Who We Are

David Hill is one of only 3% of the lawyers in Texas that is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has been certified since 1991. He has spent his entire career representing injured people and NOT insurance companies. David Hill has represented hundreds of clients for over 30 years in cases involving personal injury, products liability, nursing home abuse and neglect, car accidents, truck wrecks, family law, business disputes, will contests, oil and gas disputes, and other types of general litigation. 

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Law Office of David Hill
128B S Main St
Henderson, TX 75654-3558

County: RUSK

Phone: 903-657-4100

After graduating from law school, Mr. Moss worked for the Prosecutor’s Office in Little Rock, Arkansas before working in a Mid-South law firm where he defended white collar criminal matters along with physician’s, hospitals and nursing homes. Mr. Moss was then recruited by Beverly Enterprises, Inc. (“Beverly”) to serve as the Senior Litigation Counsel where he defended, coordinated and managed cases across the country against Beverly in the areas of patient liability, premises liability and commercial liability. Before returning to private practice, Mr. Moss served as Senior Medicaid Fraud Counsel in the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office where he focused on prosecuting nursing homes engaged in deceptive trade practices at the expense of elderly residents and State of Arkansas. Mr. Moss also worked for McNulty Law Firm in Bel Air, California where he devoted his practice to representing seriously injured persons in the areas of birth defects, physician negligence, nursing home abuse and neglect, product liability and premises liability. For 14 years, Mr. Moss worked at Reddick Moss, PLLC where as a partner, he handled nursing home, motor vehicle accident, physician negligence, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, and assisted living negligence cases in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Kentucky, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania while working from Denver, Colorado.   

Mr. Moss’ extensive experience includes many multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients across the country. He holds what is believed to be the largest nursing home and abuse jury verdicts in the history of Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado that were obtained in 2014 and 2016. 

Mr. Moss has been a frequent lecturer to legal societies and bar associations including American Trial Lawyer’s Association, Arkansas Bar Association and Defense Research Institute. 

Mr. Moss is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating and one that is given to lawyers based upon peer-to-peer feedback in relation to preeminent legal ability and ethical standards. Mr. Moss has been recognized by many other professional organizations for his  legal work and ability. 

Mr. Moss is an active member of the American Association for Justice, Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, and Kentucky Justice Association.

Henry Giessel has been repeatedly honored for his expertise in litigation. In the June 2000 he was recognized as one of the Legal Legends of the Texas Bar in a Special Commemorative Edition of Texas Lawyer.

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Henry P. Giessel, born in Germany, July 30, 1927; admitted to the State Bar of Texas, 1950. Hank, as he is known to his friends, graduated from the University of Texas Law School (L.L.B. 1950) where he was editor of the University of Texas Law Review. For over four decades, he has distinguished himself as a trial lawyer not only in Texas, but also across the country. Recently, he participated as trial and appellate counsel for the Plaintiff in Mendoza v. Summit Care where the jury returned the 2nd largest nursing home verdict in U.S. history. A list of notable cases where Hank has served as both trial and appellate counsel is included below. His recognition as a “Legal Legend” in the state of Texas is a reflection of his accomplishments in the courtroom.

Not only has Henry been at the forefront of changing tort law through the numerous cases he has argued before Appellate Courts, he has frequently served as an adjunct Professor at the University of Houston Law School. Henry’s counsel and litigation abilities are an integral part of this firm.

David T. Marks has practiced law for over three decades. Widely recognized for his courtroom and advocacy skills, he has served as trial counsel in some of the largest verdicts in the United States arising out of the wrongful death or catastrophic injury of a nursing home resident. By reason of his record of success, David frequently receives requests from across the country to teach and educate practicing attorneys, as well as health care professionals on the subjects of trial advocacy and issues impacting the health and safety of the elderly. He has served as invited faculty for the American Academy of Forensic Science; the United States Department of Justice; the Association of Trial Lawyers of America; the Southern Trial Lawyers of America; the American Association for Justice; the National College of District Attorneys; the University of Arkansas School of Medicine; the University of Texas School of Nursing; Texas Tech School of Nursing; State Bar of Texas, the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Examiners; and various state trial lawyers’ associations.

David’s legal career was shaped by his service as a special prosecutor in the highly publicized murder case of State of Texas v. Autumn Hills Convalescent Center, Inc. In 1979, as a young criminal district attorney working for the State of Texas, he inherited a file which introduced him to the subject of nursing home abuse and neglect. The file would ultimately take the next seven years of his professional career, pitting him against the top defense lawyers in the State, in the first case in the United States charging a corporation with the crime of murder by omission.

The eight month jury trial against Autumn Hills Convalescent Center, Inc. revolved around the widespread care deprivation and harm caused by a corporation’s financial decision to cut essential services and supplies in order to maximize its profits. Not only did this case leave David with an understanding of the human cost of corporate irresponsibility and unbridled greed, but it also left him with a deep sense of the need for public advocacy to address this serious issue.

In this regard, David has been involved in legislative efforts to correct inadequate enforcement of nursing home regulations for more than 20 years. He has testified as an expert witness before the U.S. Senate Committee on Aging and the Health and Human Resource Committee, Texas House of Representatives. Further, he has also served on the Sub-Committee on Nursing Home Regulation and Enforcement; Institute of Medicine, and the National Academy of Science. After requiring the largest nursing home operator in the state of Texas, as a condition of the settlement of a case involving the rape of a resident, to maintain on a continuing basis a corporate registry of all employees who were terminated for abuse or neglect which barred such individuals from reemployment at any sister facility within the chain, David advocated the extension of this system to all nursing home residents in Texas. More particularly, he assisted in the drafting and supported the passage of House Bill 3386 that was designed to correct a problem in the regulatory system that allowed a known felon with a history of abuse to slip through the state’s criminal history screening process. David’s efforts in the name of and on behalf of his client assisted in closing a loophole which allowed know abusers with felony records to have access to helpless nursing home residents.

In 2005, the National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR) honored David with its Special Appreciation Award for his effective promotion of residents’ rights and in supporting NCCNHR’s national advocacy in improving accountability and quality in nursing homes.

Jacques G. Balette is a co-founder of Marks Balette Giessel & Young and has dedicated his professional practice to helping those who have been catastrophically injured. Jacques’ experience and reputation has allowed him to represent clients in complex cases in more than fifteen different states and in over 120 different counties across the country.

Jacques’ commitment, preparation and trial skills have produced some of the largest verdicts and settlements in the United States. His distinguished track record of success for his clients in nursing home malpractice cases, medical malpractice cases, tractor-trailer collisions, product liability cases and breach of partnership cases has been consistently recognized by his peers in the legal profession. Jacques has been recognized by Thompson Reuters as a Top RatedMedical Malpractice Attorney and Texas Rising Star in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 and a Texas Super Lawyer in 2013 and 2014. Moreover, Jacques has been recognized by The National Trial Lawyers as a “Top 40 Under 40” Trial Lawyer as well as a “Top 100” Trial Lawyer. Jacques’ peer review rating by Martindale Hubble is AV Preeminent 5 out of 5.

Jacques was trained in courtroom advocacy by the prestigious Trial Advocacy Program at South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas. There, he was a member of the Order of Barristers, Chairman of the Board of Advocates, and received the Dean’s Outstanding Student Advocate Award. After graduating from law school, Jacques worked for the first five years of his career as an insurance defense lawyer. This experience provided him valuable insight into the workings of the nursing home and insurance industries. Between 1997 and 2004, while practicing law full-time, Jacques served as an adjunct professor for the Trial Advocacy Program at South Texas College of Law where he lectured and trained students on courtroom advocacy.

Jacques practices out of both the Houston and Lexington offices.

Henry Giessel has been repeatedly honored for his expertise in litigation. In the June 2000 he was recognized as one of the Legal Legends of the Texas Bar in a Special Commemorative Edition of Texas Lawyer.

(Click here to see the article)

Henry P. Giessel, born in Germany, July 30, 1927; admitted to the State Bar of Texas, 1950. Hank, as he is known to his friends, graduated from the University of Texas Law School (L.L.B. 1950) where he was editor of the University of Texas Law Review. For over four decades, he has distinguished himself as a trial lawyer not only in Texas, but also across the country. Recently, he participated as trial and appellate counsel for the Plaintiff in Mendoza v. Summit Care where the jury returned the 2nd largest nursing home verdict in U.S. history. A list of notable cases where Hank has served as both trial and appellate counsel is included below. His recognition as a “Legal Legend” in the state of Texas is a reflection of his accomplishments in the courtroom.

Not only has Henry been at the forefront of changing tort law through the numerous cases he has argued before Appellate Courts, he has frequently served as an adjunct Professor at the University of Houston Law School. Henry’s counsel and litigation abilities are an integral part of this firm.

Jason was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on April 9, 1975. He attended Baylor University and graduated with a major in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. After a year of training at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Jason attended law school at Baylor University and was admitted to practice law in the State of Texas in 2002. Since that time, Jason has concentrated his practice to representing victims of elder abuse and neglect and their families in several states including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Tennessee, Washington, and Texas. Jason has been recognized by Thompson Reuters as a Top Rated Medical Malpractice Attorney and Texas Rising Star in 2008 and 2009.

Although Jason practices all over the country, he lives in Houston, Texas with his wife Katy and daughters Addison and Anna.

Juliette B. Symons is an attorney in our Lexington office. She was born in Houston, Texas. Since graduating law school, she has concentrated her practice in healthcare litigation. Juliette began as an insurance defense attorney in Lexington, Kentucky, representing hospitals, physicians, and other medical professionals throughout the state. With Marks Balette Giessel & Young she has dedicated her valuable experience with the corporate healthcare and insurance industries to the representation of victims of injury and neglect. Juliette resides in Lexington with her husband.