Rachal Rojas

Attorney at TorHoerman Law
Chicago, IL18 years experience

About Rachal Rojas

Rachal Rojas is an Attorney at TorHoerman Law based in Houston, Texas, focusing on product liability and pharmaceutical litigation. A Corpus Christi, Texas native and Columbia University graduate, she worked as a paralegal on both plaintiff and defense sides before earning her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 2008. She spent nine years at Matthews & Associates handling cases involving defective products, chemical exposure, and dangerous drugs and medical devices, then worked at The Potts Law Firm, Johnson Law Group, and D. Miller & Associates before joining TorHoerman Law in 2023. Her litigation experience spans Trasylol, Accutane, Pradaxa, Mirena, Yaz, Xarelto, Nuvaring, Granuflo, talcum powder, Roundup, 3M Combat Arms earplugs, and defective hip and knee devices.

Proven verdicts and settlements at TorHoerman Law

These results are credited to TorHoerman Law. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

Boehringer Ingelheim agreed to pay $650 million in May 2014 to resolve approximately 4,000 federal lawsuits claiming the blood thinner Pradaxa caused life-threatening bleeding injuries without adequate warnings, in an MDL presided over by Judge David Herndon in the Southern District of Illinois where the court appointed TorHoerman Law's Tor Hoerman as one of five plaintiffs' co-lead counsel.

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois (MDL No. 2385) · 2014Product LiabilityRead the full story →

A St. Louis jury awarded $495 million against Abbott Laboratories after finding the company failed to warn that its Similac cow's milk formula could cause necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants.

22nd Judicial Circuit, St. Louis, Missouri (Case No. 2322-CC01251) · 2024Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$25 millionVerdict

A federal jury in St. Louis awarded $25 million to the parents of a two-year-old girl who drowned after climbing into a Bestway above-ground pool using an exterior nylon strap the manufacturer had built into the design.

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri (Case No. 4:22-cv-00050) · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$25 millionVerdict

A Los Angeles jury unanimously held Conagra Brands fully liable and awarded $25 million to Roland Esparza, who developed severe bronchiolitis obliterans after years of daily exposure to butter-flavored PAM cooking spray fumes.

Los Angeles County Superior Court · 2026Product LiabilityRead the full story →
~$2 millionVerdict

A St. Louis jury found diacetyl distributor Elan Chemical Company liable for the debilitating lung disease suffered by two food-flavoring plant workers, returning a $1 million verdict for each man in March 2023.

St. Louis City Circuit Court (Case No. 1722-CC01186) · 2023Workplace InjuryRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

University of Houston Law Center
J.D., B.A. Political Science, 2008
Columbia University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
American Association for Justice
American Bar Association
Mexican American Bar Association of Houston
Columbia University Alumni Association
University of Houston Law Center Pro Bono Volunteer Initiative (Ambassador)

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers Rising Star (2014, 2019)
Mexican American Bar Association of Houston Distinguished Member Award (2024)

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