Dave Joeckel
Experienced Texas and New Mexico lawyer handling injury, insurance, and employment claims.
Dave Joeckel, Owner
Dave Joeckel is and always has been a trial lawyer. He has a genuine talent for resolving disputes. He attended Texas Tech University, where he was a 3-year starter and 4-year football letterman for the Red Raiders. After earning his BBA in Lubbock, he pursued his JD from Texas Tech Law School, where he was appointed to Law Review and graduated with honors in 1986.
For the last 22 years, Dave has been a plaintiff’s lawyer in Dallas-Fort Worth and has handled hundreds of cases for injured and wronged individuals. Previously, he had honed his skills as a partner at the 250-lawyer firm Hopkins & Sutter and as a shareholder at the 7-man firm, Smith & Polewski. In 2016, Dave was admitted to the New Mexico State Bar, where his practice has grown and thrived.
Dave is equally comfortable in practicing before state or federal courts. Dave has tried more than twenty trials to a jury and has handled appeals before at least ten appellate courts. In Texas and New Mexico, virtually all cases go to mediation. For this reason, Dave is a trained mediator.
Dave has been married to Reecanne Joeckel for 38 years. They were high school sweethearts, and attended Texas Tech together. Reecanne and a partner own BrandEra, an advertising agency in Fort Worth, Texas. Dave and Reecanne are proud owners of a second home in Placitas, New Mexico, where they enjoy spending time with friends, family, and meeting clients.
Dave’s oldest son, David, 33, is offensive coordinator at Plano East High School. David was an All-Conference and All-Region offensive lineman at DePauw University, where he graduated with an economics degree. Sarah, 32, is a Physician Assistant for a spine surgeon in Houston. She was a 3-year letterman on TCU’s volleyball team. She was also First Team All Mountain West Conference libero and set TCU’s school record for most digs. Matt, 30, is a lawyer at the Winstead firm in Dallas. He lettered as a quarterback for 2 years at Texas A&M and 1 year at TCU. Matt’s twin, Luke, 30, is a commercial real estate developer for PegasusAblon in Dallas. He started in the NFL for five years. At Texas A&M, he was a consensus All-American, won the Outland Trophy as the nation’s best lineman and was the second player taken in the 2013 NFL draft.
Education
- J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law
- B.B.A., Texas Tech University
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- State of Texas
- Northern District of Texas
- Southern District of Texas
- Eastern District of Texas
- Western District of Texas
- Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- State of New Mexico
- Federal District Court of New Mexico
- United States Supreme Court
Professional & Bar Association Memberships
- Texas State Bar
- New Mexico State Bar
- Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association
- New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association
- Texas Tech Law School Foundation
Community Involvement
- Handled disputes as an arbitrator for the Lutheran Church
- Served on the board at Arlington Museum of Art, Dental Health Arlington, Grils, Inc. of Tarrant County, and Arlington Colt Volleyball and Football Booster Clubs
- Founder of the Weekly Legal Clinic at Lutheran Inter-City Network Coalition in North Fort Worth
- Coached 23 different teams while his kids were growing up, including 9 years of youth football, 3 years of youth volleyball, 4 years of youth soccer, 2 years of youth baseball, and 5 years of high school football seven-on-seven
- Texas Tech Letterman’s Association
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