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About Juan Renteria
Juan Renteria, Esq. is a Senior Trial Attorney at Loncar Lyon Jenkins with more than 18 years of legal experience. Born and raised in Texas, he previously served as a County Court judge in Dallas County Court at Law No. 5, bringing a judicial perspective to personal injury and wrongful death cases.
Renteria has tried more than 40 cases to verdict in civil and criminal court and has been consistently recognized as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer. His practice focuses on car accidents, truck and 18-wheeler collisions, slip and fall cases, and wrongful death matters, with extensive use of expert collaboration including accident reconstruction specialists and medical professionals.
He earned his Juris Doctor from Syracuse College of Law, his Master of Public Administration with distinction from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is admitted to the New York Bar (2005), the Texas Bar (2008), the U.S. Supreme Court (2018), and the U.S. District Courts for the Western, Northern, Eastern, and Southern Districts of Texas. He is fluent in English and Spanish.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Loncar Lyon Jenkins
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A Kaufman County jury awarded $296 million in compensatory damages against Koch Industries after a corroded, unmaintained butane pipeline exploded and killed two teenagers on August 24, 1996.
A Dallas jury awarded $84.25 million in 2008 after a 26-foot U-Haul truck with a failed parking brake rolled over Talmadge Waldrip, leaving him bedridden and requiring round-the-clock care.
A Dallas County jury awarded $51 million in August 2024 to a South Dallas mother and her two young children after a corroded boiler exhaust pipe at their apartment complex channeled carbon monoxide into their home in 2015, leaving both children with irreversible brain injuries.
A Texas county court at law jury found a design defect in the handling of a 1996 Ford Explorer that rolled over after a rear tire lost its tread in July 2003, killing Diane Wiles. The jury put one-third of the responsibility on Ford, one-third on the driver and one-third on Ms. Wiles, and the court entered a judgment of $7,370,197.16 in actual damages. The Dallas Court of Appeals reversed in 2011 for lack of evidence of a safer alternative design.
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