Yvette Diaz

Yvette Diaz’s path into injury law is different from most Dallas attorneys you will interview: before she ever went to law school, she spent nearly two years as a legal assistant at Freese & Goss, working directly with people hurt by others’ negligence. That ground-level experience – seeing what injured families actually go through – is what pushed her to become a lawyer, and it still shapes how she treats clients today. A Dallas-area native, she earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at Austin and her law degree from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in Chicago in 2014, then returned to the firm where her career began.

Since then she has built a genuine courtroom record. Diaz has represented injured plaintiffs across the country and helped try major cases in both state and federal court, contributing to million-dollar verdicts against some of the largest corporations in America. Her practice deliberately centers on the underdog – individuals going up against big companies and insurance carriers with far deeper pockets.

The recognition has followed. In 2020, the National Trial Lawyers selected her for its Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers list. Super Lawyers has named her a Texas Rising Star every year since 2019, a peer-reviewed distinction covering more than 70 practice areas. Most recently, D Magazine chose her for its 2026 Best Lawyers Under 40 list, confirming her standing among the top young litigators in Dallas.

Her current caseload spans the full range of serious injury work: car wrecks, 18-wheeler collisions, motorcycle and pedestrian accidents, slip and falls, workplace injuries, dog bites, general negligence, and mass tort litigation. That breadth means she can evaluate almost any injury scenario, while her trial experience means insurers cannot assume she will settle cheap.

Diaz makes sense for injury victims who want a proven young trial lawyer with big-firm litigation resources behind her – especially in vehicle collision cases, work injuries, and claims against large corporate defendants. Freese & Goss offers free, no-pressure consultations and handles cases on contingency, so you owe nothing unless the firm wins.