J. Todd Malaise

Litigation Attorney (Of Counsel) at Davis Law Firm
San Antonio, TXAdmitted 1996

About J. Todd Malaise

J. Todd Malaise is a personal injury attorney with 28 years of experience who has been with Davis Law Firm since 2021. After graduating from St. Mary's School of Law in 1996, he founded and managed Malaise Law Firm, overseeing a staff of 10 attorneys and 35 support staff. Todd has extensive litigation and appellate experience, having appeared before the United States Supreme Court and argued multiple appeals in the Fifth Circuit, the Texas Supreme Court, the Fourth Court of Appeals, and multiple federal district courts.

Since 2015, he has won all 6 of his appeals, including a 9-0 ruling in his favor at the U.S. Supreme Court reversing the Fifth Circuit. In another appeal (Methodist Healthcare Sys. of San Antonio v. Dewey), he established new precedent making it easier for injured persons to sue hospitals for premises liability in San Antonio. He has been lead attorney in over 45 published legal opinions.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Davis Law Firm

These results are credited to Davis Law Firm. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Bexar County civil jury awarded $210 million to the family of Andreen McDonald, killed by her husband in 2019, in what is reported to be the largest personal injury verdict in county history.

399th Bexar County District Court, San Antonio, TX · 2024Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

St. Mary's School of Law
J.D., 1996
University of Texas
Undergraduate, 1993

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas, admitted 1996

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.