Jeffrey L. Raizner
Raizner Slania, LLP
Jeff Raizner is an extremely successful trial lawyer and negotiator. He has been named a Super Lawyer every year since 2007, recognized for his continued success in representing clients in claims against major insurers for both commercial and residential losses, and against large corporations for compensation in pharmaceutical and other mass tort claims, as well as maritime personal injury disputes.
Mr. Raizner is a member, former director, and Executive Committee member of Texas Trial Lawyers Association, a past president of Houston Trial Lawyers Association, and a member of the American Association for Justice. His practice includes nationwide representation in complex insurance disputes, as well as serious personal injury and mass tort litigation. In addition to being a Super Lawyer, he has been recognized as a Texas Rising Star and a Best Lawyer in nationwide, peer-selected publications.
Mr. Raizner has been selected by courts and his co-counsel to serve on a number of steering committees established to manage and guide litigation involving insurance and other disputes, and is a recognized leader nationwide in complex commercial property insurance litigation. Mr. Raizner is also a member of the Texas Association of Public Insurance Adjusters, as well as the National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters. Mr. Raizner regularly writes and speaks on insurance and other matters within his areas of practice.
He began his legal career at Vinson & Elkins in 1992 and is a founding partner of Doyle Raizner LLP. In 2015, Mr. Raizner decided to refocus his practice on forming Raizner Slania LLP. Throughout his career, he has aggressively pursued insurance providers on behalf of clients in bad faith insurance actions for claims ranging from the denial or delay of workers’ compensation to liability in large commercial and even transnational claims.
- University of Houston Law Center
- Juris Doctorate (1992) | Law
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Activities: Editor, Houston Law Review Phi Delta Phi
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- Tulane University
- Bachelor of Arts (1989) | History
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- Founding Partner
- Raizner Slania, LLP
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- Doyle Raizner, LLP
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- Vinson & Elkins LLP
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- Weathering the Storm of Causation Clauses
- Trial Magazine
- Post-Injury Arbitration Agreements: A Plaintiff’s Perspective
- Benedict’s Maritime Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 4
- KRE Policies: Your Money or Your Life
- Legal + Medical Magazine (UK)
- The American Dream? Litigation Abroad
- Legal + Medical Magazine (UK)
- Winning the Battle of the Atlantic
- Association of Personal Injury Lawyers Newsletter
- The Differences Between Personal Injury Litigation in the UK and the USA, Legal and Medical Conference 2007, The Changing Landscape, London, United Kingdom
- The Potential Costs When Case Management Crosses the Line: The Law on the Penalties and Pitfalls for Improper Handling of a Claim for Benefits by an Injured Worker, Workers’ Comp Update 2003
- Recent Developments in Maritime Law, 21st New Orleans Fall Maritime Law Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Tulane Louisiana
- The Potential Costs When Case Management Crosses the Line: The Law on the Penalties and Pitfalls for Improper Handling of a Claim for Benefits by an Injured Worker, The Barnes Law Firm Workers’ Compensation Seminar
- The Barnes Law Firm
- Completing the Unfinished Picture Soriano and the Problem of Having So Many Claims and So Little Coverage, Ninth Annual Insurance Law Institute
- University of Texas
- Personal Injury Trial Law
- Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Best Lawyers - Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- BEST LAWYERS
- Best Lawyers - Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- BEST LAWYERS
- Super Lawyers
- Thomson Reuters
- Best Lawyers - Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- BEST LAWYERS
- Super Lawyers
- Thomson Reuters
- American Association for Justice
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- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
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- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- Fellowship Member
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- Houston Bar Association
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- Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (UK)
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- Texas Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (TAPIA)
- Associate Member
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- National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters
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- Missouri Association of Trial Lawyers
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- Arizona Trial Lawyers Association
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- National Trial Lawyers Top 100
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- Houston Trial Lawyers Association
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- Texas Trial Lawyers Association Technology Task Force
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- Houston Trial Lawyers Association
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- Arizona
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- Missouri
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- Texas
- State Bar of Texas
- ID Number: 00784806
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- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Maritime Law
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- English: Spoken, Written