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John C. Ginn is a partner with the law firm of Smith, McDowell, Ginn in Sulphur Springs. He has a general personal injury practice and is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law and by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Civil Trial Advocate. He has served as chairman of the District 1A Grievance Committee and is a past member of the Professionalism Committee of the State Bar of Texas. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and formerly served as a director of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. He has been named to the top 100 trial attorneys in the state by The National Trial Lawyers for 2012 and 2013 and has been named a Super Lawyer in Texas Monthly magazine for the past 9 consecutive years. He has also received an AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell.
As a graduate of Baylor University School of Law, he served as President of the Baylor Law Alumni Association in 2012-2013. His practice includes catastrophic injury and death cases as well as complex criminal and family law litigation. He is responsible for the largest injury jury verdict in Lamar County history. Several of Mr. Ginn's case results have received statewide and national news coverage. He lives in Sulphur Springs, Texas and he and his wife have three grown children.
Texas, 1989
District of Columbia, 1992
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1990
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1993
Rotary, 1990 - Present (Secretary, Treasurer)
Leadership Sulpur Springs, 1990 - 1991 (President)
Hopkins County Bar Association, 1991 - 1992 (Vice President)
Hopkins County Bar Association, 1989 - 1990 (Secretary of Transportation)
State Bar of Texas, District 1A Grievance Committee (Chairman)
District of Columbia Bar (Member)
Northeast Texas Bar Association (Member)
Northeast Texas Bar Association, 1995 - 1996 (President)
Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Past Director)
American Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
State Bar of Texas, Professionalism Committee (Past Member)
American Board of Trial Advocates (Member)
Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas J.D.
Honors: Midlaw Class President
Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA B.B.A.