EDITORIAL REVIEW
This courtroom master continues to get the biggest recoveries for the
gravely injured, such as a child rendered blind by doctor and hospital negligence,
and an attorney who suffered brain damage in an auto accident.
—2008 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
He’s the Lone Star that shines brightest for injured plaintiffs, from truck crashes to dangerous and defective products.
— Lawdragon,
January 2008
Hear about the dentist who
fatally botched his patient’s anesthesia? Named as special prosecutor, Branson
helped send that dentist to prison for manslaughter.
— Lawdragon,
February 2007
The Lone
Star’s leading light protecting those injured in auto, plane, boating and amusement park accidents.
— Lawdragon,
October 2006
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Frank L. Branson
Frank L. Branson is the founder of The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson, a Dallas-based trial law firm with a distinguished history and a national reputation for excellence. In a legal career spanning more than 40 years, Mr. Branson has demonstrated an unwavering passion for helping those who have suffered catastrophic injuries caused by corporate recklessness and defective products. And today, more and more companies are calling on his firm in complex business disputes.
Mr. Branson and the lawyers at The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson have embraced the legal profession’s highest standards. Tough, honorable, vigilant, powerful – these are the qualities that distinguish a premier law firm.
In the course of his career, Mr. Branson has earned significant verdicts and settlements on behalf of clients who have been seriously injured by dangerous products, medical negligence, major trucking accidents, industrial catastrophes, and high-stakes commercial disputes.
Mr. Branson is a recognized leader in the skillful use of cross-examination in trial, as well as the effective employment of advanced, state-of-the-art trial science, including digital video, computer animation, medical art and individualized anatomical models. The firm’s seasoned trial attorneys rely on a team approach to litigation, quickly assembling formidable expert resources and leveraging cutting-edge technology to deliver powerful messages to juries and judges, as well as opposing counsel.
Mr. Branson has earned some of the legal profession’s highest honors, including his repeat selection in 2010 to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America. Also in 2010, Mr. Branson received the 2010 American Bar Association Pursuit of Justice award, the Dallas Bar Association’s “Trial Lawyer of the Year” honor, and again was included in Texas Super Lawyers’ list of the Top 10 Lawyers in Texas. Meanwhile, for the 25th consecutive year, he earned selection to The Best Lawyers in America, while his firm was named among the state’s elite in the inaugural “Best Law Firms” list compiled by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers.
Recent cases include:
- A significant settlement on behalf of a Dallas Cowboys special teams coach and a team scout who suffered serious injuries when a team practice facility collapsed during a thunderstorm.
- Significant settlement of contract and fraud litigation on behalf of former executives of a major corporation.
- A Texas woman, age 77, was killed when her home exploded. A drilling contractor had ruptured an underground natural gas line. The drilling contractor’s policy did not allow the workers to call 9-1-1. As a result of this case, the drilling contractor changed its policy, and the woman’s adult children and her estate settled for a significant amount.
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Professional Affiliations
Special Licenses/Certifications: Admitted to State Bar of Texas, 1969; also admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court; U. S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eighth Circuits; and U. S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas, and the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Top Lists: Honored annually in
The Best Lawyers in America as one of the best lawyers in his field since 1987; named annually to the
Texas Super Lawyers list of Top 100 lawyers in Texas since 2003 and the list of Top 10 lawyers in Texas since 2007; multiple appearances in
D Magazine’s list of "The Best Lawyers in Dallas"; and recognized by Best Lawyers and
U.S. News & World Report as one of the Best Law Firms in 2010, with a Tier One ranking in Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Product Liability Litigation.
Honors and Awards: Southern Trial Lawyers Association War Horse Award (2001) and Professor W. McKinley Smiley Jr. Lighthouse Award (2005); Texas Trial Lawyers Association "Legend Seminar" (2002); Mel Award from the Melvin Belli Society (2007); Top 100 Verdicts in America 2007; Southern Methodist University's Distinguished Alumni Award for Private Practice (2010); Dallas Bar Association Trial Lawyer of the Year (2010); American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Pursuit of Justice Award (2010); named by
Forbes as one of the most successful trial lawyers in the country (1989); and described as "The Wizard of Show-and-Tell" in
The National Law Journal (1994).
