Skip to content
Galveston(409) 555-0121Beaumont(409) 555-0134Port Arthur(409) 555-0147
Mouton Trahan
Contact the firm
Contact the firm
Contact the firm

Upper Texas Gulf Coast

We build
the file before we make the claim.

Mouton Trahan is a three-office injury firm for people hurt on the water, on the dock and on the coast highways. You get a plain written file you can read at every stage.

Contact the firmMeet the lawyers
A tall stack of old tied file folders on a dark desk

Claims and matters

Four things we say, and the matter behind each

Every claim here is paired with a sample matter, written the way we write a file note.

We put your claim on the calendar before you leave the hospital.

Sample matter: a deckhand hurt on a crew boat. Notice and a records request went out in week one, and maintenance and cure was paid from the first month. $185,000.

We ask for the vessel's logs, not only your account.

Sample matter: a tugboat winch that crushed a hand. The maintenance log showed the same winch reported weeks earlier. $340,000.

We pull the truck's own records.

Sample matter: a lane change on a coast highway. The driver's hours log and the dash camera were requested in the first days. $410,000.

We never rush a family.

Sample matter: a wrongful death after a contractor's lift failed. No demand went out until the investigation finished, and the family saw each step in writing. $640,000.

Sample matters are invented illustrations. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome, every case turns on its own facts, and amounts are before fees and costs.

People

One lawyer at each office, one file between them

Each of us takes the first call at our own office. The file moves between offices, so you only tell it once.

All the lawyers
  • Lucien Mouton, a partner, in a brown suit with his arms crossed against a pale blue backdrop

    Lucien Mouton

    Partner, Galveston office

    Maritime and Jones Act claims. Takes the first call on most of them, reads the vessel records himself, and writes each demand.

  • Vivienne Trahan, a partner, in a gray plaid blazer and black-rimmed glasses, leaning on a black table

    Vivienne Trahan

    Partner, Beaumont office

    Truck crashes and wrongful death. Sends the preservation letter in the first days and keeps the family informed at every step.

  • Khoi Duong, a lawyer in a navy suit and glasses, seated on a wooden stool against a white backdrop

    Khoi Duong

    Senior associate, Port Arthur office

    Harbor, dock and cruise injuries, and claims for fishing crews. Speaks English and Vietnamese.

Offices

Galveston, Beaumont and Port Arthur

Come to any office by appointment. Call first, and we will tell you what to bring.