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About Wes Hook

Wes Hook is an attorney at Arnold & Itkin LLP in Houston, Texas, focused on plant and refinery accidents, industrial accidents, oilfield accidents, offshore accidents, and serious work injuries. The first lawyer in his family, Wes grew up in Holland, Michigan before attending Texas Christian University, where he graduated summa cum laude with a double major in philosophy and political science. He earned his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School, where he received Scholastic Excellence Awards in Evidence and in Insurance & Litigation, and founded the Vanderbilt Plaintiff's Advocacy and Litigation Society. Wes joined Arnold & Itkin as a law clerk during his first summer of law school and has remained with the firm. His case results include a $6 million settlement for a child with a brain injury, a $4.5 million settlement for a West Texas oilfield worker, and a $1.55 million Jones Act settlement.

Practice areas

Education

Vanderbilt University Law School
J.D.
Texas Christian University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas
Vanderbilt Plaintiff's Advocacy and Litigation Society (founder)
State Bar of Texas

Awards & recognition

Scholastic Excellence Award in Evidence (Vanderbilt)
Scholastic Excellence Award in Insurance & Litigation (Vanderbilt)
Summa cum laude (TCU)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Houston firms

The Buzbee Law Firm
The Buzbee Law Firm
$1.1 billion · $1.1 Billion Verdict for Child Left Brain-Damaged by Oil-Fortune Heir
The Lanier Law Firm
The Lanier Law Firm
$4.69 billion (upheld $2.11 billion on appeal) · $4.69 Billion Talcum Powder Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson for Ovarian Cancer (2018)
Williams Hart & Boundas
Williams Hart & Boundas
$15.3 billion · Texas Recovers $15.3 Billion From Tobacco Industry in Landmark 1998 Settlement
Abraham Watkins
Abraham Watkins
$32 million · Barn Door Collapse at Midtown Hilton Garden Inn Leads to $32 Million Verdict, Later Reduced to $12 Million
Zehl & Associates
Zehl & Associates
$37.5 million · $37.5 Million Verdict for the Family of Trucker Shamsher Singh, Killed by a Distracted Oncor Driver