Tell us what happened. You'll reach the Houston trial firm whose founding partners are both Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law — and you'll get a straight answer about whether we can help.
We deliberately take a limited number of serious cases, so every case gets the attention that real trial work demands. Tell us what happened, and you'll get a straight answer: whether you have a case, which laws protect you, and what happens next. If yours isn't a case we can take, we'll point you toward someone who can help.
Brian Beckcom and Vuk Vujasinovic are both Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a distinction held by less than 1% of Texas lawyers. The lawyer you hire is the lawyer who leads your case — an experienced trial lawyer, supported by a Board Certified partner — and you can talk to your lawyer directly.
A few of the results behind the firm's reputation. Every case is different — these are ours.
All Case ResultsThe law that protects you depends on where and how you were hurt — highway, refinery, rig, or open water. Getting that right is often the difference between full value and a fraction of it.
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Hurt working on the water? Ordinary state injury law may not be what protects you. Jones Act, maintenance and cure, and unseaworthiness claims for seamen and offshore workers — from tugboat crews to the mariners of the Maersk Alabama.
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Lost someone to another's negligence? Texas wrongful death and survival claims have their own rules about who can file, what a family can recover, and when. We handle these cases the way they deserve — built for the courtroom from day one.
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Hit by an 18-wheeler or commercial vehicle? Trucking companies put rapid-response teams on a crash within hours. The clock matters: preservation letters go out immediately for the dashcam video, telematics, driver logs, and cell phone records most firms never find.
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Bus, rideshare, aviation, motorcycle, and self-driving vehicle crashes that cause serious injury or death. Every one of them leaves a data trail. We read it.
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Hurt in the oilfield? Drilling rig, well site, and pipeline accidents across Texas turn on a question most lawyers miss — whether your case belongs onshore or offshore. The answer can change what your case is worth.
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Refinery and chemical plant explosions, toxic releases, and crane and heavy equipment failures that injure and kill workers.
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Traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputations, and burns change the rest of a life. We build these cases around what that life now requires — the medicine, the care plan, and the future a jury needs to see.
Learn MoreThe dashcam video, the incident reports, the maintenance records, the witness statements — the evidence that decides your case sits in the company's hands, and it starts disappearing the day you're hurt. Every day you wait, their version hardens and yours gets harder to prove. One call to our office starts protecting your future today, and it costs you nothing.
Why VB AttorneysMost cases settle. The number they settle at depends on whether the other side believes your case is ready for a courtroom. Ours always are.
The lawyer you hire is the lawyer who leads your case — an experienced trial lawyer, supported by a Board Certified partner — and you can talk to your lawyer directly.
Vessel logs, maintenance records, electronic driving data, witness statements, company emails. We dig until the other side's own documents tell the story.
Experts retained early. Depositions taken to lock in testimony. Every claim traced to the defendant's own witnesses and records.
When the offer comes — and it usually does — you'll know exactly what your case is worth and exactly what going to court means. We give you our best advice; the decision to accept a settlement or go to trial is always, and only, yours.
Brian Beckcom and Vuk Vujasinovic — the lawyer you hire is the lawyer who leads your case, and you can talk to your lawyer directly.

When Somali pirates hijacked the Maersk Alabama, Brian Beckcom represented nine of her crew against Maersk in one of the most complex maritime and Jones Act cases in history — a case that changed the safety and security of mariners — and won confidential recoveries for every one of them. He is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law, a distinction held by less than 1% of Texas lawyers.
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Vuk Vujasinovic is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law, a distinction held by less than 1% of Texas lawyers. Vuk’s signature win is a $44 million trial verdict in a wrongful death case.
Full ProfileStephen Dufrene — Maritime Crush Injury · in his own words
The questions people ask before they call — answered the way we'd answer on the phone.
A deliberately limited number of serious cases: maritime and Jones Act injuries, wrongful death, truck and transportation accidents, oilfield injuries, industrial explosions, and catastrophic personal injury — in Texas and nationwide, from our Houston office.
Nothing up front. We work on contingency: you pay no fee unless we recover for you, and the case review is free.
A real person listens. You tell us what happened, in your own words. We tell you honestly whether your case is one we can take — and if it isn't, we'll point you toward someone who can help.
If you work aboard a vessel — tugs, barges, supply boats, drilling rigs, tankers — and were injured because of negligence or an unseaworthy vessel, the Jones Act may entitle you to damages well beyond maintenance and cure. Call and we'll give you a straight answer.
Most Texas personal injury and wrongful death claims must be filed within two years. Jones Act and general maritime claims generally allow three. Some deadlines are shorter — and the evidence disappears far faster than any deadline runs.
Yes. Maritime and Jones Act cases arise wherever the vessel is — the Gulf of Mexico, inland waters, ports around the world — and we represent injured workers and families across Texas and nationwide.
One call can change the direction of your case. If you or someone you love has been seriously hurt, call our office directly for a free and confidential case review. You'll get a straight answer about whether we can help.
(877) 724-7800