Matthew C. Waddell grew up in Fort Worth, Arlington, Gonzales and Austin, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990 and received his J.D. from Tulane Law School in 1994.

Mr. Waddell is admitted to the Texas State Bar, the United States District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas, and the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

Matthew Waddell has represented clients in personal injury lawsuits for the past fifteen years.

From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Waddell began his career representing plaintiffs in personal injury cases—premise liability, auto accidents, and product liability—at Waddell & Waddell, P.C. in Grapevine, Texas. He also represented individual clients in the areas of family law, administrative law and criminal defense.

In 2000, Mr. Waddell moved back to Austin to work as an Assistant Attorney General in the Tort Litigation Division. Mr. Waddell represented state universities and colleges, state teaching hospitals, state agencies and state employees in personal injury lawsuits brought under the Texas Tort Claims Act.

Mr. Waddell went to work for the Austin law firm of Wright & Greenhill, P.C. in 2003. His primary practice area was insurance defense of personal injury cases, including wrongful death cases, auto accidents, premise defect cases, fire, Texas Tort Claims Act cases and construction accidents. He also represented police officers and municipalities in 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights litigation. In addition, Mr. Waddell represented plaintiffs in product liability and auto accident cases.

Now, while working for the Law Offices of Richard Pena, Mr. Waddell is pleased that he once again has the opportunity to represent individuals and families.

Email: matt@rpenalaw.com

Victor Manuel Garza Esq., was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas and for the last several years has lived and practiced law in Edinburg, Hidalgo County Texas.  Prior to his senior year at Highlands High School, he enlisted the U.S. Army, attending Basic Training at Fort. Benning, Georgia.  Upon graduation in 1990, he returned to Fort Benning to attend Infantry and Airborne School.  While attached to Co. B, 141st Mechanized Infantry Division, Victor received a full Military Scholarship to attend St. Mary University in San Antonio, and participate in the Reserve Officers Training Corps.

During his undergraduate years Victor was involved in many student organizations and in other community activities.  He fondly recalls his efforts to establish mentor programs, an annual high school leadership conference through his efforts with El Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano/a de Aztlán (M.E.Ch.A), as well as summer camps spent with inner-city youth during his tenure with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, Leadership Institute. 

After receiving a B.A. in 1995, Victor worked with the Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights: Texas Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project; an impact / class action litigation firm protecting the civil rights of its constituents.  The following year, he embarked on a year long National Volunteer Service program with the domestic AmeriCorps.  The program was one of five national efforts sponsored by the Department of Justice, and administered through the U.S. Attorneys Office.  JustServe sought to bridge the gap between the community and law enforcement at the grassroots level.

Seeking to future his academic credentials, Victor returned to St. Mary’s and attended the prestigious School of Law receiving his Juris Doctorate Spring of 1999.  Despite the demanding rigors of law school, Victor found time to volunteer with the Center For Legal and Social Justice, Human Rights Clinic, and traveled to Cuba on a human rights expedition.  He also studied in Europe for three months at the University of Innsbruk in Austria.  During his third year, Victor practiced law as a student attorney in the Criminal Justice Clinic focusing on indigent defense. 

As a sole practitioner, Victor won his first trial less than three weeks after passing the Bar Exam.  Understanding the significance of a quality judiciary he became involved in the re-election campaign of the now Chief Justice of the 4th Court of Appeals, Justice Alma L. Lopez.  Under her tutelage, Victor remained involved in politics holding several political posts, and is currently the State Treasure of the Texas Democratic Party. 

His political involvement took him to the Valley, where he assisted State Representative Aaron Pena in his election bid.   Working with Aaron Pena & Associates for over three years, Victor fostered his civil litigation skills, primarily working in the area of Civil Rights and Labor and Employment.  Wanting to broaden his professional development, while working for the rights of working class citizens, Victor joined the Law Offices of Richard Pena in the fall of 2005.  Victor believes that integrity and respect for others are the greatest attributes one may have in life.  He is grateful to his parents Gloria and Julio, for instilling in him the principals and values which have allowed him to be successful in both his professional and personal life. 

Email: Victormgarza@aol.com

Bradley Dean McClellan is a licensed Texas attorney since 1990. Brad’s practice is focused on litigation and appellate work of primarily workers’ compensation matters, in which field he has also served as an expert witness.  Brad is a past Workers’ Compensation Exam Member of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and past Co-Director of the State Bar of Texas Advanced Workers’ Compensation Course for the fist three years and remains on the planning committee faculty.   Previously, Brad was the Chief of the Workers' Compensation Section for the Office of the Attorney General.

At the Attorney General’s office, he and his staff represented and defended various state entities in workers' compensation disputes from the administrative level up through appellate courts all across Texas. Brad also represented the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission in the courthouse, including a number of interventions to uphold final decisions of the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission (now the Texas Department of Insurance-Division of Workers’ Compensation. 

Brad also handled a wide variety of subrogation matters on behalf of the State of Texas. On behalf of the Attorney General, Brad successfully intervened in several constitutional issues raised in court.  Formerly, Brad presided over hundreds of contested case hearings as an administrative law judge for the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission. Brad has presented at seminars to a variety of audiences all across Texas. Brad graduated from the University of Texas with a B.A. from the Plan II Honors Program in 1987, and the University of Texas School of Law with a J.D. in 1990.

Brad has successfully litigated workers’ compensation cases all across Texas from Dallas and Tarrant Counties to Cameron County and from Galveston County to El Paso County.  Brad has presented at legal, judicial, employee, carrier, employer, and insurance adjuster seminars in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio primarily on workers’ compensation and administrative law to a variety of audiences.

Video:
Watch Brad's Argument before the Texas Supreme Court
LIANA LEORDEANU v. AMERICAN PROTECTIONS INS. CO.

Brad has represented clients on appeal before the following:

• The Supreme Court of Texas
• First Court of Appeals, Houston
• Seventh Court of Appeals, Amarillo
• Second Court of Appeals, Fort Worth
• Eighth Court of Appeals, El Paso
• Third Court of Appeals, Austin
• Ninth Court of Appeals, Beaumont
• Fourth Court of Appeals, San Antonio
• Tenth Court of Appeals, Waco
• Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas
• Eleventh Court of Appeals, Eastland
• Sixth Court of Appeals, Texarkana
• Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Houston
• U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Brad is the proud Dad of two smart and beautiful daughters, who are 2nd Degree Black Belts in Tae Kwon Do and fantastic dancers, and the proud Uncle of four nieces and one nephew.  Brad is active in the community including University of Texas alumni groups, Riverbend Church, and as president of the O.Henry Middle School PTA.

Email: brad.mcclellan@yahoo.com

Daniel A. Torres was born and raised in McAllen, Texas and is a 1997 graduate of McAllen High School. He obtained his B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000, where he was president of Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society and a member of the Texas Blazers. Daniel obtained his Juris Doctor from St. Mary's University School of Law in 2004, where he appeared on the Dean's List and was a member of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. While in law school, Daniel studied international law at the University of Innsbruck in Innsbruck, Austria and was a student of United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's comparative constitutional law course. Upon his graduation from St. Mary's, Daniel was awarded the Francisco Leos Award for Excellence in Clinical Studies and the Pro Bono Achievement Award for his legal service to the underprivileged community.

Daniel obtained his law license in November 2004 and is admitted to practice in all courts of the State of Texas, as well as the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Daniel began his legal career as a civil defense attorney in Harlingen, Texas before joining the Austin defense law firm of Wright & Greenhill, P.C., where he defended numerous construction and personal injury lawsuits and appeals. In 2008, Daniel began taking on insurance and corporate defendants on behalf of injured persons in auto and trucking accident cases, wrongful death, jobsite accidents, product liability and premises liability cases. He has handled cases throughout the State of Texas.

Daniel has written, published, and presented numerous continuing legal education courses for attorneys for State Bar of Texas credit. He is fluent in Spanish. Daniel is primarily situated in Austin, Texas but he also handles personal injury cases for our McAllen, Texas office.

Email: daniel@rpenalaw.com