About Jay Downs

A founder, director, and shareholder of Downs & Stanford, Mr. Downs has over thirty-five years of civil litigation experience. His practice focuses on the defense of personal injury and wrongful death cases, business litigation and family law. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocacy, Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He has served as lead counsel in more than a hundred thirty jury and bench trials in counties all over Texas and in six other states.

BAR ADMISSIONS
State of Texas (1982)
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
United States District Court – Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Dallas Bar Association
Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
State Bar of Texas
Texas Association of Defense Counsel
Defense Research Institute
Co-Chairman, Primerus Defense Institute, Transportation Section, 2009-2010
Trucking Industry Defense Association
Council on Litigation Management
Vice Chair, Primerus Defense Institute, 2013-2014
Chair, Primerus Defense Institute, 2014-2015