J. Landon K. Schmidt Partner
- Lubbock
- 806.403.1091
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Landon began his career working as an assistant district attorney for five years where he handled major crimes and challenges to state and federal statutes from intake through trial and appeal, and even to the United States Supreme Court. He then worked as a staff attorney at the Eighth Court of Appeals for nearly three years before moving to the private sector where he continues to practice to this day, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in all aspects of personal-injury litigation stemming from motor vehicle and workplace accidents, commercial transportation, construction defects, products liability, dram shop cases, and class actions. In addition, Landon maintains a successful trial, summary judgment and appellate practice in multi-million dollar, high-stakes litigation cases. When not at work, Landon enjoys spending time with his family and traveling the world.
Services
- Litigation
Education
- University of Tulsa College of Law, L.LM., 2004
- Texas Tech University School of Law, J.D., 2003
- Political Science, Texas Tech University, B.A.,2000
Admissions
- State Bar of Texas, 2003
- State Bar of Oklahoma, 2017
- The Supreme Court of the United States, 2007
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 2017
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 2014
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2026
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 2011
Representative Experience
- Michael Surrento, et al. v, Cactus Growers, Inc., et al., No. 11-23-00253-CV, 2026 WL 2522905 (Tex. App. – Eastland, Aug. 27, 2026) (land owner and lessee did not meet statute’s requirement to defeat wrongful death and survival claim from an animal versus car accident)
- Randal Kinibrugh, et al. v. Linda S. Poteet, et al., No. 11-25-00081-CV, --- S.W.3d ---, 2026 WL 1898552 (Tex. App. – Eastland, Jul. 2, 2026) (not yet reported) (Farm Animal Liability Act applied to defeat wrongful death and survival claim when farm hand was decapitated by hydraulic cattle chute)
- Pelizzari v. Maynard, No. 07-25-00400-CV, --- S.W.3d ---, 2026 Tex. App. LEXIS 4649, 2026 WL 1408805 (Tex. App. – Eastland, May 19, 2026) (not yet reported) (recreational use statute applied to defeat burn injury claims from propane tank explosion)
- Gonzalez v. Ramirez, 463 S.W.3d 499 (Tex. 2015) (federal motor carrier safety regulations did not apply to intrastate commercial motor transport transactions except were adopted by Texas; shippers were not considered the employer of drivers of motor carriers under Texas law)
Professional Activities
- Inn of Courts
- Defense Research Institute
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel
Publications & Speeches
- CE Speaker, Developments in Insurance Law, Texas Farm Bureau, Statewide, January 2022
- CLE Speaker, Texas Supreme Court Update, El Paso Civil Trial Bar Association, February 2011
- CLE Speaker, Significant Cases from the United States Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals, and the Intermediate Courts, September 2008-May 2009, Kaufman County Bar Association, May 2009