Jeffrey R. Gilbert

A native of Angleton, Texas in Brazoria County, Jeff Gilbert is a 6th generation Texan with deep roots to his community. Graduating from Angleton High School in 1978, Mr. Gilbert attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas where he was involved in the leadership of many campus service and social organizations. Upon completion of his business degree (BBA) in 1982, Mr. Gilbert returned to Brazoria County going to work for the First Freeport National Bank in Freeport, Texas. Mr. Gilbert later returned to Baylor where he enrolled in the graduate school of business obtaining his degree (MBA) while working as the night manager of the Baylor Student Union.

Upon graduation, Mr. Gilbert began a career in banking and corporate investments before entering South Texas College of Law at the age of 27. While in law school, Jeff participated in many intramural moot court and mock trial competitions. Interestingly and of note, Jeff tried and won his first jury trial while in law school serving as an intern with the Harris County District Attorney's office before receiving his J.D. from South Texas College of Law in December 1989.

Mr. Gilbert then accepted a position in the Trial Bureau of the Harris County District Attorney's office in Houston, Texas where he tried multiple jury and non-jury cases as a juvenile, misdemeanor and then felony prosecutor. In 1993, Mr. Gilbert left the District Attorney's office to join a prestigious Houston based civil litigation firm. Since that time, his practice has concentrated on litigation, including medical malpractice, pharmaceutical and toxic tort litigation with firms in Houston, Angleton and Dallas, Texas. In January 2006, Mr. Gilbert began a Brazoria County based practice and formed Jeffrey R. Gilbert, P.C.

Mr. Gilbert is a member of The State Bar of Texas (Section Memberships include: Criminal Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law), The Brazoria County Bar Association (Past President 2008-2009), The Houston Bar Association, and is a Fellow of the Houston Bar Foundation. He is also a member of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, The College of the State Bar of Texas and is a Fellow of the Trial Advocacy Institute of the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company. He is admitted to practice before all courts of the State of Texas and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Mr. Gilbert remains a Trial Attorney.  His practice focuses on criminal, family and general litigation.

Mr. Gilbert was honored to serve two terms (1996 through 1998) as a special judge of the Harris County Criminal Courts at Law. This appointment was made by the 15 county criminal court at law judges of Harris County. Mr. Gilbert presided over hundreds of case dispositions and numerous trials in this position.

Active in his community, Mr. Gilbert currently serves on the City of Lake Jackson Planning Commission, as a Board Member and Preseident-elect of the Brazosport Symphony Orchestra Council, as a three-term President of the Brazoswood Buccaneer Band Booster Club (2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011), he is a past president and former board member of the Downtown Houston Pachyderm Club, and has been a delegate to every Senate District (1996 and 1998, SD #7; 2000, SD #8; and 2002, 2004 , 2006 and 2008, and 2010, SD #17) and State Republican convention since 1996.

Mr. Gilbert and his family are proud to trace their Texas roots to John Bradbury Follett who settled in Texas on Follett Island near San Luis Pass in Brazoria County. Accordingly, Mr. Gilbert is a proud member of the Stephen F. Austin Chapter of the Sons of the Republic of Texas. Mr. Gilbert attends BrazosPointe Fellowship in Lake Jackson, where he serves as an usher, greeter, has previously led an adult "Home Team" and has been active in its children's ministries.

Mr. Gilbert is the father of two children: Will, a student at Texas A&M University and Morgan, a student at Brazoswood High School. Mr. Gilbert is the son of the late Ralph W. Gilbert, a long-time Angleton attorney, and Fannie Mae Follett Gilbert a life-long resident of Brazoria County.

Special Training and experience -

 Trained Mediator - AA White Dispute Resolution Institute; University of Houston Law Center; Certified for Approval of Court-Ordered Mediations;
 Trained Family Law Mediator Travis County Dispute Resolution Center; Credentialed and Qualified Family Law Mediator;
 Trained Ad Litem - Harris County Civil Court Ad Litem Training Course, 1998, 2005;
 Trained Guardianship Attorney Ad Litem - Completed Training Required by Texas Probate Code for service as Attorney Ad Litem in State Courts

Areas of Practice

 Mediation
 Business & Commercial Law
 Contracts
 Business Organizations
 Sexual Harassment
 Construction Law
 Criminal Law
 DUI/DWI
 Guardianships & Conservatorships
 Wills
 Family Law
 Adoption
 Custody & Visitation
 Divorce
 Litigation & Appeals
 Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
 Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
 Probate & Estate Administration
 Products Liability Law
 Medical Malpractice
 Real Estate Law
 Toxic Torts

Bar Admissions

 Texas, 1990
 U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1990 
 U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1990

Education

 South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas
o Juris Doctor - December, 1989
 Baylor University
o Master of Business Administration - August, 1984
 Baylor University
o Bachelor of Business Administration - May, 1982

Honors and Awards

 Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation
 Harris County Criminal Courts, Special Judge, 1996 - 1998
 Fellow, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company Trial Advocacy Institute
 Member, College of the State Bar of Texas

Professional Associations and Memberships

 State Bar of Texas - Member, Criminal Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law and Alternate Dispute Resolution Sections.
 Brazoria County Bar Association  - Past President
 Houston Bar Association
 Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association