About our Law Firm

The Willis Law Firm:
National law firm that handles personal injury cases from coast to coast.

The Willis Law Firm, with principal offices in Houston, Texas, has a history of protecting the rights of individuals and their families. With over 41 years of personal injury trial law experience, Attorney David P. Willis has gained a strong reputation and been nationally recognized as a dedicated product liability personal injury trial lawyer. Mr. Willis is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Mr. Willis and his Texas-based law firm specialize in the prosecution of serious injury cases involving product liability in the following areas:

SUV Rollovers
Vehicle Rollovers
Roof Crush
Fuel Fed Fires
Tire Failures
Roof Pillar Failures
Door Latch Failures
Seat Belt Defects
Airbag Defects
Defective Parts and Products Litigation
Serious Injury and Negligence Cases
Wrongful Death Lawsuits

Mr. Willis and his law firm also specialize in the prosecution of catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases involving traumatic brain damage, skull fractures, closed head injuries, spinal cord injuries, quadriplegia, paraplegia, paralysis, positional asphyxia (suffocation), amputations from partial ejection, and other types of serious injury and wrongful death cases against foreign and domestic automobile and tire manufacturers.

Attorney David P. Willis

David Willis was born and raised in Texas. He graduated from Baylor University in 1978 and then went on to graduate from the South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas in 1982. Mr. Willis served as a Briefing Attorney on the Supreme Court of Texas for the Honorable Robert M. Campbell in Austin, Texas until 1984 – at which point he began to practice plaintiff’s personal injury law in Houston. In 1992, Mr. Willis founded Willis & Associates, a personal injury law firm with strong emphasis in products liability and automotive litigation.

Mr. Willis’ educational, career and legal background include:

Baylor University (BA 1978)
South Texas College of Law (JD 1982)
State Bar of Texas (Admitted to Bar in 1983)
New York State Bar (Admitted in 2005)
Supreme Court of Texas – Briefing Attorney (1983-84)
Vice President – Harris County Bar Association (1984-85)
Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Lawyer (Since 1988)
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Since 1988)
Texas Bar Foundation (Member since 1996)
Awarded the Steven J. Sharp Public Service Award 2001
United States Patent Holder

Nationwide Help – Licensed in Texas & New York

The Willis Law Firm has helped people across the nation for over 41 years. Mr. Willis will review potential cases from anywhere in the United States. Mr. Willis has the distinction of being Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1988. This legal certification by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization identifies an attorney who has been recognized as having extensive knowledge and actual experience trying a prescribed number of personal injury cases to a jury verdict. In order to be Board Certified, Mr. Willis had to pass strict testing and qualification requirements to demonstrate his knowledge of the law of evidence, procedure and other areas of substantive law in the trial of civil cases. Less than 2% of all Texas attorneys have earned this important certification in Personal Injury Trial Law.

National Recognition

In 1997, Mr. Willis was involved in one of the nation’s first Firestone ATX Radial Tread / Belt Separation and Ford Explorer rollover cases which occurred in Texas. A product liability lawsuit was filed in 1998 against Ford and Firestone due to the Ford Explorer going out of control and rolling after the rear left Firestone ATX radial tire’s tread came off. After a long battle with Ford Motor Company and Firestone, a confidential settlement was reached by all parties. On July 17, 2001 Mr. Willis was recognized as one of a very select group of product liability attorneys in the nation and was awarded the prestigious Steven J. Sharp Public Service Award for his contributions in investigating and gathering evidence pertaining to tire belt separation and vehicle rollovers in Firestone Tire and Ford Explorer Cases. The efforts by these selected attorneys and others helped lead to the largest recall in U.S. history. This award was presented to Mr. Willis by the President of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Our Commitment

“My firm is committed to representing individuals and families who have been the victims of a wrongful death or serious personal injury on America’s roads and highways due to negligence or the faulty design of an automotive product. Although monetary compensation cannot heal the emotional and physical scars left as the result of a serious accident, it can help in many cases to relieve much of the economic stress and hardship associated with the injury or loss of a loved one. Many times it is the only means of support and future security for the injured individual and their family. Litigation may not bring back a loved one, or heal a serious injury, but it may serve to help prevent others from having to endure the same loss.”

David P. Willis