If you are weighing which accident law firm Houston has to offer will carry your claim, it helps to see how a firm is built and how it moves a case. This page describes LAWBOSS as a firm: where we come from, our Houston office, how a case travels from the first call to the courthouse and what you sign when you hire us.
LAWBOSS – Harris, Nelsen & Uvalle, PLLC publishes this page through Injury Accident Lawyer Houston, a website run by the firm’s Houston office. That office is at 5300 Memorial Drive, Suite 810, and Jonathan Harris is the attorney responsible for the site.
One firm, three Texas offices
LAWBOSS is a Texas personal injury firm with its principal office in Dallas and offices in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. It was started by Michael Uvalle, who worked for several of the largest insurance companies in Texas before he became a lawyer and has been licensed in Texas since 2010. He built the firm around what he had learned on the other side, and the firm calls that the Insurance Insider Advantage. Its motto is plain: Work Hard and Do Right.
That background is not limited to the founder. Five of the firm’s seven attorneys came from the insurance side, as adjusters, managers or lawyers defending insurers’ customers. In Houston that includes all three of our attorneys. When a claim lands on an adjuster’s desk, we have a good idea of the checklist it is being measured against, because some of us used to do that job.
Accident law firm Houston office by Memorial Park
Our Houston office is on Memorial Drive by Memorial Park, west of downtown, at 5300 Memorial Dr Ste 810, Houston, TX 77007. Three attorneys work there: Jonathan Harris, a Partner Attorney and the firm’s Managing Attorney of Litigation, licensed since 1998; Ian Nelsen, a Partner Attorney, former adjuster and former insurance defense attorney, licensed since 2016; and Howard Hill, a Litigation Attorney with more than 23 years of trial work in complex civil matters. Their full backgrounds are on our Houston team page, and the page on our accident lawyers Houston team sets out which part of a case each one carries.
From this office we serve Houston and the surrounding communities, among them Pasadena, Baytown, Pearland, Sugar Land, Katy, The Woodlands, Spring, League City and Missouri City. We do not have offices in those towns; our areas we serve page lists them.
How a case moves through the firm
Intake
Every case starts with a conversation, and the phones are answered around the clock. The intake team takes down the facts, flags anything urgent such as a government vehicle or a commercial truck, and gets the case in front of an attorney. The firm puts its own approach this way: we use our insider knowledge of the insurance industry to anticipate the other side’s moves. In practice, that starts on day one, by asking the questions the adjuster is going to ask.
Pre-suit work
Most claims begin outside of court. In this stage the firm collects the crash report, photos, video, witness accounts and medical records, notifies the insurers, keeps the adjusters away from you and builds the written demand. The pre-suit stage is where an insurance background pays off most, because the file is assembled to answer the objections a carrier is likely to raise before it raises them.
The litigation team
When a claim does not resolve, it goes to the litigation side of the firm, which Jonathan Harris leads as Managing Attorney of Litigation. In Houston, Howard Hill brings his long trial record to that work. A case moving into litigation does not mean starting over with strangers: the file built before suit travels with it, and you are told who is handling each step. Our case types page lists the claims we take, from car wrecks to wrongful death.
| Stage | What the firm does | What you do |
|---|---|---|
| Intake | Takes the facts, checks deadlines, arranges a free consultation | Tell us what happened and where you were treated |
| Pre-suit | Gathers evidence and records, notifies insurers, prepares the demand, negotiates | Keep going to your doctors and send us new bills and letters |
| Litigation | Files suit, handles discovery and depositions, prepares for trial | Meet with your attorney to prepare, and make the decisions on any offer |
The injury cases our Houston office takes
A firm started by people who used to price claims for insurers tends to take the cases insurers fight hardest. From Memorial Drive we handle car accidents, truck and 18-wheeler crashes, motorcycle crashes, pedestrian and rideshare accidents, work and construction injuries, oilfield injuries, slip and fall and other premises injuries, and wrongful death claims for families who have lost someone. Each type raises its own questions. A truck case means federal driving and maintenance records; a fall in a store means video and incident reports; a work injury means finding out whether the employer carries workers’ compensation at all.
Some calls are about a case we cannot help with, or one that belongs with another kind of lawyer. When that happens we say so plainly on the first call, so you can act quickly and keep your deadlines intact.
What to bring to your first meeting with the firm
You do not need a complete file to start, and nothing on this list is required before you call. Whatever you already have simply lets the attorney give you more concrete answers in that first conversation.
- The crash report number, or the name of the police department or sheriff’s office that came to the scene.
- Photos and videos from your phone: the vehicles, the road, your injuries, the other driver’s license plate and insurance card.
- Names and phone numbers of any witnesses.
- Your own auto insurance declarations page, which shows whether you kept PIP and uninsured motorist coverage.
- Any letters, emails or claim numbers from an insurance company, including the other driver’s.
- A list of the places you have been treated and the doctors you are seeing now.
- Pay stubs or a note from your employer if you have missed work.
If you are still in the hospital or cannot travel, tell us when you call. The first conversation can happen by phone, and paperwork can wait until you are able to deal with it.
Where Houston injury lawsuits are heard
A personal injury suit in Harris County state court goes to the civil district courts, which sit in the Harris County Civil Courthouse at 201 Caroline in downtown Houston. Some cases are heard instead in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, which sits in Houston. Which court is right depends on the parties and the claims, and your attorney explains the choice before anything is filed. We name these courts so you know where a Houston case would go; neither the firm nor this website has any connection with either court.
Open around the clock, and the first conversation is free
Crashes do not keep office hours, so neither do our phones: you can reach the firm 24/7, and the consultation costs you nothing. Our Houston office’s Google listing shows a rating of 4.8 from 1,728 reviews (November 2026). If you would rather write than call, our contact page lets you send us a message instead.
Talk with the Houston office of LAWBOSS about your injury. Call us any hour for a free consultation.
What the written agreement covers
The firm takes your case on a No Fees or Costs Unless We Win basis. The firm advances what it takes to investigate and pursue your claim, from records to filing fees, and if your case brings in no money you owe us no attorney’s fee and nothing for those costs. Before we begin, that arrangement goes into a written agreement in plain language. Here is what it addresses:
- The work the firm agrees to do on your claim.
- How the attorney’s fee is figured, stated in the agreement itself, and that it comes only out of money obtained for you.
- Which case costs the firm advances and how they are repaid from any recovery.
- That you owe no fee and no case costs if no money is obtained for you.
- That settlement decisions are yours: no offer is accepted without your say.
Read it before you sign, take it home if you want, and ask us to explain any part. A firm that rushes you past the paperwork is telling you something.
Why this page names no outcomes
We do not publish settlement or verdict figures or describe past cases. Every claim rests on its own facts, and a figure from another case says nothing reliable about yours.
If you want to see the stage-by-stage work from your side of the table, our guide to what an accident attorney Houston clients hire does at each step covers the first call, the demand, negotiation and the two-year filing deadline.
Questions people ask us
Where is the LAWBOSS Houston office?
At 5300 Memorial Dr Ste 810, Houston, TX 77007, on Memorial Drive by Memorial Park, west of downtown. The firm’s principal office is in Dallas, and it also has an office in San Antonio.
Which attorneys work in your Houston office?
Three attorneys work from Memorial Drive: Jonathan Harris, Ian Nelsen and Howard Hill. Each of them worked on the insurance side before joining the firm.
What does the Insurance Insider Advantage mean?
It is the firm’s name for its background: the founder and five of the seven attorneys came from the insurance side, so they know how adjusters and defense lawyers evaluate a claim.
Will hiring the firm cost me money before the case ends?
No. The consultation is free, and the firm advances the costs of the case. You owe no attorney’s fee and no case costs unless money is obtained for you, as the written agreement explains.
Is the firm connected to the Harris County courts?
No. We name the Harris County Civil Courthouse and the Southern District of Texas only to show where Houston injury suits are filed. The firm has no connection with any court.