As an experienced San Antonio Injury Lawyer, I work tirelessly fighting for the legal rights of clients throughout Texas who have suffered serious physical, emotional and catastrophic injuries, and survivors of those who have died due to others’ negligence as a result of traffic accidents and other wrongful acts.

I will manage all aspects of your case, including complex investigations, vital research, processing of medical bills, contacting insurance companies and engaging in negotiations. From beginning to end, I will guide you through an often intimidating, tedious process of challenging corporations and insurance companies until a fair settlement is reached.

As a skilled San Antonio Injury Attorney, I provide aggressive legal representation in all areas of personal injury, including:

• Automobile Accidents and Injuries
• Premises Liability
• Products Liability
• Fraudulent Misrepresentations
• Defamation through Libel and Slander
• Medical Malpractice
• Nursing Home Litigation
• Slip and Fall
• Bodily Injury
• Brain Injury
• Catastrophic Injury
• Commercial Vehicle Liability
• Head Injury
• Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injury
• Pedestrian Injuries
• Spinal Injury
• Wrongful Death
• Amputation
• Trucking Accidents
• Construction Accidents

My service in two district attorneys' offices and as a  partner in a defense firm gave me extensive trial experience and an appreciation of how insurance companies and big corporations prepare for trial. I apply the training I received as a special-agent in the F.B.I. to every case I pursue.  For the last 21 years of my 31-year career I have championed the rights of  aggrieved individuals and their families against  insurance companies and corporations like those I once represented.

For ten years I developed my trial and advocacy skills by prosecuting criminals in Beaumont and Houston and defending insurance companies and big corporations in El Paso. In 1987, I dedicated my practice to the representation of individuals and their families that were wronged by some of those same insurance companies and big corporations I had once represented. I learned first-hand the strategies employed and developed the work ethic required to compete with the big law firms representing the defendants I would pursue in litigation.

I became Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law in 1983 and I have been recertified in both of these specialties every five years since 1983. Although the focus of my practice was El Paso and southern New Mexico, I handled cases in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, San Angelo and Albuquerque. I was honored to be inducted as an advocate in the American Board of Trial Advocates, an organization of both plaintiff and defense trial lawyers dedicated to the preservation of the right to trial by jury. Admission into ABOTA is limited to the highest ethical standards and a substantial history of jury trials.

I was licensed in both Texas and New Mexico and admitted to practice before the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals, The Western District of Texas United States District Court and the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. As a member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association I have financially supported legislative efforts to balance the playing field for working men and women and their families. I have worked directly and personally with my clients to maximize their recovery of just compensation.

My membership in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum (membership limited to trial lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional advocacy skills by obtaining verdicts in excess of one million dollars) is a testament to the success I have accomplished in holding responsible parties accountable for their actions. As recently as October 2007, I was honored by my peers for selection as a Super Lawyer for the state of Texas. Based upon ethics, experience and reputation the designation as a Super Lawyer means that you are one of the finest attorneys in Texas, as selected by your peers.

In the claims process after a wrongful death has occurred, insurance companies hold a big advantage over the surviving family members of a deceased accident victim. Armed with high-priced attorneys, a battery of legal and forensic experts and extensive resources they use to investigate and handle claims, insurance carriers often bully or intimidate families of wrongful death accident victims into taking much smaller settlements than they deserve, and they make it extremely difficult for unrepresented wrongful death survivors who try to challenge the settlement process on their own.

I will level the playing field for you. I understand the claims process and also have the resources necessary to retain the legal and forensic experts you need in a personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit.

Because the laws of negligence and wrongful death cases are complex, a great number of attorneys typically don't understand the claims process, coverage, exclusions and interpretations of the insurance process. Insurance company adjusters can get away with paying less on the wrongful death claim than the surviving family members deserve under the law, and even going so far as to bully the wrongful death survivors (and their less experienced attorneys, in some cases) into taking a low settlement offer. As a result, serious accident victims often end up settling for much less than what Texas law provides.

My Firm does not require you to pay a lawyer's fee up front. If I take your personal injury or wrongful death case I will provide the resources to get copies of your medical documentation, hire expert witnesses, file your lawsuit and take depositions and other necessary steps in claiming damages for your injuries. I earn my fee from the work I do in your case on a "contingency" basis," which means I deduct the expenses and legal fees from the insurance company payment at the end of your case. If I do not win your case, you do not pay a fee.

If you or someone you know in Texas needs the assistance of an experienced San Antonio Injury Lawyer, call Attorney Dennis Richard today at 866-307-5552, or use the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.