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About Bradford Hendrickson

Bradford Hendrickson is a trial attorney at Zehl & Associates Injury & Accident Lawyers in Houston, focusing on catastrophic injuries including 18-wheeler collisions, workplace explosions, and oilfield and refinery disasters. He has spent over a decade litigating complex civil cases on behalf of Fortune 500 corporations and individuals nationwide and previously served as lead trial counsel at another Houston personal injury firm. Bradford earned his undergraduate degree from The University of Texas and his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center, where he served as Executive Editor of the Houston Journal of International Law, was inducted into the Order of the Barristers, and earned scholarships for excellence in advocacy. After law school, he clerked for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Texas. Bradford has been named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch every year since 2021 and was recognized as a Texas Rising Star by Super Lawyers from 2017 through 2023.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Zehl & Associates

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

$35 millionSettlement

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.

Fort Worth (Tarrant County), TX · 2024Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$31.5 millionVerdict

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.

160th Civil District Court, Dallas County, TX · 2024Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$16 millionSettlement

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.

Gulf of Mexico (filed in Texas) · 2025Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$7.2 millionVerdict

A Dallas County jury awarded Greyhound passenger Ashley Reedy $7.2 million after a phone-distracted driver rolled the bus on an icy stretch of Interstate 40.

Dallas County, TX · 2012Car 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

University of Houston Law Center
J.D.
The University of Texas
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas
State Bar of Alabama
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
National Trial Lawyers
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
State Bar of Texas
Alabama State Bar

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (annually since 2021)
Texas Rising Star - Super Lawyers (2017-2023)
Order of the Barristers

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$812 Million Verdict for Family of Worker Killed in Pecos Chemical Plant Explosion, Part of $1.6 Billion

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