Dallas, TX

Domingo Garcia

Attorney Domingo Garcia has led an active civic, legal and political career for over 35 years. He is a former Mayor Pro Tem for the city of Dallas and State Representative for Texas. He focuses his practice on personal injury, wrongful death, employment law, and governmental relations cases, with notable verdicts and settlements including a $1.1 million verdict in 1995 and a $6 million settlement in 2004.

Jim Adler

Famously known as The Texas Hammer®, El Martillo Tejano®, and The Tough Smart Lawyer®, Jim Adler has been championing “the little guy” for over 50 years. He launched his firm in 1973 and has offices all across Texas with more than 30 attorneys and 300 legal support staff. He is licensed to practice in Texas and U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas.

Charla G. Aldous

Charla G. Aldous is a dedicated and award-winning Dallas Trial Attorney who has tried over 200 jury trials for plaintiffs and defendants. She is passionate about helping ordinary people who have been wronged by a product, company, or business, and works personally on every case. Her practice areas include birth injuries, medical malpractice, sexual assault, and other forms of personal injury. She is known for her fearless courtroom style and commitment to justice.

Clayton Bailey

Consistently recognized as a Benchmark Litigation “Litigation Star,” Mr. Bailey is respected for his trial and appellate work in complex tort and commercial cases in federal and state appellate courts throughout the nation. A former litigation section chair at an international law firm, Mr. Bailey offers both plaintiffs and defendants sophisticated legal representation in the litigation, trying and appeals of cases involving contract disputes, business torts, RICO, employment law, trade secrets, deceptive trade practices, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, antitrust, unfair business practices, Packers and Stockyards Act, and wrongful death. He also represents clients in putative class actions and mass action lawsuits.

Andy Payne

Andrew Payne graduated at the top of his class in law school and started his career working for a prestigious international firm representing large insurers and corporations. But it did not take long for Andy to realize that he wanted to help people who had suffered harm through no fault of their own, not protect negligent corporations whose actions harmed people. Andy’s passion for handling significant personal injury cases stems from his desire to help people who truly need justice. And on a larger scale, together with his clients, Andy’s pursuit of these claims effects positive safety changes so that more families do not have to suffer. Through his work on his clients’ cases, products have been redesigned, policies changed and lives saved. As an experienced and effective trial lawyer, Andy routinely handles significant, newsworthy personal injury cases across the country. He has been lead counsel on numerous aviation and product defect cases, commercial vehicle collisions, medical malpractice and other general personal injury matters. Andy is double Board Certified in both Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and Civil Trial Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He serves as President for the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), and he’s a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Induction in both organizations is by invitation only, and is limited to the top trial lawyers in the country who exhibit exemplary character, ethics and professional standards. Additionally, Andy was elected to the AIEG Board of Directors. AIEG is an organization of top trial lawyers who handle Product Liability and other complex cases throughout the country. These organizations are highly selective and only a small percentage of practicing lawyers are invited to join. Andy is one of the few trial attorneys inducted in the D Hall of Fame, earning recognition as one of the best lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine for 17 consecutive years. He has also been named repeatedly as a Top 100 Lawyer in D/FW and a Top 100 Lawyer in Texas by Texas Monthly’s Super Lawyers. In addition, he has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® multiple times and has been named “Lawyer of the Year” (2015, 2019, 2021, 2026) by his peers in Product Liability Litigation/Plaintiffs in Dallas/Fort Worth. He has also earned Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating (AV) through a peer-review evaluation. Andy is licensed in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, but routinely handles complex litigation across the nation. He has successfully tried numerous cases to jury verdict in state and federal courts. Andy’s drive to help people goes beyond his cases with his deep commitment to pro bono representation. Each year he represents several clients without charging a fee, as a way to give back and to make a difference where it is needed most. Moreover, his firm has been a cornerstone donor to Equal Access to Justice campaigns over the last decade. Through the years, Andy and his partner have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to help individuals in crisis obtain legal services and much-needed access to the justice system. Andy serves on the State Bar Pattern Jury Charge Committee, which drafts form jury charges in products liability cases used by all trial courts in the State of Texas. He is also on the Board of Directors for the State Bar of Texas Litigation Council. He has served on the State Bar Grievance Committee and has chaired Personal Injury seminars for both the State Bar and the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. A former Adjunct Professor of Products Liability at the SMU Dedman School of Law, Andy is a frequent lecturer at professional meetings both in Texas and nationally. Outside of practicing law, Andy enjoys flying airplanes, riding dirt bikes, traveling and spending time with his wife and daughters.

Quentin Brogdon

Quentin Brogdon is a Fellow of the invitation-only International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow of the invitation-only American College of Trial Lawyers (Vice-Chair, Texas State Committee), and a Fellow of the invitation-only International Society of Barristers. He is listed in the Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of Personal Injury Litigation (Lawyer of the Year, Personal Injury Litigation, Plaintiffs, Dallas/Fort Worth 2023), and he is board certified in personal injury trial law and in civil trial advocacy. He has been a Texas Monthly Super Lawyer every year since its inception, and he has been selected as one of the of Top 3 Texas Monthly Super Lawyers in Texas on multiple occasions. Lawdragon Magazine selected him as a “500 Leading Plaintiffs’ Lawyer in America,” and as a “500 Leading Plaintiffs’ Consumer Lawyer in America.” The National Trial Lawyers selected him as a Top 100 Texas Trial Lawyer, and D Magazine selected him as one the “Best Lawyers in Dallas.” He served as President of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, President of the Dallas Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), President of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, and President of the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America. He served on a State Bar of Texas Pattern Jury Charge Committee, and he has authored 90 published articles on topics related to personal injury trial law. The State Bar of Texas Continuing Legal Education Program awarded him a the “Standing Ovation Award,” and the Gene Cavin Award for Excellence in Continuing Legal Education, the Texas Bar Foundation awarded him the Dan Rugeley Price Award for “unreserved commitment to clients and to the practice of our profession,” and the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America awarded him the Thurgood Marshall “Fighting for Justice” Award for “tenacious effort, against overwhelming odds, in achieving success in the fight for justice,” and the Texas Trial Lawyers Association Awarded him the Don Bowen Distinguished Service Award for “meaningful and dedicated service to TTLA that advanced the organization, its mission, and the civil practice of law.” He received a B.A. degree from Rice University and a J.D. degree and an M.B.A. degree (with honors) from the University of Houston, where he was an associate editor of the Houston Law Review. He is AV-Rated Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.

Michael F. Pezzulli

Michael F. Pezzulli is an accomplished Dallas civil trial attorney in practice for over 48 years, Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1986. He has prevailed as the first-chair litigator in dozens of jury trials, obtaining multi-million-dollar verdicts, including the highest domestic violence jury verdict in U.S. history in 2016. He is also a qualified mediator in Texas and has served as an Examiner for the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.