Mark T. Murray

Mark T. Murray is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and in Civil Pretrial Practice and Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mark's years of practice are distinguished by personal achievements and honors that few in the legal community attain. Mark was chosen as a Texas Super Lawyer in 2003 and every year since by Texas Monthly Publication, placing him in the top 5% of all lawyers in the State of Texas. He is currently listed in the Texas Super Lawyers Top Attorneys and the Houston Region Top 100 where he is further recognized by area of practice. Mr. Murray achieved the No.1 Texas jury verdict for a Workplace Safety claim in 2011, affirmed on appeal to the Texas Court of Appeals, and was inducted into the Texas Verdicts Hall of Fame in 2013. Mr. Murray is a certified member of the Multi Million Dollar Advocates Forum and a Life Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, where membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements. Less than 1% of U.S. attorneys are members of this prestigious group of trial lawyers. He has also been selected as a Houston Top Lawyer by H Texas magazine and Houstonia magazine. Mark is a past president of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association, an organization committed solely to protecting, promoting and safeguarding the rights of people who must seek redress in law. Mark is also a Life Fellow in the Texas Bar Foundation, the largest charitable-funded bar foundation in the country. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and Houston Bar Association. Mark also strives to improve advocacy skills of young lawyers by teaching as an Adjunct Professor at South Texas College of Law, where he has taught for nineteen years. He served as the 2011 President of the South Texas Alumni Association, and is a frequent CLE lecturer and contributor. Mr. Murray has been recognized by Klein ISD on its Alumni Hall of Honor Wall. He received the 2014 South Texas College of Law Alumni Impact Award and was further honored with the establishment of a scholarship in his name. Born in Colorado, Mark was raised and educated in Texas, where he received his B.A. from Baylor University and his J.D. from South Texas College of Law. Mark's exceptional advocacy skills in law school earned his admission to the esteemed Order of the Barristers. After graduating law school in 1990, Mark joined the firm of Tucker, Hendryx and Gascoyne, litigating cases for those who had been sued. Mark began working for injured individuals five years later when he joined the firm of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Matthews & Friend, and has since devoted his practice to protecting the rights of those injured through the negligent and willful conduct of others. Mark joined John W. Stevenson, Jr. in 2005. Other memberships held by Mr. Murray include former Director, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate), the American Association of Justice, the State Bar of Texas, and the Houston area, Federal and American Bar Associations. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Mark T. Murray included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Texas Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly Publication, 2003 – present Texas Lawyer Top 100 Verdicts from 2010-2012 Texas Lawyer/Verdict Search Hall of Fame, #1 Texas Workplace Safety Verdict, 2011 Texas Super Lawyers Top 100 Attorneys in Texas, 2012, 2013 Texas Super Lawyers Top 100 Attorneys Houston Region, 2013, 2014 Texas Super Lawyers by Practice Area, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Houston Region, 2014 Houstonia Magazine, December 2013, 2014 - Top Lawyers, Personal Injury Klein ISD, Alumni Hall of Honor "AV" Rated in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory Other Sources of Feedback About Mark T. Murray Included on the 2025Texas Super Lawyers list Past Lists 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 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 2005 Texas Super Lawyers list 2004 Texas Super Lawyers list 2003 Texas Super Lawyers list

• Abraham Watkin Nichols Sorrels Matthews & Friend, Partner, 1995 - 2005
• Tucker Hendryx & Gascoyne, 1991 - 1995
• Languages
• English

• Adjunct Professor, South Texas College of Law, 1991 - Present
• CLE Lecturer and Contributor

• Texas, 1991
• New York, 2006
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1991
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1995
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 2007
• Specialties and Certifications
• Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1996
• Civil Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 2000
• Civil Pre-Trial Practice, 2010

• American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate)
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association
• American Association of Justice
• Houston Trial Lawyers Association
• Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Phi Alpha Delta