About Nathan Kennedy

Nathan Patrick Kennedy is a Partner at The Carlson Law Firm's South Austin, Texas office, where he focuses on personal injury, military law, and federal litigation. A U.S. Army combat veteran and Bronze Star recipient, Nathan tried his first jury trial in Baghdad, Iraq in 2009. He has since litigated 25 jury trials to verdict and recovered over $50 million for clients in the past decade. He is licensed in both Texas and Colorado.

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

Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law
B.B.A. in Economics, Cum Laude, 2007
Ohio University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of State Bar of Texas (#331930)
State Bar of State Bar of Colorado
State Bar of Texas
State Bar of Colorado
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association
Ohio State Alumni Association of Austin, TX

Awards & recognition

Bronze Star (U.S. Army)
Meritorious Service Medal
Combat Action Badge
Air Assault Badge
National Defense Service Medal
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Lifetime Member)
Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Lifetime Member)
National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
National Trial Lawyers Top 100
Austin Monthly Magazine, Austin's Top Attorneys
Super Lawyers (selected)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Austin firms

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Slack Davis Sanger
$52 Million Class Settlement for Texas Policyholders Charged More by Farmers for Being Loyal Customers
National Trial Law
National Trial Law
$230 Million Federal Judgment Over Sutherland Springs Church Shooting
Byrd Davis Alden & Henrichson, LLP
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.