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About Lamar DeLong
Lamar DeLong is a trial lawyer at Zehl & Associates in Houston who represents clients across Texas and the United States who were seriously injured or killed in workplace and oil field accidents, truck and bus accidents, offshore accidents, and refinery and plant explosions. A Texas native, he previously served as a Legislative Aide during state legislative sessions. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Government and Spanish from the University of Texas at Austin and his J.D. from South Texas College of Law, where he served on the Dean's Honor List, the Board of Advocates, and the Student Bar Association, and earned a CALI Award in Legal Research and Writing. He recently helped secure a record-setting $37.5 million truck accident settlement against Ben E. Keith in Fort Worth, the largest truck accident settlement in Tarrant County history.
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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