Jessica Zavadil Barger

Jessica Zavadil Barger

Appellate Practice

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Houston, Texas
24+ years experience
Wright Close Barger & Guzman
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Ms. Barger has experience in both trial and appellate matters. In private practice, she has assisted in or handled all phases of litigation for a wide variety of clients involved in insurance defense and coverage, products liability, premises liability, personal injury, and commercial lawsuits in state and federal court. While at the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, she researched legal and factual issues, made recommendations to the judges, and assisted the judges in drafting and editing opinions regarding a wide variety of complex civil and criminal appeals, as well as original proceedings.Since joining the firm, Ms. Barger has submitted briefs and argued cases in the Supreme Court of Texas, in several intermediate appellate courts throughout Texas, and in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She is a frequent speaker on various appellate and insurance coverage issues. For 2019 she has also been recognized by BL Rankings, LLC as among the Best Lawyers in America® for Appellate Law, as well as one of Houston’s Top Lawyers for the People by H Texas Magazine. Texas Super Lawyers® (published by Thomson Reuters) named her as a Top Rated Appellate Attorney in 2019. Ms. Barger has experience in both trial and appellate matters. In private practice, she has assisted in or handled all phases of litigation for a wide variety of clients involved in insurance defense and coverage, products liability, premises liability, personal injury, and commercial lawsuits in state and federal court. While at the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, she researched legal and factual issues, made recommendations to the judges, and assisted the judges in drafting and editing opinions regarding a wide variety of complex civil and criminal appeals, as well as original proceedings.Since joining the firm, Ms. Barger has submitted briefs and argued cases in the Supreme Court of Texas, in several intermediate appellate courts throughout Texas, and in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She is a frequent speaker on various appellate and insurance coverage issues. For 2019 she has also been recognized by BL Rankings, LLC as among the Best Lawyers in America® for Appellate Law, as well as one of Houston’s Top Lawyers for the People by H Texas Magazine. Texas Super Lawyers® (published by Thomson Reuters) named her as a Top Rated Appellate Attorney in 2019. Ms. Barger has experience in both trial and appellate matters. Texas Super Lawyers® (published by Thomson Reuters) named her as a Top Rated Appellate Attorney in 2019.

Practice Areas

Appellate Practice

Awards & Recognition

  • Recognized: Appellate Practice
  • Recognized: Litigation - Insurance
  • Chambers & Partners (publ. by Chambers USA) Recognized Practitioner in Litigation: Appellate, 2025 to present
  • Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2025-2026
  • Best Lawyers in America, 2018-2026
  • Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2019-2025
  • Texas Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters, 2012-2015

Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2018

Education

  • South Texas College of Law Houston, J.D., graduated 2001
  • Concordia College (Moorhead), B.A,, Political Science and History, with honors, graduated 1998

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