Nelson J. Roach
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Daingerfield, Texas
Practice Areas:
Animal bites,
Brain injury,
Construction accident,
Personal injury - defense,
Premises liability - plaintiff,
Sexual abuse - plaintiff,
Toxic mold,
Trucking accidents,
Wrongful death
Education Qualification:
Baylor University School of Law
Practice Areas:
Animal bites,
Brain injury,
Construction accident,
Personal injury - defense,
Premises liability - plaintiff,
Sexual abuse - plaintiff,
Toxic mold,
Trucking accidents,
Wrongful death
205 Linda DrDaingerfield, Texas, 75638
First Admitted: 1984, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://roachfirm.com/legal-team/nelson-roach/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Texas, 1984
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Supreme Court of the United States
- United States Courts of Appeals for the 5th and 10th Circuits
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- American Association of Justice (Board of Governors 2014-2024), 2024
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association; President, (2009); Executive Committee (2010-2021); Strategic Planning Committee - Chairman (2015-2020); Legislative Management Committee (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017). Budget Committee (2020). Board of Directors (2005-present). Over the last ten years, he has testified over 100 times before the Texas Legislature on behalf of TTLA including five times in 2017., 2024
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- $730 Million Award in a Truck Accident Case
- Bobby Morris, Sr. v. Odum Services, LLC, $4.6 million dollar settlement. Wrongful death suit involving a highway construction accident; Cause No. 26601, In the 76/276th Judicial District Court of Morris County, Texas., 2023
- CAUSE NO. 21C374, In the 5th District Court of Cass County, Texas, Joseph and Angela Reese v. FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM, INC., HAWKINS TRANSPORTATION, INC. and BENNIE MULDREW, JR., $3.125 million dollar settlement. Personal Injury. Car - truck collision., 2024
- Ramsey v. Landstar Ranger, et. al.: Titus County, Texas; $730 million dollar verdict; believed to be the second largest trucking verdict in the U.S. in 2021 and one of the largest verdicts of any kind in the U.S. in 2021., 2021
- Cause No. 20C186. Jennifer Ashmore v. David Kellen, District Court of Cass County, Texas. $1,000,000 settlement., 2023
- Duncan v. U.S. Express: Truck-automobile collision: Confidential settlement amount., 2022
- Ranes v. Encore Recyclers: $450,000 settlement. Woman injured by a dump truck., 2022
- Mejia v. Walmart; USDC Eastern District Texas; Premises Liability, $1,100,000 verdict, 2021
- Gilbert v. Albertson's, et. al. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.; Product liability and premises negligence; Confidential settlement., 2020
- Coffee v. Freeport McMoRan, et. al.; Class action settlement on behalf of residents of Blackwell, Oklahoma for lead and arsenic soil contamination having a class benefit of over 118 million dollars., 2012
Pro bono/Community Service:
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department; National Land Steward Award., 2019
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: Lone Star Land Steward Award - Pinewoods Division, 2018
- Texas Wildlife Society, Land Steward Award, 2018
Honors/Awards:
- National Trial Lawyers (Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyers list)
- One of America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys
- Rated “Superb” on Avvo
- American Association for Justice (Distinguished Service Award)
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Don Bowen Distinguished Service Award)
- Award for Outstanding Achievement in Legislative Advocacy on behalf of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association., Don Bowen Distinguished Service Award, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 2017
Educational Background:
- Baylor University, 1981
White Papers:
- Webinar for members of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association on the potential for business interruption insurance coverage for businesses affected by COVID19., A Primer on Business Interruption Insurance, Lawyers, 2020
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- TTLA Advanced Tactics Seminar Presentation, CLE Presenter, How to Admit and Use Evidence of Post Accident Conduct, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Plaintiff Trial Lawyers, 2021
- Juries make decisions on an emotional level, and then use logic to justify their decisions. The emotions you need to evoke are anger and disgust, not pity. You need to know what facts will evoke that emotional response before you send the first discovery or take the first deposition. Nelson will tell you what to look for to get that emotional response from your jurors., Speaker, Compelling Narratives: How to Engage Jurors in Commercial Vehicle Cases, TTLA, Lawyers, 2023
- Nelson was a CLE speaker at the Texas Trial Lawyers Association CLE event in New Orleans in February 2018. The topic, "Rules of the Road in a Design Defect Case" was a survey of the fundamental engineering principles that are applicable to a design defect product liability case such as "design hazard analysis, "the safety hierarchy," "the principle of the inherently safe design," "failure modes and effects analysis," and "root cause analysis.", Speaker, Rules of the Road in a Design Defect Case, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 2018
- Webinar presentation on insurance coverage issues involved in business interruption insurance claims related to COVID-19, Presenter, A Primer on Business Interruption (BI) Insurance and COVID-19, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Lawyers, 2020
- Live Webinar to help lawyers adapt to social distancing required by COVID-19., Presenter, TTLA Live Information Sharing: Adapting Your Law Office to COVID-1 & Social Distancing, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 2020
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