Natasha Sadeghian de la Garza

Natasha Sadeghian de la Garza, of counsel at The de la Garza Law Group, stands out among Houston injury lawyers for a case that changed how the city’s police are trained. She represented the Escobar family in a civil rights lawsuit against the City of Houston after the death of their 13-year-old son, Eli — litigation that produced significant reforms to firearms training at the Houston Police Academy and led to the creation of what became known as the Escobar Rule. Along the way, she authored a motion and argued it before Judge Lee H. Rosenthal, resulting in a published federal opinion, Escobar v. City of Houston (S.D. Tex. 2007). Few personal injury attorneys can point to a case that rewrote police policy; Natasha counts it among her proudest career moments.

Her day-to-day practice centers on victims of serious and catastrophic injuries: commercial truck and auto collisions, medical malpractice, civil rights violations, and workplace accidents. She didn’t start in injury law — her early career covered immigration matters and commercial litigation for business owners — but she found her calling when she joined a personal injury firm as a second-year lawyer, and more than 15 years later she is still doing that work. Texas Monthly named her a Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star in plaintiffs’ personal injury in 2010, and she co-authored a University of Houston Law Foundation piece on demonstrative evidence and courtroom technology in 2006.

Clients get an attorney whose edge is preparation. Natasha describes discovery — digging through the details of a case until the ‘smoking gun’ surfaces — as the part of litigation she genuinely enjoys, and colleagues point to her attention to detail and refusal to let wrongdoers off the hook. She is comfortable in the courtroom but equally willing to grind through the file work that wins cases before trial. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the University of St. Thomas, where she made the Dean’s List and graduated with distinction and high honors.

A native Houstonian, Natasha is a sustaining member of The Junior League of Houston after a decade of active service, an alumna of The Children’s Fund, and a volunteer at her daughters’ school — roots that keep her connected to the community she represents.

She is the right call for victims of catastrophic truck and car crashes, medical negligence, and workplace accidents — and especially for families whose injury case carries a civil rights dimension, where her track record against a major city government is rare among Houston plaintiff’s lawyers. The firm works on contingency with free consultations.