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Practice Areas

JH Law Texas focuses on cases where technical knowledge makes the difference — commercial trucking, product defects, and catastrophic industrial accidents throughout Texas.

Primary Practice

Commercial Trucking Accidents

Texas roads carry more commercial freight than any state in the nation. When an 18-wheeler, tanker, or commercial vehicle causes a crash, the consequences are catastrophic — and the legal fight is anything but simple.

Trucking companies deploy rapid-response teams within hours of a serious accident to protect their interests. Josh deploys first. Before evidence is destroyed, before logs are altered, before witnesses scatter — JH Law Texas gets to work preserving what wins cases.

Josh's mechanical engineering background from UT Austin gives him a genuine technical edge. He reads black box data, ELD logs, and FMCSA compliance records the way other attorneys read depositions. That depth is not available at high-volume firms where your file gets handed to a paralegal.

What We Investigate

  • FMCSA hours-of-service violations — driver fatigue is the #1 cause of fatal truck crashes
  • Electronic Logging Device (ELD) data — GPS, speed, braking, and route history
  • Black box / ECM data — precise speed and braking in the seconds before impact
  • Driver qualification files — training records, MVR history, drug testing compliance
  • Cargo securement violations — overloaded or improperly loaded trailers
  • Carrier safety ratings and inspection records — systemic negligence patterns
  • Port of Corpus Christi corridor — tanker and drayage routes with unique hazards
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The Port Corridor Advantage

The Port of Corpus Christi is the nation's fourth-largest port by tonnage. Thousands of tanker trucks, hazmat carriers, and flatbeds run I-37, IH-69, and US-77 every day. No competing firm in South Texas has built a practice specifically around this corridor.

Common Case Types
→ 18-Wheeler Collisions → Tanker Truck Accidents → Rear-End / Override Crashes → Underride Accidents → Jackknife Accidents → Drowsy Driver Crashes → Hazmat / Cargo Spills → Runaway Trailer Incidents
Why Engineering Matters

Josh earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UT Austin before law school — and is a Registered Patent Attorney. He understands vehicle dynamics, load physics, and mechanical failure modes that most plaintiff attorneys simply cannot evaluate. That technical depth shapes how cases are built and how experts are cross-examined.

Secondary Practice

Product Liability

When a product injures or kills, the manufacturer, distributor, and retailer can all be liable. Product liability cases demand engineering and scientific analysis — the kind of technical depth Josh's background provides.

As a former partner at Sico White Hoelscher Braugh LLP, Josh litigated major product liability and mass tort cases involving industrial equipment, vehicle defects, and consumer products. He obtained a multimillion-dollar settlement for a client rendered paraplegic by a concealed automobile defect.

His Registered Patent Attorney status means he can read design patents, technical specifications, and engineering drawings — giving him access to evidence that most plaintiff lawyers cannot fully interpret.

Types of Product Cases We Handle

  • Automobile and truck defects — tires, brakes, steering, safety systems
  • Industrial and oilfield equipment failures
  • Dangerous consumer products and appliances
  • Medical device failures
  • Fire, explosion, and chemical exposure from defective products
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"A product liability case lives or dies on how well the attorney understands the engineering."

— Josh Hopkins, B.S. Mechanical Engineering · Registered Patent Attorney

33
Years of Experience
26
Years Board Certified
Wrongful Death

Representing Families After Catastrophic Loss

When a trucking accident, product defect, or industrial failure takes a life, the legal process can feel unbearable. Josh handled one of the most significant wrongful death cases in Maine history — representing fourteen families in the aftermath of a van rollover that became the deadliest traffic accident in state history.

Josh's approach to wrongful death is the same as every case: personal, thorough, and relentless. Families deserve accountability — not a settlement pressure campaign driven by a firm's overhead.

Who Can File

Surviving spouses, children, and parents of the deceased may file a wrongful death claim under Texas law.

What's Recoverable

Lost income, loss of companionship, funeral expenses, mental anguish, and in some cases punitive damages against corporate defendants.

Time Limits

Texas has a two-year statute of limitations for wrongful death claims. Evidence preservation begins immediately — contact Josh now.

South Texas Focus

Oilfield & Petrochemical Accidents

South Texas is energy country. The Permian Basin, Eagle Ford Shale, and the Corpus Christi petrochemical corridor create hazardous workplaces where explosions, blowouts, equipment failures, and transportation accidents claim lives every year.

Josh has handled catastrophic injury cases arising from oilfield operations, refinery fires, and petrochemical plant explosions. His engineering background allows him to work directly with industrial safety experts and accident reconstruction specialists in ways generalist attorneys cannot.

Many oilfield accidents involve overlapping liability — the landowner, the operator, the contractor, and the equipment manufacturer may all bear responsibility. Josh pursues every avenue to maximize your recovery.

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Common Oilfield Cases
Blowouts & Explosions
Well control failures, gas cloud ignitions, and pressure vessel ruptures
Refinery & Plant Fires
Process unit fires, chemical releases, and burn injuries at Corpus Christi area facilities
Equipment Failures
Crane collapses, pipe failures, valve defects, and heavy machinery accidents
Trucking on Lease Roads
Tanker and water truck accidents on private oilfield roads and public highways

No Fee Unless We Win

JH Law Texas works on a contingency basis. You pay nothing unless Josh recovers for you. Case costs are financed through Esquire Bank — never creating settlement pressure on you.

33⅓%
Pre-litigation resolution
40%
After suit is filed
45%
If case goes to trial

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Your consultation is free, confidential, and with Josh personally — not an intake coordinator.

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