Attorney Richard Storm

Attorney Storm's Practice Areas Include:

• Personal injury law
• Vehicle collisions
• Large truck accidents
• Product liability
• Insurance issues
• Health care matters

Outside of the Office

In his spare time, attorney Storm serves as an Eagle Troop coordinator, a Primary Patrol Boy Scout advisor, and maintains membership with the Order of the Arrow.

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1992
• Western District of Texas, U.S. District Court
• Southern District of Texas, U.S. District Court
• Western District of Texas, Bankruptcy Court

Education

• 360 Advocacy, Auto Crash Litigation 4.0, April 2017
• Allstate Insurance Company, Emerging Managers Course, June 2005
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Advanced Experts Course, May 2004
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Essentials Course, May 2003
• St. Mary’s University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1992
• Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Arts, 1987

Background

• Managing Attorney – Personal Injury Litigation Section, Villarreal & Begum, March 2014 – Present
• Managing Attorney – Personal Injury Litigation Section, Davis Law Firm, August 2006 – March 2014
• Senior Trial Attorney, Allstate Insurance Company, August 2001 – July 2006
• Staff Counsel, United Service Automobile Association, October 2000 – July 2001
• Litigation Attorney, Carabin, Shaw & Johnson, 1997 – 2000

Notable Verdicts/Settlements

• Attorney Storm negotiated at an employment trial that won his client $150,000 in exemplary damages in November 2006.
• He handled a civil DWI trial in which he obtained exemplary damages on his client’s behalf in May 2010.
• Attorney Storm served as legal counsel in a trial regarding an oil and gas investment, and royalty dispute in December 1998.
• He successfully appealed a DWI conviction after a trial in June 2000.
• He secured a stepparent adoption on behalf of a celebrity musician client in 1999.

Honors and Awards

• Allstate “Most Jury Trials” Award, 2007
• Allstate Staff Counsel Distinguished Performance Award, 2005
• Allstate Staff Counsel Silver Medal, 2004
• Allstate Staff Counsel Award for Most Trials, Most Bodily Injury trials, Most Closures, and Most Trial Wins, 2003

Professional Associations & Memberships

• Texas Bar Association, Life Fellow
• San Antonio Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
• Federal Bar Association
• San Antonio Bar Association
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association
• San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• American Board of Trial Advocates

Community Involvement

• Troop Eagle Coordinator, Troop 809 Boy Scouts, Rough Rider District
• Order of the Arrow, Adult Member
• Primary Patrol Advisor Troop 809 Boy Scouts, Rough Rider District