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RICK
MCGUIRE
B.S 1970 Sam Houston State University J.D. South Texas College of Law1995 U.S. Army Officer Captain Retired Business Owner
Rick McGuire has been involved
in many types of business activities that give him an insight into the needs of the individual. An accomplished pilot
and flight instructor (more than 16,000 hours) for more than forty years he also has been involved in the automotive
industry as well as the construction industry. He is an oil and gas lease owner and is co owner and counsel to a media
company and printing company. He has handled thousands of personal
injury cases from car accidents to major aviation accidents. He has created a staff of experts from insurance adjustor's
to trial attorneys who are ready to help. These critical employees can handle bankruptcies, loan modifications, aviation
related accidents, environmental damage claims and personal injury claims of all types. They are also involved in overtime
claims and failure to pay employee claims. At the present time the law firm is involved
heavily in the Daisetta, Texas sinkhole contamination case. In fact it was Rick McGuire who put the pieces together
and found that the illegal dumping of chemicals had tainted the City of Daisetta's water supply. His firm is the local
counsel for the City of Daisetta and many property owners. Always ready to help, he provides a 24/7 telephone response
for injured individuals. He has two offices in the Houston area and his staff is readily available to discuss your case.
He has been a commentator on aircraft accidents on many television stations as well as injury cases and can be heard on KPRC
950 Radio.
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Carter Christie has been practicing law for
more than forty years. He has an undergraduate degree from Duke University graduating in 1962.
He has a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He originally began work with the firm
of Clark, Thomas, Harris, Denius and Winters in Austin, Texas. He has been very active in the personal
injury field for many years. He is primarily responsible for reviewing the personal injury cases when they
are received and in working with the clients in setting up their case. He has an extensive expertise in
dealing with large liens established by governmental entities and works with these institutions to resolve the debts owed
by clients when a case is settled. He also has an extensive background in probate work and assists our
clients when probate actions involving their claims are necessary. He is involved in the settlement process
and negotiations and working with the clients to understand how the process of handling personal injury claims is done.
Colleen McClure is a former trial attorney with the State Bar of Texas. She manages our financial
division that deals with Loan Modifications, Credit Card problems and Bankruptcy. She has expertise in
just about every type of legal action and serves as head of our litigation department and is one of our advisory attorney
for cases that are reviewed and moved into litigation. She received her undergraduate
degree from the University of New Mexico in 1986 and her law degree from St. Louis University School of Law in 1990.
While in law school she was an advocate for the homeless and was responsible for several pieces of legislation involving
the homeless. She is licensed both in Texas and New Mexico and numerous federal courts that would take to long
to list. She has practiced and is experienced in bankruptcy, family law, personal injury, premises liability, workers comp,
wills and trust, employment law and social security law. She has received numerous awards including the
New Mexico Corneal Aid Camp Aware, Who’s Who Amount Young Professional Women and she successfully argued a federal case
against the U. S. Department of Agriculture in appeal ( Duke v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, 131 F3d 1407 CA 10 (NM 1997)
[Federal Tort Claims Act 1990.
Casey Stinnett is an Attorney in our Liberty, Texas office. He is responsible for in
house litigation and has been involved in the Daisetta "Sinkhole" case in Liberty County. In this case the
firm is representing numerous property owners for the collapse of the Daisetta Salt Dome and is helping in the litigation
for the City of Daisetta. Casey is a graduate of the University of Houston Law School. Casey is also a licensed
insurance adjustor and has helped on our Hurricane Ike claims.
Nomi Hussain (Of Counsel) Mr.
Husain is a partner in the international law firm of Young and Husain. He is a graduate of the University
of Texas and a 1995 graduate of South Texas College of Law. He is Board Certified by the Texas Board of
Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law.
LEGAL ASSISTANTS AND INVESTIGATORS
Genie Handley
is the Senior Legal Assistant with the Law Office of Frederick L. McGuire and she like to remind everyone one that she has
been on board since “day one.” She is a licensed multi lines insurance adjuster with more than
thirty two years experience and is our “go to person” on insurance claims and dealings with adjustor's.
She began her career with Shelter Insurance in Arkansas, progressing to a field adjuster handling
multi line claims and then went to work for Allstate. She has attended more training classes than you can
count. She manages all of the office staff in the Houston personal injury office and coordinates all activity
on every file. She analyzes each file and makes sure the right medical treatment is sought for the clients.
She also help research and prepare the demand letters for the clients with the attorneys and deals with the insurance
adjusters when a claim is being settled.
Amy Anaya is also a Senior Legal Assistant with the Law Office of Frederick L. McGuire. She
manages the El Paso office. She has extensive experience in personal injury claims and litigation.
She has been involved in the personal injury field as a legal assistant for 12 years. She coordinates
the other El Paso staff members in analyzing and preparing clients claims and supervising their medical treatment. She also
assist the attorneys in preparing demands and his our primary El Paso person who deals with the adjusters.
Judy
Cardenas is a legal assistant who specializes in property damage claims. She supervises the front office
staff in the Houston Personal Injury office and is the person who makes sure that the carriers are following the rules and
the correct appraisals on any property damage. She is also very familiar with title transfers and verifies
that any claim in which a title transfer is required is completed correctly. Judy also supervises the ordering
and gathering of medical records.
Mary Sanchez is our "miracle worker' paralegal who is the "go to" person
on saving homes from foreclosure. She has been able to save houses that would have been lost by other modification attorneys
and modification companies.
Karen Alves is the main contact in our loan modification/bankruptcy office. She is
usually the first voice our clients hear when they need help with their finances. She makes sure that all the "t's"
are crossed and the "i's" are dotted. She is like the Everready Bunny, she just won't stop trying to help
people.
Don
Caspry is the firms licensed private investigator (Texas). A former bounty hunter (we call him “Dog’)
Mr. Caspry is the person who meets with a lot of the clients and investigates the claim at the beginning. His
work has saved many cases that would have not resulted in any type of return. When a case is assigned to
Don he will contact you and make arrangements to meet with you at a location that is easy and helpful for you.
