John Weber joined Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.'s San Antonio office as a partner in 1994 and practices in the Litigation Department. He currently serves as head of the Litigation Section of the San Antonio office. His practice has focused on tort litigation, with an emphasis on product liability defense and personal injury defense. His practice also currently includes commercial litigation, contract and construction litigation. He has also practiced in the area of intentional torts, premises liability, 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, herbicides, 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 throughout the State of Texas and in all but one county south of San Antonio.

• Defense of a corporate manufacturer and the company's CEO in a breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and tortious interference brought by a former CEO of the company
• As part of a large multi-party litigation, 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 concluded the litigation without any indemnity payment by the represented manufacturer
• Defense of a group of defendants in a multi-party lawsuit filed in Federal Court on theories of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, violation of the Texas Theft Liability Act, conversion, unjust enrichment, conspiracy and false designation of origin under 15 U.S.C. Sec. 1125a involving an alleged misappropriation of trade secrets and other proprietary data
• Defense of a class action against a building contractor by a putative class of subcontractors concerning a dispute related to the procurement of worker's compensation and general commercial liability insurance
• Defense of 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 concluded the more than 40 different suits that were filed within the minimal insurance coverage that was available to the represented contractor
• Representation of 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 1980s in South Texas, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries to occupants of the bus
• Representation of 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, defense of numerous owners and contractors in personal injury litigation related to the construction of projects and facilities
• Significant representation of various trucking firms who have been sued as a result of highway accidents involving freight hauling operations
• In past years, 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 (ACTL), Fellow, Member ACTL Texas State Committee (2011 - 2012)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas
• San Antonio Bar Association
• San Antonio Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Inc. (TADC), San Antonio Vice President (2011 - 2012)
• Defense Research Institute (DRI)
• Product Liability Advisory Council (PLAC)
• Trial Attorneys of America (TAA)
• Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)
• A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute Mediator Training course, certified mediator

• An International Who's Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers
• The Best Lawyers in America (1993 - 2011)
  • Construction Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants (2007 - 2011)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation (2009 - 2011)
• "Lawdragon 500," Leading Lawyers in America," Lawdragon magazine (2007)
• "Lawdragon 3000," Lawdragon magazine (2006, 2010)
• "Texas Super Lawyer," (2003 - 2011)
  • Civil Litigation Defense (2004 - 2011)
  • Personal Injury - Products Liability (2003)
  • Texas Super Lawyer - "The Top 100" (2011)
• "Corporate Counsel Super Lawyer"
  • Civil Litigation Defense; General Litigation (2010)
  • "Top 50 Central & West Texas Region Texas Super Lawyer" (2006, 2007, 2009 - 2011)
• "San Antonio's Best Lawyers"
  • Business Litigation (2011)
  • Civil Litigation Defense (2008 - 2011)
  •  PI Insurance Defense: Product Liability (2008 - 2010)
  • 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 Ministries, Beeville, Texas, Chairman of the Board
• The Children's Shelter of San Antonio, former Board Member for nine years