Andrew Sommerman represents clients in personal injury cases. A highly experienced trial lawyer, Andrew specializes in catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, and defective product cases.
Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Andrew has tried numerous complex cases involving car accidents, truck wrecks, house and apartment fires, slip and falls, and workplace injuries. He is an advocate for victims of damaging pharmaceutical drugs such as Yaz/Yasmin, Viagra, and other medications that have caused serious injury or death. He has also prosecuted complex medical malpractice and liability cases involving pharmaceuticals, medical devices, improper surgeries, misdiagnosis of cancers, and infectious diseases, including AIDS, hepatitis and sepsis.
Andrew has received a peer-review rating of AV® Preeminent™ (5.0 out of 5) the highest distinction awarded by Martindale Hubbell. He enjoys sharing his expertise with future generations of lawyers by teaching courses at Texas Wesleyan University, Southern Methodist University, The South Texas College of Law and the University of Texas at Arlington. He also instructs other accident attorneys in continuing legal education courses on products liability, medical malpractice, legal procedure and insurance law.
SERVICES
ADMISSIONS
- Texas, 1986
- Federal District Court of the Northern District of Texas, 1986
- Federal District Court of the Eastern District of Texas
- United States Supreme Court, 2017
EDUCATION
- South Texas College of Law, J.D., 1986
- University of Texas at Arlington, B.A., 1983
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, 2023
- Super Lawyers, 2003 – 2023 by Thomson Reuters
- Best Lawyers in Dallas, 2016-2023 by D Magazine
- AV Preeminent Highest Possible Rating in Both Legal Ability & Ethical Standards by Martindale Hubbell – 2020
- American Institute of Trial Lawyers Litigator of the Year 2021
- 10 Best Attorneys, American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys, 2017-2021
- America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Lawyers 2020
- America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators 2018-2020
- America’s Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators 2019-2020
- American Trial Academy: Top Tier Lawyers – 2020
- Who’s Who Top Attorneys of North America President’s Circle 2019-2020
- Top Attorneys of North America 2018-2019
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- National Trial Lawyers Top 100
- Nation’s Top One Percent, 2015-2020 by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel
- Top 50 Settlements, 2016
- Expertise Best Personal Injury Lawyers in Dallas
- Most Feared Lawyers, 2016 by De Medici Ratings
- Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1996
- AV® Preeminent™ (5.0 out of 5) by Martindale Hubbell
- Best Lawyers in Dallas: Tort Product & Medical Liability Litigation: Plaintiff, 2013 – 2014 by D Magazine
- America’s Greatest Attorneys
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- American Association for Justice, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- American Undergraduate Moot Court Association, Director
- Dallas Bar Association, Member
- Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- State Bar College, Member
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Member
CLASSES AND SEMINARS
- Instructor, Texas Wesleyan University
- Adjunct Professor, South Texas College of Law
- Past Instructor, Southern Methodist University
- UTA Presentation for Engineering Students, July 2014
- “Direct Examinations: Telling YOUR Story Through the Witness,” April 2013
PUBLISHED WORKS
- “Preserving Error and How to Appeal,” July 2013
- “Causation and Damages,” presented at the State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, October 2011
- “As Parrots are to Eagles, so are Lawyers to Paralegals,” June 2009
- “Litigating Financial Collapse Cases,” March 2009
- “Evidence and Case Law Update,” April 2015
- “Demonstrative Evidence,” December 2008
- “Expert Witnesses in Premises Liability Cases,” August 2008
- “Expert Witnesses,” March, 2008
- “Ethics Update,” The Hon. Martin Hoffman and Andrew B. Sommerman, January 2008
- “Guerilla Tactics 120 Days Before Trial,” March 2011
- “Proving Plastic Surgery Medical Malpractice,” April 2012
