About Ethan Shaw

Ethan L. Shaw is a personal injury attorney in Austin with decades of trial experience who believes firmly in the jury system and every person's right to their day in court. After representing thousands of clients across a wide range of matters, he has built a practice centered on motor-vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful death, product liability, patent infringement, and business litigation. He has been board certified in both Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law since 1995, and was named a Texas Super Lawyer every year from 2003 through 2019.

Before co-founding Shaw Cowart in 2013, he was a partner at Moore Landrey, L.L.P. from 1994 to 2012 and began his career at Benckenstein, Norvell, Bernsen & Nathan Law Firm from 1990 to 1992. He is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has served as lead counsel in numerous high-profile cases including a federal qui tam matter against Trinity Industries (E.D. Tex.), Sulzer hip mass action litigation in Jefferson County, and wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases across Texas state and federal courts.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$2 millionVerdict

A Tarrant County jury awarded Lionel Telfort and Katiria Nunez more than $2 million on their underinsured motorist claim against State Farm after the at-fault driver's policy limits left their damages unsatisfied; State Farm's subsequent appeal was dismissed in 2024.

348th Judicial District Court, Tarrant County, Texas · 2023Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$151,210Verdict

A Travis County jury sided with two commission-paid roofing salesmen who sued their employer for unpaid commissions, awarding them a combined $151,210.61 in damages plus attorney's fees and a share of future project proceeds; the Texas Third Court of Appeals later affirmed the judgment while modifying the attorney's fee award, and enforcement ultimately required a court-appointed receiver.

53rd District Court, Travis County, Texas (appeal: Texas 3rd COA) · 2023Workplace InjuryRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Texas Tech University School of Law
J.D., 1990
University of Texas at Austin
Undergraduate, 1987

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$4.51 million · Travis County Jury Awards $4.5 Million After Construction Worker Is Struck by Falling Logs at Highway Project
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$591,560 · Parking-Lot Crash Yields $591,560 Jury Award for Austin Plaintiff

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