Kirk Mathis, is a native of Lufkin, Texas. He, graduated from Texas A&M with a B.B.A. in 1994, and from the Texas Tech School of Law with a J.D. in 1998. He joined Chandler, Mathis & Zivley, PC immediately after graduating from law school and has specialized since that time in Plaintiff's personal injury and commercial litigation.
Mr. Mathis has tried numerous cases that have resulted in significant verdicts for his clients (including the largest Texas Tort Claims Act verdict for a Plaintiff in Nacogdoches County, Texas in 1998, the largest personal injury verdict in Jasper County, Texas in 1999, the largest personal injury verdict in Angelina County, Texas in 2001, the largest premises liability verdict in Angelina County, Texas in 2008, and the largest personal injury verdict in San Jacinto County, Texas in 2012). He has tried cases involving automobile collisions, truck wrecks, medical malpractice, products liability, environmental damage, insurance claims, and premises liability. Mr. Mathis is licensed to practice in Texas as well as Federal Court in the Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Colorado and Illinois.
Mr. Mathis is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Eastern District Bar Association where he currently serves as Treasurer, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association where he currently serves as a member of the organizations Board of Directors and served as the 2005 Chairman of the TTLA Advocates Board of Directors. He is also a member of the East Texas Trial Lawyers Association, and the Angelina County Bar Association. Mr. Mathis is currently serving on the Eastern District of Texas Local Rules Committee.
