Keith Laughery
Associate
4800 Three Allen Center
333 Clay Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 659-5100
Fax: (713) 951-9920
kal@egglestonbriscoe.com
Keith Laughery is an associate with Eggleston & Briscoe, working in all areas of civil litigation with a primary focus on first and third party insurance defense, commercial litigation, and personal injury.
Mr. Laughery grew up in Clear Lake City, Texas. He graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. While attending the University of Houston, Mr. Laughery was employed as a researcher at William Marsh Rice University where he worked on a federally-funded research project to evaluate the effectiveness of alcoholic beverage warning labels, and co-authored a publication reporting the results. After graduating from the University of Houston, Mr. Laughery worked as a consultant evaluating product safety systems, workplace safety, and safety information communication systems associated with consumer and industrial products.
Mr. Laughery received his Doctor of Jurisprudence, magna cum laude, from South Texas College of Law in 2005. While attending South Texas College of Law, he was a member of the South Texas Law Review and authored an article pertaining to the communication of safety information in the workplace. Mr. Laughery received the Phi Delta Phi Highest Grade Awards for Legal Research and Writing I and II, and the John G. Bowes Memorial Award for Outstanding Legal Writing.
Prior to joining Eggleston & Briscoe, Mr. Laughery served a one-year term as a briefing attorney for the Fourteenth District Court of Appeals of the State of Texas. During his term at the Court of Appeals, Mr. Laughery researched and analyzed appellate issues in a wide variety of civil and criminal cases, and assisted in the preparation of Court opinions. This experience provided valuable and unique insight into the trial and appellate processes.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of Texas
- Houston Bar Association
Practice Areas
- Business and Contract Disputes
- Products Liability and Breach of Warranty
- Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act
- Premises Liability
- Workers' Compensation Nonsubscriber Claims
- Insurance Coverage Opinions and Declaratory Judgment Actions
- First and Third Party Insurance Defense
- Texas Dram Shop Act
- Labor and Employment
- Tax Assessment
- Water Rights
- OSHA Compliance
- Appellate Practice
Education
J.D., 2005 South Texas College of Law, Magna Cum Laude
- Order of the Lytae
- South Texas Law Review
- Deans Merit Scholar
- Dean's List: Spring 2003 through Fall 2005
- Recipient, Judge John G. Bowes Memorial Award for Outstanding Legal Writing
- Highest Grade Awards: Legal Research & Writing I, Legal Research & Writing II, and Family Law
B.S.,1992 University of Houston
Admissions
- Texas, 2006
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 2007
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 2009
Publications
- Keith A. Laughery, Warnings in the Workplace: Expanding the Learned Intermediary Rule to Include Employers in the Context of the Product Manufacturer/Employer/Employee Relationship, 46 S. TEX. L. REV. 627 (2005).
- Co-Author, "Tire-Rim Mismatch Explosions: The Role of On-Product Warnings." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 42nd Annual Meeting. Chicago, October, 1998, 1088-1092.
- Co-Author, "Automatic Shoulder Belt Manual Lap Belt Restraint Systems: Human Factors Analyses of Case Studies Data." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 40th Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, September, 1996, 492-296.
- Co-Author, "The New Alcohol Warning Labels: How noticeable are they?" Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 35th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, September, 1991, 446-450.