Joe K. Crews
Joe Crews, the firm founder, has represented individuals and their families in personal injury cases of all kinds, including automobile, truck and motorcycle accidents, construction site accidents, fall cases, wrongful death, sexual assault, and injuries caused by defective products. Mr. Crews has been Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization for 35 years. He has been named a Texas “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters from 2009-2023 and is rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell. He received the Scott Ozmun Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from the Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association in 2017. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and active in numerous professional organizations including the Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association and the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Before working as a name partner in private practice in Austin, Mr. Crews was the Chief of the Consumer Protection Division and a Special Assistant Attorney General for the Texas Attorney General’s Office. He previously worked in private practice in Dallas, Texas, and also worked in East Texas for East Texas Legal Services helping fight for the rights of low income and disadvantaged persons. He also has worked for the Federal Trade Commission and for the Office of the Student’s Attorney for the University of Texas. He received his law degree from the University of Texas and his undergraduate degree from Oklahoma State University. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas, and Texas state courts.
Born: Commerce, Texas, January 21, 1950
Bar Admissions: 1976, Texas
Also admitted to practice before:
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
U.S. District Court Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
Preparatory Education:
Oklahoma State University, 1973 – B.A.
Legal Education:
The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1976 – J.D.
Certification/Specialties:
Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization since December, 1988
Joe K. Crews
Thomson Reuters
2009-2020
Professional Associations, Memberships and Honors:
- Texas Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024
- Scott Ozmun Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association, 2017
- Texas Appleseed Foundation– Former Board Member/Officer
- Texas Watch Foundation– Former Board Member
- State Bar of Texas– Member
- Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association
- Member Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association– Member
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum– Member
- Texas Bar Foundation – Life Fellow
- AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- American Law Institute– Member
- American Constitution Society– Member
- The National Association of Consumer Advocates
Past Employment Positions:
Chief, Consumer Protection Division, Texas Attorney General’s Office, 1991 – 1994
Special Assistant, Texas Attorney General, 1994