Since joining Fleming & Associates, Rand Nolen has been one of the firm's most active trial lawyers. He has tried cases to verdict in the state courts of Texas, Oregon, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Mr. Nolen has also tried cases to verdict in the federal courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas. He has argued appeals before the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit, the Houston Court of Appeals, the Texarkana Court of Appeals, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Mr. Nolen is a member of the prestigious American Board Of Trial Advocates, and is a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America. Mr. Nolen was selected as one of THE 2007 TOP 100 TRIAL LAWYERS, by The American Trial Lawyers Association, and as one of H-TEXAS MAGAZINE's Houston's Top Lawyers 2006-2008 and Lawyers For The People 2007-2008. Mr. Nolen is Peer Review Rated AV™

A native Texan, Rand Patrick Nolen graduated from Westbury High School and later received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Stephen F. Austin State University. He received his Juris Doctorate from South Texas College of Law. During law school, Mr. Nolen clerked at a litigation defense firm and upon graduation accepted an associate's position. During the next several years, Mr. Nolen gained significant jury trial and appellate experience. He also worked in mass tort litigation involving polybutyline plumbing, breast implants, and toxic underground chemicals.

Mr. Nolen joined Fleming & Associates in 1997, and since then has headed up the firm's fen-phen diet drug litigation, SUV rollover litigation, and Rezulin diabetes drug litigation. Presently, Mr. Nolen is in charge of Fleming & Associates' mesothelioma docket. Mr. Nolen is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court; the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fifth and Seventh Circuits; the United States Court Of Federal Claims; the United States District Courts for the Southern, Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas; and the State of Texas.

Mr. Nolen served as an invited speaker at the Primerus Annual National Conference - NAPA Valley 1998, the American Bar Association - Tort and Insurance Practice Section - San Francisco 2000, the Mealey's Fen-Phen Trial Strategies and Settlements Update - Dallas, Texas, 2003, and the Houston Bar Association 2005 Experts Institute Houston, Texas, 2005.

He is a member of the State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association; Houston Trial Lawyers Association; and The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Mr. Nolen practices in the areas of personal injury, products liability, and commercial litigation.