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Jack McGehee has been individually Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since January 1989 — 36 years, making his certification one of the longest continuously held by any attorney in this directory’s Texas coverage to date. He learned the medical-malpractice specialty that defines his practice today in an unusual place: the Pentagon, where he defended military doctors before switching sides to represent injured patients.
At a Glance
| Firm | McGehee, Chang, Feiler |
| Founding Partner | Jack E. McGehee |
| Houston Office | 10370 Richmond Avenue, Suite 1300, Houston, TX 77042 |
| Focus | Birth injury, traumatic brain injury, medical malpractice, mass tort/social justice cases |
| Board Certification | Jack McGehee — Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization (since 1989) |
| Fee Structure | Contingency; case selectively accepted per firm |
Career History
Jack McGehee has been licensed to practice law in Texas since 1980 (45 years) and in New York since 2004. Early in his career he defended military physicians while working in the Pentagon, an experience the firm credits with giving him deep insight into how medical malpractice defenses are actually built — insight he later applied representing plaintiffs instead. He has tried 314 personal-injury cases to verdict and served as President of both the Houston Trial Lawyers’ Association and the Houston Trial Lawyers’ Foundation. He has been interviewed by Diane Sawyer on ABC’s Primetime Live and Barbara Walters on 20/20 regarding national medical malpractice cases, and served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston Law School.
Practice Concentration
The firm concentrates specifically on birth injury, traumatic brain injury, and medical malpractice — a narrower, deeper focus than a general personal injury practice — alongside broader mass tort and social justice litigation, including work related to Hurricane Harvey-linked reservoir flooding damages. The firm states it deliberately limits the cases it accepts rather than pursuing volume.
Track Record
An independent Houston legal-industry ranking (Attorney at Law Magazine) cites a $19.7 million settlement in a failure-to-diagnose case and a $17.4 million settlement in a medical-products case involving contaminated medication that injured children nationwide, in the context of McGehee’s overall record. McGehee has personally secured 314 verdicts over his career, per the firm’s own account and independent legal directories. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case.
Client Voice
Jack McGehee holds a 10.0 Avvo rating with “No misconduct found” on both his Texas and New York license records. A peer endorsement from a fellow Houston personal injury lawyer describes him as “a true professional, excellent trial lawyer and a technician where required.” This research did not surface a pattern of client complaints or disciplinary findings for McGehee or the firm; his direct client review volume on public platforms is thin, which this profile discloses rather than papers over.
Beyond the Courtroom
McGehee has served as President of the Texas Medical Legal Society and the Houston Medical Legal Society, organizations bridging law and medicine, and has authored more than 320 speeches and publications on medical malpractice and trial practice over his career.
Recognition
Jack McGehee is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization — the only “specialist” designation used in this profile. He is separately a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys and a Civil Trial Specialist certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy — two distinct national credentialing bodies, named here separately rather than folded into the TBLS designation. He is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a membership organization rather than a peer-review award.
Texas Legal Backdrop
Texas personal injury claims generally carry a two-year statute of limitations under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.003. Medical malpractice claims — this firm’s core focus — carry separate notice and expert-report requirements under Chapter 74 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code, including a requirement to serve a qualified expert report within 120 days of filing suit. 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 36-year-held TBLS certification, 314 personal trial verdicts, and a documented, third-party-verified case history in high-value medical malpractice and product-injury litigation make this a genuinely deep specialist practice rather than a generalist injury firm. The Pentagon-to-plaintiffs career arc is also a real, checkable differentiator that speaks directly to how he evaluates the defense side’s likely strategy in a malpractice case.
The honest limitation: this is a small, selective firm with thin public review volume compared to higher-volume competitors, which fits its stated model of deliberately limiting caseload but means a prospective client has less independent client-review data to evaluate day-to-day service quality. A prospective client should ask directly about current case capacity given the firm’s selective-intake approach.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys in August 2026 without the participation, sponsorship, or payment of McGehee, Chang, Feiler. Primary sources: the firm’s own website (lawtx.com), including its team and board certification pages. Independent verification: Attorney at Law Magazine’s 2026 Houston medical malpractice attorney ranking; State Bar of Texas attorney directory; Avvo attorney profile (license status in Texas and New York, “no misconduct found,” peer endorsement); Super Lawyers attorney profile. 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 McGehee, Chang, Feiler, and inclusion in our editorial coverage cannot be purchased. Our methodology and editorial standards are applied consistently across all firms we cover.