Quentin Brogdon

If you are comparing Dallas injury lawyers on pure trial pedigree, Quentin Brogdon sits near the top of any honest list. A partner at Crain Brogdon, he holds fellowships in three invitation-only trial organizations at once – the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the American College of Trial Lawyers (where he serves as Vice-Chair of the Texas State Committee), and the International Society of Barristers. He is also double board certified, in both personal injury trial law and civil trial advocacy, credentials that only a small fraction of lawyers ever earn.

The recognition around his work is extensive and consistent. Best Lawyers in America named him Dallas/Fort Worth Lawyer of the Year for plaintiffs’ personal injury litigation in 2023. He has appeared on the Texas Monthly Super Lawyers list every single year since it began, and has ranked among the top three lawyers in the entire state on multiple occasions. Lawdragon placed him on both its 500 Leading Plaintiffs’ Lawyers and 500 Leading Plaintiffs’ Consumer Lawyers lists, The National Trial Lawyers named him a Top 100 Texas trial lawyer, D Magazine has listed him among Dallas’s best, and Martindale-Hubbell rates him AV Preeminent.

What separates Brogdon for truck accident victims specifically is his leadership history: he is a past president of the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America, the national group devoted to 18-wheeler litigation, along with past presidencies of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the Dallas chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association. He served on a State Bar of Texas Pattern Jury Charge Committee and has published 90 articles on injury trial practice. His peers have honored him with the Texas Bar Foundation’s Dan Rugeley Price Award, APITLA’s Thurgood Marshall Fighting for Justice Award, TTLA’s Don Bowen Distinguished Service Award, and the State Bar’s Standing Ovation and Gene Cavin awards for excellence in continuing legal education – meaning he is literally the lawyer other lawyers pay to learn from.

His academic record matches the resume. He graduated from Rice University in 1985 with a B.A. in economics and history on the President’s Honor Roll, then earned both a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center – where he was an associate editor of the Houston Law Review – and an M.B.A. with honors from the University of Houston in 1989.

Brogdon is the kind of lawyer you call when the stakes are too high for a volume settlement shop: a fatal or catastrophic 18-wheeler collision, a wrongful death claim against a commercial defendant, or any serious injury case where the insurer will only respect a credible trial threat. He describes the reward of the work as getting to genuinely right a wrong in someone’s life – and his record suggests he means it. The firm takes cases on contingency with free consultations.