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Craig Carlson

Proven Verdicts
Managing Partner at The Carlson Law Firm
San Antonio, TX31 years experience

About Craig Carlson

Craig W. Carlson is the Managing Partner and founder of The Carlson Law Firm. A former JAG Officer with the U.S. Army, he founded the firm with a vision of client-first legal services rooted in customer service. Craig served in the U.S. Army JAG Corps at Fort Devens as Chief of Legal Assistance, Chief of U.S. Army Claims, and Senior Trial Counsel from 1989 to 1992, and at Fort Hood as Senior Trial Defense Counsel from 1992 to 1994. After leaving active duty, he established the firm in Killeen, Texas, growing it from a handful of attorneys to 14 locations across Texas plus offices in Los Angeles and Louisiana, with more than 40 attorneys and over 100 support staff. His practice focuses on personal injury, mass tort, medical malpractice, and military law.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$1.956 billionVerdict

A federal court in Washington, D.C. awarded $1.956 billion to 114 survivors and Gold Star family members in Carlson Law Firm's second successful default-judgment lawsuit holding Iran liable for the October 2000 USS Cole bombing.

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Judge Rudolph Contreras; case 1:21-cv-01187) · 2024Read the full story →
$807 millionVerdict

A federal court in Washington, D.C. awarded $807 million to 58 USS Cole bombing survivors and immediate family members after finding that Iran provided material support to the al-Qaeda operatives who carried out the 2000 attack.

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Judge Rudolph Contreras; case 1:20-cv-01557) · 2023Read the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Nebraska College of Law
J.D.

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas
State Bar of Nebraska
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
State Bar of Multiple U.S. District Courts
State Bar of Texas
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice
American Bar Association
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyer
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
America's Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys
National Trial Lawyers Top 100

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