Reed Morgan

Of Counsel at The Carlson Law Firm
Killeen, TX48 years experience

About Reed Morgan

S. Reed Morgan serves as Of Counsel to The Carlson Law Firm, working primarily from the firm's Killeen, Texas location with more than 42 years of legal experience. He focuses on medical malpractice, toxic exposure and mass torts, defective products, maritime/Jones Act claims, oil-field disasters, and airplane disaster claims. He is Board-Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and has achieved significant trial victories for victims of toxic exposure and corporate misconduct.

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

Tulane University School of Law
J.D., 1976
University of New Orleans
Undergraduate, 1970

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas
State Bar of Louisiana
State Bar of Louisiana Supreme Court
State Bar of All U.S. District Courts in Texas
State Bar of U.S. District Court, District of Arkansas
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
State Bar of U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
State Bar of Texas
Gerry Spence Trial Lawyer's College (graduate and staff member)

Awards & recognition

Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law - Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Super Lawyers

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