Rob Ammons

Ask around Houston about who to call when a tire blowout or a vehicle defect destroys a family, and Rob Ammons’ name surfaces quickly. He founded The Ammons Law Firm and has spent more than three decades on only one side of the courtroom, representing injured consumers rather than corporations. His niche is unusually deep: tire failures and automotive defects, an area where many injury lawyers dabble but few can match his 30-plus years of case-by-case experience against the manufacturers themselves.

The numbers behind that experience are hard to match anywhere in Texas. Ammons has served as lead counsel in more than 430 cases resolved by verdict or settlement of at least $1 million, with dozens clearing the $10 million mark and total recoveries for clients exceeding $1 billion. His trial results include a $1.6 billion verdict in Starr County for two families who lost loved ones in a chemical plant explosion, a $49 million verdict in Ector County for the family of a man killed in an 18-wheeler crash, and the record-setting $82.5 million Petrie v. Hanover verdict, now enshrined in the Texas Verdict Hall of Fame, won for a widow and three young children after an exploding hot oil heater killed their husband and father.

Since 1991 he has pressed product liability claims against nearly every major name in the tire and auto industries: Michelin, Goodyear, Bridgestone/Firestone, Cooper, Continental/General, Kumho and Yokohama among tire makers; General Motors, Ford, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, BMW and others among automakers; plus retailers and service centers including Discount Tire, Pep Boys and Walmart. For a victim, that history matters. These defendants field seasoned defense teams, and a lawyer who has already beaten them knows their playbook.

His credentials trace back to Baylor University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree and then his law degree, graduating cum laude in 1988 after serving as Editor of the Baylor Law Review and earning membership in the Order of the Barristers. He went on to serve as a Briefing Attorney for the Texas Supreme Court. Today he is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, holds Martindale-Hubbell’s highest AV peer-review rating, and belongs to the American Board of Trial Advocates. The work is also personal: Ammons has spoken openly about losing his own father and how that loss drove him to build a firm devoted to individuals facing companies with far greater resources.

He is the right call for the catastrophic end of the spectrum: a fatal or life-altering wreck where a tire or vehicle defect may be to blame, a deadly 18-wheeler collision, a plant explosion, or a wrongful death claim against a large manufacturer or retailer. Cases like these demand engineering experts, real litigation budgets and trial credibility, which is exactly what his record shows. Consultations are free, and the firm takes injury cases on contingency, so clients owe nothing unless they win.