Danny M. Needham

Danny M. Neeham graduated form West Texas State University with a B.S., and he received is J.D. from Texas Tech University of Law in 1975 where he served as Business Manager of the Texas Tech Law Review. Danny’s practice areas include transportation and railroad litigation, personal injury and wrongful death litigation, and civil trial litigation. He has served as President of the Amarillo Bar Association and is a member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel and Texas Association of Defense Counsel. He is the past Program Director and current Vice-chairman of the American Law Firm Association (“ALFA”) Transportation Practice Group and a member of the Transportation Lawyer’s Association. Danny M. Needham has been honored to be named as a Texas Super Lawyer in 2006, 2007, and 2008, an honor reserved for only 5% of attorneys in the State of Texas. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Danny M. Needham included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Super Lawyers Magazine Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers, 2006 - 2016 Other Sources of Feedback About Danny M. Needham Included on the 2022Texas Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2021 Texas Super Lawyers list 2020 Texas Super Lawyers list 2019 Texas Super Lawyers list 2018 Texas Super Lawyers list 2017 Texas Super Lawyers list 2016 Texas Super Lawyers list 2015 Texas Super Lawyers list 2014 Texas Super Lawyers list 2013 Texas Super Lawyers list 2012 Texas Super Lawyers list 2011 Texas Super Lawyers list 2010 Texas Super Lawyers list 2009 Texas Super Lawyers list 2008 Texas Super Lawyers list 2007 Texas Super Lawyers list 2006 Texas Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• Gibson, Ochsner & Adkins, L.L.P., Partner, 1975 - August 31, 2003
• Representative Clients
• BNSF Railway Company
• Werner Enterprises, Inc.
• Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
• Central Refrigerated Services, Inc.
• AAA Cooper Transportation
• Berkley Risk Administrators
• Lincoln General Insurance Company
• Wilshire Insurance Company
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
• Tyson Foods, Inc.
• OmniTrax, Inc.
• Panhandle Northern Railroad, LLC
• Tankstar
• Schwerman Trucking
• State Farm Lloyds
• Old Dominion Freight Lines, Inc.
• Oshkosh Truck Corporation
• Anchor Claims Management/The Combined Group
• The Hartford
• Van Liner Insurance Company
• R&L Carriers
• National American Insurance Company
• Markel Insurance Co. of Canada
• C.R. England, Inc.
• Frozen Food Express
• Land Span, Inc.
• Watkins Associated Companies
• John Christner Trucking, LLC
• DeBoer Transportation
• Town & Country Food Stores, Inc.
• Custard Insurance Adjusters, Inc.
• Tenold Transportation, LP
• CNA Insurance
• Cambridge Integrated Services Group, Inc.
• Daily Express/Daily Underwriters
• Summit Trucking, LLC

• Texas, 1975
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1975
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1976
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
• Specialties and Certifications
• Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

• Amarillo Bar Association, 1998 - 1999 (President)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (Member)
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Member)
• ALFA Transportation Practice Group (Past National Program Chair)
• ALFA Transportation Practice Group (Current Vice-chairman)
• Transportation Lawyers Association (Member)
• Defense Research Institute
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Delta Theta Pi
• Sigma Nu