Paul H. Cannon

In 1994, Paul H. Cannon answered a bling posting on a law school job placement board for what was supposed to be a clerkship position with no opportunity for advancement at Simmons and Fletcher, P.C. After working his way up from law clerk to associate to partner, in 2020, he became the Managing Partner at Simmons and Fletcher, P.C. Paul earned his J.D. at South Texas College of Law in 1995 and became board certified in Personal Injury Trial Law in 2005. He has tried over 50 cases to verdict in his career. Paul has been recognized as a ‘Super Lawyer’ by Thomson Reuters legal ratings every year from 2017 to 2024, and; he has been recognized as a ‘Top 100 Trial Lawyer’ by the National Trial Lawyers Association each year from 2017 to 2024.

He also received the ‘Outstanding Mentor Award’ Houston Young Lawyer’s Association in 2020. In 2021, Paul H. Cannon created a vlog Meet Houston Missions to promote local missions across the Houston area. This has since evolved into the Simmons and Fletcher, P.C., Local Missions Podcast. His law firm also is the presenting sponsor of the Houston Walk Like Madd Event, and a supporting sponsor of several other local missions’ events. Paul also mentors students seeking to become attorneys and young attorneys starting their practice. Paul and his wife were married in 2001 and attend Second Baptist – Cypress. They have two adult children.