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Biography

Chris Diamond is a trial lawyer with more than 25 years’ experience representing individuals and corporations in lawsuits involving negligence, gross negligence, premises liability, product liability, insurance coverage, construction defects, indemnity disputes, education law, business torts, and homeowner’s policy claims.

After graduating from Texas A&M University, he received his law degree cum laude from South Texas College of Law where he served as Assistant Editor-in-Chief of the South Texas Law Review. Throughout his career he worked for small to mid-size insurance defense firms with heavy litigation dockets. He has extensive experience in pre-trial discovery and motion practice, taking and defending depositions, expert retention, picking juries, and trial. Chris is married to his wife Mary and they have four children.

Representative Matters

In re City of Amarillo, Texas (07-22-00341-CV, 7th Dist. Amarillo) – taxpayer lawsuit against City for an illegal bond package that also included Texas Open Meetings Act violations. A 3-day trial resulted in a judgment for taxpayer client with findings supporting violations of the Texas Open Meetings Act and failure to follow statutory requirements for bond issuance.

Morath v. Texas Taxpayer & Student Fairness Coalition, 490 S.W.3d 826 (Tex. 2016) – lead trial counsel in a 17-week trial representing the Texas Association of Business and affected families on matters of school finance, charter school issues, and educational efficiency generally. Evidence from experts retained for this trial was used in subsequent Legislative sessions to reform the educational system including increasing the statutory limit on charter schools in Texas.

Fiess v. State Farm Lloyds, 202 S.W.3d 744 (Tex. 2006) – litigated the motion for summary judgment in the federal trial court that ultimately resulted in ending mold claims in Texas. (Not involved in the appeal).