David P. Matthews

David P. Matthews


Matthews & Associates

Recognized since 2016

Houston, Texas

Practice Areas

Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

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Attorney David Matthews has once again been chosen by his peers as one of the Best Lawyers in America. He handles clergy abuse lawsuits nationwide, as well as Monsanto Roundup (glyphosate) litigation. He has represented victims of dangerous medical devices such as IVC filters, transvaginal mesh, hernia mesh, and more. He represents plaintiffs in dangerous drug cases such as the diabetes drug Invokana. His firm also represents survivors of California wildfires and gas explosions.

A Long Record of Success & Recognition

Mr. Matthews has taken more than 125 cases to a jury verdict. In Oct. 2019, he won a $34 million verdict in Philadelphia on a medical device case. May 2018, he won a $1.2 million verdict* in an IVC filter case for a Texas man. In Sept. 2014 he won a $73 million verdict* for a Texas woman in a Dallas courtroom in a transvaginal mesh sling case. In March 2014 in Philadelphia, he won a $3 million verdict* for a Wisconsin family in a Topamax birth defects case.

*Past results are no guarantee of future success with any case. Each must be prosecuted on its own merits.

Location
  • 2905 Sackett Street
    Houston, TX 77098
Education
  • South Texas College of Law Houston, JD, graduated 1988
Bar Admissions
  • Texas, 1988
  • New York, 2004
  • Mississippi, 2004
  • Pennsylvania, 2009

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs

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