Paul B. Stone

Our firm’s clients are some of the oldest and largest companies in Texas, and every size and type of governmental entity across the state. It is an honor that I never take for granted to work every day with the people that make those organizations successful.

Personal
Grew up in San Antonio, and have lived in Austin since 1995. My 2 adult children live on opposite coasts.  Happily married since 1990.

Education
Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN. – 1988

St. Mary’s School of Law, San Antonio – 1991

Professional
Member: State Bar of Texas, 1991; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1992.

Board Certified in Workers’ Compensation, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2004.

Attorney at Flahive, Ogden & Latson since 1995.

Deputy Managing Shareholder at FO&L since 2022.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS AND LECTURES

• Notice of Injury to Carrier, Statutory Waiver, and Newly Discovered Evidence, STATE BAR OF TEXAS, ADVANCED WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SEMINAR, September 2004
• Occupational Disease, STATE BAR OF TEXAS, ADVANCED WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SEMINAR, September 2005
• Lifetime Income Benefits (LIBs), STATE BAR OF TEXAS, ADVANCED WORKER’S COMPENSATION SEMINAR, August 2012
• Appeals Update, STATE BAR OF TEXAS, ADVANCED WORKER’S COMPENSATION SEMINAR, August 2013
• Appeals Update, STATE BAR OF TEXAS, ADVANCED WORKER’S COMPENSATION SEMINAR, August 2014
• Texas Caselaw Update, STATE BAR OF TEXAS, ADVANCED WORKER’S COMPENSATION SEMINAR, August 2015
• >Analysis of Case Law & Appeals, STATE BAR OF TEXAS, ADVANCED WORKER’S COMPENSATION SEMINAR, August 2016
• Panel Discussion With WCDI Regulators And Attorneys: At-home Injuries, Intoxication Defenses and the Impact of Marijuana Legalization, and PTSD Claims, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INTERNATIONAL (WCI) CONFERENCE, December 2021
• WCDI Breakout on Multi-State Workers’ Compensation Laws, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INTERNATIONAL (WCI) CONFERENCE, August 2022
• State of the States: National Case Law Highlights 2022-2023, College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers and National Workers’ Compensation Review, August 2023
• WCDI Breakout on Multi-State Workers’ Compensation Laws, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INTERNATIONAL (WCI) CONFERENCE, August 2023
• Frequent lecturer in Texas Department of Insurance (TDI)-certified programs pertaining to Texas workers’ compensation administrative issues, DWC Appeals Panel authority, Designated Doctor and RME procedures and rules
• WCDI Breakout on Multi-State Workers’ Compensation Laws, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INTERNATIONAL (WCI) CONFERENCE, August 2024

COMMUNITY

• Volunteer, Mobile Loaves and Fishes – Austin Chapter
• Volunteer, Seton Hospital Austin – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

HOBBIES
Exercise and fitness, traveling, getting lost down Wikipedia rabbit holes, listening to and making music, cooking and eating, endless fetch with the family dog.