John Weber joined Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.'s San Antonio office as a partner in 1994 and practices in the Litigation Department. His practice focuses on tort litigation, with primary emphasis on product liability defense and personal injury defense. He also practices in the area of intentional torts, premises liability, construction litigation, pharmaceutical and medical device liability, and health care liability.

John has defended manufacturers of tires, medium and heavy trucks, construction equipment, farming equipment, including tractors and farm implements, material handling equipment, such as forklifts, conveyors and aerial work platforms, elevators and escalators, various types of electrical equipment and electronic components, LP and natural gas valves, pharmaceutical products, medical and surgical devices, and building materials. He has represented both owners and contractors in construction disputes. He has represented premises owners in premise liability cases. He has defended nursing homes in nursing home liability cases, manufacturers of pharmaceutical products, as well as pharmacists, and companies and individuals involved in commercial and business-related disputes. John has been involved in the litigation of cases in counties all over the State of Texas, and in all but one county south of San Antonio.

• John's involvement in large multi-party litigation has included the defense of a major manufacturer of HVAC systems in class actions brought by private claimants, and by the Attorney General of the State of Texas against manufacturers and retailers of HVAC systems in the State of Texas, successfully concluding the litigation without any indemnity payment by the represented manufacturer.
• He defended the general contractor who constructed the Amigo Department Store which collapsed in the summer of 1987 in Brownsville, Texas, resulting in multiple lawsuits being filed by the survivors of individuals killed, as well as individuals who were injured and survived the event, successfully concluding the more than 40 different suits that were filed within the minimal insurance coverage that was available to the represented contractor.
• John was a member of a team of lawyers that defended the original owners of the Galveston grain elevator which exploded in the winter of 1977, resulting in the filing of more than 60 lawsuits which were all successfully concluded by way of settlement, well within available policy limits.
• He represented a peripheral party who, through his representation, ended up not being sued by the numerous Plaintiffs in the multiple lawsuits filed over the Alton school bus accident which occurred in the late 1980's in South Texas, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries to occupants of the bus.
• He has represented the owner in various contract disputes between the owner and contractors in construction projects, including commercial buildings, a refinery construction project, and the construction of process equipment ancillary to client's facilities. In the construction-related arena, he has defended numerous owners and contractors in personal injury litigation related to the construction of projects and facilities.
• He has undertaken significant representation of various trucking firms who have been sued as a result of highway accidents involving freight hauling operations.
• In past years, John did an extensive amount of work for retailers in the area of premises liability, false arrest, and malicious prosecution, as well as libel and slander.

• American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow 
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas
• San Antonio Bar Association
• San Antonio Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Inc., Board of Directors
• Defense Research Institute
• Product Liability Advisory Council
• Trial Attorneys of America
• Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

John has taken the A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute Mediator Training course, and is certified as a mediator.

• An International Who's Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers
• The Best Lawyers in America (1993 - 2009)
  • Construction Law, Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation (2007 - 2009)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation (2009)
• "Lawdragon 500," Leading Lawyers in America," Lawdragon magazine (2007)
• "Lawdragon 3000," Lawdragon magazine (2006)
• "Texas Super Lawyer," (2003 - 2009)
  • Civil Litigation Defense (2004 to 2009)
  • Personal Injury - Products Liability (2003)
• "Top 50 Central & West Texas Region Texas Super Lawyer" (2006, 2007 and 2009)
• "San Antonio's Best Lawyers"
  • Civil Litigation Defense and PI Insurance Defense (2008 and 2009)
  • Construction Law (2008)

1973 - J.D., Baylor University School of Law
1971 - B.B.A., Baylor University

John was admitted to practice law in Texas in 1973. He is also admitted to practice law in the Fifth Circuit Court of the United States Court of Appeals, as well as the Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas for the U. S. District Court.

• The South Texas Children's Home in Beeville, Texas, Chairman of the Board
• The Children's Shelter of San Antonio, former Board Member for nine years