Texas
Faculty & Speaker, “Finding a Safe Car to Buy,” American Association for Justice(formally American Trial Lawyers Association) 2009 Annual Convention, SanFrancisco, California Faculty & Speaker, “What You Need to Know About the Federal Rules But WereAfraid to Ask, State Bar of Texas Soaking Up Some CLE 2010, South Padre Island,Texas Faculty & Speaker, “On the Federal Docket? Better Learn to Walk Fast, Talk Fast,and Think Fast,” State Bar of Texas Soaking Up Some CLE 2011, South Padre Island,Texas Faculty & Speaker, “Litigating Product Liability Cases In U.S. Courts When theInjury Occurs Abroad,” American Association for Justice (formally American TrialLawyer Association) 2011 National Meeting, New York City, New York Faculty & Speaker, “Forum Non Conveniens and Choice of Law Tactics in Tire Cases,” Attorneys Information Exchange Group 2011 Occupant Restraint Systemsand Tire Seminar, Memphis, Tennessee Faculty & Speaker, “Litigating Here When It Happens There: Is There An AlternativeForum?,” American Association for Justice (formally American Trial LawyerAssociation) 2012 National Winter Convention, Phoenix, Arizona Faculty & Speaker, “The Federal Court Jurisdiction and Clarification Act of 2011— The Rules Have Changed Again,” State Bar of Texas Soaking Up Some CLE 2012,South Padre Island, Texas Author, “The Federal Court Jurisdiction and Clarification Act of 2011—Walk Fast,Talk Fast, Think Fast,” American Association for Justice (formerly Association ofTrial Lawyers of America) Product Liability Section Winter 2013 Newsletter Faculty & Speaker, “Obtaining and Using Prior Testimony,” State Bar of Texas’s 2013 26th Annual Advanced Evidence & Discovery Continuing Legal Education Course,Houston, Texas & San Antonio, Texas Faculty & Speaker, “Changes to the Federal Rules,” Julian C. Gomez, State Bar ofTexas Soaking Up Some CLE, May 16-17, 2013 South Padre Island, Texas Faculty & Speaker, “Hot Practice Areas: Products Liability,” Julian C. Gomez, American Association for Justice 2013 Annual Convention, July 20, 2013, SanFrancisco, California Faculty & Speaker, “The Constantly Evolving World of Federal Jurisdiction andRules of Civil Procedure,” Julian C. Gomez, State Bar of Texas Soaking Up SomeCLE, May 15-16, 2014, South Padre Island, Texas Faculty & Speaker, “Using Prior Testimony to Prove Your Products Liability Case,”Julian C. Gomez, American Association for Justice 2014 Annual Convention, July29, 2014, Baltimore, Maryland Faculty & Speaker, “The Seven Steps to Using an Alternative Venue to Convert andEconomically Unviable Products Case into a Viable Products Case,” Julian C. Gomez, American Association for Justice 2014 Annual Convention, July 29, 2014, Baltimore, Maryland Moderator, “Defective Products—Products Liability, Negligence, and Breach of Warranty,” American Association for Justice 2015 National Winter Convention,
February 22, 2015, Palm Springs, California
Faculty & Speaker, “Obtaining and Using Prior Testimony to Prove Your Case,”Georgia Trial Lawyers Association 2015 Annual Convention Champion of TrialSkills, April 30, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia Faculty & Speaker, “Products Liability in the Oil Field and at the Refinery,” AmericanAssociation for Justice 2015 Annual Convention, July 14, 2015, Montréal, Québec,Canada Faculty & Speaker, “Anatomy of a Tire Defect Case,” Attorney’s InformationExchange Group 2016 Spring Seminar, Santa Monica, California Faculty & Speaker, “5 Straightforward Steps to Working up Your Next, Fire, Explosion, or Electrocution Products Liability Case Like a Seasoned Pro,” American Association for Justice 2016 Annual Convention, July 24, 2016, Los Angeles,California Author, “Five Straightforward Steps to Working up Your Next, Fire, Explosion, orElectrocution Products Liability Case Like a Seasoned Pro,” Colorado Trial LawyersAssociation Trial Talk, January 2017, Vol. 66, Issue 1, at 27. Faculty & Speaker, Julian C. Gomez, “Getting in and Out of Federal Court—Jurisdiction, Removal, and Remand,” State Bar of Texas Soaking Up Some CLE, May18, 2017, South Padre Island, Texas Faculty & Speaker, “Tires & Fires—Five Straightforward Steps to Workup Your NextProducts Liability Case Like A Seasoned Pro,” Colorado Trial Lawyers Association2017 Annual Convention, August 4, 2017, Snowmass, Colorado Faculty & Speaker, “Keeping Your Case Out Of (or in) Federal Court,” Attorney’s Information Exchange Group 2017 Fall Seminar, September 14, 2017, Jackson Hole,Wyoming Faculty & Speaker, “Work Smarter, Not Harder: How to Obtain and Use PriorTestimony In Your Next State or Federal Trial,” State Bar of Texas’s 2018 31st Annual Advanced Evidence & Discovery Continuing Legal Education Course, Dallas, Texas & San Antonio, Texas Faculty & Speaker, “From Tires to Fires, Autonomous Cars and Just About Everything In Between…How to Identify and Litigate Your Next Automotive Product Liability Case,” State Bar of Texas Soaking Up Some CLE, May 17, 2018, South Padre Island, Texas Faculty & Speaker, “Work Smarter, Not Harder: How to Obtain and Use Prior Testimony In Your Next State or Federal Trial,” State Bar of Texas Soaking Up Some CLE, May 18, 2018, South Padre Island, Texas Faculty & Speaker, “From Tires to Fires, Autonomous Cars and Just About Everything In Between…How to Identify and Litigate Your Next Automotive Product Liability Case,” American Association for Justice 2018 Annual Convention, July 10, 2018, Denver, Colorado Faculty & Speaker, “What are Crash Avoidance Technologies,” American Association for Justice Products Liability Section Webinar Series, July 24, 2018, Washington D.C. Faculty & Speaker, “Robot Car Are Here: How to Easily Identify and Efficiently Litigate Autonomous Automobile Products Liability Cases,” Colorado Trial Lawyers Association 2018 Annual Convention, August 9, 2018, Vail, Colorado Faculty & Speaker, “From Tires to Fires, Autonomous Cars and Just About Everything In Between…How to Identify and Litigate Your Next Automotive Products Liability Case,” Texas Trial Lawyers Association 2018 TTLA CLE in the RGV Continuing Legal Education Course, September 13, 2018, McAllen, Texas Faculty & Speaker, “Work Smarter, Not Harder: How to Obtain and Use Prior Testimony In Your Next State or Federal Trial,” Attorneys Information Exchange Group 2018 Fall Conference, Lake Tahoe, Nevada Faculty & Speaker, “Robot Car Are Here: What Does It All Mean, How to Identify Defects, and What to Do About Them,” Texas Trial Lawyers Association 2018 Annual Convention, December 7, 2019, Dallas, Texas Course Moderator, “TTLA’s Car Wrecks CLE Seminar,” February 21, 2019, Houston, Texas Moderator, “ Faculty & Speaker, “Crash Avoidance Technologies Are Here and Robot Cars Are Coming: How To Identify Defects and What To Do About Them,” Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association 2019 Annual Convention, April 26, 2019, Eureka Springs, Arkansas Guest Interviewee, “Autonomous Vehicles: People v. Machines,” Trial Lawyer Nation Podcast, May 1, 2019 Guest Interviewee, “Going Autonomous,” Admitted: An Exploration of Experts & Litigators Podcast, May 24, 2019 Faculty & Speaker, “Is the Future Now? Autonomous Car and Crash Avoidance Technologies Explained,” State Bar of Texas Soaking Up Some CLE, May 16-17, 2019, South Padre Island, Texas Course Moderator, “TTLA’s 2019 Mid-Year Conference and CLE Seminar,” June 5- 7, 2019, Houston, Texas Faculty & Speaker, “Crash Avoidance Technologies, Autonomous Vehicles, and Robot Cars:HowToIdentifyProducts LiabilityDefectsand WhatToDo About Them,” American Association for Justice 2019 Annual Convention, July 27, 2018, San Diego, California Faculty & Speaker, “Automotive Products Liability 101: From Tires to Fires, Autonomous Cars and Everything in Between…Identifying Defects & What to Do About Them,” Colorado Trial Lawyers Association 2019 Annual Convention, August 8, 2019, Breckenridge, Colorado Co-Author, “Collision Avoidance Technology Features: Passenger and Over-the-Road Vehicles,” Attorney Information Exchange Group Summer 2019 AIEG Voice Magazine Faculty & Speaker, “Crash Avoidance Technologies, Autonomous Vehicles, and Robot Cars: How To Identify Products Liability Defects and What To Do About Them”
Texas Trial Lawyers Association 2019 TTLA CLE in the RGV Continuing
Legal Education Course, September 12, 2019, McAllen, Texas
Course Moderator, “Attorney Information Exchange Group 2019 Fall Conference,”September 18-20, 2019, Sun Valley, Idaho Faculty & Speaker, “Crash Avoidance Technology and Heavy Trucks,” AttorneyInformation Exchange Group 2019 Fall Conference,” September 20, 2019, Sun Valley, Idaho
Professional Affiliations American Association for Justice, Products Liability Section Chairman--2014 - 2015 American Association for Justice, Products Liability Section First Vice Chair--2013 - 2014 American Association of Justice, Product Liability Section Second Vice Chair--2012 - 2013 American Association of Justice, Product Liability Section Secretary--2011 - 2012 Texas Trial Lawyers Association Member--2002 - Present American Association for Justice Member--2002 - Present Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit Member--2002 - Present Attorneys Information Exchange Group Member--2002 - Present College of the State Bar of Texas Member--2000 - Present Hidalgo County Bar Association Member--2000 - Present American Bar Association Member--2000 - Present
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Made me fell at home and important during the whole process
Mr. Galaviz,
Thank you. At home and important is exactly how we hope you or any client would feel. It was our honor to be your attorneys.
I highly recommend Julian Gomez, he was very helpful and professional in helping me with a settlement on an auto accident. He help clarify and simplify the process.
Mr. Gonzalez,
Thank you for entrusting your auto accident case to us. I am glad you felt we made the process clear and simple. It was our honor to be your attorneys.
Julian Carlos Gomez is a great lawyer who met my needs healtwise and financially. He was very communicative, informative and nice the entire time. I definitely recommend him and would use his services again.
Mr. Resendez,
I am glad that you felt we met your needs. We strive to communicate and keep our clients informed. It was our honor.
Julian helped me with my car accident case. He was very professional, smart, and attentive. He arranged good medical treatment. My settlement results were better than I could have hoped. Julian is the best. I’m very happy and recommend him to everyone.
Ms. Castillo.
Thank you for the recommendation. We were honored to be your personal injury attorneys and represent you in your car accident.
I would highly recommend Mr. Julian Gomez. He is very honest and truly cares about his clients. When I got my settlement he was completely thorough in explaining everything through out the whole case. He takes every case personally and treats you like you are his only client. I definitely knew he had my best interest at heart! He didn’t just say he would fight for me, he did it.
He is hands down, my choice for an attorney and a great one!
Mr. Kuehn,
Thank you for your kinds words. It was our honor to represent you.