Attorneys

Joel Randal Sprott is a retired Equity Shareholder with Sprott Newsom Quattlebaum Messenger. He worked with the firm from 1989 until 2025, focusing his practice on healthcare law. Mr. Sprott practiced healthcare litigation for over 35 years as a trial lawyer and had experience at every stage of litigation, from filing lawsuits through appeals.

Mr. Sprott was admitted to practice in all Texas state courts, as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In addition to these admissions, he was one of only a very small percentage of Texas lawyers to qualify as Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization – an achievement he maintained for over 30 years before retiring the certification.

He graduated from Corpus Christi State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in only three years and earned his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center. Mr. Sprott achieved and maintained the distinguished AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell and was selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers every year since 2012. He was also selected for inclusion in the Top 1% of Medical Malpractice Attorneys in America from 2019-2020 and won industry accolades for his work with Fortress Insurance Company, OMS National Insurance Company, AAOMS National, DaVita, and more. He was named National Trial Attorney of the Year in 2005. His cases were covered by The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, New York Daily News, and more high profile publications. He was a member of the State Bar of Texas and qualified as an Advocate Level Member of the invitation-only trial lawyer group, the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Mr. Sprott believed that keeping one’s word means everything to those on all sides of a case and sought to conduct himself with the highest level of legal ethics in all matters. His legacy of legal excellence and ethics was passed down to later generations at the Firm and continues today.