Rice Farmers Justice - GMO Rice Litigation
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One International Centre
100 NE Loop 410, Suite 1500
San Antonio, Texas 78216
Phone: (210) 340-9800
Martin J. Phipps - Lead Counsel
Born Reno, Nevada, August 7, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas. Preparatory education, Texas Tech University (B.S., Political Science 1991); legal education, St. Mary's School of Law (J.D., 1994). Adjunct Professor of Law, St. Mary's Law School; Director, St. Mary's Law School External Advocacy Program. Author: Attorney Referral for Medical Treatment, a Wolf in Disguise? 32 St. Mary's L.J. 383, 423 (2001); National Order of Barristers. William S. Sessions, American Inns of Court. Recipient: Gertrude Jorrie Outstanding Advocacy Award. Recipient: Best Brief and Best Oral Advocate Awards, Norvell Moot Court 1994. Recipient: St. Mary's National Mock Trial Champions, 1993. Second Overall Advocate, Texas Young Lawyers Association Moot Court, 1994. President, San Antonio Defense Counsel Association. Member: Defense Research Institute's International Association of Defense Counsel; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; San Antonio and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; San Antonio Young Lawyers Association.
Verdicts & Settlements
LITTLE ROCK - A jury in Woodruff County Circuit Court decided Monday evening that Bayer CropScience LP must pay more than $1 million in compensatory and punitive damages to Lenny Joe Kyle, a rice farmer, for losses he sustained when Bayer's experimental variety of genetically modified rice infiltrated the rice supply. Read More >>

