GEORGE FLEMING
NOTABLE CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Founder of Fleming | Nolen | Jez L.L.P. (“FNJ”), a law firm of civil trial lawyers. FNJ concentrates its practice on personal injury and mass tort litigation. The firm has won billions in verdicts and settlements for our clients.
Lead trial lawyer in a mass tort property damage case. Fleming tried the case to punitive damage jury verdicts eight times for different groups of clients over fourteen months of actual trial time. He was the only lawyer to ever try the case obtaining millions each time he tried the case. The case ended up settling for over two billion dollars.
Personal injury mass tort cases. Fleming was lead counsel on the first case the firm tried to a jury verdict. The jury returned a verdict of over $29 million. FNJ’s trial lawyers tried the case to juries 27 times with Fleming trying almost half of those. FNJ cases settled for over one billion.
Fleming has been lead counsel on a number of trials against aviation companies¾Cessna, Piper, Beech, Continental Airlines (now United Airlines); Avianca; Tan; Sasha; Boeing; TWA; Eastern Airlines; American Airlines; Delta Airlines; among others.
Trials against major oil and gas companies. For example, Fleming tried a case against Exxon that resulted in a jury verdict of over $10 million that was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
FNJ lawyers have been appointed by a number of federal and state Judges to serve as lead counsel and on Plaintiff Steering Committees (PSC) in a number of major mass tort cases.
George Fleming is a native Texan who received his Bachelor of Business Administration and Juris Doctor from the University of Texas at Austin. He began his law career as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, representing the United States in major trial cases. George subsequently returned to Texas and became a partner in an Austin law firm.
Then he moved to Houston to start his own practice, focusing on mass torts, aviation disasters, product liability, and plaintiff’s personal injury. He founded the firm that became Fleming | Nolen | Jez, L.L.P., where he established his reputation in mass tort, aviation and consumer litigation cases.
George’s legal memberships include the State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Association, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice. George is widely published, with articles appearing in several major legal journals. He is also a frequent Speaker on emerging trial techniques and trends, mass tort litigation, and class action litigation.
Speaking Engagements to Professional Associations on Mass Torts Include
American Bar Association annual meeting
American Association of Justice
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Mealey’s Seminars
Harris Martin Seminars
Most Recent Article on Mass Litigation “MDL Practice: Avoiding the Black Hole,” South Texas Law Review, Vol. 46 No. 1, Fall 2014
Articles and TV Shows Mr. Fleming’s Work Has Been Presented
60 Minutes
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
Forbes
The Associated Press
United Press International
Houston Chronicle
Admitted to Practice
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third, Fifth, Seventh, Eleventh and District of Columbia Circuits
U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and the District of Columbia
Texas Supreme Court
Other Memberships
University of Texas Law School Foundation Board
University of Texas System Chancellor’s Council executive membership
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Development Board
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Board
Strake Jesuit College Preparatory, Houston, Board of Trustees
Sam Houston Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Board of Directors
Lead Counsel In
Stencel Aero v. U.S., 434 U.S. 882 (1977)
Miree v. Dekalb County, Georgia, 433 U.S. 25 (1977)
Amstadt v. U.S. Brass Corp., 919 S.W.2d 644 (Tex. S.Ct. 1996)
In Re: Polybutylene Plumbing Litigation, 23 S.W.3d 428 (Tex.App.-Houston [1 Dist.] 2000)
Mathis, et al. v. Exxon Corp., 302 F.3d 448 (5th Cir. 2002)
In Re: Diet Drugs Products Liability Litigation, 369 F.3d 293 (3rd Cir. 2004)
In Re: Enron (S.D. Tx)
In Re: Prudential-Bache Energy Income Partnership Securities (E.D. La.)
MDL and Class Action Cases Mr. Fleming and FNJ Lawyers Have Worked on Recently Include:
MDL 2272 Zimmer NexGenKnee Product Liability Litigation
MDL 2187 In Re C.R. Bard, Inc. Pelvic Repair Systems Product Liability Litigation
MDL 2187 In Re American Medical Systems, Inc. Pelvic Repair Systems Product Liability
Litigation
MDL 2326 In Re Boston Scientific Corp. Pelvic Repair Systems Product Liability Litigation
MDL 2327 In Re Ethicon, Inc. Pelvic Repair Systems Product Liability Litigation
MDL 2387 In Re Coloplast Corp. Pelvic Repair Systems Product Liability Litigation
MDL 2440 In Re Cook Medical, Inc. Pelvic Repair Systems Product Liability Litigation
MDL 2511 Neomedic; JCCP 4710 Wright Hip System Cases
MDL1928 In Re Trasylol Products Liability Litigation
MDL 1507 In Re Prempro Products Liability Litigation
Class Counsel in Harry Snowden, Individually and as Representative of All Persons Similarly
Situated v. Farmers Ins. Co., Inc., Cause No. CIV-2000, Cir. Ct. of Faulkner County, Arkansas
First Division Class Counsel in Royce Yarbrough, Individually and As Representative of the Class of All Similarly Situated Persons v. ConocoPhillips Co., et al., Cause No. 99-DCV-107968, 268th Judicial District, Fort Bend County, Texas
Member of the Mississippi Litigation Group In Re Bogalusa Chemical Release, No. 251-96-493-
CIV, Circuit Court, First Judicial District, Hinds County, Mississippi
MDL 2739 In Re Essure Birth Control Product Liability Litigation
Career History
Lieutenant, U.S. Army 1971-1972
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Torts Section 1972-1976
Partner in an Austin, Texas law firm 1976-1981
Fleming | Nolen | Jez L.L.P. and its predecessors 1981-present
Legal Memberships
State Bar of Texas
Houston Bar Association
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
American Bar Association
American Association for Justice
Awards and Honors
Top 25 in Mass Torts by the National Trial Lawyers
America’s 50 Most Influential Lawyers Trial Lawyers Roundtable
America’s 100 Most Influential Trial Lawyers, Trial Lawyers Roundtable
One of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers of the National Trial Lawyers Association
Member of the Million Dollar Advocates ForumÒ, published by Million Dollar Advocates Forum,
Who’s Who in American Law, a Marquis Who’s WhoÒ
Texas Top Rated Lawyers, published by LexisNexisÒ Martindale-HubbellÒ; Peer Review Rated AV PreeminentÒ
Texas Super LawyersÒ 2003-2022 by Thomson Reuters
Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
2022 AV Preeminent Rating¾Judicial Edition by Martindale Hubbell
Top rated lawyer for 2022 by Avvo.com
