About Bernard Lo

Bernard Lo is Senior Counsel at Kherkher Garcia with over 15 years of experience in high-stakes litigation. He holds a B.A.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania and earned his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 2010, where he served as an editor of the Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal. His practice covers catastrophic injury and wrongful death arising from sex abuse, oilfield and workplace incidents, commercial motor vehicle collisions, and complex product liability. Bernard secured an eight-figure settlement in a wrongful death action involving a building collapse during construction and represented over 200 clients in a pharmaceutical mass tort that resulted in a $2.4 billion global settlement.

He is admitted in Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming, and is a registered practitioner with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as well as a Certified E-Discovery Specialist (ACEDS). He leads Kherkher Garcia's AI and Automation Committee. He was selected as a National Trial Lawyers Top 100 in 2024 and 2025 and is a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Kherkher Garcia

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

$200 millionVerdict

A Philadelphia jury in May 2005 awarded two women a combined $200 million for heart-valve injuries caused by Wyeth's fen-phen diet drugs, with Steve Kherkher of Williams Bailey (now Kherkher Garcia) leading the trial, before a judge granted Wyeth's post-trial motion and the case resolved through a confidential settlement.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania · 2005Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$15 millionVerdict

A Harris County jury awarded $15 million to the husband and two sons of a longtime hospital nurse struck and killed while crossing the street to an employer parking lot, with Steve Kherkher among the trial team for the family.

133rd District Court, Harris County, Texas · 2018Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$12.45 millionVerdict

Jim Hart won a $12.45 million jury verdict for a Houston couple severely injured when a New Prime tractor-trailer rear-ended their sedan on I-45, though the Texas Supreme Court later reversed on procedural grounds and remanded for a new trial.

129th District Court of Harris County, Texas (Alonzo v. John, No. 14-20-00148-CV, affirmed Fourteenth Court of Appeals March 29, 2022) · 2019Truck 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

University of Texas School of Law
J.D., 2010
University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas
State Bar of California
State Bar of Arizona
State Bar of Colorado
State Bar of Oregon
State Bar of Washington
State Bar of Wyoming

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Williams Hart & Boundas
Williams Hart & Boundas
$15.3 billion · Texas Recovers $15.3 Billion From Tobacco Industry in Landmark 1998 Settlement
The Ammons Law Firm LLP
The Ammons Law Firm LLP
$812 Million Verdict for Family of Worker Killed in Pecos Chemical Plant Explosion, Part of $1.6 Billion

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