Jay Winckler

“A lawsuit is a battle. When I take on a case, I become the aggressor. I battle with the defendant, the defense attorneys and their insurance company. Preparedness and execution - that's how to bring litigation to a successful conclusion.” Brilliant and probing are two words used to describe Jay Winckler. He examines each aspect of a case until he has found the winning piece that others have failed to see. Always head and shoulders above the crowd, Jay received a full academic scholarship as a Presidential Alumni Scholar at the University of South Dakota, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and then proceeded to another academic scholarship from the University of Texas Law School, where he got his law degree "with honors". He is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Certification as a trial specialist in Personal Injury Trial Law. Jay brings intelligence and persistence to the practice of law and that has made for a successful combination. Jay’s success has allowed him to represent people from all over Texas - McAllen to Amarillo, Texarkana to El Paso. With an emphasis on medical malpractice, Jay Winckler takes his outstanding legal skills and translates it into his clients' success. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Jay Winckler included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (A Woodward White, Inc. Peer-Review Publication), 2009 - 2024 Named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers (A Woodward White, Inc. Peer-Review Publication) for Medical Malpractice – Plaintiffs, Austin, 2019 , 2021 & 2023 Listed in Texas' Best Lawyers (A Woodward White, Inc. Peer-Review Publication), 2009 - 2024 Super Lawyer (A Thomson Reuters Service), 2003, 2011 - 2012, 2014-2024 "AV" Rated by Martindale-Hubbell VerdictSearch’s Top Texas Verdicts of 2010 - (Janice Temple v. James Hansen, MD; and Angela and Robert Gibson v. Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc.) Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation Named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers (A Woodward White, Inc. Peer-Review Publication) for Personal Injury - Plaintiffs, Austin, 2022 Other Sources of Feedback About Jay Winckler Included on the 2026Texas Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Texas Super Lawyers list 2024 Texas Super Lawyers list 2023 Texas Super Lawyers list 2022 Texas Super Lawyers list 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 2012 Texas Super Lawyers list 2011 Texas Super Lawyers list 2003 Texas Super Lawyers list

• Co-Founder

• Gibbins, Winckler & Harvey, LLP, Partner, April 15, 1984 - March 31, 1997

• Texas, 1981
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
• Specialties and Certifications
• Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

• American Association for Justice (Member)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Member)
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• State Bar of Texas (Member)
• Travis County Bar Association (Member)
• Capitol Area Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors)
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 1998 - Present