Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Biotechnology, Business & Commercial, Business Formation, Corporate , Mergers & Acquisitions, Personal Injury, Securities , Business
Mr. Paranjpe is a Managing Partner and Shareholder at Paranjpe & Mahadass LLP and represents plaintiffs in complex civil/commercial litigation, class actions, and personal injury litigation. Mr. Paranjpe has a vast amount of trial and negotiation experience through his previous position as a Criminal Defense Trial Attorney for a local law firm that has represented over two-hundred thousand clients in the greater Houston area. Before reaching the end of 2014, Mr. Paranjpe achieved entry into the "Century Club" having amassed and litigated, as first-chair counsel, 107 jury trials to verdict.. Leading the aggressive litigation team at Paranjpe & Mahadass LLP, in 2014, Mr. Paranjpe litigated the ground-breaking Cyberbullying “Klein Hoes Instagram” case, protecting his client from online bullying. In 2015, Mr. Paranjpe went on to represent students that were violated in school by their teachers and principals in the Northern District of Texas. Later that year, Mr. Paranjpe became primary counsel for hundreds of clients in a nuclear radiation exposure incident.. Mr. Paranjpe grew up in the greater Houston area and graduated from Jersey Village High School, where he was a celebrated cross-country runner, trombonist, and actor. Mr. Paranjpe spent his college years in Austin where he graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Film. Before starting law school, Mr. Paranjpe studied film, cinema, and video in the United Kingdom at the University of Sussex. Mr. Paranjpe then moved to Wilmington, Delaware and graduated from the Widener University School of Law. Mr. Paranjpe is currently a good standing Member of the State Bar of Texas.. Mr. Paranjpe has helped grow the South Asian Bar Association of Houston over the past 4 years, serving as the President from 2015-2016 and will be returning as the President for the 2017-2018 year. Mr. Paranjpe is also a member of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association, and currently serves as the Legal Chair for the Houston South Asian Theatrical troupe: Shunya.. In his spare time, Mr. Paranjpe enjoys adventuring and scuba diving, while traveling around as much of the world as he can with his wife. Tej also enjoys cooking, running and swimming (so he can continue to cook), keeping up with new films, spending time with his family, friends and wife, and chasing around his Australian-Shepherd/Golden Retriever mix dog Indy.
2200 North Loop West, Suite 123 , Houston , Texas 77018
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
Steve Hollingsworth is a proven and effective trial lawyer that will work relentlessly to obtain the results that his clients deserve in the Courtroom. Steve has tried over forty-five jury trials as lead counsel throughout Texas in venues such as Harris, Hidalgo, Galveston, Montgomery, Bexar, Cameron, Dallas, Comal, Val Verde, Maverick, Zavala, and Dimmit Counties as both Plaintiff and Defense counsel. Steve began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney for Harris County, Texas, where he tried cases at the misdemeanor and felony level.. For six years, Steve worked and tried cases for major insurance companies and insurance defense firms, which has given him insight into how insurance companies will work to avoid paying what injured clients deserve. Steve has the experience to know what the insurance company will look for and argue in order to support their case and he knows how to defeat these tactics. Steve has represented clients such as Coca-Cola, AIG, Liberty Mutual, Allied Insurance Company and Allstate in cases ranging from minor to catastrophic injuries, including fatalities.. Steve is from Spicewood, Texas, a small rural community in Central Texas. From there, Steve attended Texas A&M University where he was a member of the Corps of Cadets and elected to serve on the Student Senate. Following Texas A&M, Steve attended St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas where he was elected to serve on the Student Bar Association and to be the representative to the State Bar of Texas for St. Mary’s Law Students. Steve was also chosen to be the National Liaison for Law Students to the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section.. Steve is active in the Houston community as a member of the local and state bar associations and the local, state, and national trial lawyer associations. Steve is also involved in the Houston chapter of Costal Conservation Association, Houston World Affairs Counsel, Houston A&M Club, Aggie Bar Association, and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Steve also actively supports the Houston Food Bank, Star of Hope and the Houston Area Women’s Center.. When Steve is not working on behalf of his clients, he enjoys traveling, saltwater fishing, sailing, hunting, golf, book collecting, Broadway shows and supporting his Texas A&M Aggies.
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