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Philip Koelsch

Proven Verdicts
San Antonio, TX7 years experienceAdmitted 2018

About Philip Koelsch

Philip Julian Koelsch is an Associate Attorney at The Carlson Law Firm based in Round Rock, Texas, specializing in catastrophic injury and mass tort cases. He is dedicated to helping people and families rebuild their lives after devastating loss. His practice spans wrongful death, defective products, workplace injuries, premises liability, commercial vehicle crashes, and catastrophic injury claims. In 2025, Philip helped secure a $61.84 million jury verdict in Moreno v. Honda involving a fuel-system defect in a 2012 Honda Odyssey that caused fatal burns.

While at Baylor Law, he excelled academically, receiving the Dean's Excellence Full Tuition Scholarship and serving on the Baylor Law Review. Philip volunteers with Meals on Wheels Central Texas and enjoys boating on Lake Travis. He resides in Austin with his wife and two sons.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$1.956 billionVerdict

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 →
$807 millionVerdict

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

Practice areas

Education

Baylor University School of Law
J.D. (Law); B.A. with Special Honors (Undergraduate), 2018
University of Texas at Austin
Undergraduate, 2015

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas, admitted 2018
State Bar of U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
State Bar of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
State Bar of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
State Bar of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
State Bar of District of Columbia
State Bar of Texas
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Awards & recognition

Dean's Excellence Full Tuition Scholarship (Baylor Law)
Baylor Law Review member
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
B.A. with Special Honors (UT Austin)

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