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About Misha Paltiyevich
Mikhail 'Misha' Paltiyevich is a trial lawyer at Zehl & Associates representing individuals and families impacted by catastrophic injuries and wrongful death, including oilfield, refinery, industrial, offshore, maritime, trucking, and construction accidents. Before joining the plaintiff's bar, he spent nearly a decade representing corporations, insurance carriers, and maritime and energy companies in high-stakes litigation. He immigrated from Russia at a young age and was raised in San Antonio, Texas.
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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