Meet Us

**Jon and Posey waiting for a jury verdict at the Travis County Courthouse**

Jon Selden

BIO

Jon is a seasoned litigator with almost two decades of experience—ranging from personal injury and wrongful death matters to commercial disputes to maritime cargo and collision cases.

He founded the firm in 2008 to fight for good people hurt by the reckless decisions of others—especially drunk drivers. Previously, Jon worked for personal injury firms in Houston and Austin and one of the oldest maritime law firms in Houston, where he frequently climbed aboard troubled ships in the Houston Ship Channel. In between, he did a stint as a newspaper reporter covering law and government for a lousy PR rag.

Selden attended law school at Gonzaga University School of Law (Go Zags!) and the University of Houston Law Center. He graduated with his juris doctor degree in December 2003. He is licensed to practice law in both Texas and Washington.

Jon currently serves on the State Bar of Texas Jury Service Committee and is a co-author of the Annual Survey of Texas Insurance Law published by the University of Houston’s Journal of Consumer & Commercial Law.

Selden received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and a minor in journalism from Brigham Young University, where he graduated in 2001.

Selden married fellow Austin lawyer Suzette Selden in 2003 and they are the proud parents of two little girls named Posey and Daisy. They live in Westlake Hills, where Jon is active in his community and church. He is an Eagle Scout and has volunteered with a local Boy Scouts of America troop.

He snowboards in his native Inland Northwest as often as he can—but not nearly often enough.

experience

Founding attorney, Selden & Company PC, Austin, Texas, 2008-present.

Associate Attorney, Leonard B. Gabbay PC, Austin, Texas, 2007-2008.

Staff Writer, Austin Business Journal, Austin, Texas, 2005-2007.

Associate Attorney, Eastham Watson Dale & Forney LLP, Houston, Texas, 2004-2005.

education

Gonzaga University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 2001 – 2003.

University of Houston Law Center, Visiting Law Student, 2003 – 2003.

Brigham Young University, B.A. Political Science/Journalism, 1993 – 2001.

Licensed

State Bar of Texas, 2004.

Washington State Bar Association, 2016.

PUBLICATIONS

Annual Survey of Texas Insurance Law, Journal of Consumer & Commercial Law; Selden, Suzette E., Selden, Jonathan D., Grebe, Dennis L. (University of Houston Law Center, Center for Commercial Law, Vol. 24, No. 2, Winter 2021).

Suzette Selden

Suzette has extensive experience representing consumers and businesses in insurance disputes and other civil litigation matters.

She has represented insureds and claimants in matters involving liability insurance, life insurance, homeowners, commercial property, commercial automobile, automobile, health, and disability. Additionally, she has represented clients in varying practice areas, including insurance litigation, deceptive trade practices, business disputes, securities litigation, and construction defect cases.

Suzette was selected by Thomson Reuters for inclusion in 2012 - 2015 Texas Rising Stars® publication, an honor only 2.5 percent of lawyers in the state received. She was profiled in the 2014 edition in a feature story entitled "The Closer."

Suzette is the former president of the Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association. She has co-authored the Annual Survey of Texas Insurance Law in 2007 and 2009 - 2015. Furthermore, she was head notes and comments editor of the Houston Journal of International Law from 2005-2006 and is a member of the Order of the Barons.

Before becoming a lawyer, Suzette worked as a television news producer for an ABC affiliate station in Washington state and interned for Dateline NBC in New York City. She also worked for International Sports Broadcasting during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

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