About Mike McDowell
Mike McDowell is an Associate Attorney at The Carlson Law Firm based in Los Angeles, with a civil litigation background focused on product liability, negligence, and sexual assault cases. Before becoming an attorney, he worked as a legal assistant, client relations manager, and law clerk, and has helped resolve over 4,500 cases through large-scale settlement programs. Earlier in his career, he served as a Mass Torts Manager at Kirtland & Packard. He graduated cum laude from Chapman University's Dale E. Fowler School of Law and earned highest grade awards twice during law school.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
