Patrick L. Reznik, Partner
Patrick L. Reznik
Direct line:512-495-1400
preznik@
georgeandbrothers.com
PRACTICE AREAS/NATURE OF PRACTICE
- Construction Law
- Criminal Defense and White Collar Crime Defense
- Civil Business Litigation and Trials
RECENT REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- Represented the Plaintiff Developer in Waterford on Lake
Travis, Ltd. v. Dannenbaum Engineering Corp., et al.; Cause
No. GN200591, 345th Judicial District, Travis County District
Court
- Represented the Plaintiff Physicians in Margaret Thompson,
M.D. et al v. Universal Health Services, Inc., et al; Cause
No.99-14404; In the 345th District Court of Travis County, Texas
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
(Speeches, Seminars, Bar Activities, Organizations, etc;)
- Former Prosecutor, Bexar County DA's office
- Supervisor Felony Trial Court
- White Collar Crime and Fraud Unit
- Family Violence, Child Abuse, Sex Crimes Unit
- DWI / Misdemeanor Trial Unit
- Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- Travis County Bar Association
- Chair, Breakfast with the Judiciary, 2002-2004
- State Bar of Texas
- College of the State Bar of Texas
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- American Bar Association
- Toastmasters International, Area L-41 Governor, 2003-2004; Division
L Governor, 2004-2005
- Law Clerk to: Hon. Lucius D. Bunton III; U.S. District Judge
Western District of Texas, 1991-1993
- Author: "Plaintiff's Negligent Conduct Will Not Be a Defense
in a Strict Product Liability Action When Plaintiff Fails to Discover
Guard Against the Defective Product," 20 Tex. Tech L. Rev.
969 (1989)
- Author: "Failure Strengths of Laminated Glass," 116
J. of Structural Engineering 1030 (1990)
- Clearinghouse Security Committee Meeting Committee Member Awareness
— November 28, 1995; Lecture Title: “Financial
Crimes: The Elements of a Case”
- Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (“SANE”); New Nurse
Examiner Training — January 13, 1999; Lecture Title: “Expert
Testimony of the SANE Nurse”
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School
of Nursing Continuing Education; Seminar: “Forensics: Exploring
Applications in Nursing” — April 29, 1999; Paper &
Lecture Title: “Experts in the Courtroom”
- Texas District & County Attorneys Association’s Seminar:
1999 Prosecutor Trial Skills Course — July 25-30, 1999,
Austin, Texas; Paper & Lecture Title: “Adult Community
Supervision: The Time Before Time”
- State Bar of Texas, Legal Assistants Division, Seminar: Legal
Assistant U: A Three Day Seminar with a Collegiate Theme –
September 9-11, 1999, San Antonio, Texas; Paper & Lecture
Title: “Criminal Cases Arising from Family Cases”
- Sammy Miller DPS Certified Instructor — October 1998 to
September 1999; Lecture Title: “Self Defense: Justification
Excluding Criminal Responsibility”
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Rotary Club of Austin
- Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce
- Volunteer Legal Services
- Adjunct professor for the Alamo County Community College District,
San Antonio and taught Torts, Legal Research and Writing, and
Criminal Procedure in the Department of Legal Assisting, January
1996-December 1999 (San Antonio College)
- University of Texas San Antonio, College of Sciences & Engineering;
San Antonio Prefreshman Engineering Program (“TexPREP”)
— June 11, 1998, July 6, 1999, July 19, 1999, July 17, 2000;
Lecture Title: “Science in the Law”
- Garner and Rhodes Middle School Career Days, 1997-1998, “Child
Abuse and Being a Prosecutor”
EDUCATION
- Texas Tech University, J.D., 1990
- Texas Tech University, M.S. (Civil Engineering), 1986
- Texas Tech University, B.S., (Agricultural Engineering), 1984
ADMISSIONS
- All Texas State Trial Courts
- U.S. District Courts, Western and Northern Districts of Texas
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