About Max Caruso

Max Caruso (Alexander Maxwell Caruso) is an Associate Attorney at The Carlson Law Firm's South Austin office. An insightful personal injury trial attorney with experience in Texas and the United States Marine Corps, he focuses his practice on motor vehicle accidents, slip-and-fall injuries, dog bites, product liability, and wrongful death cases. Max was a clerk for The Carlson Law Firm while in law school and transitioned to a full-time position after graduation.

He took a break from civil practice to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps as a commissioned Judge Advocate officer. His very first trial - argued against the Texas Department of Transportation - resulted in a jury verdict exceeding $1.5 million for his clients. He participated in Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in 2017.

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 North Texas at Dallas College of Law
J.D.
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas
State Bar of Texas
Texas Trial Lawyers Association

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$52 Million Class Settlement for Texas Policyholders Charged More by Farmers for Being Loyal Customers
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National Trial Law
$230 Million Federal Judgment Over Sutherland Springs Church Shooting
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Byrd Davis Alden & Henrichson, LLP
$112.9 million · Austin Jury Awards $112.9 Million in Dram Shop Case Over Crash That Left a Six-Year-Old With a Brain Injury
DJC Law
DJC Law
$4.51 million · Travis County Jury Awards $4.5 Million After Construction Worker Is Struck by Falling Logs at Highway Project
Shaw Cowart
Shaw Cowart
$2 Million Verdict for Injured Motorists on Underinsured Motorist Claim Against State Farm

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