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About Nicholas Rodriguez

Nicholas A. Rodriguez grew up in Brownsville, Texas, the grandson of Mexican American immigrants and migrant farm workers. He attended Texas A&M University, where he earned a B.A. in political science and served in student government and on the Hispanic President's Council. He then attended South Texas College of Law Houston, which has a nationally recognized advocacy program, where he competed against top student litigators.

After earning his J.D. in 2015, he began his career at a prominent civil litigation firm in Dallas representing large corporate clients, giving him direct insight into the strategies employed by well-funded adversaries. He joined Aldous Law and now focuses his practice on significant personal injury cases, including catastrophic injury matters. He is licensed in Texas.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Aldous Law

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

$268.6 millionVerdictTop 20 in Texas · #12

A Dallas County jury returned one of the largest medical-malpractice verdicts in the country after a teenager with cerebral palsy died at Medical City Dallas when hospital staff administered multiple times the appropriate dose of the anesthetic propofol following a routine airway procedure.

Dallas County, TX · 2000Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$71.95 millionVerdict

A Dallas jury awarded $71.95 million to the widow and four children of electrician Hernan Murillo, killed at an Irving Frito-Lay warehouse in 2019 when a boom lift struck his elevated scissor lift.

44th Civil District Court, Dallas County, TX (Case No. DC-19-16959) · 2024Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$37.6 millionVerdict

A Dallas jury awarded $37.6 million in February 2019 to Sarah Milburn, left quadriplegic after a 2015 Uber crash, after finding Honda's two-part third-row seat belt design so counterintuitive that fewer than one in ten unfamiliar users could operate it correctly; the Texas Supreme Court reversed the judgment in 2024 on statutory presumption grounds.

116th Civil District Court, Dallas County, TX (Case No. DC-16-16470) · 2019Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$32 millionVerdict

A Denton County jury awarded $32 million in February 2019 to a woman who was sexually assaulted at age 14 after two Hebron High School football players spiked her drink at a 2012 party, neither of whom had ever faced criminal charges.

462nd Judicial District Court, Denton County, TX · 2019Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$30 millionSettlement

Barbara Dalby, an Odessa proposal specialist and mother of three, secured a $30 million settlement against Hunt Oil after one of the company's intoxicated employees struck her head-on in 2019, leaving her with permanent spinal injuries and unable to work.

116th District Court, Dallas County, TX · 2024Car AccidentsRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

South Texas College of Law Houston
J.D., 2015
Texas A&M University
Undergraduate, 2012

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas

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