Les Weisbrod

According to Michael Rustad, a Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, who has done extensive research on punitive damage awards, “Les Weisbrod has obtained more medical malpractice punitive damage jury verdicts for his clients than any other attorney in the United States.”

His $31 million verdict against Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas in 2003 was one of the top 100 verdicts in the United States.

Les Weisbrod has been dubbed the “pitbull” of the Texas medical malpractice bar. His tenacity and relentless pursuit of discovery is demonstrated by his appellate cases including: Barnes v. Whittington, 751 S.W.2d 494 (Tex. 1988) (orig. proceeding); Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833 (Tex. 1992) (orig. proceeding); and S.A.B. v. Schattman, 838 S.W.2d 290 (Tex. App.–Fort Worth 1992) (orig. proceeding).

Since May 1986, Mr. Weisbrod has tried or settled over 204 medical malpractice and medical product cases that have each resulted in verdicts or settlements of $1,000,000 or more for his clients.

Mr. Weisbrod received his B.A. magna cum laude in 1975 from Claremont Men’s College and his J.D. in 1978 from Southern Methodist University Law School, and he is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law.

He is a past president of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association in 1993 and has been a member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association Board of Directors since 1990. Mr. Weisbrod has served as President, President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Parliamentarian of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) (formerly ATLA).

Mr. Weisbrod has also served on the AAJ Board of Governors since 1998 and has served on the 17-member Executive Committee of AAJ since 2001. Mr. Weisbrod was the founding Co-Chair of AAJ’s Birth Trauma Litigation Group in 1991, founding Co-Chair of AAJ’s Medical Negligence Litigation Group in 1999, and Chair of AAJ’s Professional Negligence Section in 1996.

In 1990, he was chosen as a Rising Star of the ATLA and presented a paper entitled, “Dirt and Greed: A New Look at Medical Malpractice Cases.” He is a contributing author to the 1996 text Operative Obstetrics published by Williams & Wilkins, and co-author of the Drugs & Medical Devices chapter in AAJ’s Litigating Tort Cases.

He has lectured to lawyer groups across the U.S., Canada, England and Australia, and has written extensively on medical malpractice and medical product topics. He is recognized nationally and internationally as one of the top plaintiff’s medical malpractice trial lawyers in the United States.

• Texas
• Arkansas
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals
  District of Columbia
  Fifth Circuit
• U.S. District Court
  Northern District of Texas
  Western District of Texas
  Eastern District of Texas
  Southern District of Texas
  Eastern District of Arkansas
  Western District of Arkansas
  Western District of Oklahoma

• Southern Methodist University – School of Law

• Claremont Men’s College

US NEWS: Best Lawyers® – Lawyer of the Year

• 2017: Medical Malpractice
• 2016: Product Liability
• 2015: Medical Malpractice

D-Magazine – Best Lawyers in Dallas

• 2015-2017: Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury
• 2012-2013: Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury
• 2002-2005: Medical Malpractice

2013 Harry M. Philo Award – American Association for Justice

2012 Dan Cullan Memorial Award –  American Association for Justice – Birth Trauma

1999-2005 Wiedemann & Wysocki Award – American Association for Justice

Texas Super Lawyers 2003-2017 –  Texas Monthly

AV-Rated Attorney 1990-2015 –  Martindale-Hubbell

Million Dollar Advocates Forum – Member

Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum – Member

American Association for Justice – 1998 – Present – Board of Governors – Executive Committee

Texas Trial Lawyers Association – 1990 – Present – Director

Dallas Trial Lawyers Association – 1989 – Present – Treasurer

Pan-European Organization of Personal Injury Lawyers

American Society of Law and Medicine

Consumer Attorneys of California

Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association

Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association

Dallas and American Bar Associations

State Bar of Texas

ABOTA (American Board of Trial Advocates)

Dallas County Settlement Week

Proven Results

• “The Hospital Committee Privilege After Barnes vs. Whittington” – Texas Trial Lawyers Forum, 1988
• “Settlement Week” – Texas Legislature, 1989
• Continuing Legal Education Seminars – Topics: Health Law, Medical Malpractice, & Litigation
• “Operative Obstetrics” – (Contributing Author) O’Grady & Gimovsky, 1995
• “Investigating the Defendant Doctor” – Trial Magazine, 1996
• “Attacking the Brachial Plexus Injury Defense” – (Co-Author), Trial Medical Malpractice, 2001
• “Litigating Tort Cases: Drugs & Medical Devises, Chapter 60” – ATLA/AAJ