Robert M. Davant, III

A Senior Litigator at Thomas J. Henry’s Corpus Christi Office, Robert Davant is an aggressive, zealous, and dedicated plaintiffs trial lawyer, who has been licensed and practicing law in Texas since 1997, and has also been a licensed and practicing attorney since 2010 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Davant has 23 years of experience in litigating hundreds of complex cases from initiation of cases and claims through settlements and trial verdicts, with extensive trial experience. Mr. Davant has represented thousands of clients and litigated hundreds of cases.

Cases worked by Mr. Davant include multi-district pharmaceutical litigation (MDL), Wrongful Death and Survival Action cases, Medical Malpractice and Battery, Defective Products, Civil RICO cases, False Claims Act/ Qui Tam/ Whistleblower claims, Pa. Unfair Trade Practices Act. and Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) cases, trucking/motorcycle/auto/pedestrian accidents and UM/UIM cases, farm equipment and construction accidents, shareholder derivative actions, first party insurance bad faith litigation, commercial litigation and other areas of complex litigation.

Mr. Davant graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989, and graduated from South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas in 1996. He has been representing people who have been injured and damaged ever since. After beginning his career as a trial attorney in 1997, he has managed law firms in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Houston, Texas. Mr. Davant has recently relocated to Corpus Christi, Texas to join the premiere, formidable and powerful personal injury firm that is Thomas J. Henry Law. Through this new opportunity and position, Mr. Davant will continue to passionately fight for justice for those suffering catastrophic injuries and damages by no fault of their own. He has taken on numerous fortune five hundred corporations, and has had great success against many such companies.

Mr. Davant is a native Texan, who was born in Houston, Texas, but has lived many places during his lifetime, including attending high school in Boston, Massachusetts and New York before returning to Texas for college and law school. He also lived and worked in New Orleans, Louisiana, and attended part of law school in Aix-En- Provence, France and participated in the Experiment in International Living in high school in Franche Compte, France. Most recently he also lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before again returning to Texas to go to work for Thomas J. Henry Law in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Outside of work, Mr. Davant is married to his wife of fourteen years and has two children, a boy and a girl, who are ten and twelve years old respectively. He and his family are also are proud owners of a three year old Australian Shepard dog named Henry. He has been a baseball, and soccer coach. He has provided substantial pro bono work and legal representation to the disadvantaged. Mr. Davant is active in his church and community, and has performed substantial volunteer work through his church and children’s school. Mr. Davant is an avid bicycle rider, angler, and traveler. He and his family are new to the Corpus Christi area but will be part of the community and the volunteer work performed by Thomas J. Henry Law.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Automobile Accidents
• Company Vehicle Accidents
• Premises Liability
• Trucking Accidents
• Workplace Accidents

STATE BAR ADMISSIONS

• State Bar of Texas
• State Bar of Pennsylvania

COURT ADMISSIONS

• United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

EDUCATION

• South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas (J.D.)
• University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas (B.A.)