About Steve Walden
Steve Walden is a partner at The Carlson Law Firm and a board-certified family law attorney by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He practices out of the firm's Killeen, Texas office and serves clients from the Orlando, Florida office. Steve has nearly 30 years of experience in family law and personal injury litigation.
Before entering private practice, he served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army and as a Judge Advocate General (JAG), and worked as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney from 2000 to 2001. His practice areas include family law, personal injury, military law, criminal law, and medical malpractice. He holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and an AVVO rating of 10 - Superb.
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.
