Alex Horton clerked at the Supreme Court of Texas and later argued before the same Court in practice. He has handled significant personal injury matters before the Supreme Court of Texas and appellate courts throughout the state.
Alex is often called upon by other law firms to assist with legal briefing, appellate strategy, and appeals in significant injury cases. His work includes dispositive motions, preservation of error, pretrial legal issues, jury-charge practice, mandamus proceedings, and appellate briefing. Representative examples include:
• Defeated a petition for writ of mandamus at the court of appeals and then in the Supreme Court of Texas on the eve of trial in a multimillion-dollar Jones Act maritime case.
• Defeated a motion to dismiss under the Texas Recreational Use Statute
• Defeated a Rule 91a motion to dismiss in a dram-shop case
• Defeated an attempt to remove a significant injury case from state court on the eve of trial
• Defeated a motion to dismiss in a section 1983 police shooting case
• Defeated numerous motions for summary judgment in significant injury cases
• Handled numerous pretrial legal matters and jury-charge conferences in multimillion-dollar injury cases
Horton Legal Group assists injured clients and families with appellate issues and also works with referring lawyers who need focused support on legal briefing, dispositive motions, preservation, mandamus proceedings, jury-charge issues, or an appeal.