Listening to Your Needs

“Personal injury attorneys are an important tool society can use to protect itself from harm-doers.”

When an accident occurs, the victim needs an experienced advocate on their side. They need an advocate who will listen to their needs and provide prompt legal counsel and representation. Mary Noel Golder is that advocate.

From automobile injury claims to complex wrongful death cases, Mary brings her considerable legal skills, persistence and perspective to personal injury cases. Her trial law experience includes representing victims of car, motorcycle and pedestrian wrecks, injuries on private and business premises, injuries on the job, and all other types of injury cases. Her courtroom and settlement victories have compensated the injured and improved the standard of care by sending a message to wrongdoers that their dangerous actions have consequences. She takes pride in fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.

Since watching her first jury trial in junior high, Mary has had a passion for law and a compassion for people who are suffering. This early love for the courtroom and desire to help others has motivated her ever since. Mary has devoted more than 40 years to representing individuals and families.

Out of the office, Mary has served on the boards of a number of local charitable organizations, and has even helped establish a local dog and cat rescue, Sadie’s Rescue, Inc. Through her personal and professional work, she strives to make our community a better place to live.

Certification/Specialties:

• Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1990
• Certified Specialist, Civil Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 2007 – Present
• President Central West Texas Chapter, 2007 – 2008

Bar Admissions:

• Texas, 1978
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

Education:

• University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1977
  • Doctor of Jurisprudence
• University of Texas, 1975
  • B.B.A.

Published Works:

• A Civil Rights Manual: Defense of Suits Against Law Enforcement Officers (Co-Author)

Representative Cases:

• Littlefield v. Schaefer (1997)
• Robinson v. Central Texas MHMR Center (1989)
• Transco Leasing Corp. v. U.S. (1993)

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• Past Adjunct Instructor, Howard College

Honors and Awards:

• Martindale Hubbell’s Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers 2017
• Selected to Texas Super Lawyers, 2010- Present
• Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation, 2000 – Present

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Tom Green County Bar Association
  • Member
• Tom Green County Bar Association, 1998 – 1999
  • Director
• Tom Green County Bar Association, 1999 – 2000
  • Secretary/Treasurer
• State Bar of Texas
  • State Bar of Texas Grievance Committee Member for District 15, 2015 – 2020
  • Panel Chair, State Bar of Texas Grievance Committee for District 15, 2016
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association
• American Association for Justice
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 2007 – 2008
  • President Central West Texas Chapter
• College of the State Bar of Texas, 1998 – Present
• San Angelo Texas Ex-Students’ Association
  • Life Member

Past Employment Positions:

• State of Texas, Assistant Attorney General, 1978 – 1983
• Frank Maloney and Associates, 1983 – 1985