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After Hurricane Ike devastated the Texas Gulf Coast, courts appointed Jeff Raizner as one of only two liaison counsel tasked with managing and guiding thousands of insurance lawsuits and appraisals toward efficient resolution — a court-appointed leadership role, not a self-claimed one. He’s built a Houston practice around exactly that kind of high-stakes dispute: catastrophic personal injury and complex insurance bad faith litigation, often overlapping when a serious injury claim runs into an insurer that won’t pay.
At a Glance
| Firm | Raizner Slania LLP |
| Managing Partner | Jeffrey L. Raizner |
| Houston Office | 2402 Dunlavy St, Suite 300, Houston, TX 77006 (Montrose) |
| Founded | 2015 (as Raizner Slania; Raizner’s practice traces to Doyle Raizner LLP, founded earlier) |
| Focus | Serious personal injury (maritime, aviation, defective products), insurance bad faith litigation, mass tort/pharmaceutical injury |
| Board Certification | Jeff Raizner — Personal Injury Trial Law & Insurance Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization (double certified) |
| Fee Structure | Contingency; consultation available |
Career History
Jeff Raizner earned his B.A. in History from Tulane before earning his J.D. cum laude from the University of Houston, where he served as an editor of the Houston Law Review. He began his career at Vinson & Elkins, a major national firm, in 1992, then founded Doyle Raizner LLP before refocusing his practice to form Raizner Slania LLP in 2015. He has served as President of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association, one of the largest trial lawyer organizations in the country, and is licensed in Texas, Arizona, and Missouri.
Practice Concentration
The firm’s docket spans serious personal injury matters — maritime and offshore rig injuries, aviation and helicopter accidents, defective products, and international work and travel injuries — alongside complex first-party insurance bad faith litigation, mass tort, and pharmaceutical/medical device injury claims. The overlap between insurance bad faith and personal injury is a real structural feature of the practice, not incidental: when an insurer wrongfully denies coverage for an injury claim, the firm’s dual certification lets it litigate both the underlying injury and the insurer’s conduct.
Track Record
| Result | Case Type | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Nearly $40 million (jury verdict, January 2025) | Insurance bad faith — wind/hailstorm property damage claim, Green Acres Baptist Church v. Brotherhood Mutual Insurance | Firm-published, independently identifiable case |
| $10.68 million | Federal civil RICO judgment after jury trial | Firm-published case summary |
| 2024 trial (Andrew Slania, partner) | Largest punitive damages jury award in the history of Texas reported verdicts, per the firm, in the Eastern District of Texas | Firm-published |
The firm’s published case history also includes a case where a jury awarded a former employee $800,000 in actual and $10 million in punitive damages for wrongful termination, which the trial court then overturned via judgment as a matter of law for the employer, a ruling the Fifth Circuit affirmed 2-1 on appeal — included here because the firm’s own case-results page lists it, and because the ultimate outcome favored the opposing side is disclosed rather than omitted. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case.
Client Voice
This research found limited independently attributed individual-client reviews specific to Raizner’s personal injury docket, as opposed to the firm’s larger commercial insurance litigation practice; that gap is disclosed as a genuine limitation. This research did not surface disciplinary findings against Raizner.
Beyond the Courtroom
Raizner served as court-appointed liaison counsel managing thousands of Hurricane Ike-related insurance lawsuits and appraisals — a role assigned by courts and requiring the confidence of both plaintiffs’ and insurance-industry counsel, not a self-selected credential.
Recognition
Jeff Raizner is double Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law and Insurance Law — the only “specialist” designations used in this profile, and each independently earned rather than one covering both areas. Separately, he has been selected to the Super Lawyers list every year since 2007 and named to Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs every year since 2010 — peer-review recognitions distinct from the state board certifications.
Texas Legal Backdrop
Texas personal injury claims generally carry a two-year statute of limitations under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.003. Insurance bad faith claims, a substantial part of this firm’s docket, proceed under the Texas Insurance Code’s prompt payment and unfair claims settlement practices provisions, a distinct statutory framework from ordinary negligence claims. Texas follows a modified comparative-fault rule under Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 33 for negligence claims: a claimant found more than 50% responsible for their own injury recovers nothing, and a claimant at 50% or below has recovery reduced by their own percentage of fault. None of this is legal advice and does not account for the specific facts of any individual case; consult a licensed Texas attorney about your situation.
Awesome Attorneys Assessment
A dual TBLS certification in both Personal Injury Trial Law and Insurance Law is a genuinely rare combination, and a court-appointed liaison counsel role following Hurricane Ike is real, independently conferred leadership standing rather than a marketing claim. The nearly $40 million January 2025 verdict is also independently identifiable by case name rather than resting solely on the firm’s word.
The honest limitation: this firm’s public identity and case-results page lean heavily toward large-scale commercial and catastrophe insurance litigation rather than routine individual personal injury claims, and this profile could not verify a deep bench of individually attributed personal-injury client reviews the way it could for some other firms in this directory’s coverage. A prospective client with a standard injury claim, rather than a catastrophic or insurance-entangled one, should ask directly whether their case fits the firm’s typical docket.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys in August 2026 without the participation, sponsorship, or payment of Raizner Slania LLP. Primary sources: the firm’s own website (raiznerlaw.com), including its case results and attorney biography pages. Independent verification: State Bar of Texas attorney directory confirming dual board certification and Houston office address; Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers attorney profiles; firm blog post on the January 2025 Green Acres Baptist Church verdict. Statutes cited in the Texas Legal Backdrop section were verified against the Texas Constitution and Statutes database (statutes.capitol.texas.gov).
Publisher Disclosure & Independence Notice
Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal-directory publisher. This profile was not paid for by Raizner Slania LLP, and inclusion in our editorial coverage cannot be purchased. Our methodology and editorial standards are applied consistently across all firms we cover.