Sandoval & James is a trial firm founded in Austin in 2016 by Benedict James and Esteban Sandoval. Its attorneys bring more than 50 years of combined experience and have resolved over 5,000 accident and injury cases.
Commercial vehicle crashes make up a large share of its results. These include a $4.5 million settlement against a commercial driver and a $1.09 million recovery after an 18-wheeler wreck. In 2025, Top Verdict ranked several of the firm's truck accident settlements among the largest in Texas.
Clients rate the firm highly on Google. Esteban Sandoval is fluent in Spanish, and the firm serves accident victims throughout Central Texas.
More than $350 million in client recoveries backs the trial team at Levine, Wenholz, and Smith. Formerly the Law Office of Joel A. Levine, the firm brings over 60 years of combined courtroom experience.
Big-rig cases are a core practice. The firm secured a $5.3 million commercial truck settlement for a client with neck and back injuries. The firm also runs a traumatic brain injury practice. It takes wrongful death and construction defect claims too.
Clients pay no fee unless the case is won. In addition to its Austin office, the firm has locations in Bellaire and San Antonio.
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Ely, Valentine & Reed is a Cedar Park personal injury firm. Austin Monthly named it to its 2026 Top Attorneys list. Shanna Valentine also earned a National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 spot.
Beyond 18-wheeler cases, the team handles boating accidents, burn injuries, and gas explosions. It works on a contingency fee basis.
Winckler, Harvey & McConnell is an Austin trial firm with over 100 years of combined experience. Medical malpractice is its best-known practice. The firm has made the Best Law Firms list every year since 2010.
The same team takes serious car and truck crash cases. Lawyers investigate the cause of each wreck and identify every party who may share legal liability, including the driver and the trucking company. On-staff nurse paralegals help review medical records.
Jay Winckler and Jay Harvey are both board certified in personal injury trial law. Harvey is a past president of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association.
Chris Morrow has represented injured Texans since 1994. Clients deal with him directly instead of being handed off to staff.
His practice handles tractor-trailer crashes, work-vehicle accidents, and rideshare wrecks. He serves Austin, Round Rock, Cedar Park, and San Marcos, and offers help in Spanish.
Since 2010, SMB Law, PC has represented Central Texas clients from the Travis County courthouse. Founder Shane M. Boasberg has been licensed since 2003. Texas Monthly named him a Rising Star in 2012, 2014, and 2016.
Family law is the firm's core practice. It also takes car, truck, and motorcycle accident cases across Travis, Williamson, and Hays counties. Clients work directly with Attorney Boasberg from the first meeting on.
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R. Louis Bratton is a board-certified personal injury trial lawyer with more than four decades in practice. Only about 3% of Texas lawyers hold that certification. Clients work with the same attorney and paralegal throughout the case.
A fifth-generation Austinite, Bratton practices next door to the Travis County Courthouse. He handles trucking accidents, burns, and boating injuries. Consultations are available in English or Spanish, including evenings and weekends.
Batrice Law Firm has served Austin since 2004 and handles both injury and criminal defense cases. Founder Paul Batrice leads the team. Its results include $1.3 million in a truck-crash case and $2.75 million in a brain-injury case.
The firm can cover clients' medical care costs until their case settles. Local readers have voted it Best Law Firm in Austin in multiple years.
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A former Texas prosecutor and an ex-Army JAG officer founded Slingshot Law. Drew Gibbs also worked as an insurance defense lawyer before becoming board-certified in personal injury trial law. Scott Crivelli prosecuted cases while stationed at Fort Sam Houston.
The Austin team handles truck crash, construction, and drunk driving injury claims. It also has an office in Grand Junction, Colorado, and answers calls 24/7.
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Schuelke Law is an Austin personal injury practice with more than 30 years of trial experience. Brooks Schuelke also represents clients in malpractice cases against other attorneys and in claims against insurance companies.
The firm takes commercial truck collisions, workplace injuries, and wrongful death claims. Injured Texans can request its free book on avoiding common mistakes in accident claims.
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Board-certified trial lawyer Jeff Mundy has practiced for over three decades. His Austin firm limits its caseload and takes major injury claims. Mundy also defends landowners' water and wildlife rights.
Falcon Law Group is a San Antonio-based injury firm that also serves Austin. It has recovered over $47 million for clients. The bilingual team handles semi-truck underride crashes and oilfield accidents.
Dicky Grigg has tried more than 200 cases in 40 Texas counties. The State Bar's Litigation Section named him a Texas Legal Legend in 2019. He personally leads every case his Austin office takes.
James Wood is an injury attorney in Austin and a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He serves Central and Southeast Texas. First responders and their families get a friends-and-family discount.
Kostura & Putman, P.C. built its Austin practice around trucking litigation and estate planning. Judy Kostura has since joined Sorrels Law, and Stan Putman practices at The Stewart Law Firm.