Commercial Litigation Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs Professional Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
Frank L. Branson
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 1987 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
In law, as in life, success is rarely left to chance. Instead, it’s the product of focused dedication and personal commitment. It’s what Frank L. Branson and the attorneys at The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson have consistently demonstrated for more than three decades. Branson and the lawyers at the firm’s Dallas-based offices are frequently the first choice of individuals who have suffered injuries in truck crashes, transportation accidents and other acts of recklessness and negligence, as well as burn injuries from defective products, construction site mishaps and oilfield accidents. The firm’s accomplished trial lawyers also represent clients in critical business disputes.
Throughout a distinguished legal career, Branson has consistently earned the reputation as one of America’s best trial lawyers based on record-setting verdicts and settlements in jurisdictions nationwide. His wins ranked in the Top 100 Verdicts in America, as published by The National Law Journal and VerdictSearch (2007, 2012, 2015, 2016). Likewise, his courtroom victories ranked among the Top 100 Verdicts in Texas in 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2018. His $242 verdict against Toyota was ranked the largest (#1) Products Liability verdict in 2018 and the No. 5 verdict overall in Texas.
In 2021, Frank was the recipient of the prestigious Ronald D. Secrest Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award by the Texas Bar Foundation. The award recognizes an active trial lawyer who, in his or her practice, has demonstrated outstanding trial and advocacy skills, has demonstrated high ethical and moral standards, and has demonstrated exceptional professional conduct, thus enhancing the image of the trial lawyer.
Overview
- Southern Methodist University, LL.M., graduated 1974
- Southern Methodist University, J.D., graduated 1969
- Texas Christian University, B.A., graduated 1967
- Texas, State Bar of Texas
- Arkansas, Arkansas Bar Association
- Dallas Bar Association - Member
- Dallas Bar Foundation - Life Fellow
- Dallas Trial Lawyers Association - Past President
- Institution for Injury Reduction - Director
- Southern Trial Lawyers Association - Past President
- Texas Bar Foundation - Member
- Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee - Former Member
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association - Director Emeritus
- American Board of Trial Advocates - Advocate Member; Past President, Dallas Chapter
- American Inn of Court - Master
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America - Former Board of Governors Member
- Attorneys’ Information Exchange Group - Founding Director
- College of the State Bar of Texas - Life Fellow
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
- International Society of Barristers - Fellow
- State Bar of Texas - Former Grievance Committee Prosecutor; Former Chairman Administration of Rules of Evidence Committee
- United States Supreme Court
- Texas State District Courts
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
- Texas, State Bar of Texas
- Arkansas, Arkansas Bar Association
- Dallas Bar Association - Member
- Dallas Bar Foundation - Life Fellow
- Dallas Trial Lawyers Association - Past President
- Institution for Injury Reduction - Director
- Southern Trial Lawyers Association - Past President
- Texas Bar Foundation - Member
- Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee - Former Member
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association - Director Emeritus
- American Board of Trial Advocates - Advocate Member; Past President, Dallas Chapter
- American Inn of Court - Master
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America - Former Board of Governors Member
- Attorneys’ Information Exchange Group - Founding Director
- College of the State Bar of Texas - Life Fellow
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
- International Society of Barristers - Fellow
- State Bar of Texas - Former Grievance Committee Prosecutor; Former Chairman Administration of Rules of Evidence Committee
- Southern Methodist University, LL.M., graduated 1974
- Southern Methodist University, J.D., graduated 1969
- Texas Christian University, B.A., graduated 1967
- United States Supreme Court
- Texas State District Courts
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Dallas (2014)
- Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs, Dallas (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Commercial Litigation
- Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
- Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Professional Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Health Care Law
- Legal Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
- Medical Malpractice Law
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Product Liability Litigation
- Professional Malpractice Law
Special Focus:
- Architects and Engineers
- Automobile
- Automobile Collision
- Aviation
- Aviation Litigation
- Birth Trauma
- Brain Injury
- Catastrophic Injury
- Construction
- Hospital Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice
- Medical Negligence
- Nursing Homes
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Wrongful Death
Awards:
- The Best Lawyers in America, 1987-2026
- 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers by Lawdragon, 2020-2025
Who’s Who Top Attorneys of North America, 2022-2023
- Top 10 Texas Super Lawyers statewide, by Thomson Reuters and Texas Monthly, 2007-present
- Best Lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine – 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007-2009, 2011-2025
- Ronald D. Secrest Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award by the Texas Bar Foundation, 2021
- Lawyers Hall of Fame by D Magazine, 2022
- Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame, 2021
- Lifetime Achievement Award by the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 2020
- Legal Legend, Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, 2019
- Elite Trial Lawyers Award in 2019 for Product Liability by the National Law Journal
- Largest Products Liability Verdict in Texas in 2018, according to VerdictSearch and Texas Lawyer
- Top 100 Verdicts in Texas in 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2018, as published by Texas Lawyer and VerdictSearch
- Top 100 Verdicts in America, as published by The National Law Journal and VerdictSearch (2007, 2012, 2015, 2016)
- AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
- Best Law Firms, Tier 1 Ranking in Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability and Professional Malpractice – 2010-2026, Best Lawyers/U.S. News & World Report
- Third Largest Motor Vehicle Verdict in Texas in 2016, by VerdictSearch and Texas Lawyer
- Selected among the "50 Lions of the Texas Bar" by Texas Lawbook (2015)
- Lawyer of the Year in Dallas, 2014, for Medical Malpractice Law by Best Lawyers in America
- Lifetime Achiever, Texas Verdicts Hall of Fame, 2012, Texas Lawyer and VerdictSearch
- Lawyer of the Year in Dallas, Plaintiffs Product Liability Litigation - 2012, Best Lawyers in America
- Largest Business Law Verdict in Texas, 2012, VerdictSearch and Texas Lawyer
- Top 100 Texas Super Lawyers, by Thomson Reuters and Texas Monthly, 2003-present
- Recognized by D CEO Magazine as one of 500 Most Powerful Business Leaders in Dallas/Fort Worth, 2016
- Dallas Bar Association Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2010
- Teddy Roosevelt Man in the Arena Award presented by the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America, 2011
- American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Pursuit of Justice Award, 2010
- Southern Methodist University Distinguished Alumni Award for Private Practice, 2010
- Recipient of the Mel Award, 2007, by the Melvin Belli Society
- Southern Trial Lawyers Association Professor W. McKinley Smiley, Jr. Lighthouse Award (2005)
- Named one of three Go-To Plaintiff Attorneys in Personal Injury, 2012, by Texas Lawyer
- Named by Thomson Reuters as one of the Top 3 Texas Super Lawyers in 2012 and 2013, as published in Texas Monthly
- Texas Top Rated Lawyers, 2010-2017, by ALM and Martindale-Hubbell
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, 2006-2011
News & Media
Insights
Battle-Tested Dedication for Truck Wreck Victims
by The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson
Courtroom legend Frank L. Branson and his team give a voice to the voiceless, representing victims of catastrophic trucking and motor vehicle accidents.
Your Own Best Self
by Frank L. Branson
For trial lawyers who seek to convince a jury—which would be all of us—the key is to be yourself, establish your credibility and then do nothing to undermine the trust you’ve built up.
Texas' Best Lawyers 2022
by Best Lawyers
Our Texas' Best Lawyers 2022 publication features top-ranked legal talent in Texas.
Additional Information
Case History
Cases
- Confidential Settlement
A confidential settlement for the survivors of an oil field worker who died after breathing poisonous hydrogen sulfide gas from a poorly maintained production site.
- Transportation Verdicts & Settlements
Numerous large transportation verdicts and settlements, including a Texas trial verdict related to a fatal crash of an 18-wheeler carrying hazardous materials that was highlighted by The National Law Journal as one of the nation’s top verdicts of 2007.
- Settlement
$8 million settlement for a young woman who suffered serious, disfiguring burns when a tabletop fire pit device burst into flames.
- Settlement
$4.7 million settlement for a child who suffered serious burns caused by pajamas that failed to meet federal safety standards.
- Business Litigation
$6 million settlement on behalf of former executives of a major corporate entity involving allegations of breach of contract and fraud.
- Settlement
$34 million settlement for a Dallas Cowboys assistant scout and a special teams coach who suffered serious injuries after a team practice facility collapsed during a thunderstorm.
- Settlement
$3 million settlement for the family of a victim of a truck crash in the oil patch.
- Settlement
$2.15 million settlement against two large trucking companies on behalf of a Texas farmer seriously injured in a truck crash.
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