Hannah Roberts

Trial Lawyer at Zehl & Associates
Houston, TX4 years experience

About Hannah Roberts

Hannah Roberts is a trial lawyer at Zehl & Associates in Houston, representing clients impacted by catastrophic injuries and wrongful death. Originally from Springfield, Illinois, she joined Zehl & Associates after a one-year clerkship with the firm. She was previously an advocate on the South Texas Trial Advocacy Team and held leadership positions in multiple law school organizations.

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

South Texas College of Law - Houston
J.D.; B.A. in Legal Studies (magna cum laude)
University of Illinois
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas
State Bar of Texas
Democratic Law Student Association (President)
Animal Legal Defense Fund (President)
Women's Law Society (Vice President)
Phi Theta Kappa honors society (Vice President - Illinois state level)

Awards & recognition

Dean's Merit Scholarship
Joe M. Green, Jr. Scholarship
2024 CALI Award Recipient in Women's Rights Seminar
University of Illinois Dean's List (every semester)

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