About Randall J.
Randall J. Poelma graduated from South Texas College of Law in 2005 after earning a B.B.A. from Texas A&M University in 2002. He moved into litigation work soon after law school, building a practice that intersects civil litigation, insurance recovery and forensic investigation. His academic background gave him a foundation in business and law that informs how he assesses loss and liability matters.
Poelma became a partner at Doyen Sebesta & Poelma, LLLP in 2007. That early step into partnership followed his admission to practice in Texas and appearances in multiple federal forums. He is authorized to appear before the U.S. Fifth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court, and he holds admissions in the Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, the District of Colorado, and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. These credentials allow him to handle cases that move between state and federal venues.
He maintains several professional memberships, including the State Bar of Texas, the Houston Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Houston Young Lawyers Association. He also belongs to groups that connect legal practice with loss analysis and investigation, such as the National Association of Subrogation Professionals, the Property Loss Research Bureau and the National Association of Fire Investigators. Those associations reflect recurring themes in his work: property loss, insurer recovery and technical examination of causation.
Poelma holds the Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI) credential from the National Association of Fire Investigators. He uses that qualification when cases turn on origin-and-cause questions or when expert testimony about fire and explosion dynamics becomes necessary. His combination of courtroom experience and technical credentialing positions him to evaluate complex factual records and to prepare those matters for litigation or settlement.
Colleagues describe him as methodical in preparing files and deliberate in deposition and trial work. He has handled matters that require coordination among claims handlers, engineers and forensic scientists. That cross-disciplinary engagement is common in subrogation and property loss litigation, where legal arguments often rest on technical fact-finding.
He currently practices at Doyen Sebesta & Poelma, LLLP, where he handles subrogation, property loss and fire/explosion litigation.
