team-member

Richard LaGarde

Houston, TX

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Law Degree

Awards

Primary Practice Area

Brain injury

Language

Spanish English

About

My wife, Mary Ellis LaGarde, and I are the two shareholders of LaGarde Law Firm.  We have four children and three grandchildren.  We were both raised in middle-class neighborhoods in small towns.  I grew up in Raceland, Lousiana.  Mary grew up in Cumberland, Maryland.  My father was a carpenter and my mother was a homemaker.  I worked through high school bagging groceries at the local grocery store and doing carpentry work with my father and uncles.  In college, I worked summers on offshore oil platforms to raise money for tuition and during the school year I was a tour guide and assistant sergeant at arms at the Louisiana State Capitol.  I attended law school at Louisiana State University and served on the board of editors of the Louisiana Law Review.  After law school, I was a law clerk for the Honorable Justice James Dennis on the Louisiana Supreme Court.  I worked as an associate at Vinson & Elkins in Houston where I represented many large corporate clients including Underwriters at Lloyds, U.S. Steel, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, and the largest ship building company in the world, IHI.  Later, I joined Fisher, Gallagher, Perin & Lewis where I tried numerous jury trials for injured individuals and small business owners.  In 1992 I formed my own law firm.  Since then I have been representing injured individuals and business owners in both Texas and Louisiana.  In my spare time, I am the editor of www.HoustonWine.com and I assist my wife in her art projects (www.marylagarde.com).

Practices Areas

Litigation

Personal Injury

Brain injury

Language

Spanish English

Contact

LaGarde Law Firm, P.C.3000 Weslayan St Ste 380Houston, TX, 77027-57323000 Weslayan St Ste 380Houston, TX, 77027-5732

Office: N/A

Website: N/A

Reviews

Jitendra
November 14, 2018

Richard, is expert yet talks and explains so simple. He is author of 7 best video and adviser of how to legally understand and survive skill fully in any litigation of law to defend deposition skill-fully . His conversation is lot more easier to understand and he is defiantly lot more empathetic then any lawyers or even better and easier than lay person. The best messenger that I had on my side for surviving the emotional deposition.

anonymous
February 2, 2016

We hired Richard to help us navigate a complex business contract. Richard took the time to make sure we understood every word of the contract provided by the other side and rewrote and negotiated it to be in our favor before we signed. His tactful and professional approach saved the deal and made sure we got a contract which was very favorable to our side, protecting our interests and our investment. He did this all without spoiling the deal or offending a difficult opposing side. I would trust Richard with any complex contracts case and highly recommend him when the issue requires tactfulness and working with the other side. He can be tough when needed, but also knows how to bring two sides to agreement and is able to preserve critical business relationships. He and his firm have been a tremendous resource to our company over the years and were are ever grateful for Richard's helpfulness, surprisingly fast response-time, for taking the time to answer our questions, for understanding how important the deal was to us, and above all for treating us like family!

John Weatherspoon
January 14, 2016

I am very pleased and honored to give Richard Lagarde the highest ranking and recommendation! Richard is extremely talented and experienced as an attorney, very highly regarded, and I highly recommend him to anyone who needs a top litigator representing them.

Tony
January 9, 2016

I hired Mr.. LaGarde to handle the enforcement of a contract. He was prompt in taking action and demonstrated that he understood the most effective legal strategy. I would recommend him strongly.

Dawn
January 8, 2016

Richard Lagarde is an attorney I would highly recommend to anyone who needs legal assistance. He is currently representing me in a lottery dispute as well as a thousand other Texas consumers in another like case. Richard is honest, extremely knowledgeable of the law, takes time to explain finite details, returns phone calls immediately, is punctual and well organized. These qualities are priceless & rare - he tells it like it is. I would conclude that Richard is as an excellent attorney.

Jitendra
November 14, 2018

Richard, is expert yet talks and explains so simple. He is author of 7 best video and adviser of how to legally understand and survive skill fully in any litigation of law to defend deposition skill-fully . His conversation is lot more easier to understand and he is defiantly lot more empathetic then any lawyers or even better and easier than lay person. The best messenger that I had on my side for surviving the emotional deposition.

anonymous
February 2, 2016

We hired Richard to help us navigate a complex business contract. Richard took the time to make sure we understood every word of the contract provided by the other side and rewrote and negotiated it to be in our favor before we signed. His tactful and professional approach saved the deal and made sure we got a contract which was very favorable to our side, protecting our interests and our investment. He did this all without spoiling the deal or offending a difficult opposing side. I would trust Richard with any complex contracts case and highly recommend him when the issue requires tactfulness and working with the other side. He can be tough when needed, but also knows how to bring two sides to agreement and is able to preserve critical business relationships. He and his firm have been a tremendous resource to our company over the years and were are ever grateful for Richard's helpfulness, surprisingly fast response-time, for taking the time to answer our questions, for understanding how important the deal was to us, and above all for treating us like family!

John Weatherspoon
January 14, 2016

I am very pleased and honored to give Richard Lagarde the highest ranking and recommendation! Richard is extremely talented and experienced as an attorney, very highly regarded, and I highly recommend him to anyone who needs a top litigator representing them.

Tony
January 9, 2016

I hired Mr.. LaGarde to handle the enforcement of a contract. He was prompt in taking action and demonstrated that he understood the most effective legal strategy. I would recommend him strongly.

Dawn
January 8, 2016

Richard Lagarde is an attorney I would highly recommend to anyone who needs legal assistance. He is currently representing me in a lottery dispute as well as a thousand other Texas consumers in another like case. Richard is honest, extremely knowledgeable of the law, takes time to explain finite details, returns phone calls immediately, is punctual and well organized. These qualities are priceless & rare - he tells it like it is. I would conclude that Richard is as an excellent attorney.

Jitendra
November 14, 2018

Richard, is expert yet talks and explains so simple. He is author of 7 best video and adviser of how to legally understand and survive skill fully in any litigation of law to defend deposition skill-fully . His conversation is lot more easier to understand and he is defiantly lot more empathetic then any lawyers or even better and easier than lay person. The best messenger that I had on my side for surviving the emotional deposition.

anonymous
February 2, 2016

We hired Richard to help us navigate a complex business contract. Richard took the time to make sure we understood every word of the contract provided by the other side and rewrote and negotiated it to be in our favor before we signed. His tactful and professional approach saved the deal and made sure we got a contract which was very favorable to our side, protecting our interests and our investment. He did this all without spoiling the deal or offending a difficult opposing side. I would trust Richard with any complex contracts case and highly recommend him when the issue requires tactfulness and working with the other side. He can be tough when needed, but also knows how to bring two sides to agreement and is able to preserve critical business relationships. He and his firm have been a tremendous resource to our company over the years and were are ever grateful for Richard's helpfulness, surprisingly fast response-time, for taking the time to answer our questions, for understanding how important the deal was to us, and above all for treating us like family!

John Weatherspoon
January 14, 2016

I am very pleased and honored to give Richard Lagarde the highest ranking and recommendation! Richard is extremely talented and experienced as an attorney, very highly regarded, and I highly recommend him to anyone who needs a top litigator representing them.

Tony
January 9, 2016

I hired Mr.. LaGarde to handle the enforcement of a contract. He was prompt in taking action and demonstrated that he understood the most effective legal strategy. I would recommend him strongly.

Dawn
January 8, 2016

Richard Lagarde is an attorney I would highly recommend to anyone who needs legal assistance. He is currently representing me in a lottery dispute as well as a thousand other Texas consumers in another like case. Richard is honest, extremely knowledgeable of the law, takes time to explain finite details, returns phone calls immediately, is punctual and well organized. These qualities are priceless & rare - he tells it like it is. I would conclude that Richard is as an excellent attorney.