Location: Houston, Texas
Phone: 713-355-5009
Fax: 713-355-5001
Email Me (rjewell@jgdpc.com)
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Rohlf Jewell is an attorney at Jackson Gilmour & Dobbs, PC in Houston, Texas. Mr. Jewell is licensed to practice in the State of Texas and the State of Louisiana, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and the United States District Court for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana. Mr. Jewell is a native of Louisiana where he practiced for several years before moving to Texas.
He is married and has a daughter and a son. Mr. Jewell enjoys volunteering and has worked with the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Organization, Jaycees, MDA, March of Dimes, St. Jude Children's Hospital and the Society of St Vincent de Paul. Mr. Jewell also enjoys LSU sports, cooking, fishing, politics, and coaching his daughter's soccer team.
Practice Areas/Experience
Mr. Jewell's practice focuses on civil litigation and environmental matters. Mr. Jewell also has experience in products liability, toxic torts, government and public law, business law and contracts.
Mr. Jewell's representative experience includes:
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Representing state government clients as part of a team in matters involving pollution of maritime and aquatic resources including natural resource damages and economic losses.
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Representing clients in environmental cleanup and cost recovery matters in Texas and Louisiana.
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Representing clients in environmental litigation concerning legacy sites.
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Representing business clients in civil matters including employment law, non-compete agreements, breach of fiduciary duty, civil RICO, contracts and general business issues.
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Representing clients in product liability, toxic torts and personal injury matters.
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Representing public clients in premises liability, employment law, personal injury, and contract matters.
Mr. Jewell has represented the State of Louisiana and the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office as part of a team in connection with the natural resource damages and economic losses arising from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Mr. Jewell has represented the State of New Jersey as part of a team in pursuing remediation costs, economic damages, and natural resource damages associated with the dioxin contamination of the Passaic River and Newark Bay.
Mr. Jewell has represented a transportation company in environmental cleanup and cost recovery matters pursuant to federal and state environmental laws and tort laws in Texas and Louisiana.
Mr. Jewell has represented clients in toxic tort, product liability and personal injury litigation in Texas and Louisiana.
Mr. Jewell also has experience in criminal matters including felony and misdemeanor prosecutions, and appellate proceedings; jury trials, judge trials, grand jury proceedings, and civil RICO; criminal investigations and search warrants; working with expert witnesses regarding scientific evidence, DNA evidence; fingerprinting and chemical analysis and signatures.
Professional Background
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Jewell practiced in civil litigation at Dunn, Kacal, Adams, Pappas, and Law in Houston, and its successor, Kacal, Adams and Law; and in private practice in Louisiana. Mr. Jewell is also a former Assistant District Attorney for the Eighteenth Judicial District of Louisiana including West Baton Rouge, Iberville and Pointe Coupee Parishes, where he served as a felony and appellate prosecutor and as counsel to local governmental entities.
Mr. Jewell received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Louisiana State University in 1988, his Masters of Business Administration from the University of New Orleans in 1994, and his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans in 1998.
Professional Activities
- State Bar of Texas
- Louisiana Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Baton Rouge Bar Association
- Phi Delta Phi
- The College of the State Bar of Texas
- The Federalist Society
- Fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation
