David P. Matthews
Recognized since 2016
Houston, Texas
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
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.
- 2905 Sackett Street
Houston, TX 77098
- South Texas College of Law Houston, JD, graduated 1988
- Texas, 1988
- New York, 2004
- Mississippi, 2004
- Pennsylvania, 2009
1 The Best Lawyers in America® award
1 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America award

- Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
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