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About Dakota Eddins
Dakota Eddins is an associate attorney at Kherkher Garcia who joined in 2025. Born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, the son of a respected trial attorney, he earned his B.B.A. in Finance from Lamar University and his J.D. from South Texas College of Law Houston. Before joining Kherkher Garcia, Dakota spent several years representing major insurance companies in complex litigation, including commercial trucking accidents, premises liability, and wrongful death cases.
His background in insurance defense gives him firsthand knowledge of how large corporations and insurance companies evaluate and defend cases. His practice focuses on commercial trucking collisions, industrial accidents, and premises liability. He is licensed in Texas and admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas, and was named a 2026 Texas Rising Star.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Kherkher Garcia
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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.
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.
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.
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