About Davis & Davis, Attorneys at Law · Houston
Davis & Davis, Attorneys at Law is a Houston-based Texas law firm that focuses almost exclusively on medical malpractice and serious personal injury cases. Founded and led by attorneys Steven R. Davis and John A. Davis, Jr., the firm advertises nearly 70 years of combined legal experience, more than 300 jury trials, and representation of over 2,000 clients. The lawyers explicitly anchor the firm's mission in a 'deep-rooted Christian faith' and work on a contingency-fee basis, meaning clients pay nothing unless the firm wins. Although headquartered in Houston, the firm accepts cases throughout Texas (with satellite offices in McAllen and Laredo) and across the United States.
Davis & Davis, Attorneys at Law is a specialized medical malpractice and personal injury firm headquartered at 440 Louisiana Street in downtown Houston, Texas. The firm was built around attorney Steven R. Davis (who earned his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 1994 and a B.B.A. from Baylor University in 1991) and John A. Davis, Jr. (a 1981 magna cum laude graduate of South Texas College of Law, admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit). After the State of Texas imposed damage caps on medical malpractice recoveries in 2003, many law firms abandoned the practice area; in the firm's own words, 'the hard-headed lawyers of Davis & Davis refused to give up the fight' and 'could not, in good conscience, abandon the victims of medical malpractice because of financial expediency.' Because the firm represents victims on a contingency-fee basis, there are no upfront legal fees or out-of-pocket costs for the independent medical experts they retain. The firm's practice runs from surgical errors, anesthesia errors, and medication mistakes to birth and labor injuries, cardiology malpractice, hospital and emergency-room liability, diagnosis failures, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome cases, and wrongful death claims. Steven R. Davis has been featured in Trial News (May 2025) for more than 12 years of specialized work on Wernicke's encephalopathy claims and has been selected to Texas Super Lawyers continuously from 2011 through 2025 in Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury, while John A. Davis, Jr. has been named to the same Super Lawyers list in 2011 and 2020–2025. The firm maintains additional offices in McAllen (2217 N 10th St, Suite #8) and Laredo, and states it can be anywhere in Texas within two hours to meet clients in person. Online reviews frequently praise the firm's compassion and communication; on Google the firm carries a 4.8-star rating across roughly 20 reviews, with clients repeatedly describing the team — including named staff members Leslie, Crystal, and Valerie — as 'family.'
- In business
- Founded 1997 (per LinkedIn); firm and its named partners have been continuously practicing personal-injury and medical-malpractice law in Houston since the early 1980s, with John A. Davis, Jr. first admitted in 1981.
- Owner
- Steven R. Davis, Esq. and John A. Davis, Jr., Esq. — the two named partners of Davis & Davis, Attorneys at Law.
- Serves
- Houston, Harris County, and all of Texas, with additional offices in McAllen, TX (2217 N 10th St, Suite #8) and Laredo, TX. The firm also accepts medical-malpractice and serious personal-injury cases nationwide and regularly travels to clients across the United States.
- Rating
- 4.8 out of 5 stars on Google (approximately 20–21 Google reviews), with separate aggregators also reporting a 4.6 average and Trustindex showing a 4.8 average from ~30 reviews.
Our Firm
Davis & Davis, Attorneys at Law is a Texas medical-malpractice law firm with offices in Houston, McAllen, and Laredo. The firm describes itself as 'one of a small number of Texas firms that focus exclusively on helping victims of medical malpractice,' and it publicly attributes its commitment to that mission to a 'deep-rooted Christian faith.' After the 2003 Texas medical-malpractice damages cap drove many lawyers out of the field, Davis & Davis chose to continue taking these cases on a contingency-fee basis so victims and their families would still have legal recourse. The firm's combined experience is more than 65–70 years, it has tried more than 300 jury cases, and it has represented more than 2,000 clients. Its standard arrangement means there are no upfront legal fees and no out-of-pocket costs for the independent medical experts the firm hires.
- Practice: medical malpractice (primary), personal injury
- Founded as a partnership of Steven R. Davis and John A. Davis, Jr.
- Combined experience: 65+ / nearly 70 years
- 300+ jury trials
- 2,000+ clients represented
- Contingency-fee representation
- Free case evaluations
Why Results and Experience Matter
The firm stresses that medical-malpractice cases sit at the intersection of medicine and law and that only a small number of attorneys focus on this area full-time. Davis & Davis positions its nearly seven decades of combined attorney experience and 300-plus jury trials as the reason prospective clients should not have to settle for a less-seasoned firm when their health, their livelihood, or a loved one's life is at stake.
- 300+ jury trials handled by the team
- Nearly 70 years of combined attorney experience
- Continental U.S. representation — firm can travel to clients
Practice Areas
Although the firm occasionally takes other personal-injury matters, its core practice is medical malpractice and catastrophic injury. It publishes a long list of sub-categories on its website so prospective clients can quickly see whether their situation may qualify.
- Surgical errors
- Birth and labor injuries
- Anesthesia errors
- Cardiology malpractice
- Diagnosis errors / misdiagnosis / failure to diagnose
- Hospital and emergency-room liability
- Medication errors
- Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (Wernicke's encephalopathy) — a long-running specialty
- Wrongful death claims
- Long-term care and nursing-home negligence
- General personal injury
Texas Medical-Malpractice Damages Caps
Davis & Davis educates potential clients about how Texas law limits non-economic damages (pain, suffering, mental anguish) in malpractice cases. The cap is generally $250,000 against an individual physician and $250,000 per healthcare institution, with a combined total cap of $750,000 against multiple defendants. Economic damages (lost wages and medical expenses) are not capped. The firm says it 'routinely fights to maximize the total compensation available under the law.'
- $250,000 non-economic-damages cap per individual physician
- $250,000 non-economic-damages cap per healthcare institution
- $750,000 combined cap against multiple defendants
- No cap on economic damages (wages, medical bills)
Contingency Fees and Free Consultations
Davis & Davis represents medical-malpractice victims on a contingency-fee basis. The firm absorbs upfront legal fees and the cost of hiring the high-quality independent medical experts it needs to investigate each case. A client pays nothing unless the firm obtains a financial settlement or jury verdict on the case. Every new matter begins with a no-cost consultation in the firm's Houston office, in the client's home, or over the phone.
- No upfront attorney fees
- No out-of-pocket expert-witness costs
- No fee unless a settlement or verdict is recovered
- Complimentary initial case evaluation
Steven R. Davis, Esq.
Steven R. Davis joined the Texas bar in 1994 and is the firm's primary trial lawyer on medical-malpractice cases. His primary practice area is civil litigation with an emphasis on medical malpractice and personal injury, and he has an active statewide trial practice with extensive experience in pre-trial litigation, voir dire, and trial, plus arbitration experience in long-term-care medical malpractice and commercial litigation. He has been repeatedly recognized by Texas Super Lawyers and other peer-reviewed rating services, and he serves in leadership roles in the Texas Trial Lawyers Association.
- J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 1994
- B.B.A. in Accounting and Management, Baylor University, 1991
- Texas Super Lawyers, Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury, 2011–2025
- Texas Monthly – Top Attorneys in Texas
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rated
- The National Trial Lawyers – Top 100
- TTLA Fellow, former Board member and CLE Committee chair
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association, AAJ, Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
John A. Davis, Jr., Esq.
John A. Davis, Jr. graduated magna cum laude and in the Top 10 of his class from South Texas College of Law in Houston in 1981, and he has been practicing continuously in the Houston region since then. He is admitted to practice in Texas and before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He is also a trained mediator (Attorney's Mediator Institute, Fall 1998) and a member of Phi Alpha Delta.
- J.D., magna cum laude, South Texas College of Law, 1981 (Top 10 in class)
- B.B.A., cum laude, Lamar University, 1978 — major Accounting
- Texas Super Lawyers, Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury, 2011 and 2020–2025
- Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity
- Pro-bono mediation and advocacy work
- Federal admissions: S.D. Tex., E.D. Tex., 5th Circuit
Representative Cases
John A. Davis, Jr.'s published representative case list spans Harris County, Howard County, and other Texas venues, including medical-malpractice, premises-liability, products-liability, commercial, and personal-injury matters tried in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and beyond.
- Sakher Hijazi v. Little Super Food Market (1987, 269th District Court, Harris County)
- Charlie Lovejoy v. the City of Houston (1987, 190th District Court)
- Patricia Barlow v. Raymond Reid, D.M.D. (1987, 11th District Court, Harris County)
- Franklin Moore v. B.K. Rao, M.D. (1990, District Court, Harris County)
- Loyd Fore v. Alimak Elevator (1992, 281st District Court, Harris County)
- Pat Cook v. Phillips Petroleum Co. (1995, 151st District Court)
- Larry Parker v. Hoechst Celanese (1998, 215th Judicial District Court, Harris County)
- Warren Landry v. Fina Oil and Chemical (1999, Howard County)
- Sabrina Horning v. Arun Sharma, M.D. (2008, 127th District Court, Harris County)
Office Locations
The flagship office is in downtown Houston on Louisiana Street, with additional offices in the Rio Grande Valley and on the border so the firm can meet clients anywhere in Texas within roughly two hours.
- Houston (flagship): 440 Louisiana St, Suite 1850, Houston, TX 77002 — 713-781-5200 / 713-893-5709
- McAllen, TX: 2217 N 10th St, Suite #8, McAllen, TX 78501 — 956-815-0654
- Laredo, TX — 956-300-1351
Service Area and Nationwide Reach
Although the firm is headquartered in Houston, its website states plainly that 'Davis & Davis, Attorneys At Law is experienced in handling cases throughout the United States.' When a prospective client cannot travel easily, the firm's lawyers will fly out to meet them. The firm also 'proudly accepts referrals from Texas attorneys and law firms nationwide,' making it a go-to co-counsel for other Texas lawyers whose clients have been harmed by medical negligence.
- Houston, Harris County, and the State of Texas
- Texas-wide travel within ~2 hours
- Nationwide case acceptance and travel
- Attorney referral program for fellow Texas lawyers
What to Bring to Your Free Consultation
Davis & Davis publishes a checklist on its site so that prospective clients arrive at the no-cost evaluation ready to be evaluated. The more documentation a client can provide, the faster the team can assess whether there is a viable malpractice claim.
- Medical records, discharge summaries, test results
- Medication list and current prescriptions
- Medical bills and explanation-of-benefit statements
- Correspondence with healthcare providers and insurers
- Written timeline of events and symptoms
- Photographs of visible injuries
- Names of every treating provider
Client Reviews and Reputation
Online reviews repeatedly emphasize the compassion and the personal attention of the Davis & Davis team. Clients specifically call out named staff members — Leslie, Crystal, and Valerie, as well as attorneys Steve and JD — for making them feel 'like part of the family' and for staying in close contact throughout long medical-malpractice cases. Several reviewers note that the firm responded within minutes to questions and traveled across state lines to meet them. The firm carries approximately a 4.8-star average on Google across 20+ reviews, and Trustindex aggregates roughly 30 reviews at a similar 4.8 average.
- Google: 4.8 / 5 stars (≈20–21 reviews)
- Trustindex.io: 4.8 / 5 (≈30 reviews)
- Recurring praise for communication, compassion, and trial results
- Referral attorneys describe the firm as 'easy to work with and get results'
Christian Mission and Faith
Davis & Davis uses language on its official 'Our Firm' page that ties its professional mission to its faith. The partners describe their decision to keep representing malpractice victims after the 2003 Texas damages cap as driven by 'our commitment to our clients and our deep-rooted Christian faith,' and they explicitly say they 'chose to buck the system' because they 'could not, in good conscience, abandon the victims of medical malpractice because of financial expediency.' Published client testimonials on the website also include language thanking the firm for work that felt like 'a gift from the Lord.'
- 'Deep-rooted Christian faith' language on the firm's official site
- 'We could not, in good conscience, abandon the victims of medical malpractice'
- 'Willing to put our money where our mouth is' — contingency-fee risk
- Client testimonials thanking the firm as 'a true blessing' / 'gift from the Lord'
Frequently Asked Questions
The website publishes answers to common intake questions, mirrored here for reference.
- What is the cap on medical-malpractice damages in Texas? — $250k per individual physician and $250k per healthcare institution for non-economic damages, $750k combined; economic damages are not capped.
- Does Davis & Davis only handle cases in Houston? — No. The firm handles cases throughout Texas and nationwide and travels to clients.
- How long does a medical-malpractice lawsuit take in Texas? — Typically 1–3 years, with a 2-year statute of limitations from injury or discovery.
- What does it cost to hire Davis & Davis? — Nothing up front; the firm works on contingency and is paid only if it recovers a settlement or verdict.
- What kinds of medical-malpractice cases does Davis & Davis handle? — Surgical errors, birth and labor injuries, anesthesia errors, cardiology malpractice, diagnosis errors, hospital / ER liability, Wernicke-Korsakoff cases, and wrongful death.
Contact and Free Case Evaluation
Prospective clients can reach the firm by phone, online contact form, or email to start a free case evaluation. The firm stresses the urgency of contacting a lawyer quickly because of the two-year Texas statute of limitations on most malpractice claims.
- Phone (Houston main): 713-781-5200
- Phone (Houston secondary): 713-893-5709
- Phone (Laredo): 956-300-1351
- Phone (McAllen): 956-815-0654
- Email: [email protected]
- Website contact form: davis-davislaw.com/contact