Hurt in a Tarrant County crash? These 10 Fort Worth firms try the cases insurers actually pay for.
Fort Worth personal injury cases are filed in Tarrant County District Court (over $250,000) or County Court at Law (lower-value cases). Texas uses modified comparative negligence with a 51% bar — if you are 51% or more at fault, you recover nothing. Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code 16.003 sets a two-year statute of limitations for most bodily injury claims. Tarrant County juries are conservative; a firm with real trial bench matters.
Fort Worth is its own market — Tarrant County judges and juries do not behave like Dallas County or Houston. The right Fort Worth firm knows the local bench, the local defense bar, and the regional adjuster pool for State Farm, Allstate, USAA, and Progressive (USAA's Texas operations are in San Antonio but its claims teams handle most North Texas military-family cases).
Below are 10 of the most respected Fort Worth personal injury firms — from board-certified boutique trial shops to multi-office practices with hundreds of millions recovered.
How we picked these 10: We reviewed published verdicts and settlements, peer rankings (Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Avvo, Martindale-Hubbell, Justia), client review patterns, and state bar specialty certifications. Firms that appeared consistently across at least two independent sources made the list. We do not accept payment for placement, and we do not write sponsored reviews. More on our methodology →
Practice focus: Car wrecks, commercial truck cases, FELA railroad worker injuries, drunk-driver crashes, child injury
Founding attorney Mark Anderson is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law — a credential held by less than 2% of Texas attorneys. Over $100M recovered for clients across nearly two decades. Regularly named a Top Attorney by Fort Worth Magazine.
Practice focus: Personal injury, truck wrecks, wrongful death, catastrophic injury
Jason Stephens has been named to Texas Super Lawyers every year since 2004 (21+ consecutive years) and was selected to the Top 100 Texas Super Lawyers in 2025. Boutique attention with statewide trial bench.
Practice focus: Personal injury, car accidents, wrongful death
Board-Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law. Selected to Super Lawyers every year from 2020 through 2026. Named to Fort Worth, Texas Magazine's 2026 Top Attorney list for Personal Injury. Plaintiff.
Practice focus: Personal injury, commercial vehicle crashes, catastrophic injury, criminal defense
Ten attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers in America 2026. Attorney Damian Williams on Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers list (2024, 2025). Recorded one of the largest Texas personal injury settlements during 2024-2025.
Practice focus: Car and truck accidents, oil-field injuries, wrongful death, premises liability
Multi-attorney Fort Worth firm focused on serious injury and death cases. Strong on oil-field and 18-wheeler trucking cases that come out of the Permian and Eagle Ford shale corridors connecting to North Texas.
Practice focus: Car accidents, truck wrecks, slip and fall, motorcycle accidents
Jim Ross is a former Marine, Texas police officer, DEA task force officer, and the Mayor of Arlington. Multi-office DFW practice with hundreds of millions recovered. Bilingual intake.
Practice focus: Catastrophic injury, maritime, refinery and plant explosions, wrongful death
Listed by Expertise.com among the 6 top-rated personal injury lawyers in Fort Worth. Built on catastrophic-injury and industrial-disaster cases. Multiple nine-figure verdicts. Useful when the defendant is a national corporation or insurer.
Practice focus: Personal injury, car wrecks, workers' comp crossover, wrongful death
Multi-office DFW firm with 40+ years of practice. Hundreds of millions recovered in PI settlements and verdicts statewide. High-volume intake with a free initial evaluation.
Practice focus: Personal injury, civil rights, wrongful death, serious crashes
Frank Sellers is listed in the Super Lawyers Fort Worth personal injury directory. Trial-heavy boutique. Strong record on cases other firms decline because of liability complexity.
Practice focus: Personal injury, wrongful death, truck cases
Wade Barrow is listed in the Super Lawyers Fort Worth personal injury directory with multi-year recognition. Sole-practitioner attention combined with a long trial record.
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Most Fort Worth car-crash cases settle pre-suit with the at-fault driver's carrier inside 6 to 12 months once medical treatment ends. If the adjuster refuses to pay full value, the firm files suit in Tarrant County District Court. Discovery, mediation, and trial-ready posture typically run another 12 to 18 months. Trucking and catastrophic injury cases run 18 to 36 months. Wrongful death cases follow a similar timeline, with the added step of opening an estate in Tarrant County Probate Court.
Fort Worth personal injury work is pure contingency: 33-1/3% if the case settles pre-suit, 40% if suit is filed, 45% if appealed or retried. Case expenses (medical record copies, accident reconstruction, expert fees, depositions) typically run $5,000 to $50,000 on routine cases and are deducted from the recovery, not paid out of pocket. Texas does not cap personal injury damages (except in medical malpractice). No recovery, no fee.
Fort Worth has hundreds of attorneys advertising for personal injury cases. Most are competent. A few are problematic. The patterns to avoid:
Guaranteed outcomes. No ethical attorney can guarantee a result. If a firm promises a specific recovery, dismissal, or court outcome, walk away.
The disappearing partner. You meet a senior partner at intake, then never speak to them again. The case is handled by an unsupervised junior or paralegal. Ask in writing who will be your day-to-day attorney.
Pressure to sign immediately. Reputable firms give you the retainer agreement in writing, time to read it, and the option to take it home. High-pressure intake is almost always a sign of a volume mill, not a craftsperson's practice.
No verifiable track record. The firm should be able to point to verdicts, settlements, peer rankings, or bar association recognition. "We have helped thousands of clients" is marketing copy. Specific numbers, named cases, and third-party rankings are evidence.
Vague fee terms. "Do not worry about cost" is a red flag. Every legitimate Fort Worth lawyer will give you a written engagement letter with the fee structure, what is covered, what triggers extra charges, and what happens if you fire them.
Most Fort Worth firms on this list offer a free or low-cost initial consultation. Use it. Bring a list of questions and write down the answers. Compare across at least two firms before you sign.
Fort Worth is its own market. The procedure, the local statutes, and the strategy are city- and state-specific in ways that matter to your outcome.
Tarrant County juries are conservative. Verdict patterns favor defendants more often than in Dallas or Harris County. A firm willing to file suit and try cases. Not just settle for low six figures. Gets meaningfully better results.
Texas modified comparative fault hurts good cases with bad facts. If you are 51% or more at fault, you recover nothing. If you are 30% at fault, your recovery is reduced by 30%. A firm that handles the liability fight aggressively at the start of the case protects your damages number.
PIP and UM/UIM are often overlooked. Texas auto policies include Personal Injury Protection (typically $2,500-$10,000) and Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist coverage. Many adjusters do not volunteer these benefits. A good firm makes sure you collect every dollar your own policy owes.
Oil-field, trucking, and rail cases are their own bar. Anderson Injury, Stephens Law, and a few others handle FELA, MCS-90, and oil-field MSA cases regularly. If your injury involves a commercial vehicle or industrial site, hire a firm that lives in those statutes.
Two years from the injury date for most bodily injury and wrongful death claims under Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code 16.003. Claims against a city, county, or the State of Texas have a six-month notice requirement under the Texas Tort Claims Act. Miss it and the claim is dead.
If you are 50% or less at fault, you recover but your damages are reduced by your percentage of fault. If you are 51% or more at fault, you recover nothing. The liability fight is essentially the case.
No, with one exception: medical malpractice non-economic damages are capped at $250,000 per defendant, $500,000 total. Other personal injury cases. Auto, premises, trucking, products. Have no cap. Punitive damages have a separate statutory cap.
Your own auto policy's Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist (UM/UIM) coverage steps in. Texas carriers must offer UM/UIM at the same limits as your liability coverage unless you reject it in writing. Most Fort Worth firms handle UM/UIM claims as part of the same contingency.
No. Every firm on this list offers a free initial consultation and works on pure contingency.
Once the case is settled and a release signed, the carrier typically issues the check within 14 to 30 days. The firm then pays liens (medical, ERISA, Medicare, hospital Chapter 55 liens) and disburses the net to the client. Most clients receive their net check within 30 to 60 days of settlement.