Firm Overview

Skelton & Woody is an eight-attorney litigation and appellate law firm located in Austin, Texas. Our practice encompasses all types of business litigation, including class actions, antitrust and intellectual property litigation, deceptive trade suits, contract disputes, business torts, bankruptcy litigation, construction litigation, and employment law matters. Skelton & Woody has expertise in insurance coverage law, representing both insurers and corporate policyholders on a wide variety of insurance law matters.

The firm has an extensive appellate practice, often being retained for the first time on a file at the appellate level. We also handle regulatory matters before all Texas regulatory agencies, frequently appearing before the Texas Department of Insurance, the Public Utilities Commission, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and other agencies on regulatory and compliance matters.

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Skelton & Woody represents clients not only in the Austin-San Antonio region, but throughout Texas and the nation. In recent years, the firm's clients have brought Hamp Skelton in as lead counsel to try cases in Houston, Dallas, El Paso, and Midland.  We also frequently work on cases filed in some small jurisdictions known to be difficult for out-of-town defendants, including Cleburne (Johnson County), Decatur (Wise County), Edinburg (Hidalgo County), Brownsville (Cameron County), as well as a number of counties in East Texas. While our practice focuses on Texas, Hamp Skelton's record of winning difficult cases and appeals has led his clients to retain the firm on must-win cases far from Skelton & Woody's home base in Austin. In the last decade, Hamp Skelton has defended major companies in class actions filed in 30 states, including California, New York, New Jersey and Florida.  We also represented a major insurer in high-dollar litigation in Barbour County, Alabama.