Tommy R. Hastings


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Attorney Tommy R. Hastings Tommy R. Hastings is the founder and principal of Hastings Law Firm P.C. He was born and raised in rural Missouri where he learned the values of honest, hard-working people. Tommy received a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri before coming to Texas. He attended the University of Houston Law Center where he graduated with honors.

Upon graduation, Tommy immediately began to represent people who had been injured through the fault of others. He began his career at a long-established Plaintiff's firm in Houston, where took his first deposition 30 minutes after being admitted to the bar and tried his first case only four months later. Tommy handled all types of cases involving personal injury, medical malpractice, and products liability.

In 2002, Tommy joined another prominent firm where he developed a significant interest in medical malpractice cases. Over the next few years, he tried numerous cases to a jury involving wrongful death and catastrophic injury, obtained significant settlements for his clients, and handled several appeals. In 2004, H Texas magazine named Tommy as one of the "lawyers on the fast track." Tommy was selected by Texas Monthly magazine as a “Rising Star” in 2005, 2007, and 2008. He is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates, a national group whose membership requires a trial verdict or settlement in excess of one million dollars.

Tommy founded Hastings Law Firm P.C. in 2005. He proudly represents injury victims against large corporations and insurance companies. He never has and never will represent the powerful against the powerless.

A lawyer should always use his head to practice law, but I believe that cases are won by the lawyer using his heart.

Tommy does not believe that a lawyer should remain emotionally uninvolved in his client’s case, but instead should feel their pain as if it were his own.

Tommy is a member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Houston Bar Association, and other local and national organizations. He has also written and lectured on continuing legal education matters to other members of the Texas Bar.

Tommy and his wife Lana have one daughter, Shelby, and reside in Montgomery County, Texas.

Educational Background:
J.D., cum laude, 2001, University of Houston Law Center
B.A., 1997, University of Missouri
Admitted to Practice:
Texas, 2001
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 2001
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2003
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 2002
Member in Good Standing:
State Bar of Texas
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Houston Trial Lawyers Association
Houston Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Committee (2005)
Houston Bar Association, Law and Media Committee (2005)
Montgomery County Bar Association

Publications:
A Step-By-Step Analysis of Medical Malpractice Claims Under the Texas Tort Claims Act, State Bar of Texas 15th Annual Advanced Medical Malpractice Course, March 2008, San Antonio, Texas (available for download)
Effective Use of Medical Records at Trial, NBI CLE Seminar, April 2005, Houston, Texas
Tip Their Cap: What’s Not Covered, TTLA Medical Malpractice Conference, October 2004, Dallas, Texas
Limitations, Old and New, State Bar of Texas CLE, September 2003, San Antonio, Texas
Limitations: Punitives and Pecuniary Damages, TTLA Medical Malpractice Conference, September 2003, Houston, Texas (available for download)
So You’ve Busted Policy Limits, Now What?, TTLA Medical Malpractice Conference, September 2002, Houston, Texas (available for download)

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