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