Martin Schexnayder is a Partner and Office Chair of Freeman Mathis & Gary’s Houston office. Mr. Schexnayder is an AV-Rated® attorney with more than 30 years’ litigation experience. Mr. Schexnayder has tried numerous cases to verdict in state and federal courts and before arbitration panels. He has extensive experience in professional liability matters (defending attorneys, accountants, insurance agents/brokers, real estate agents, architects & engineers and others), as well as representing securities brokers in FINRA arbitrations. He also has experience representing insurance companies in bad faith and coverage matters and defending businesses and individuals in complex commercial litigation matters. Marty has experience defending HOAs in D&O claims and has obtained dismissals of HOA Board members under the Texas Anti-SLAPP statute. He has also defended attorneys in State Bar grievance proceedings and accounting firms in regulatory and disciplinary matters.
Education
- University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1991
- University of Texas at Austin, B.B.A., 1988, Plan II Honors Program
Texas
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, Southern & Western Districts of Texas
- “FMG Successfully Utilizing Anti-SLAPP Laws to Obtain Dismissals in HOA Cases Nationwide,” FMG News, March 2025
- “Securities Broker Liability in Texas,” Texas Bar Journal, March 2009
- “Insurance Agent Liability in Texas,” Texas Bar Journal, May 2001
- “Can Lawyers Still Be Sued Under the DTPA?,” Texas Bar Journal, November 1996
- Texas Supreme Court Clarifies “Tolling Rule” for Statute of Limitations in Legal Malpractice Cases
- WSSLLP Texas Office Scores Another Win in Fourth Arbitration This Year
- WSSLLP Texas Office Scores Win in FINRA $5 Million Wrongful Termination Case
- American Bar Association
- Houston Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas
- AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®; Named Top Rated Lawyer, ALM Media, 2016