Graham Sutliff
VerifiedAbout Graham Sutliff
Graham E. Sutliff is Co-Founder of Sutliff & Stout, Injury & Accident Law Firm, which he established in 2008 with partner Hank Stout. He grew up in San Angelo, Texas. He earned his B.B.A. in Banking and Finance summa cum laude from the University of Mississippi and his J.D. summa cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law, graduating at the top of his class. After law school he began his legal career in the Austin litigation section of Vinson & Elkins before co-founding his current firm to advocate for individuals against large insurance companies and corporations. Graham is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has successfully tried jury and non-jury trials in both state and federal court.
Notable case results
After a Detmar Logistics frac sand truck fatally injured Nanasha Ra-Nee Mild in 2018, Sutliff & Stout identified six liable parties and secured a $6.09 million settlement that ranked ninth among all Texas civil settlements in 2019.
Sutliff and Stout won a $1.94 million wrongful death verdict against ExxonMobil for the family of Alfredo Pagayon, a Harris County man who died after an ExxonMobil cashier attacked him at a Houston convenience store; the Texas Supreme Court reversed the judgment in 2017, ruling that the employer owed no supervisory duty under the circumstances.
In 2015, a Texas jury awarded $568,875 to the plaintiff in a car accident case tried by Hank Stout and Graham Sutliff of Sutliff & Stout, ranking the result 77th among all Texas civil jury verdicts for the year on TopVerdict's annual list.
A Montgomery County jury found a driver 70 percent liable for striking a 16-year-old pedestrian who had crossed outside a marked crosswalk, awarding $38,124.88 that was reduced to $26,687.42 after comparative-fault apportionment.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
