Cristina E. Gonzalez
Associate, Austin
Cristina Gonzalez focuses primarily in the areas of subrogation recovery and products liability matters.
Mark Grotefeld is a founding member of the firm. Mr. Grotefeld’s trial practice is focused on complex civil cases involving matters both national and international in scope. Mr. Grotefeld received his B.A. from the University of Arizona in 1978 and his J.D. from the John Marshall Law School in 1981. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1981, the Florida Bar in 1982, and the Texas Bar in 2013. Mr. Grotefeld has served as national and regional counsel in large scale catastrophic loss cases, including many wildfire matters and catastrophic explosion events, and has tried matters of national prominence in courts throughout the United States. Mr. Grotefeld has lectured on law topics in the United States, Canada and Europe.
In addition to being admitted to the Federal Trial Bar and several Federal District Courts, Mr. Grotefeld is licensed to practice before the United States Court of Federal Claims, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Grotefeld’s bar association affiliations include the American, Illinois, Florida, and Texas Bar Associations, the National Association of Subrogation Professionals, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association of Justice.
Mr. Grotefeld frequently presents and lectures at the National Association of Subrogation Professional’s conferences. Recent presentations include: Subrogation Against Your Local or State Government – You Can Win This Fight (2006), Successfully Subrogating Wildfire Claims (2007), Forum Selection and Jury Voir Dire Practices (2008), The Pursuit of Chinese Drywall Claims (2009), Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs: Product Liability and Warning Hazardous Product Safety (2010) and Aggregating Losses to Successfully Litigate High-Profile Cases (2015).
Mr. Grotefeld also presents and lectures at the Wildland Fire Litigation Conferences. Recent presentations include: Inverse Condemnation Theory (2010), Contemporary Subrogation Litigation Issues (2010, 2011) and Plaintiff’s Discovery in Transformer Explosion Cases (2013).
Education
University of Arizona, B.A 1978
The John Marshall Law School, J.D. 1981
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Cristina Gonzalez focuses primarily in the areas of subrogation recovery and products liability matters.
Mark Grotefeld is a founding member of the firm. Mr. Grotefeld’s trial practice is focused on complex civil cases involving matters both national and international in scope.
Kevin Mosley is a partner with the firm’s Austin office. Mr. Mosley currently focuses his practice in the areas of product liability, general civil litigation, intellectual property, and subrogation matters.
Joel Radakovich is a partner in Grotefeld Hoffmann’s Austin office. Mr. Radakovich focuses primarily on matters involving large loss property subrogation, including losses stemming from catastrophic events.
Hunter Seibert focuses his practice in the areas of subrogation recovery and products liability matters.
Jena M. Shillingburg focuses her practice primarily on subrogation recovery and products liability matters.
Anooj Thakrar is the managing partner of the firm’s Austin office. His practice focuses on general and commercial litigation with an emphasis on large loss property subrogation, construction defect, and product liability matters.
Grotefeld Hoffmann is excited to be part of the 2024 Property Insurance Claims Group (PICG) Conference in London. The 2024 PICG Conference theme is “Not every loss is a Catastrophe” – back to basics and focusing on what we do as an industry. If you are attending, be sure to check out the following session: […]
Grotefeld Hoffmann is one of several hosts of several hosts of the National Wildland Fire Conference, which has previously been known as the Wildfire Litigation Conference and is back in 2024. The three-day event being held April 26-28 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa in Monterey, California brings together a diverse group of […]
