Brent Goudarzi

Brent Goudarzi is the founding partner of Goudarzi & Young, L.L.P. in Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas.

Mr. Goudarzi received his B.A. (1993) and J.D. (1996) from Texas Tech University. He is a past President of the East Texas Trial Lawyers Association (2011-2017) and currently serves on its board of directors in the capacity of President Emeritus. Mr. Goudarzi has been honored as a Texas Super Lawyer in 2012 (Super Lawyers recognition is a Thomson Reuters service), a National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyer (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), a Trial Lawyers Board of Regents Litigator Award winner in 2014 and 2015 (ranked top 1% of lawyers), and a National Association of Distinguished Counsel member (2015) and a member of the American Academy of Trial Attorneys – Premier 100 (2015).

Mr. Goudarzi is also a member of the American Association for Justice, the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum (since 2013), the Honorable T. John Ward American Inn of Court and the Upshur County Bar Association.

Mr. Goudarzi is honored to have been invited, and proud to serve, on the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America (“APITLA”) National Advisory Board—a team committed to achieving a substantial reduction in the thousands of traffic deaths and injuries that occur each year on America’s highways that are caused by unsafe trucking companies who choose to operate in violation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.

Mr. Goudarzi’s practice is devoted to the representation of victims in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, including commercial trucking and auto negligence, products liability, workplace injury and premises liability. His law firm has represented over 17,000 people. Mr. Goudarzi is admitted to practice in all State Courts of Texas and the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas.

Mr. Goudarzi has tried cases all over the state of Texas and has secured record jury verdicts in Upshur County, Gregg County, Harrison County, Dallas County and Hopkins County. Additionally, he has achieved historic and record settlements throughout the state. In 2015, Mr. Goudarzi negotiated the 5th, 13th and 17th largest settlements in the United States and the 3rd, 4th, 6th, 11th and 16th largest settlements in Texas.

Mr. Goudarzi’s successes have not gone unnoticed; even by his adversaries. Lawyers who have been opposite Mr. Goudarzi in lawsuits and witnessed first-hand his tenacity and advocacy skills often refer Mr. Goudarzi clients, including their own family members.

Texas
U.S. District Court, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas

Texas Tech University School of Law – J.D. – 1996
Texas Tech University – B.A. – 1993

• East Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Past President (2011-2017)

• East Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors

• American Association for Justice

• Honorable T. John Ward American Inn of Court

• Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2013 – Present

• Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2013 – Present

• Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2013 – Present

• Texas Super Lawyer (Super Lawyers recognition is a Thomson Reuters service), 2012

• National Trial Lawyers, Top 100 Trial Lawyer, 2013 – Present

• Trial Laywers Board of Regents Litigator Awards, Ranked Top 1% of Lawyers, 2014 – 2015

• National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2015

• American Academy of Trial Attorneys – Premier 100, 2015

$26,000,000

Auto accident resulting in client suffering a traumatic brain injury

Attorney Fee – $10,400,000.00
Expenses- $677,691.23
Medical Expenses- $1,138,121.43
Subrogation- $4,354.53
Net Payment To Client- $13,779,832.81

$18,500,000

Auto accident resulting in client suffering head and orthopedic injuries from rear-end accident

Attorney Fee – $7,400,000.00
Expenses- $104,521.89
Medical Expenses- $313,736.12
Net Payment To Client- $10,681,741.99

$7,750,000

Wrongful death resulting from electrocution

Attorney Fee – $3,100,000.00
Expenses- $58,693.74
Medical Expenses- $6,275.00
Subrogation- $56,879.61
Net Payment To Client- $4,528,151.65

$6,100,000

Man injured back in side-swipe collision

Attorney Fee – $2,440,000.00
Expenses- $12,756.08
Medical Expenses- $373,376.95
Subrogation- $1,864.14
Net Payment To Client- $3,272,002.83

$5,500,000

6-year-old killed and family injured when truck rear-ended compact car

Attorney Fee – $2,200,000
Expenses- $112,353.28
Medical Expenses- $129,312.21
Net Payment To Client- $3,058,334.51

$5,498,197

59-year-old grandmother killed in head-on collision

Attorney Fee – $2,199,278.82
Expenses- $40,181.22
Medical Expenses- $43,645.03
Subrogation- $6,620.46
Net Payment To Client- $3,208,471.52

$4,500,000

Woman suffered head injury when driver failed to stop at red light

Attorney Fee – $1,800,000.00
Expenses- $46,548.38
Medical Expenses- $187,880.52
Net Payment To Client- $2,465,571.10

$3,000,000

Premises liability case resulting in sustained head, neck and hip injuries

Attorney Fee – $1,200,000.00
Expenses- $59,336.40
Medical Expenses- $150,352.66
Subrogation- $22,617.94
Net Payment To Client- $1,567,693.00

$2,550,000

Auto accident resulting in back injury from rear-end collision

Attorney Fee – $1,020,000.00
Expenses- $44,025.32
Medical Expenses- $342,107.26
Subrogation- $1,741.64
Net Payment To Client- $1,142,125.78

$2,500,000

Auto accident from driver left turn, causing back injuries to client and family

Attorney Fee – $999,266.66
Expenses- $21,662.43
Medical Expenses- $69,112.47
Subrogation- $79,820.08
Net Payment To Client- $1,330,138.36

$2,000,000

Premises liability case involving bricks falling on a college student, injuring their back

Attorney Fee – $760,000.00
Expenses- $5,702.55
Medical Expenses- $24,465.49
Subrogation- $256,438.75
Net Payment To Client- $953,393.21

$2,000,000

Auto accident involving a man hit on passenger side of truck, re-injuring his neck and back

Attorney Fee – $800,000.00
Expenses- $31,928,14
Medical Expenses- $136,137.27
Subrogation- $682.35
Net Payment To Client- $1,031,252.24

$1,981,000

Rear-end collision auto accident resulting in neck and back injuries to a family

Attorney Fee – $792,577.08
Expenses- $49,391.60
Medical Expenses- $111,010.09
Subrogation- $11,206.11
Net Payment To Client- $1,017,257.79

$1,300,000

Auto accident resulting in a woman injuring her leg on a motorcycle

Attorney Fee – $433,333.33
Expenses- $2,460.63
Medical Expenses- $132,455.68
Net Payment To Client- $731,750.36

$1,250,000

Propane truck accident resulting in a man suffering neck, shoulder, and back injuries

Attorney Fee – $500,000.00
Expenses- $9,053.14
Medical Expenses- $37,490.83
Subrogation- $609.00
Net Payment To Client- $702,847.03

$1,210,000

18-wheeler collision accident resulting in a husband suffering a neck injury and his wife suffering a hematoma

Attorney Fee – $460,666.67
Expenses- $44,027.45
Medical Expenses- $112,737.76
Subrogation- $9,452.97
Net Payment To Client- $583,115.15

$1,200,000

Auto accident involving co-workers who suffered neck, back, and shoulder injuries from a rear-end collision on I-20

Attorney Fee – $480,000.00
Expenses- $4,693.20
Medical Expenses- $85,661.16
Net Payment To Client- $629,645.64

$1,000,000

Auto accident involving a driver who struck a spare tire that fell from a trailer, resulting in a back injury

Attorney Fee – $400,000.00
Expenses- $10,658.81
Medical Expenses- $24,767.93
Subrogation- $50,327.96
MSA- $12,585.00
Net Payment To Client- $501,660.30

$1,000,000

Rear-end collision involving a woman who was struck from behind at a red-light, injuring her neck, shoulder, and back

Attorney Fee – $400,000.00
Expenses- $31,364.90
Medical Expenses- $207,430.74
Net Payment To Client- $361,204.36

$1,000,000

Auto accident involving an 18-wheeler who turned in front a 70-year-old woman, causing a back and neck injury

Attorney Fee – $400,000.00
Expenses- $10,285.44
Medical Expenses- $37,220.32
Subrogation- $4,539.30
Net Payment To Client- $547,954.94