John Fabry

Round Rock, TX36 years experienceAdmitted 1989

About John Fabry

John Fabry is a partner at The Carlson Law Firm based in Round Rock, Texas. He specializes in cases involving serious permanent injuries or loss of life, with expertise in class actions, consumer protection, defective drugs and devices, and mass torts. John was admitted to practice in 1989 after earning his J.D. from Notre Dame Law School, where he served as Executive Director of the Moot Court Team.

His legal work is marked by meticulous attention to detail, problem-solving for clients, and persuasive advocacy. He has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee. He has been voted a Texas Super Lawyer by his peers and has held a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating for over ten years.

Proven verdicts and settlements at The Carlson Law Firm

These results are credited to The Carlson Law Firm. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

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 →

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 →

A San Antonio jury returned the largest sexual assault verdict in U.S. history against a sole assailant, awarding $325 million to a child sexually abused by her grandfather over multiple years.

285th District Court, Bexar County, TX (Judge Nadine Nieto) · 2023Read the full story →
$7.4 millionVerdict

A Travis County jury awarded Ronnie Claxton of Del Valle and his wife about $7.4 million in January 2020 after an oversized load struck a Highway 71 overpass and a heavy steel tie-down ratchet from the load came through his windshield, injuring his neck and spine. On August 31, 2022, the Eighth Court of Appeals reversed in large part, rendering judgment for the owner and on several claims against the company and driver, and remanded the remaining claims for a new trial.

146th District Court, Travis County, Texas · 2020Truck AccidentsRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

University of Notre Dame Law School
J.D., 1989
University of Illinois at Chicago
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas, admitted 1989
State Bar of South Carolina
State Bar of U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
State Bar of U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
State Bar of U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
State Bar of U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
State Bar of U.S. District Court District of Nebraska
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
State Bar of U.S. Court of Federal Claims
State Bar of U.S. Supreme Court
American Association for Justice
Austin Bar Association
Capital Trial Lawyers Association

Awards & recognition

Texas Super Lawyer
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating (10+ years)
Golden Key National Honor Society
Executive Director - Notre Dame Law School Moot Court Team

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