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• Born Mt. Pleasant, Texas, October 13, 1959.
• Admitted to bar, 1987, Texas.
• Admitted to bar, 2005, Arkansas.
• Admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals; Fifth Circuit; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas; and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
• Education: Texas A & M University (B.S. 1982), Phi Kappa Phi, University of Texas (J.D.with Honors, 1987). Phi Delta Phi, Texas Law Review.
• Mr. Worthington grew up in the family oilfield business in Kilgore, Texas and worked three years as an Engineer for Marshall Petroleum, Inc. in Midland/Odessa and Houston after graduating from Texas A&M University and before entering law school in 1984.
• Mr. Worthington's legal career began in Houston before returning home to East Texas.  He subsequently joined Brown McCarroll when they opened their Longview office in 1994.   Mr. Worthington joined Coghlan Crowson, LLP in April 2000.
  

Stayton "Bud" Worthington
bworthington@ccfww.com

• His primary emphasis is in litigation involving products liability; personal injury; toxic torts; class actions; medical malpractice; premises liability; and commercial litigation.
• He is a member of the T. John Ward American Inn of Court ; State Bar of Texas; Gregg County Bar Association; and the Defense Research Institute.

• 1987 - 1990  GRIGGS & HARRISON                           HOUSTON, TEXAS
      Litigation Associate - maritime and oilfield litigation        
• 1990 - 1994  SHARP, WARD, PRICE & SEARCY     LONGVIEW, TEXAS
       Litigation Partner - products liability, toxic tort, personal injury,                     
       commercial and oilfield litigation
  
• 1994 - 2000  BROWN MCCARROLL                         LONGVIEW, TEXAS
       Litigation Partner - products liability, toxic tort, medical malpractice,
       personal injury, silica, oilfield and commerical litigation
  
• 2000 -  Joined COGHLAN CROWSON, LLP as a Litigation Partner
  
  
• Mr. Worthington has received an "AV" rating from his peers as determined by Martindale-Hubbell's ratings for legal ability and ethical conduct. He regularly appears in both state and federal courts throughout the state of Texas. Mr. Worthington has handled claims involving personal injuries and/or property damages arising from alleged exposure to silica, asbestos, chlorinated solvents, lead, arsenic, CCA, mercury, hydrocarbons, diesel exhaust and other occupational and consumer exposures. He has provided representation for major automobile manufacturers, industrial equipment manufacturers, truck manufacturers, medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, consumer appliance manufacturers, electric utility companies, recreational vehicle manufacturers, and boating manufacturers in strict liability, breach of warranty, negligence, deceptive trade practices, and wrongful death actions throughout Texas and Southwestern Arkansas. He has represented local health care providers in medical malpractice claims against hospitals, nursing staff and other medical professionals.
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