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About Adam Nichols
Adam Nichols is a trial lawyer at Zehl & Associates Injury & Accident Lawyers in Houston whose practice is entirely devoted to serious personal injury litigation. For more than 20 years he has represented individuals and families in complex, high-stakes cases involving 18-wheeler and commercial trucking crashes, workplace and oilfield accidents, premises liability, and wrongful death. He has tried more than 30 cases to verdict and has successfully mediated millions of dollars in claims. He earned a B.B.A. from Baylor University in Waco and a J.D. from South Texas College of Law Houston.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Zehl & Associates
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Zehl & Associates secured a $35 million settlement for the family of Susana Longoria, a 31-year-old nursing student and single mother killed when a Ben E. Keith 18-wheeler struck her disabled car and the people helping her on I-35W in Fort Worth.
A Dallas County jury found Oncor's driver 84 percent at fault and awarded $37.5 million to the widow and three children of trucker Shamsher Singh, killed on I-635 when a distracted Oncor service-truck driver struck his stopped 18-wheeler.
Zehl & Associates recovered $16 million for a drillship floorhand injured in the moonpool of a Gulf of Mexico rig, ranked by TopVerdicts as the largest reported Jones Act maritime settlement in Texas for 2025.
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