A native of Cameron, Texas, Wayne Fisher founded the Houston law firm of Fisher, Boyd, Johnson & Huguenard, LLP in 1966. One of the best-known and most respected civil trial lawyers in Texas and the United States, Mr. Fisher graduated with honors from Baylor University and began his legal practice with the firm of Fulbright & Jaworski. He has been elected President of the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He has served as a Regent of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates.
Listed in the Best Lawyers in America for both personal injury trial law and business litigation, Wayne Fisher has been voted by his peers as one of "Texas' Top 100 Super Lawyers," and recognized by the State Bar of Texas as a "Texas Trial Titan." He is board certified in personal injury trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and was recently honored as the 2011 "Houston Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, and awarded the Lifetime Excellence in Advocacy Award by the Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists.
Wayne Fisher has Received National Acclaim and Recognition as one of the Nation’s Top Trial Lawyers including:
-2018 Nationally Ranked Top 100 Attorney Award by The National Association of Personal Injury Attorneys
-2018 10 Best Attorneys - Texas High Verdict and Settlement Winner by The American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys
-Top 100 Trial Lawyers by The American Trial Lawyers Association
-America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators – 2017
-2014 Lawyer of the Year Selected by Peer Recognition as Published in Best Lawyers
-One of the 100 Lawyers Admitted to The Inner Circle of Advocates for Obtaining Jury Verdicts in Excess of $1,000,000.
Mr. Fisher has obtained recoveries in excess of $1 million in hundreds of cases involving products liability, aviation, maritime, and medical malpractice claims, construction accidents, and truck, auto, and train collisions. He has also served as lead counsel in major business and probate litigation matters, including litigation concerning the Estate of Howard Hughes.
A leader in community affairs, Mr. Fisher has served as Chairman of the Texas Cultural Trust, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Baylor Scott & White Hospital System, Central Texas Operating Division, and as a director or trustee of South Texas College of Law, the Houston Symphony Society, the Center for American and International Law, the United States Supreme Court Historical Society, and the Texas State 4-H Development Foundation.
Alpha Chi; Delta Theta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Baylor Law Review, 1960-1961. Co-Author: "Comparative Negligence, An Exercise in Applied Justice," Vol. 5, No. 4, St. Mary's Law Journal, 1974; "The Seat Belt Defense in Texas," Vol. X, No. 10, The Houston Lawyer, 1973; "Alfaro Case Did The Right Thing," Texas Lawyer at 30 (June 4, 1990). Author: "Admissibility of Economic Testimony on Future Inflation," South Texas Law Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1, 1976; "Use of an Economist to Prove Future Economic Loss," South Texas Law Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, 1977; "How to Handle the Expert Witness in Aviation Case Under the New Federal Rules of Evidence," The Forum, Vol. X11, No. 1, Fall, 1976; "Contribution and Indemnity Among Joint Tortfeasors", 13 Texas Trial Law F. 3, 1979; "Compromise Settlements and Their Effects," 1 State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Trial Course, R-1, App., 1978. Chairman, Lawyers Involved for Texas, 1972-1973. Baylor Lawyer of the Year, 1983. Filmmaker: American Bar Association Trial Demonstration, "How to Try a Medical Malpractice Case," National Distribution Training Film, Nov., 1986; "Contribution and Indemnity—Comparative Responsibility," St. Mary's College Procedure Institute, San Antonio, Texas, November 13, 1987; "Analysis: Anesthesiology Cases," Advanced Medical Malpractice Seminar, University of Houston Law Center, November 12, 1987; "The Art of Negotiation," Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Atlanta, Georgia, August 7, 1987; "Contribution and Indemnity," Third Annual Advanced Personal Injury Trial Law Course, sponsored by the State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program, Fort Worth, Houston and Austin, July 22, July 29, August 5, 1987; "Cross-Examination of an Expert in a Products Liability Case," Products Liability Seminar, American Trial Lawyers Association, San Francisco, California, July 15, 1987. Supreme Court Historical Society (Board of Trustees), National Membership Committee. Seminar Lectures/Publications: "Common Mistakes in Discovery," Annual Meeting State Bar of Texas, CLE SuperStore, Dallas, Texas, June 19 and 20, 1996; "The Impact of DuPont v. Robinson and Daubert v. Merrell Dow Upon Texas and Federal Jury Trials" - Robinson Case, Meeting of Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists, Houston, Texas, February 15, 1996; "Medical Malpractice," Legal Assistants Division Advanced Personal Injury Law Seminar, Houston, Texas, February 2, 1996; Theories and Approaches to Trying Products Liability Cases," TTLA Advanced Products Liability Seminar: "What's Next After Tort Reform?," Dallas, Texas, January 25, 1996 and Houston, Texas, February 1, 1996; "Voir Dire - Tammy Weitraub et al v. Country Road Commission," In-House Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Baker & Botts, Houston, Texas, March 18, 1995; "Top Ten Tactics for Cross-Examination," State Bar of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 31, 1995; "Theories and Approaches to Trying Products Liability Cases," Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Houston, Texas, March 15, 1994; "Trial Notebook," Houston Bar Association Trial Notebook Seminar, Houston, Texas, May 21, 1993 Televised Debate with Walter Olson, Author of The Litigation Explosion, Rotary Club of Houston, Houston, Texas, May 6, 1993; "Medicine and the Law," Lecture for Law Students, Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas, December 14, 1992; How to Prevent Medical Malpractice Cases," Lecture, Cardiology Staff, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, November 20, 1992; Videotaped Presentation: Deposition of Defendant's Expert in Medical Malpractice Case, Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas, November 19, 1992; "Alternative Trial Notebook," A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, November 13, 1992; "Responding to Common Defense Arguments," Third Annual Medical Malpractice Conference, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, October 30, 1992; "Direct and Cross of Plaintiff's Expert," American Board of Trial Advocates, Houston Texas, September 25, 1992; "Case Analysis" Manufacturing Defects," The University of Houston Law Foundation, Houston, Texas, May 28, 1992; "Seaman Status Under the Jones Act," Maritime Law Center, Tulane University and The British Maritime Law Association, London, England, May 13, 1992; "Advanced Settlement Techniques," Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Houston, Texas, November 7, 1991; "How to Win Your Case on Voir Dire," Houston Intellectual Property Law Association Seventh Annual Fall Institute, Galveston, Texas, October 4, 1991; "Analysis: Anesthesiology Cases - Plaintiff's Perspective," University of Houston Law Center Medical Malpractice Seminar, Houston, Texas; "Jury Charge after Tort Reform," State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas, June 21, 1991; Jury Demonstration," State Bar of Texas Trial and Tactics Advanced Litigation Seminar, Beaumont, Texas, April 19, 1991; "Lawyer Sanctions," Medical Malpractice Conference, Texas Tech and St. Mary's Schools of Law and the Texas State Bar, San Antonio, Texas, April 11, 1991; "Complex Settlements and Their Impact at Trial," Texas Trial Lawyers Association, April 5,1991; "How to Use Basic Safety and Risk Management principles in the Development and Trial of Medical Malpractice Cases," Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 15, 1989; Montana Trial Lawyers Association Annual Conference, Barbados, March 18, 1991; "Contribution and Indemnity in Texas Before and After Tort Reform," State Bar of Texas, St. Mary's Twelfth Annual Procedural Law Institute-Litigation Malpractice, San Antonio, Texas, November 9, 1990; "Analysis: Emergency Room Cases, Plaintiff's Perspective," University of Houston Law Center, Advanced Medical Malpractice Litigation, Dallas, Texas, November 7, 1990; "Advanced Technology in Preparation and Case Presentation," Negotiation and Settlement Techniques Seminar, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 3, 1990; "A Plaintiff's Lawyer Shares His Ideas on How to Turn the 'Little' Case into a 'Big' Verdict," Defense Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, October, 1990; "What Drives Patients to an Attorney," Delivered to Medical Staff, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas, September 6, 1990; "Plaintiff's Closing Argument in Medical Malpractice Cases," Annual Convention, Kentucky Trial Lawyers Association, Owensboro, Kentucky, August 25, 1990; "Wrongful Death, Survivorship and Bystander Recover," 1990 Advance Personal Injury Course, State Bar of Texas, San Antonio, Texas July 25, 1990 and Houston, Texas July 11, 1990; "Final Argument - Plaintiff," Ultimate Trial notebook, State Bar of Texas Annual Convention, Dallas, Texas, June 7, 1990"; "How to Overcome Common Defense Arguments,: Medical Malpractice Conference, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Houston, Texas, May 10, 1990; "Panel Discussion on Explaining Medicine,: Second Annual Medicine for Lawyers Conference, The University of Houston School of Law, Houston, Texas, February 23, 1990; "Plaintiff's Strategies After Tort Reform," Litigation in the Age of Tort Reform: The Reality for Plaintiffs and Defendants in Texas Today, Tarrant County Civil Trial Lawyers Association, Fort Worth, Texas May 19, 1989; "Restraint System Failures," Seminar for The Institute for Injury Reduction, Baltimore, Maryland, May 25, 1989; "Negotiating Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases," South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, August 15, 1989; "Plaintiff's Perspective on Medical Malpractice," Legal Issues in Medicine - Avoiding Unnecessary Dilemmas, Delivered to Medical Staff, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas, October 21, 1989; Videotaped Presentation "Rambo Trial Tactics," State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas, October 23, 1989; "Plaintiff's Closing Argument," Advanced Medical Malpractice Litigation, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, November 10, 1989; "Punitive Damages," International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Palm Springs, California, March 8, 1988; "Contribution and Indemnity," Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas, March 11, 1988; "Pennzoil v. Texaco Decision," American College of Trial Lawyers, Regional Meeting for the Eleventh Circuit, Point Clear, Alabama, October 31, 1987.
