Our Firm
Sprott Newsom Quattlebaum Messenger has been continuously providing quality legal services to our clients since the Firm’s inception in 1982. Our firm was founded on the values of integrity, hard work and client satisfaction, which are the same values the firm is committed to and embraces today.
We represent individuals, business entities, business owners and health care providers in a broad range of litigation and other legal matters, including complex multiparty and class-action lawsuits before federal and state courts. Our Firm aggressively defends cases on behalf of our clients, regardless of their complexity. Our lawyers have extensive courtroom skills and expertise to handle all types of litigation. Our mission is to resolve your litigation effectively, quickly and cost-efficiently. We strive to provide the best legal services in Texas, focusing on exceptionally proactive and responsive service to all our clients.
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Mr. Sprott was born and raised in Corpus Christi and obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in three years from Corpus Christi State University in 1981.
He was a multi-lines insurance adjustor for State Farm Insurance Company before receiving his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Houston in 1985.
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James A. Newsom, known as Jim to his friends, was born in Corsicana, Texas, on July 13, 1959. He was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1984. Jim also is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.
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Michele Quattlebaum was raised in Arkansas. She has more than 33 years of trial experience in all areas of personal injury and products liability, including commercial trucking, construction, propane, premises liability (rape, murder, slip and fall), pest control, toxic tort, employment law, medical, nursing, pharmacy, chiropractic, hospital, dental, nursing home, and optometric malpractice.
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Kandy E. Messenger is a litigator whose practice concentrates on consumer financial services litigation and compliance and complex litigation with an emphasis in the areas of commercial litigation, personal injury, employment law and professional liability.
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Lauren Miller Robbins, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 22, 1961; admitted to the Louisiana Bar in 1986; admitted to the Texas bar in 1992.
Lauren’s principal area of practice has been the representation of a Fortune 500 company for 20 years in product and premises liability, including complex toxic tort cases.
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Diana M. Navarro, born Harlingen, Texas, August 30, 1984; admitted to bar, 2009, Texas; also admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Texas, 2012.
Diana practices primarily in personal injury litigation, medical malpractice defense, and general insurance defense.
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Douglas E. Markham, born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; admitted to the Texas bar in 1981; admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1987. He is currently licensed in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Doug has argued cases before the state and federal courts of appeals, and appeared in cases before the U. S. Supreme Court.
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Tina E. Ohanian was born in Houston, Texas and raised in Glendale, California. She was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2015.
Tina specializes in medical malpractice defense and personal injury defense.
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Cathleen P. McCaffrey was born in Flushing, New York and raised in Houston, TX. She was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2016.
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Salma Charania was born in Karachi, Pakistan and since 2002 has been residing in Houston, Texas. Salma primarily practices in general defense litigation, focusing on insurance defense and personal injury litigation.
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Chris Ross was born in Ogden, Utah on July 29, 1980 and raised in Hooper, Utah. He joined the firm in January 2017 and currently practices in the areas of insurance defense and general civil defense.
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Cha’Mira L. Keener was born and reared in Houston, Texas on March 9, 1990. She was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2016 and currently practices primarily in the area of medical malpractice defense.
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Mark T. Phelps was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on September 22, 1955. Mr. Phelps spent five years working in the field of Healthcare Administration before attending South Texas College Law, where he graduated in 1988.
Practice Areas
We have handled over 10,000 cases in practice areas that include:
- Admiralty/Maritime
- Appellate Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Consumer Finance Litigation & Services
- Family Law
- General Healthcare
- Insurance
- Labor & Employment Law/Litigation
- Person Injury/Property Damage Litigation
- Physician Employment Contract Review
- Probate Law
- Professional Liability: Medical
- Professional Liability: Other
- Toxic Torts
- Transportation Litigation
Careers Information
If you are a civil defense litigator or transactional attorney with a portable business we are looking to add attorneys who want to be able to control the details of their business and practice in a great environment with a long standing Houston firm. If you are interested, click here for more information.