Wimberley, TX

Donald M. Hudgins

Don is a well-recognized trial attorney/mediator/arbitrator who has tried in excess of 200 jury trials, involving catastrophic injuries, death, construction defects, libel, slander, product liability, medical and legal malpractice and professional liability claims. He is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Law and has represented individual clients as well as many Fortune 500 companies in litigation throughout the southern United States. In 2018, Don received the Seventh Amendment Warrior Award from the American Board of Trial Advocates, Houston Chapter, in recognition of his outstanding achievements as a life-long trial lawyer. While Don continues to maintain a select trial docket of complex personal injury and commercial cases, he is primarily focused on his mediation and arbitration practice where his years of trial experience has resulted in an overwhelming settlement rate.

William B. Gammon

William B. "Bill" Gammon was born in Virginia and moved to Texas as a young child when his father went to work for NASA. He attended High School in Clear Lake, Houston and then came to Austin during the 1960's to complete his under graduate degree at The University of Texas. He ran several successful small businesses both in Austin and in Houston before deciding to attend Law School. He attended UT Law School in Austin and holds the record there for the fastest graduating student. He completed Law School in just twenty two months. Bill began his solo practice here in Austin in 1987 and now specializes in Real Estate Law, Foreclosure and Evictions, Business Law, Bankruptcy, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and Medical Malpractice. His interests and hobbies include traveling, reading, scuba diving, sky diving, politics, piloting small aircraft and helicopters and absolutely anything connected to gizmos and gadgets.

Steven F. Hudgins

Steven is a trial lawyer whose practice represents an even blend of personal injury, insurance and commercial disputes. He is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Law. Steven earned this recognition after successfully defending and prosecuting numerous personal injury lawsuits, involving commercial auto and premises liability claims. Steven’s insurance law practice includes the representation of admitted and non-admitted carriers in first-party disputes that often arise following catastrophic weather events in the Gulf Coast region. Steven is head of the firm’s subrogation practice, successfully protecting the interests of the insurers and recovering millions in settlement on their behalf. Steven also maintains an active commercial practice, counseling and representing a broad range of business clients, ranging from small family owned companies to companies listed in the Fortune® 500. Such services include the preparation and review of employment agreements, service contracts, dealership agreements, investigation of pre-suit claims and resolution of claims brought by and against former employees and/or directors. Steven recently tried and won a lawsuit where he represented an insurance agent being sued under a non-compete agreement, receiving a judgment awarding his client his attorneys’ fees. Steven is a second-generation Houstonian and second-generation graduate of South Texas College of Law. During law school, Steven interned on the Texas Supreme Court for the Honorable Bob Gammage.

Spencer L. Edwards

Spencer is a trial lawyer whose personal injury practice focuses on wrongful death and catastrophic injury claims. He is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Law. Spencer earned this recognition after years of aggressively defending products liability, commercial auto, and medical malpractice lawsuits in both federal and state courts throughout Texas. In addition to his personal injury docket, Spencer maintains an active commercial practice, representing and serving as general counsel for his business clients from pre-suit disputes through trial if needed. Spencer’s accounting and finance background provides him unique insight into the complex damage models generally associated with commercial business disputes, which often serves at a catalyst toward their efficient resolution. Spencer is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He moved to Texas in 1991 to attend Baylor University where he earned his undergraduate degree in accounting before attending Baylor University School of Law. Spencer remains actively involved in the Baylor Law Alumni Association.

Michael D. Hudgins

Michael is a trial and appellate lawyer. He focuses his practice on complex legal matters, involving professional malpractice (all disciplines), directors and officers, HOA law, school law, sovereign immunity, and coverage disputes. Michael graduated from South Texas College of Law in 1993. While there, Michael served as President of the Board of Advocates (1992-93), elected to the National Order of Barristers, and earned membership into the Order of the Lytae Honor Society. Michael was a member of three first place national moot court teams, including the Tulane University Sports Law Competition where he was named Best Advocate and the John Marshall Privacy Law Competition where he co-authored the Best Brief, which is published in the Software Law Journal at 6 Software Law Journal 115 (Feb. 1993). Michael served as an adjunct professor/advocacy assistant for South Texas College of Law’s advocacy program until 2005; his teams won five national titles. Michael’s professional accomplishments include serving as lead appellate counsel for the City of Houston in a consolidated proceeding with other municipalities before the Texas Supreme Court in a case that answered the question of whether sovereign immunity exists in breach of contract cases. Michael and the firm’s work on this matter resulted in the Supreme Court’s landmark decision of City of Mexia v. Tooke, which recognized sovereign immunity in breach of contract cases. Michael successfully led a litigation team of nine attorneys through a two-month trial defending allegations that his client’s stole two billion cubic feet of gas through a casing leak-a case the the Hattiesburg American reported as being one of the longest trials ever in Lamar County, Mississippi. Michael Hudgins is a second-generation Houstonian and second-generation graduate of South Texas College of Law. Following law school and before beginning his practice, Michael served as a Briefing Attorney to the Honorable Murry B. Cohen of the First Court of Appeals in Houston from 1993-94. He is a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education seminars in both Texas and New York.

Erik C. Baumann

Erik is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on professional liability disputes (all disciplines), design and construction defect cases, and commercial litigation. Erik has also successfully defended and prosecuted numerous personal injury claims. As part of his practice, Erik has represented clients in arbitrations before both the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and the International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration (ICC ICA). Erik also handles civil appeals in both the Texas Courts of Appeal and the Texas Supreme Court. Erik’s commercial docket includes probate (transaction and litigation), small business transactional matters, and providing general counsel services to many of his clients. Such services include the preparation of asset purchase agreements, employment contracts, non-compete agreements, and investigating and handling pre-suite legal disputes. Erik is also an adjunct professor of Trial Advocacy and mock trial coach at the University of Houston School of Law. Erik is originally from Colorado where he lived before moving to Texas where he obtained his undergraduate degree from Baylor University and his law degree from Baylor University School of Law.

Karina Ferri

Karina is an associate attorney with the Hudgins Law Firm, P.C. Her practice focuses on construction defects and professional liability disputes. Karina was born and raised in Kiev, Ukraine. She completed her law degree in Ukraine and worked as a lawyer for several years before deciding to move to the United States in 2014. After arriving in the US, she began working as a legal assistant at a personal injury maritime law firm in Houston, Texas. While working full time at the law firm, Karina decided to further her education and enrolled in the University of Houston’s LLM in US law program. She completed the program in 2019 and earned her LLM in US law. Karina’s background and experience in both Ukrainian and US law give her a unique perspective that sets her apart from other attorneys. She is known for her attention to detail, tenacity, and strong advocacy skills, and is committed to providing the highest level of legal representation to her clients. Karina is fluent in Ukrainian and Russian.