Best Law Firms in Dallas, TX for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Aldous Law represents individuals and businesses who have been harmed by the misdeeds of others. Led by noted Dallas trial lawyers Charla Aldous , the firm handles cases involving personal injury, business disputes, medical malpractice, products liability and wrongful death.

Early in her legal career, Charla spent many years representing defendants. Her “insider’s knowledge” of the defense side of the docket has proven invaluable to her clients. She understands the “tricks of the trade,” and can anticipate the other side’s moves.

Whether it’s standing up to environmental polluters, healthcare providers, the pharmaceutical industry, or those simply unwilling to take responsibility for the damage they’ve caused, Charla’s driving goal is to make sure her clients receive the justice they deserve, and to make a positive a difference in their lives.

A past president of the American Board of Trial Advocates-Dallas Chapter, Charla is heavily involved in the legal community. She is a member of the American Association for Justice, Texas Bar Foundation, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Dallas Bar Association and Dallas Trial Lawyers Association. She also has earned membership to the prestigious Inner Circle of Advocates, an invitation-only group of 100 of the nation’s top plaintiff lawyers.

In addition to being featured in Best Lawyers in America each year since 2003, Charla earned special recognition as the Best Lawyers Litigator of the Year in Dallas for Personal Injury in 2009, 2017 & 2019 and Medical Malpractice in 2013, 2016 & 2018.

A veteran of more than 200 trials, Charla is routinely recognized among the top trial lawyers in the country. She has earned numerous honors and awards, including:

• Aldous Law Named Elite Trial Lawyers Finalists in the "Other" and "Product Liability" Categories (2019)
• Aldous Law Names to The National Law Journal's 2018 list of Top 100 Verdicts for securing a $25 million verdict (2018)
• Trial Lawyer of the Year (Texas Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, 2008)
• Top 10 attorneys in the entire state of Texas (Texas Super Lawyers magazine, 2012-2013)
• Top 100 attorneys in Texas (Texas Super Lawyers magazine, 2003-2018)
• Top 50 female attorneys in Texas (Texas Super Lawyers magazine, 2003-2018)
• 500 Leading Plaintiffs Lawyers in America (Lawdragon, 2007, 2015-2018)
• Best Lawyers in Dallas (D Magazine, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
• Best Women Lawyers in Dallas (D Magazine, 2010)
• Texas’ Top 5 Personal Injury Attorneys (Texas Lawyer’s “Go-To Guide,” 2007)
• Ten Winning “Lawyers in America” (The National Law Journal, 2005)
• Top 10 Verdicts in the Nation (Lawyers Weekly USA, 2000, 2004)

Charla earned her undergraduate degree from Austin College in Sherman, Texas, where she was honored as the school’s 2007 Distinguished Alumni. She earned her law degree from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law.

Practice Areas

• Auto Accidents
• Medical Malpractice
• Catastrophic Injuries
• Truck Accidents
• Wrongful Death
• Amputation
• Burn Injuries
• Crush Injury
• Bicycle Accidents
• Products Liability
• Explosion Injuries
• Paralysis
• Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)
• Pedestrian Accidents

Expertise. Leadership. Compassion. Results.

Our attorneys have helped thousands of victims of accidents and injuries caused by catastrophic vehicular and trucking accidents, oil field explosions, medical and hospital negligence, medical device and pharmaceutical design defects, and personal injuries caused by negligence and gross negligence. Our highly recognized attorneys take on multinational corporations every day and hold them accountable for their actions. We handle cases across the United States, and we are national leaders in both individual cases and mass torts. Our practice areas include IVC Filter Complications, Transvaginal Mesh,  Surgical Staples,  Dangerous Products, Wrongful Death & Catastrophic Injury and Medical Malpractice & Hospital Liability.

Over the past few years, our trial successes include multi-million dollar jury verdicts against major IVC filter manufacturers, including a record $3 million dollar verdict in a bellwether IVC filter case filed in the Cook Medical MDL in Indianapolis. This verdict, which at the time was largest actual damages award ever obtained in any IVC filter case, was tried by a team of lawyers led by Ben C. Martin.  The jury in Brand v. Cook Medical Inc. and William Cook Europe, found, for the first time, that a medical device company had defectively designed an IVC filter.

Since then, our trial lawyers have won four other IVC filter verdicts in jury trials against C. R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. (“Bard”), including a $3.3 million actual damages verdict that broke the firm’s previous record, in one of the largest such awards nationwide in an IVC filter case.

Ben Martin Law Group’s recent trial successes are not limited to IVC filters; they include a wrongful death case tried in Dallas, Texas against a multi-billion dollar railroad company. In Rigsby v. Kansas City Southern Railway, a Dallas, Texas jury found the railroad responsible for the tragic death of a driver at a dangerous railroad crossing.

These verdicts represent but a small portion of the verdicts obtained by Ben Martin and Ben Martin Law Group lawyers through the years, and are a telling indicator that the unfailing and dedicated work by the talented lawyers and staff at the firm make those results happen. Read about our dedicated and talented lawyers as you look through our website.

Our lawyers are national leaders in litigation involving thousands of victims. Ben C. Martin was appointed and serves as Co-lead counsel of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Cook Medical IVC filter Multi-District Litigation pending in the Southern District of Indiana (where the Brand case was tried). Ben is also on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Cordis IVC filter litigation and is co-lead counsel in coordinated litigation pending in Philadelphia against Rex Medical regarding its Option IVC filter. Ben is an integral part of trial teams in IVC filter, transvaginal mesh, and other important cases pending in federal and state courts across the country. Our lawyers and staff are the reasons for our successes at trial and at the settlement negotiation table.

We are leaders. We are compassionate. We obtain results. For these reasons, referring attorneys regularly entrust their clients and their cases to us. We are honored to serve each of our clients.

Practice Areas

• IVC Filter Complications
• Transvaginal Mesh
• Surgical Staples
• Dangerous Products
• Wrongful Death & Catastrophic Injury
• Medical Malpractice & Hospital Liability

Brent Walker Law is a leading law firm with Brent R. Walker recognized by Best Lawyers in 1 practice area. The firm's tenure with Best Lawyers began in 2017. Having a lawyer recognized in Best Lawyers' purely peer review process emphasizes the lawyers' credibility and reputation for their practice amongst their peers in their practice area and region. It displays professional validation of the legal talent that Brent Walker Law has on their team. Brent R. Walker has been recognized in the following practice area: Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs.

Brent Walker Law is also ranked by Best Law Firms in 1 practice area. The Best Law Firms rankings are founded on a time-tested and transparent research process that has remained consistent since Best Lawyers launched it in 2010. Brent Walker Law has 1 ranking in 1 practice. Echoing their Best Lawyers awards and team of top legal talent.

The Lyons & Simmons, LLP story began when Trial Lawyers Michael Lyons and Chris Simmons joined together intending to start a law firm that truly cares about its clients. Since our formation, Lyons & Simmons has handled some of the most important and complex cases in the country while securing record-setting results. For example, just in recent history, the firm obtained the largest verdict in a wrongful death personal injury case in the history of Midland County, Texas, and has secured the largest settlement in a wrongful death case in the history of the state of Oklahoma for a single adult wrongful death claimant. Our results on behalf of a former Power 5 head football coach in a high profile breach of contract case earned the firm a place among the finalists for the National Law Journal's Elite Trial Lawyers Awards.

Our work has earned multiple statewide and national recognitions, including Super Lawyers, the Million Dollar, and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums, The Best Lawyers in America, America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators, D Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Dallas, Best Personal Injury Firm by Texas Lawyer, the John Howie Award from the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, the National Law Journal Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazers and as one of the "Best Law Firms" by US News & World Report.

Committed to Protecting Your Rights

As a boutique firm, Lyons & Simmons, LLP has the flexibility many larger law firms lack, but without forsaking results. Our unflinching pursuit of justice leads us into courtrooms not only across Texas, but the rest of the country as well.

Simply put, our size allows us to focus on cases that matter and give our clients the personalized attention and support they deserve.

Practice Areas

Personal Injury

• Amputation/Limb Loss
• Aviation Accidents
• Brain Injuries
• Burn Injuries
• Construction Accidents
• Fire & Explosions
• Motor Vehicle Accidents
• Industrial Plant & Refinery Accidents
• Premises Liability
• Products Liability
• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Wrongful Death

Oilfield Disasters

Simon Greenstone Panatier PC is a leading law firm with 6 lawyers recognized by Best Lawyers across 3 practice areas. The firm's tenure with Best Lawyers began in 2024. Having lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers' purely peer review process emphasizes the lawyers credibility and reputation for their practice amongst their peers in their practice area and region. It displays professional validation of the legal talent that Simon Greenstone Panatier PC has on their team. The firm has lawyers recognized in practice areas including: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs.

Simon Greenstone Panatier PC is also ranked by Best Law Firms in 3 practice areas. The Best Law Firms rankings are founded on a time-tested and transparent research process that has remained consistent since Best Lawyers launched it in 2010. Simon Greenstone Panatier PC has 3 rankings in 3 practices. Echoing their Best Lawyers awards and team of top legal talent.

INTEGRITY

Our firm is built on honesty and integrity, and we are committed to the highest standard of ethical practices. An injured client relies on us during one of the most difficult times in life, and we honor that trust and confidence with hard work and dedication to every case we handle. We pride ourselves on being personal injury lawyers who can get things done.

EXPERIENCE

Our attorneys have more than 100 years of combined legal experience and a distinguished reputation for excellence. We have handled more than 4,000 personal injury cases, negotiated thousands of settlements and taken hundreds of cases to trial. We have a long history of proven results for our personal injury clients.

COMMITMENT

We recognize that our clients are experiencing physical, emotional and economic hardships due to an accident or injury, and we pledge to exhaust all resources to ensure that they receive the medical treatment and compensation they deserve. The law firm of Sommerman, McCaffity, Quesada & Geisler, L.L.P. is committed to helping those facing legal challenges by providing competent, assertive, and knowledgeable legal counsel in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, and commercial litigation.

RELATIONSHIP

One of our firm’s greatest strengths is our practice of building strong relationships with our clients. When you retain our personal injury, accident or commercial legal services, you will sit down directly with your attorney in Dallas to discuss your situation. Your lawyer will take time to understand your situation and guide you through your options and different legal strategies. Our clients know they can expect a level of service and attention they will not find at most law firms.

COMMUNICATION

For many people, dealing with a legal situation is new territory. When you work with our Dallas personal injury lawyers, we explain the process clearly so you know what you can expect from us. We communicate openly and honestly, and everyone at our firm is approachable and ready to answer your questions. We promptly return phone calls and emails and you can expect to know what is happening with your case every step of the way.

COMMUNITY

While our Dallas personal injury law firm has an established reputation for knowledgeable and assertive legal representation, we are also dedicated to giving back to the local community. Our attorneys and legal staff volunteer with the local school systems, the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), Habitat for Humanity, and with many other local charities and organizations.

When it’s time to stand up in front of a judge or jury, the trial team at The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson has learned from experience that there’s no such thing as too much preparation. With a reputation earned during more than three decades of high-stakes court battles, The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson is often the first choice for individuals who have been seriously injured in truck wrecks and those hurt by dangerous products, as well as business clients in complex commercial disputes.  

Firm founder Frank L. Branson has assembled one of the most respected trial teams in the Southwest, including Debbie Dudley Branson, Thomas Farmer, Kern Lewis, John Burkhead and Andrew Tuegel. Leaders in the effective use of multimedia demonstrative evidence, the full-time staff at The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson includes a registered nurse, a highly experienced investigator, and an audio/visual professional who work closely with the firm’s top-flight trial attorneys to produce digital video, computer animation, medical art, and individualized anatomical models that make judges and juries take notice.

The firm’s reputation has been built upon some of the region’s most important and highest profile court battles, including a catastrophic failure of a State Fair of Texas amusement ride, the crash of Delta Flight 114, and deadly rollover crashes caused by Ford Firestone tire-tread defects. In 2018, Branson and his team won the largest Products Liability verdict, and the No. 5 verdict overall in Texas, as reported by VerdictSearch and Texas Lawyer magazine.  In 2015, Frank Branson won the 4th largest verdict in Texas, as reported by VerdictSearch. Other recent successes include: 

• A significant jury verdict in a 2012 fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract trial involving partners in two medical imaging facilities.
• A significant settlement in 2012 for an autistic boy who suffered serious burns caused by pajamas that didn’t meet federal safety standards.
• Numerous transportation verdicts and settlements, including a jury verdict related to the fatal crash of an 18-wheeler carrying hazardous materials in Dallas that was highlighted by The National Law Journal as one of the nation’s Top 100 verdicts of 2007.  
• A 2010 settlement for a Dallas Cowboys assistant scout and a special teams coach who suffered serious injuries after a team practice facility collapsed during a thunderstorm.
• A sizable settlement in 2008 for burn injuries from an electrical explosion. A significant settlement in 2009 on behalf of former executives of a major corporate entity involving allegations of breach of contract and fraud.  

In addition to headline-grabbing jury verdicts and settlements, the Branson legal team is committed to promoting the legal profession’s highest standards, and firm lawyers have earned some of the profession’s highest honors.

There’s a reason why clients choose Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel to fight their tough fights again and again. 

Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel is a national plaintiffs’ law firm dedicated to helping families in personal injury and wrongful death cases involving asbestos exposure, dangerous pharmaceuticals and defective medical devices, as well as toxic chemical exposure from commercial farming pesticides like Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based products, and semiconductor chip, aerospace and industrial manufacturing.

The firm’s hard earned reputation for advocacy includes:

• Qui tam whistleblower litigation exposing fraud, waste and abuse of government programs and spending under the False Claims Act. 

• Sexual abuse litigation holding institutions accountable when they fail to protect children from sexual abuse.

• Mesothelioma litigation against suppliers and manufacturers that fail to protect workers, consumers and their families from exposure to cancer-causing asbestos.

• Toxic exposure litigation on behalf of individuals exposed to benzene and other harmful chemicals in the workplace and by other means.

• Birth defect litigation on behalf of children born with serious medical conditions caused by their parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals at work, including employees of Boeing manufacturing plants.

• Catastrophic personal injury litigation on behalf of individuals harmed by negligent trucking and transportation companies, dangerous worksites and others.

Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel trial lawyers are committed to using the firm’s resources and collective legal firepower to achieve justice for individuals against powerful corporate interests. The firm is a leader in contingent fee litigation, assuming all risks and expenses so clients pay nothing unless they win.

With a high partner-to-associate ratio, clients know their cases are handled by experienced litigators. Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel attorneys have recovered over $1.3 billion for their clients and are renowned for their advocacy on behalf of individuals and families affected by hazardous exposures and defective products.

Based in Dallas and with offices in Los Angeles and Moline, Illinois, Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel has represented families from all fifty states and many foreign countries, as well as foreign governments. Learn more about our practice and how we can help you at www.waterskraus.com.