Thomas Henry

Thomas J. Henry received, with honors, his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas in El Paso. He then furthered his education by receiving his Juris Doctorate from St. Mary’s School of Law in 1988.

Mr. Henry started his law firm in 1993. The Law Offices of Thomas J. Henry has grown tremendously over the years because of the dedicated commitment to obtaining maximum compensation for his clients, in addition to his everlasting commitment to the community in which he lives. Mr. Henry has been trying cases since he became an attorney. Mr. Henry has handled thousands of cases over the years and has obtained numerous multi-million dollar recoveries. In the eighteen years that Mr. Henry has been handling cases, he has been able to successfully recover over one hundred million dollars. Mr. Henry understands that families who have lost their loved ones in tragic accidents, large trucking accidents, on the job or because of medical errors, deserve aggressive representation.

Thomas J. Henry established himself as a Philanthropist in the area early on in his legal career. Over the years he has demonstrated his commitment to human interest by supporting various organizations, a partial list are herein below:

American Heart Association
American Red Cross
Crime Stoppers
Corpus Christi Literacy Council
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Rockport Chamber of Commerce
Halo Flight
Food Bank of Corpus Christi
Toys for Tots
Boys and Girls Club La Armada
American GI Forum
Operation Supply our Students
Kidney Foundation
HeadStart Program
Fans for Families
Neighborhood Watch
CC Police Officers Association
Texas A&M Athletic Department 1997-8
Padre Island Little League
Hot Shots Baseball
North American Seniors
Texas Senior Citizens
American Little League
Robstown Little League
West Oso Career Fair
Fiesta en la Playa
South Texas Shootout Airshow
LULAC
Fiesta de los Flores
Immaculate Conception Church Gregory
Friendship Baptist Church
Law and Order Softball
Little Miss Kickball
Miss Corpus Christi Pageant
Miss Texas Pageant Scholarship
Jazz Festival
CCISD Safe Halloween
West Oso Safe Halloween
Flour Bluff Safe Halloween
TJH Great Pumpkin Giveaway 2000-2004
TJH Turkey Giveaway 1994-2005 (Over 100,000 familes receiving help during holiday season)
2001 TJH Veterans Day Extravaganza
2002 TJH Dia de la Nino Celebration
TJH Back-to-School Supplies Giveaway 2004
TJH Easter Egg Hunt Cole Park 2003
Loaves and Fishes
NAACP Platinum Sponsor
Tejano Fest
Homeport Base Closure
Special Olympics
Hispanic Women Network
Shrine Circus
JR Viola/TJH COATS FOR KIDS
Hi-Fairnessee Girls Club
American Cancer Society
ACS Excalibur Award 1994-1999
Texas A&M University Kingsville Humanitarian Award 2005
Catholic Diocese Thomas J. Henry Trust Fund
Women’s Shelter
CP&L Harbor Lights Festival (Sponsor)
Fourth of July Fireworks (Sponsor)
KORO TV 28 Dia de Los Niños
Intercollegiate Sponsorship
Corpus Christi Trojan Select Baseball Team
Bob Marley Festival
Headstart Program
Nueces County Sheriff’s Department
West Oso I.S.D. Speech Department
“Loaves and Fishes” Turkey Donations
United States Flag Giveaway
Annual Pumpkin Giveaway
Annual Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway
"thousands of families helped each year"
Wynn Seale Academy of Fine Arts
Miller High School
Ark Assessment Center & Emergency Shelter For Children
Veterans Day Fireworks
Lindale Senior Center
Aransas Pass Shrimporee
Corpus Christi Icerays Hockey team
Corpus Christi Barracudas Baseball team
Avance
Women's Prayer Ministry
Smiles for Child Inc.
Housing Authority of Alice
Victory Gospel Chapel
Rising Star Baptist Church
Trinity Adult Day Care
Oveal Williams Senior Center
Fannin PTA
Kostoryz Elementary Running Club
CC Lakers Basketball Club
Universal Little League
Casa Linda 5th grade DARE program
Buccaneer Little League
911 Veteran's Day Celebration 2001
2005 Naval Airstation Blue Angel Event
2002 Naval Airstation Blue Angel Event
2005 Texas A&M Scholarships
2006 Chopin Society Sponsor
Catholic Church Children's Arc
2005 Ronald McDonald House
2005 Avance Donor

…and many more

Roger Turk

Mr. Turk is a talented and experienced attorney. He has been with the Law Offices of Thomas J. Henry for ten years. Mr. Turk focuses on all areas of personal injury litigation, including trucking accidents, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, industrial accidents, and construction accidents. His experience in handling a diversity of personal injury and accident cases has given him both depth and breadth of expertise.

Mr. Turk has been involved in handling trials and cases with Mr. Henry and has been a part of participating in the trials of multi-million dollar cases and settlements.

Mr. Turk received his law degree from the Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1993 after earning his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Southwest Texas State in 1990. He has been licensed to practice in Texas since 1993. He is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.

When he is not practicing law, Mr. Turk is Captain of Field Artillery in the United States Army Reserve.

Mike Henry

Mike Henry is a member of the Law Offices of Thomas J. Henry, responsible for a wide array of litigation and non-litigation matters. Thorough, experienced, and completely dedicated to his clients, Mr. Henry is known for the results he obtains.

Mr. Henry earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Corpus Christi State University in 1985. Before going on to law school, he spent ten years working as a manager in several different capacities. From 1987-1995, he worked as the Director of Purchasing and Warehousing for the City of Vero Beach in Florida. In 1995, Mr. Henry entered the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. He completed his law degree in 1998. While in school, he won awards for both trial advocacy and trial workshop.

Currently, Mr. Henry is licensed to practice in the state of Texas and is a member of the American Bar Association. He has been with the Law Offices of Thomas J. Henry since 1997. He works on all types of personal injury cases, especially automobile accidents, trucking accidents, and mass tort litigation (including pharmaceuticals, defective medical equipment, etc.). Mr. Henry's other responsibilities include acting as liaison between the Law Offices of Thomas J. Henry and other firms.

George DeVera

George DeVera recently joined the Law Offices of Thomas J. Henry as an associate working in litigation. A long-time resident of Corpus Christi, Mr. DeVera graduated from Mary Carroll High School in 1995 and proceeded to attend Austin College in Sherman, Texas, where he earned a degree in Philosophy with Honors in 1999. During his time at Austin College, Mr. DeVera worked extensively in community service organizations.

Before attending law school, Mr. DeVera worked for two years as a legal clerk with a well-sized firm in Dallas, Texas, where he soon realized his calling. Shortly thereafter, Mr. DeVera was accepted to Baylor Law School in Waco, Texas. While at Baylor, Mr. DeVera participated in both trial advocacy and client counseling competitions. He also clerked part-time with the Heart of Texas Legal Aid as well as the ACLU of Texas. Additionally, the University recognized him with the Charles S. Petty Award in Law and Medicine for receiving top marks in the health care litigation class where he acquired skills in litigating medical malpractice claims. Mr. DeVera graduated from Baylor Law in August, 2004 and became licensed to practice in the state of Texas in May 2005.

Mr. DeVera is an accomplished musician who sang in both high school and college choirs before singing professionally with the Dallas Symphony Chorus for two seasons. He currently sings with the Corpus Christi Chorale.

Warren M. Armstrong

Warren M. Armstrong joined the Law Offices of TJH in 2006 and handles a variety of personal injury cases within the law firm. Prior to joining the Law Offices of TJH, he practiced with a law firm in San Antonio, Texas where he represented homeowners in bad faith insurance claims against insurance companies.

Mr. Armstrong graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998, and later enrolled in St. Mary’s School of Law, where he graduated in 2005. During law school, Warren was a member of the St. Mary’s University School of Law External Advocacy Mock Trial Team which competed and excelled in numerous mock trial competitions throughout the country. His success in these competitions earned him an induction into the prestigious National Order of Barristers.

Mr .Armstrong is licensed to practice in Texas, and is a member of the National Order of Barristers, American Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and Texas Young Lawyers Association.

Kevin L. Cochran

Kevin Cochran began his practice of law in 1997 when he gained admission to the State Bar of Ohio while working full-time with the computerized legal research company, LEXIS-NEXIS. While employed at LEXIS, Mr. Cochran maintained an active practice which included pro bono trial work and drafting and administering contracts for a corporate client.

Kevin moved to Texas in 1999, admitted to the State Bar of Texas in May of 2000 and started practicing in Austin, Texas shortly thereafter. In 2004, he started his own practice in Bastrop, Texas representing clients in a variety of different legal areas, and this year began working for the Law Offices of Thomas J. Henry.

Mr. Cochran practices law instinctively and with compassion for his clients. In the courtroom, his instincts for law, and his ability to assess the judge, the jury and opposing counsel’s attitudes and impressions have served him well. Mr. Cochran has represented numerous clients in contested hearings, mediation negotiation, and has served as first and second chair in trial courts as well as arbitration hearings before the American Arbitration Association and National Association of Securities Dealers. Mr. Cochran is or has handled cases filed in federal and state courts in Texas, as well as cases in the state courts of Ohio.

Kevin Cochran received his law degree from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon in 1996 after earning his Bachelor of Science in Aviation Engineering from the Ohio State University in 1991. He has been licensed to practice in Texas since 2000. He is also licensed to practice in Ohio and admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.