Practice Areas
David Mestemaker represents injured Texans across a full range of personal injury, mass tort, and insurance cases. Every case gets the same preparation — as if it is going to trial.
Personal Injury
Personal injury is the core of David's practice. Car accidents, slip-and-falls, dog bites, defective products — any situation where someone else's negligence caused you harm. David has tried hundreds of these cases and knows exactly what it takes to win.
Most PI attorneys settle every case because they cannot afford to go to trial. David's 300+ trial record means insurance companies know he is not bluffing. That changes the math on every settlement offer.
Truck & 18-Wheeler Accidents
An 80,000-pound commercial vehicle hitting a passenger car is not the same as a fender-bender. Trucking cases involve federal motor carrier regulations, hours-of-service violations, maintenance records, black box data, and corporate defendants with teams of defense lawyers.
David has decades of experience against trucking companies and their insurers. He knows where they cut corners and how to prove it.
Workplace & Industrial Accidents
Houston is the energy capital of the world, and industrial accidents are a fact of life in the refineries, chemical plants, and construction sites that drive the economy. When safety protocols are ignored and workers get hurt, David holds employers and contractors accountable.
Refinery explosions, crane collapses, chemical exposure, electrical injuries — these cases require an attorney who understands the industry and the regulations that were meant to prevent these disasters.
Wrongful Death
When negligence takes a life, no amount of money replaces what was lost. But holding the responsible parties accountable matters — for the family and for the community. David treats wrongful death cases with the seriousness and preparation they demand.
Texas wrongful death claims can be brought by the spouse, children, or parents of the deceased. David helps families understand their rights and fights to recover the maximum compensation available under the law.
Mass Torts & Environmental
David has represented more than 1,000 clients in mass tort litigation. When a corporation pollutes a neighborhood, contaminates drinking water, or causes a chemical disaster that affects an entire community, the cases are massive in scope and complexity.
His experience includes toxic landfill litigation, chemical plant spills, industrial fires, and leaking underground storage tank cases. Mass tort experience at this scale is rare — and it makes a difference.
Insurance Litigation
Insurance companies collect premiums and then look for reasons not to pay when you need them. Bad faith denials, lowball offers, unreasonable delays — David knows the tactics because he has been fighting them for 37 years.
Whether it is a denied property claim, an underinsured motorist dispute, or a first-party bad faith case, David knows how to force insurance companies to honor their obligations.
Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice cases in Texas face some of the toughest tort reform laws in the country. Non-economic damages are capped, expert requirements are strict, and the timeline to file is short.
David has the trial experience and medical knowledge — his undergraduate degree is in biology — to navigate these complex cases. Surgical errors, misdiagnosis, birth injuries, and medication errors all fall within his practice.
Premises Liability
Property owners have a legal duty to keep their premises reasonably safe. When they fail — wet floors with no warning signs, broken stairs, inadequate security, swimming pool accidents — and someone gets hurt, they are liable.
David handles premises liability cases against property owners, businesses, and corporations that put profit over safety.
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