Brown, Proctor & Howell – Litigation Attorneys Defending Your Company

National Tier 1
Railroad Law


Brown, Proctor & Howell attorneys have defended corporations and businesses facing lawsuits in the areas of aviation law, railroad law, construction law, eminent domain law, and insurance law for more than 90 years. We also offer expertise in real estate law and business law associated with these industries.
From our offices in Fort Worth, Texas, and Houston, Texas, we bring tremendous skills totally focused on protecting your assets. We’ve provided a quick snapshot of our firm, to better explain why choosing Brown, Proctor & Howell to defend your company may be the most important decision you ever make:
Aviation Accident Attorneys
Stephen Howell leads the aviation law division for our firm with more than thirty-five years of experience defending national and international companies against wrongful death, product liability, and similar lawsuits resulting from aviation accidents including:

  • Airplane and helicopter crashes
  • Aviation equipment malfunctions
  • Airplane or helicopter structural failure
  • Pilot or other operator error

Railroad Accident Lawyers
John Proctor defends the two largest railroads in the nation and other clients against lawsuits arising from all manner of train-related incidents. His three decades of experience as a railroad lawyer prepare him to lead this division and defend clients in cases involving loss of life and property damage due to:

  • Failure to heed railroad warning systems
  • Hazardous cargo spills
  • Employee accidents
  • Railroad engine, car, or other equipment malfunction

Construction and Eminent Domain Attorneys
Richard Wiseman directs our construction law and eminent domain areas, as well as, provides leadership for our  real estate and business litigation lawyers. His thirty-six years of solid courtroom experience and negotiating skills have included defending major clients against lawsuits involving:

  • Texas eminent domain laws and property condemnation procedures
  • Construction contracts, defects, liens, and other disputes
  • Real estate ownership structure, foreclosure, and landlord rights issues

Insurance Lawyers
Brown, Proctor & Howell brings clients decades of combined experience in insurance issues including insurance coverage, insurance defense,, and insurance subrogation matters.  We offer clients three separate teams of attorneys handling highly complex cases  like these situations and more:

  • Arson and accidental fire
  • Hurricanes, floods, and other weather-related events
  • System failures in factories, mill sites, chemical plants, cement plants, and other sites
  • Trucking accidents