Biography
Mr. Koen’s civil practice has focused on litigation involving Fortune 500 Companies in business and personal injury lawsuits, including oil and gas exploration and operations accidents, commercial transportation claims, product liability claims, Employer liability claims, premises liability, catastrophic injury and property damage claims, subrogation, Dram Shop claims, and Wrongful Death/Survival Claims.
After graduation from the University of Texas, Mr. Koen worked as a CPA for a Big Eight accounting firm and a national communications firm before returning to law school at Texas Tech University, serving on the Board of Barristers and mock trial programs, while also obtaining his private pilot license for aviation defense cases. Mr. Koen then went into private practice and has successfully litigated and tried numerous lawsuits defending his clients in multi-million dollar claims in both state and federal court throughout the state of Texas. Mr. Koen has been a Super Lawyer since 2006, and has a preeminent AV peer review rating by Martindale Hubbell.
Mr. Koen is a member of the Texas Bar, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Dallas Bar Association (Litigation Section), TIDA (Trucking Industry Defense Association, the TADC (Texas Association of Defense Counsel), the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western U.S. District Courts, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Koen is a member of Christ Church Plano and an avid bicyclist, runner, snow skier, and scuba diver.
Education
- Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas
- J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - 1991
- Honors: Board of Barristers
- University of Texas, Austin, Texas
- C.P.A., Certified Public Accountant - 1987
- University of Texas, Austin, Texas
- B.B.A., Bachelor of Business Administration - 1985
Classes & Seminars
Pro-Bono Activities
- TIDA (Trucking Industry Defense Association)
- Member of Parkway Hills Baptist Church
Representative Clients
References
Past Positions
Languages
Ancillary Businesses
Published Works
Fraternities or Sororities
Professional Associations
- Dallas, Plano and American Bar Associations
- State Bar of Texas
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel
- Trucking Industry Defense Association
- Defense Research Institute
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1987
Current Employment Position
- Member
Practice Areas
- Transportation Litigation
- Oil and Gas Litigation
- Construction Litigation
- Products Liability
- Personal Injury
- Commercial Litigation
- Subrogation
- Employers Liability
- Premises Liability
- Litigation
- Litigation: Personal Injury
- Oil & Gas
- Construction
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1991
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1992
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1997
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1996
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1997
Honors
- Super Lawyer
- Preeminent AV peer review rating by Martindale Hubbell