Best U.S. Truck Accident Attorneys

Tina Willis is an Orlando truck accident lawyer who spent her early career at large defense firms. She also worked as a law professor before moving to the injury side.

Her firm keeps a low caseload, so clients talk to a lawyer, not a case manager. Results include a $7 million semi-truck settlement in a case most lawyers would have closed at $1 million. The team also recovered $2.75 million for a client who left a high-volume firm.

The firm focuses on crashes on I-4 and Florida's Turnpike. It also handles:

• Car and motorcycle wrecks
• Medical malpractice
• Wrongful death claims

Offices in Orlando and Winter Garden serve clients across Central Florida.

De Caro & Kaplen, a Manhattan injury firm, focuses on brain injury cases. Partners Shana De Caro and Michael V. Kaplen have handled these claims for more than four decades.

Both partners have held national leadership roles. Shana De Caro served two terms as Chairwoman of the Brain Injury Association of America. Michael Kaplen teaches the legal aspects of traumatic brain injury at George Washington University Law School.

Truck crashes often cause these injuries. The firm won an $8.5 million award against a truck driver who struck a client's car. It has recovered over $100 million for New York clients overall. The partners handle cases directly, and the firm advances all litigation costs.

Finz & Finz is a Mineola personal injury firm that has won over $1 billion for clients. Four former judges support the trial team, including three former State Supreme Court Justices.

Trucking results stand out. The firm secured a $24.5 million settlement for a spinal cord injury caused by a loaded tractor-trailer. It also obtained $50 million for a motorcyclist hit by a commercial truck.

Offices in Mineola, Manhattan, and Brooklyn take cases from across New York State. Other practice areas include construction accidents, birth injuries, and lead paint exposure.

The Ryan Law Group's record includes a $15 million wrongful death result and a $10 million premises settlement. Founder Andrew T. Ryan runs the Manhattan Beach practice, which handles only personal injury cases.

The firm keeps industry experts on retainer to review each crash and injury. The team prepares every case as if it will go to trial. Truck and car collisions, rideshare claims, and catastrophic injuries make up much of the work.

Clients come from Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Riverside, San Diego, and other California cities. Phones are answered 24/7, and staff speak Spanish.

Cordisco & Saile is a Bucks County injury firm with nine offices across eastern Pennsylvania. Its lawyers grew up in the communities they serve, from Philadelphia to Allentown.

The firm has recovered over $150 million for clients. Its top trucking result is a $10 million settlement for a first responder hurt in a truck collision. A $7.5 million recovery followed a Philadelphia rear-end crash.

Attorneys work with accident reconstruction experts and help clients find proper medical care. Founder John F. Cordisco and managing attorney Michael L. Saile, Jr. lead the team.

Since 1974, O'Steen MacLeod Combs has represented injured Arizonans against large companies and their insurers. The Phoenix firm has recovered more than $5 billion for clients.

Its trucking practice handles semi-truck and commercial-vehicle crashes. The lawyers also take defective tire and dangerous road design cases, which often play a role in highway wrecks. Best Lawyers ranks the firm Tier 1.

Offices in Phoenix, Prescott, and Payson serve clients statewide, including Tucson, Flagstaff, and Yuma.

Zemsky & Salomon is a Hempstead personal injury and real estate practice on Long Island. The attorneys represent clients in Nassau and Suffolk counties, all five NYC boroughs, and New Jersey.

Injury work covers truck, bus, and car accidents, plus construction, scaffolding, and crane incidents. The lawyers gather evidence, negotiate with insurers, and file lawsuits when needed. Clients pay nothing unless the firm recovers money on their claim.

Board certified in personal injury trial law since 1991, Eric D. Nielsen leads this Houston practice. Other injury lawyers refer cases to his firm when they need a trial attorney.

The firm focuses on trucking and big rig wrecks. Past results include $1.75 million for an 18-wheeler collision and $5.8 million for a non-subscriber workplace injury. The firm also handles auto, rideshare, and burn injury claims.

Nielsen is a Texas Super Lawyer with an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. The team works on cases across Texas and California.

Joseph J. Perrini III is a Long Island injury attorney with an insurance defense background. He knows the tactics insurers use to underpay or deny claims.

Since founding his Westbury firm in 1996, Attorney Perrini has recovered tens of millions for injured New Yorkers. Results include $1.875 million for a client rear-ended by a bus and $1.95 million after an intersection crash. He handles truck, rideshare, and drunk driving accidents. A second office in Astoria serves Queens.

Since 1966, Wooten, Kimbrough, Damaso & Dennis has tried injury cases from its downtown Orlando office. Partners are board certified by the Florida Bar in civil trial law.

Most clients come through referrals from attorneys and past clients, not TV ads. A lawyer handles each case personally, with input from the whole team. A $3.28 million trucking verdict is among its notable results.

Practice areas include tractor-trailer wrecks, aviation accidents, and injuries to tourists visiting Central Florida. Initial consultations are free.

Grossman Green is a Louisville trial firm that has served Kentucky and Indiana since the early 1980s. Its lawyers know the Jefferson County courts well.

Trucking results include $7.5 million for a workplace trucking injury and $4.85 million for a fatal truck wreck. A strong medical malpractice practice helps with complex injury evidence. H. Philip Grossman was named Best Lawyers' Lawyer of the Year for 2023.

A $6 million freeway collision settlement and a $5.6 million dangerous road verdict show the range of Heimanson & Wolf. The Century City firm has recovered over $100 million for injured Californians.

Partners Ilan Heimanson and Jeffrey D. Wolf take a team approach and keep clients informed. Garbage, delivery, and commercial truck crashes are part of the caseload.

Winegar Law Injury Lawyers is a West Palm Beach firm with a second office in Miami. Founder Joshua Winegar once defended trucking companies and large insurers at a national defense firm.

Results include a $1 million truck accident settlement after a red-light crash. The firm also recovered $1.2 million for a motorcyclist hurt by a faulty repair. Clients pay no fee unless the firm wins.

Practicing since 1987, Krasney Law handles Inland Empire injury cases from San Bernardino and Rancho Cucamonga. Clients work one-on-one with the firm instead of getting lost in a mega-firm caseload.

The team takes 18-wheeler, bus, and train accident claims across Southern California. Its attorneys are members of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles.

Before representing injured people, Joe Weir and Tony Kestner worked as insurance defense lawyers. Their Murfreesboro firm now uses that insight against trucking companies across Middle Tennessee.

The team takes a select number of serious cases, so clients get direct attorney contact. It secured $850,000 for a client hit by a tractor-trailer in Wilson County. Home and hospital meetings are available.

Shapiro Injury Law, formerly Shapiro Law Group, is a Phoenix firm led by attorney Eric Shapiro. Every client meets face-to-face with their lawyer. The firm handles truck, auto, dog bite, and wrongful death claims across Arizona.

Jorge L. Gomez has litigated thousands of personal injury cases across Texas for more than 25 years. Board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, he runs Gomez Law Firm in Houston.

His bilingual team handles jackknife, underride, and tire defect crashes involving commercial trucks. Offshore and refinery injuries are also part of the practice. A satellite office operates in Brownsville.

The Law Firm for Truck Safety is a national practice that handles only trucking cases, with an office near Cleveland. Attorney Michael Leizerman leads a team with more NBTA board-certified truck lawyers than any other U.S. firm.

Several attorneys hold Class A CDLs. Firm lawyers wrote Litigating Truck Accident Cases, a multi-volume treatise. Results include a $42.4 million underride verdict in Cuyahoga County. The firm also organized the coalition behind a 9-0 Supreme Court ruling that freight brokers can be held accountable.

Rudy Resendez lost his mother in a train-car crash when he was a boy. Today he leads Resendez Injury Law Group in Phoenix. New clients meet Rudy right away, and the firm helps them find medical treatment. Semi-truck, train, and car accident claims are core practice areas.

Greg Baumgartner is a Houston truck accident lawyer licensed since 1984. He takes a limited number of 18-wheeler cases statewide and has never lost a commercial vehicle case. Results include $5.75 million for a fatal head-on truck collision.

Partners Simon Bardizbanian and Nazareth Markarian answer client calls themselves at Bardizbanian & Associates in Richmond Hill, Queens. They handle vehicle, pedestrian, and construction accident claims, and staff speak Spanish.