About Michael Erskine

Michael Grant Erskine is a Partner at The Carlson Law Firm, with his primary practice area in personal injury. Throughout his career, Michael has successfully handled a wide range of personal injury matters, including cases involving car accidents, workplace injuries, product liability, and wrongful death. He is based out of the firm's Killeen, Texas office, and serves clients across Texas including in the San Antonio area. He is licensed to practice in the State of Texas, all Federal District Courts in Texas, and the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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

Southern Methodist University School of Law
J.D. (Law); B.A. (Undergraduate)
University of Texas at Austin
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
State Bar of All Federal District Courts in Texas
State Bar of Texas
American Association for Justice
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
San Antonio Lawyers Trial Association

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