Joe W. Redden, Jr. - Partner

Joe Redden began his legal career in the Houston office of Fulbright & Jaworski in 1975, attaining partnership in 1983.  In 1992, along with David Beck and Ron Secrest, he founded Beck, Redden & Secrest.  Mr. Redden represents clients in a wide range of disputes involving product liability, complex commercial litigation, energy, and intellectual property.

Educational Background

• 1975 – J.D., University of Texas
• 1972 – B.A., Texas Christian University

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation

Professional Honors

• Recognized in 2008 Chambers USA  for General Commercial Litigation
• Named in Texas' Best Lawyers Houston edition in the field of personal injury litigation, 2008.
• Named as one of America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in 2007 Chambers USA Client’s Guide
• Listed in 2007 edition of International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers
• Named as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” by Woodward & White, 1995-2007
• Named as one of the Texas “Top 100 Super Lawyers” by Texas Monthly in November 2003

Publications, Speeches and Presentations

• Patent Litigation in the Eastern District of Texas, presented at Patent Trolls 2007, London, England (December 2007).
• Testimony From Your Own Witnesses:  Direct Examination Strategies, presented at The Jury Trial 2005, University of Houston Law Foundation
• Unsinking The Ship:  Salvaging The Case When The Company Representative is Torpedoed in a Video Deposition, presented at U. S. Law Seminar, 2005

Representative Cases

• Defended a computer software company in a patent case in Marshall, Texas in which the plaintiff sought $50 million in damages.  Obtained a jury verdict that the client did not infringe, and that the plaintiff’s patents were invalid.
• Represented a large pharmaceutical company in a diet drug case in Beaumont, Texas.  Obtained a jury verdict that the plaintiff’s valvular heart disease was not caused by the drug.
• Won a $9 million federal jury verdict in Tyler, Texas for two executives who were defrauded into relinquishing valuable stock options.
• Defended a manufacturer of silicone breast implants in numerous cases in state and federal courts in Texas.  Tried four cases to conclusion, obtaining three defense verdicts.
• Represented a manufacturer of bovine collagen implants in two lengthy personal injury trials in Houston, Texas.  Secured defense verdicts in each case.
• Pioneered the development of the medical device preemption defense in numerous courts around the country, including presentation of oral arguments to U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Seventh and Ninth Circuits and the Supreme Courts of Texas and Pennsylvania.
• Won a summary judgment dismissing some 75 cases filed in Harris County, Texas against a heart valve manufacturer on the basis that the claims were preempted by federal law.  The summary judgment was subsequently affirmed by the Houston Court of Appeals.
• Defended manufacturers of motor vehicles in numerous product liability cases, including 10 cases tried to jury verdicts.
• Represented the manufacturer of a shotgun whose barrel exploded, blinding the plaintiff.  Obtained a federal jury verdict in Houston in favor of the manufacturer.
• Defended several companies in cases involving alleged “employee raiding” and theft of trade secrets.  Tried four temporary injunction cases to courts in Houston, Dallas and Oklahoma. 
• Defended a large trucking company in a wrongful death case brought by children of a deceased mother who was decapitated after driving under the trailer.  Settled case on favorable terms after five days of trial in Houston, Texas.
• Persuaded an arbitration panel to reject a $2.2 million breach of contract claim asserted against an energy company that had completed coal bed methane gas wells in Wyoming.

Civic Involvement

• Alexis de Tocqueville Society of The United Way