Gabriel A. Assaad
Originally from Rochester, New York, I attended the University of Florida and graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering in 1996. Afterwards, I started working at a consulting firm. I then decided I wanted to go to law school. So I packed my bags and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to attend Vanderbilt University.
I received my law degree in 2001 and accepted a position with Dickstein Shapiro, LLP, in Washington, DC. At Dickstein Shapiro, I worked primarily on Patent Litigation. In 2004, I joined Paulson & Nace, a personal injury law firm in Washington, D.C. I represented clients in personal injury, medical malpractice and product liability cases and found that I enjoyed it. Since then I relocated to Houston to work at Kennedy Hodges LLP.
Areas of Practice
- Patent Litigation
- Medical Malpractice
- Product Liability
- Personal Injury
Bar Admissions
- Virginia, 2001
- District of Columbia, 2002
- U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
Education
- Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee
- J.D. - May, 2001
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
- B.S. - 1996
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Association for Justice, Member
- The District of Columbia Bar, Member
- Trial Lawyers Association for Metropolitan Washington, DC, Member
- Virginia State Bar, Member
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Member
Pro Bono Activities
- Chairman, Board for the Hope Center
