• The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas J.D. - 1973
• Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX B.A. - 1966

From the inception of his career in 1973, as a trial attorney with the Lubbock County District Attorney's Office, Layton "Zant" Woodul has performed with distinction in almost all areas of litigation. His expertise in the courtroom has served him well in both state and federal jurisdictions while defending a wide variety of cases, including product liability, malpractice, and insurance defense. His entire career has been centered around Lubbock and the surrounding West Texas region, where he is known by judges and attorneys from past trials. In representing some of the nation's largest liability insurers and their insureds, Mr. Woodul has had the opportunity to use his skills not only where his firm is located, in Lubbock, Texas, but also within a 200-mile radius. Because of the diverse range of cases he has been called upon to defend, Mr. Woodul is qualified to serve his clients in almost any litigation setting.

Because of his many years of trial experience in a wide variety of cases, Mr. Woodul has been asked to mediate cases throughout the West Texas area. He has completed basic, as well as advanced, training in dispute resolution practice and principles and such training as well as his litigation experience have made it possible for him to successfully resolve a large number of cases in the past several years. He has been credentialed as an advanced mediator by the Texas Mediator Credentialing Association.