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Founder George Fleming once tried the same mass tort property-damage case to a punitive-damages jury verdict eight separate times for different groups of clients, across fourteen months of actual trial time — and won damages each time, according to the firm, before the litigation ultimately settled for more than $2 billion. That’s the scale this Houston firm was built around: not quick settlements, but a willingness to retry a case as many times as it takes.
At a Glance
| Firm | Fleming, Nolen & Jez, L.L.P. |
| Founder | George M. Fleming |
| Houston Office | 2800 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 4000, Houston, TX 77056 (Galleria) |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Focus | Mass tort, product liability, aviation disasters, defective drugs/medical devices, personal injury |
| Board Certification | Rand Nolen — Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization |
| Fee Structure | Contingency; free consultation stated |
Career History
George Fleming, a native Texan with a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, began his legal career in 1971 as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, representing the United States in major trial cases, before moving to Houston to found what became Fleming, Nolen & Jez in 1981. Rand Nolen joined the firm (then Fleming & Associates) in 1997 and has since tried cases to verdict against Exxon, Wyeth, Pfizer, ConocoPhillips, Ford Motor Company, Sanofi, and AbbVie, in state and federal courts across six states. Nolen has also briefed and argued appeals before the Texas Supreme Court and multiple federal circuit courts.
Practice Concentration
The firm concentrates on mass tort and product liability litigation — pharmaceutical and medical device claims, aviation disasters, defective consumer products — alongside individual personal injury and wrongful death cases. This is a genuinely different model from a routine personal injury firm: the docket runs toward large-scale litigation against major corporations rather than volume auto-accident intake.
Track Record
| Result | Case Type | Source |
|---|---|---|
| $2 billion+ (aggregate settlement) | Mass tort property damage case, tried to punitive verdict 8 times over 14 months by George Fleming | Firm-published |
| $29 million+ | First jury verdict in firm history, personal injury mass tort case | Firm-published |
| $5 billion+ (firm career aggregate) | Combined verdicts and settlements across firm history | Firm-published |
These figures are drawn from the firm’s own published case history and are not independently itemized by case name in the sources available for this profile; that limitation is disclosed rather than assumed away. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case.
Client Voice
Client reviews on the firm’s own site are largely positive, with one client of nearly five years describing consistently professional correspondence throughout a long-running case. This research also found one specific, older negative review (December 2018) from a client involved in transvaginal mesh mass tort litigation, describing a case handoff between attorneys without notification and frustration reaching the firm; that review is disclosed here as a single, dated account rather than part of a broader pattern, since this research did not find additional reviews describing similar issues. This research did not surface disciplinary findings against Fleming or Nolen.
Beyond the Courtroom
George Fleming is widely published in major legal journals and is a frequent speaker on mass tort and class action litigation trends; Rand Nolen has spoken at Houston Bar Association and Houston Bar Foundation events on trial practice.
Recognition
Rand Nolen is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization — the only “specialist” designation used in this profile; this research did not find a corresponding TBLS certification for founder George Fleming specifically, so that credential is not attributed to him here. Separately, Nolen has been named to Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs and The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 since 2007 — peer-review and industry recognitions distinct from board certification.
Texas Legal Backdrop
Texas personal injury claims generally carry a two-year statute of limitations under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.003. Pharmaceutical and product liability mass tort claims, the firm’s core focus, are also subject to a 15-year statute of repose under § 16.012 and frequently proceed through multidistrict litigation (MDL) in federal court, a distinct procedural track from individual state-court claims. Texas follows a modified comparative-fault rule under Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 33: 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 firm willing to retry the same case eight times to a jury rather than settle early, and a partner who has personally tried cases against Exxon, Ford, and multiple major pharmaceutical companies to verdict, reflect genuine large-scale litigation capability that most Houston injury firms don’t have occasion to demonstrate.
The honest trade-off: this is fundamentally a mass tort litigation practice, which typically means larger caseloads per attorney and less individualized day-to-day contact than a boutique injury firm offers — a dynamic the one disclosed negative review specifically described. A prospective client should ask directly which attorney will be their primary point of contact and how case reassignments are communicated before signing on, particularly for a mass tort matter involving many similarly situated plaintiffs.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys in August 2026 without the participation, sponsorship, or payment of Fleming, Nolen & Jez, L.L.P. Primary sources: the firm’s own website (fnj-law.com), including its attorney biography and firm history pages. Independent verification: The National Trial Lawyers member profiles for George Fleming and Rand Nolen; LinkedIn profile for Rand Nolen confirming TBLS certification and bar admissions; third-party review aggregator (ExploreLawyers) for the disclosed 2018 client review. 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 Fleming, Nolen & Jez, L.L.P., and inclusion in our editorial coverage cannot be purchased. Our methodology and editorial standards are applied consistently across all firms we cover.