Beirne Maynard & Parsons

Martin D. Beirne
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Martin D. Beirne

Houston, TX
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Martin Beirne is a founding partner of Beirne, Maynard, & Parsons. He has extensive trial experience in complex business litigation, intellectual property, energy, products liability, automotive litigation, and antitrust. Mr. Beirne also provides advice and representation to corporations, corporate officials, and other individuals in investigations initiated by various government authorities as well as internal investigations on behalf of corporations. Corporate Legal Times has named Mr. Beirne a “Top Drawer Litigator” on its list of “go to” lawyers in the U.S.

Education
  • St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, 1969, J.D., with honors
    Law Journal: St. Mary's Law Journal, Editor-In-Chief, 1968 - 1969
  • Springhill College, 1966, B.S.


Admissions to Practice
  • Texas
  • U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court


Memberships & Affiliations
  • State Bar of Texas
  • Houston Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • American Law Institute
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Institute for Transnational Arbitration
  • Texas Association of Defense Counsel
  • Environmental Law Institute Associates Program
  • American Bar Foundation
    • Fellow
  • Texas Bar Foundation
    • Board Trustee, Director, Fellow
  • Houston Bar Foundation
    • Director, 2005-2008 
  • Board Member, St. Mary's University Board of Trustees
  • Director, St. Mary’s Law Alumni Association
  • Director, University of Houston Law Review
  • Advisory Director, University of Houston Law Foundation
  • Board of Advisors, International Lawyers Network
  • Commissioner, Texas Access to Justice Commission
  • Greater Houston Partnership, Business Issues and Environment Committees
  • Uptown Houston Association


Representative Publications
  • Preface, Innovation and the Pharmaceutical Industry: Critical Reflections on the Virtues of Profit, Ed. H. Tristram Englehardt, Jr. and Jeremy R. Garrett, M & M Scrivener Press, 2008
  • Co-author, “Climate Change and the Law,” Energy Magazine,” Fall 2007
  • Co-author, "'And They're Off!': How Federal Courts are Implementing the December 2006 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Allocating Burdens and Costs and Access to Opponents' Systems and Equipment in Electronic Information Discovery," Edited version published as "How the courts are applying new rules," National Law Journal, March 19, 2007
  • Co-author, "New Rule Could Shake Up E-Discovery," Executive Counsel, January-February 2007
  • Co-author, "The Illusory Safe Harbor of Rule 37(F)," American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel, December 2006
  • Co-author, "Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(2)(B) and The 2006 Amendments: How the Federal Courts Will Implement Two-Tier Discovery of Electronic Information," Andrews Litigation Reporter (various industry editions), November 2006
  • Co-author, "Technology on Trial: Put on Your Parachute," Law Technology News, November 2006
  • Co-author, "The Fear of Alternative Fees," GC News (Texas General Counsel Forum), May 2006
  • Co-author, "Electronic Information - A Trap for the Unwary in Business Litigation," Houston Business Journal - Business Survival Guide, April 2006
  • Co-author, "Controlling the Cost of E-Discovery Through Preparation and an Organized Response,"  American Lawyer, Supplement, December 2005
  • Co-author, "The Art of War and Public Relations: Strategies for Successful Litigation PR," Houston Business Journal, Business Survival Guide, April 2006
  • Co-author, "Exploration in Disputed Territories,"  Corporate Counsel, October, 2004
  • Co-author, "The High Price of Drug Politics,"  The European Lawyer, October, 2004
  • Co-author, "Judicial Control Over Questionable Jury Verdicts,"  The Federal Lawyer, June, 2004
  • Co-author of Articles,  Journal of Legal Economics
  • Co-author of Articles,  For the Defense
  • Co-author of Articles,  West Legal Publications
  • Texas Business Litigation Forms\FAST, (Co-Author),  West, 1993
  • Texas Business Litigation Express Forms,  West, 1993


Honors and Awards
  • Named a "Leader in Texas" by Chambers USA, 2008
  • Named St. Mary's Law School Distinguished Law Graduate for 2004
  • Named One of Three "Top Drawer Litigators" in the U.S., Corporate Legal Times, 2003


Selected Prior Experience
  • Captain, U.S. Army, 1969-1971


Presentations and Seminars