Karl P. Long

Karl Long spent seven years defending the kinds of companies he now sues, and that career detour is precisely why injured Houstonians hire him. A partner at Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner, Long has divided his sixteen years in practice almost evenly between plaintiff and defense work, giving him an insider’s read on how corporate defendants evaluate claims, build their defenses, and decide what to pay.

Since rejoining Abraham Watkins in 2019, he has helped secure more than $500 million in verdicts and settlements for the firm’s clients. His docket concentrates on the catastrophic: plant explosions, construction site incidents, commercial vehicle crashes, oilfield injuries, automotive product defects, and dram shop cases against bars and businesses that overserved alcohol before a tragedy.

His path explains his edge. Long started at Abraham Watkins as a contract attorney working under partner Mo Aziz, then spent seven years as an associate at a boutique defense firm that specialized in product and premises liability suits brought against tire manufacturers and tire retailers. He now applies that defense playbook daily, against similar opponents, on behalf of injured people. Along the way he has worked with and against many of Texas’ top injury attorneys, who have recognized him with selections to The Best Lawyers in America for plaintiffs’ personal injury litigation (2024 through 2026) and The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 for civil plaintiffs, plus induction as a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.

Long graduated cum laude from South Texas College of Law Houston in 2009 with membership in the Order of the Lytae, repeated Dean’s List honors, and CALI Awards for the highest grade in five separate courses. He earned his history degree from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, where he belonged to the Order of the Gown. He has also given time to the Houston Bar Association’s Habitat for Humanity Committee.

Consider Long for worst-case scenarios: an explosion, an oilfield or construction death, an 18-wheeler wreck, a suspected tire or vehicle defect, or a dram shop claim after a drunk-driving tragedy. When the opponent is a manufacturer, a large company or its insurer, his years inside their defense strategy are a concrete, practical advantage. Consultations are free, and there is no fee unless he wins.