Zehl & Associates

Overview

<p>Zehl &amp; Associates, headquartered at 2700 Post Oak Blvd in Houston's Galleria corridor, concentrates its practice in catastrophic personal injury litigation with particular depth in oilfield and industrial explosions, heavy-truck collisions, maritime and offshore worker claims, motor-vehicle casualties, product liability, and wrongful-death actions. The firm maintains an additional office in Midland and accepts matters across Texas federal and state courts, as well as in Pennsylvania.</p><p>Founder Ryan Zehl is admitted to the Texas and Pennsylvania bars and to three U.S. District Courts in Texas, having served as a briefing attorney to Justice Scott Brister of the Texas Supreme Court after graduating magna cum laude from South Texas College of Law. He has been listed as a Texas Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters annually since 2009 and was named to the 2026 Lawdragon 100 Managing Partners You Need to Know. The firm earned a Chambers Spotlight Texas listing in 2026, and eight of its trial lawyers appeared in Best Lawyers in America 2026 across personal injury litigation, insurance litigation, and product liability categories, according to the April 2026 Newswire announcement. Zehl holds membership in the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.</p><p>The firm has secured several results that Texas verdict-reporting sources and the firm's own published case records characterize as jurisdictional records. A 2024 Dallas County truck-accident verdict of $37 million was reported by the firm as the largest trucking accident verdict in that county's history. A 2025 Fort Worth settlement of $35 million was described by the firm as the largest single-plaintiff personal injury settlement in Fort Worth history. An earlier $18.8 million verdict against Greyhound Bus Lines, obtained in 2012, was reported by the firm as the largest accident verdict in Texas against the carrier. The firm holds an induction in the Texas Verdicts Hall of Fame.</p><p>Ryan Zehl serves on the board of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association and maintains membership in the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Individual case results vary based on the specific facts and circumstances of each matter.</p>

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