Texas City, TX

James Walker

Attorney James S. Walker is a personal injury lawyer in Houston, Texas, with over 40 years of experience. He has fought on behalf of over 25,000 clients. He is a graduate of Michigan State University and Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Inside Houston Magazine ranks him as one of the top lawyers in Houston, and his firm, Walker and Hunter P.C., has been voted Law Firm of the Year.

Eric Kirkpatrick

Eric Kirkpatrick is an attorney licensed in Texas and New York, specializing in litigation. He graduated from South Texas College of Law in 2004. He has extensive experience in diverse areas of law including personal injury, securities litigation, and construction disputes. Since 2014, he has worked with Jim Walker, successfully trying jury and non-jury trials in state and federal courts. He is a member of several legal associations including the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and the Houston Bar Association, and volunteers for legal clinics.

Maxwell Paderewski

A third-generation personal injury attorney, Maxwell Paderewski has dedicated his life to the pursuit of justice in personal injury cases. Through tenacity and grit, Mr. Paderewski has consistently advocated for individuals injured due to the negligence of others. Throughout his representation of hundreds of clients, he has garnered a profound understanding of personal injury law for car accident trials, slip and fall settlements, or work injury cases. His litigation style is assertive, demonstrating the great loss of the injured against powerful insurance companies that neglect to adequately compensate injury victims. Throughout his distinguished career, Mr. Paderewski has received awards from Super Lawyers to The National Trial Lawyers’s Top 40 Under 40, to Texas Monthly’s Rising Stars. He regularly receives just compensation for innumerable injured clients from 18-wheeler accidents to warehouse accidents. His extensive legal experience has endowed him with a subtle comprehension of the elements needed to secure positive results, be it in settlement negotiations or at trial. Having dealt extensively with large insurance companies and their evasive tactics, he remains ready to battle tirelessly on his clients’ behalf until a fair result is reached. A graduate of Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, Mr. Paderewski began his legal career by working as a law clerk for a local personal injury firm in Sarasota, Florida. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, and began practicing law as a personal injury attorney in Washington D.C. and Virginia. During his time in Washington D.C., he first earned the Super Lawyer’s “Rising Star” award as well as a perfect 10.0 rating on Avvo. Mr. Paderewski continued practicing personal injury law in Houston, where he earned the “Top 40 under 40” award from The National Trial Lawyers. He met fellow Houston attorney Brian Crockett at a trial lawyer’s conference, and the two have collaborated on perfecting the best litigation strategy to get the most for their personal injury clients. Mr. Paderewski deals with a wide range of personal injury clients, from spinal pain to traumatic brain injuries. Whether it’s in the courtroom or in settlement negotiations with insurance companies, Mr. Paderewski consistently gets more for his clients by putting maximum effort into each case. No matter how small the case may be, Mr. Paderewski ensures that all potential evidence is collected and no stone is left unturned. With this effort, Mr. Paderewski is able to present his client’s case at trial with overwhelming evidence to ensure that the jury can do proper justice with their verdict.