About Barney Dill

Barney Dill is a Houston-area native raised in La Porte, Texas. The son of a union refinery worker, he attended Texas State University on an ROTC scholarship, earning a B.A. in History and a minor in Military Science. After serving as an Army officer and attack helicopter pilot for the Texas and North Carolina National Guard, reaching the rank of Captain, he attended Regent University School of Law, graduating in 2016.

He holds a commercial pilot's license in addition to his law license. Mr. Dill worked as a contract attorney at Abraham Watkins from 2017, was promoted to Junior Associate in 2021 and Associate in 2022. His experience includes large industrial cases, motor vehicle collisions, premises liability, and aviation-related lawsuits.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Abraham Watkins

These results are credited to Abraham Watkins. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$28.59 millionVerdict

A Harris County jury found ExxonMobil 100% responsible for a July 2019 explosion at its Baytown olefins plant caused by decades-ignored popcorn polymer buildup, awarding five injured workers $28,591,000 after three weeks of trial.

Harris County, TX · 2023Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$21 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2009 · #11

A Harris County jury awarded about $21 million to Santiago Arias, a construction worker paralyzed from the chest down after falling roughly 20 feet at a Houston job site where his employer had provided no fall-protection equipment or safety training.

Harris County, TX · 2009Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$12 millionVerdict

A federal jury awarded Kimberly Curtis $2 million in compensatory and $30 million in punitive damages after a sliding barn door fell on her at a Manhattan Hilton Garden Inn and defendants were found to have willfully destroyed evidence; a judge later cut the punitive award to $10 million.

S.D.N.Y. (Southern District of New York) · 2024Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$7.1 millionVerdict

A Harris County jury found Red Bluff LLC, owner of the Courtyards of Pasadena nursing home, liable for $7.1 million after a certified nursing assistant suffered a serious spinal injury when a wheelchair with faulty brakes gave way during a bariatric patient transfer.

Harris County, 55th District Court, TX · 2021Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Regent University School of Law
J.D., 2016
Texas State University
Undergraduate, 2006

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas, admitted 2020

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