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About Silvia Ruiz
Silvia Ruiz is an associate at Kherkher Garcia originally from Bucaramanga, Colombia, who moved to Houston in 2003. She graduated magna cum laude from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Sociology in 2012 and earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2017. She began her legal career at a leading human rights organization in Colombia, led advocacy projects before the Constitutional Court, then spent five years in Houston representing unaccompanied immigrant youth victims of abuse and trafficking before immigration courts, family courts, and federal agencies.
Her transition to personal injury litigation brings the same commitment to supporting people in difficult circumstances to cases against powerful institutions. Silvia is admitted in Texas and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. She applies a trauma-informed and culturally competent approach to each client.
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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