Quentin Brogdon

Cell: (214) 598-1009
Email: Qbrogdon@crainbrogdon.com

Practice Areas:

• Wrongful Death
• Truck Accidents
• Vehicle Accidents
• Product Liability
• Premises Liability
• Dram Shop
• Civil Liability for Criminal Acts

VIDEO: Get To Know Quentin

Quentin Brogdon is a Fellow of the invitation-only International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow of the invitation-only American College of Trial Lawyers (Vice-Chair, Texas State Committee), and a Fellow of the invitation-only International Society of Barristers. He is listed in the Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of Personal Injury Litigation (Lawyer of the Year, Personal Injury Litigation, Plaintiffs, Dallas/Fort Worth 2023), and he is board certified in personal injury trial law and in civil trial advocacy. He has been a Texas Monthly Super Lawyer every year since its inception, and he has been selected as one of the of Top 3 Texas Monthly Super Lawyers in Texas. Lawdragon Magazine selected him as a “500 Leading Plaintiffs’ Lawyer in America,” and as a “500 Leading Plaintiffs’ Consumer Lawyer in America.” The National Trial Lawyers selected him as a Top 100 Texas Trial Lawyer, and D Magazine selected him as one the “Best Lawyers in Dallas.” He served as President of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, President of the Dallas Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), President of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, and President of the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America. He served on a State Bar of Texas Pattern Jury Charge Committee, and he has authored over 80 published articles on topics related to personal injury trial law. The State Bar of Texas Continuing Legal Education Program awarded him a “Standing Ovation Award,” the Texas Bar Foundation awarded him the Dan Rugeley Price Award for “unreserved commitment to clients and to the practice of our profession,” and the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America awarded him the Thurgood Marshall “Fighting for Justice” Award for “tenacious effort, against overwhelming odds, in achieving success in the fight for justice,” and the Texas Trial Lawyers Association Awarded him the Don Bowen Distinguished Service Award for “meaningful and dedicated service to TTLA that advanced the organization, its mission, and the civil practice of law.” He received a B.A. degree from Rice University and a J.D. degree and an M.B.A. degree (with honors) from the University of Houston, where he was an associate editor of the Houston Law Review. He is AV-Rated Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.

“Once in awhile, you get to fix a wrong. You get to right a wrong. You get to make a real change in somebody’s life. And when that happens, it makes all the other long hours and all the other frustrations worthwhile.
That’s why I get up every morning to practice law.”

– Quentin Brogdon

Education

• University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas
  • J.D., Juris Doctor – 1989
  • Law Review: Associate Editor, Houston Law Review
• University of Houston, Houston, Texas
  • M.B.A., (Business) – 1989
  • With Honors
• Rice University, Houston, Texas
  • B.A., Bachelors of Arts (Economics and History) – 1985
  • President’s Honor Roll

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of Texas, 1989
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas

Professional Associations and Memberships and Organizations

• International Academy of Trial Lawyers – Fellow
• American College of Trial Lawyers – Fellow (Vice-Chair, Texas State Committee)
• International Society of Barristers, Fellow
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association, President, 2022
• American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Dallas Chapter, President, 2017
  • National Executive Committee Member, 2022
• Dallas Trial Lawyers Association
  • President, 2007-2008
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association
  • President, 2022
  • Vice-President of Finance, 2013-2014
  • Director & Fellowship Member
  • Trial Advocacy College, Instructor, 2009
• Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America
  • President, 2018-2019
• State Bar of Texas
  • Pattern Jury Charges Committee – Business, Consumer & Employment Law, 2007-2009
• Dallas Bar Association
  • Bench Bar Conference, Co-Chair, 2017
  • Presidential Citation, 2017
  • Trial Skills Section, Treasurer, 2017
  • Trial Academy, Instructor, 2014-2016
  • Trial Skills Section, Director, 2014
  • Tort & Insurance Section, Director, 2012
  • Media Relations Committee, Co-Chair, 2012
  • Working Group for Revisions to Local Rules, Co-Chair, 2010-2011
  • Courthouse Committee, Co-Chair, 2008
• American Inns of Court
  • ABOTA Dallas Trial Lawyer Academy, Instructor, 2016
  • The William ‘Mac’ Taylor Chapter, Master
• SMU Dedman School of Law
  • Expert Witness Course, Visiting Lecturer, 2018-present
  • Trial Advocacy, Adjunct Professor, 2002
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy
  • Depositions College, Dallas, Instructor, 2012-2013
• 360 Advocacy Institute
  • Advisory Committee
• Texas Bar Foundation
  • District 6 Nominating Committee
  • Life Fellow
• American Bar Foundation
  • Fellow
• Dallas Bar Foundation
  • Fellow
• Texas Bar College
• American Association for Justice

Honors and Awards

• “Best Lawyers in America,” Lawyer of the Year – Personal Injury Litigation, Dallas/Fort Worth 2022
• 2023 Personal Injury Litigation “Lawyer of the Year” Plaintiffs in Dallas / Fort Worth
• Recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs in Dallas/Fort Worth
• “Best Lawyers in America,” Personal Injury Litigation, 2014-Present
• “Top 3 Super Lawyers in Texas,” Texas Monthly, 2024
• “Top 10 Super Lawyers in Texas,” Texas Monthly, 2023
• “Top 100 Super Lawyers in Texas,” Texas Monthly, 2013-Present
• “Super Lawyer,” Texas Monthly, 2003-Present
• “Top 100 Texas Trial Lawyers,” National Trial Lawyers, 2011-Present
• “Best Lawyers in Dallas,” D Magazine, 2014-Present
• “Leading 500 Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon Magazine, 2007
• “Leading 500 Plaintiffs’ Consumer Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon Magazine, 2019
• Standing Ovation Award – State Bar of Texas CLE Program
• Thurgood Marshall “Fighting for Justice” Award – Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America – 2018
• Dan Hugeley Price Award – Texas Bar Foundation, 2023
• Don Bowen Distinguished Service Award – Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 2024
• Dallas Bar Association Presidential Citation, 2017
• “AV-Rated Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell

Webcasts

• “Autonomous Vehicles: No Longer the Stuff of Science Fiction,” presented for the University of Texas Law CLE Program on July 10, 2020.
• “Character Evidence and Evidence of Previous Crimes,” presented for the University of Texas Law CLE Program on June 12, 2020.
• “Parallel Civil and Criminal Proceedings,” presented for the University of Texas Law CLE Program on June 12, 2020.
• “Opening Statements and Closing Arguments,” presented for the University of Texas Law CLE Program on May 15, 2020.
• “Coronavirus Goes to Court,” presented for the University of Texas Law CLE Program on May 15, 2020.
• “Bad Facts: Making Lemonade From Lemons?” presented (with Kellye Raymond) for the State Bar of Texas on April 21, 2020.
• “Why Do Jurors Blame the Victim?” presented (with Kellye Raymond) for the State Bar of Texas on February 28, 2020.

Podcasts

• “Autonomous Vehicles,” presented (with Rocky Dhir and Ronald Hedges) for the State Bar of Texas on February 27, 2020.

PODCASTS

Published Works

• “The One Rule to Rule Them All in Jury Trials,” Texas Lawyer, December 2024.
• “Texas Supreme Court Lets Drunk Drivers Take the Fifth After Drinking a Fifth,” Texas Lawyer, October 2024.
• “Trials and Errors in Personal Injury Trial Law,” Texas Lawyer, September 2024.
• “Demonstrative Evidence: Seeing Really is Believing,” Texas Lawyer, August 2024.
• “Nonlawyer Ownership of Law Firms – Coming Soon?,” Voir Dire (ABOTA), Fall/Winter 2023.
• “When Is Social Media Evidence Admissible?,” Texas Lawyer, November 2023.
• “Alas, Poor Civility! I Knew It Well,” Texas Lawyer, November 2023.
• “Gregory Raises Damages Questions,” Texas Lawyer, November/December 2023.
• “Criminal Conduct in Civil Cases,” Dallas Bar Association Headnotes, September 2023.
• “But Did They Ratify It? Determining Employer Liability For an Employee’s Acts,” Texas Lawyer, July/August 2023.
• “Non-Lawyer Ownership of Law Firms – Coming Soon?” Texas Lawyer, June 2, 2023.
• “Snap Removal is No Longer a Snap,” Texas Lawyer, May/June 2023.
• “High Court Puts Cell Phones on Hold,” Texas Lawyer, March/April 2023.
• “State of the Art Expert Discovery Practices,” The Advocate, State Bar of Texas Litigation Section, Winter 2022.
• “The Empathy Deficit in Pajama-Clad Online Jurors,” Voir Dire (ABOTA), Fall/Winter 2022.
• “A Closer Look at Limitations in Wrongful Death Cases,” Texas Lawyer, October 26, 2022.
• “Dos and Don’ts of Opening Statements,” Dallas Bar Association Headnotes, September 2022.
• “When Can Jurors Consider Evidence of Intoxication, Impairment and Mental Health Conditions? Texas Lawyer, June 28, 2022.
• “Visiting the Sins of Children on Their Parents: Parental Tort Liability,” Texas Lawyer, May 13, 2022.
• “The Empathy Deficit in Pajama-Clad Online Jurors,” The Advocate, State Bar of Texas Litigation Section, Spring 2022.
• “Forced Arbitration: A Bitter Pill to Swallow,” Texas Lawyer, March 12, 2022.
• “Visiting the Sins of Children on Their Parents: Parental Tort Liability,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict May 2022.
• “The Empathy Deficit in Pajama-Clad Online Jurors,” The Advocate, State Bar of Texas Litigation Section, Spring 2022.
• “Forced Arbitration: A Bitter Pill to Swallow,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict March 12, 2022.
• “A Primer on Non-Subscribers,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict January 2022.
• “Lyft Belatedly Releases Troubling Sexual Assault Report,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict November 2021.
• “Lessons From the Kennedy Assassination About Eyewitness Testimony,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict September 2021.
• “Employer Liability for an Employee’s Assault,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict July 2021.
• “Cross-Examining Experts Under the New Rules,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict May 2021.
• “The Case Against Mandatory Online Jury Trials in the Time of Corona,” 84 Tex. B.J. 456 (May 2021).
• “Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Capability: Unsafe at any Speed,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict March 2021.
• “New Texas Rules Bring More Expedited Trials and Federalization to Personal Injury cases,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict January 2021.
• “Dram Shop Cases: Rattlesnakes Loose in Shopping Malls,” Dallas Bar Association Headnotes, December 2020.
• “Should Democrats Pack the Supreme Court if Biden Wins?” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict October 2020.
• “Collision Avoidance Technology Systems Should Now be Standard Equipment on All Large Trucks,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict September 2020.
• “Mandatory Online Jury Trials: An Idea Whose Time Has Not Come,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict August 2020.
• “The GOP’s COVID-19 Immunity Bill: Unfair, Unnecessary and Unsafe,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict August 2020.
• “Screeching Halt: Lyft and Uber Putting Profits Over Safety of Passengers,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict July 2020.
• “Law in the Time of Corona,” Voir Dire (American Board of Trial Advocates), Spring/Summer 2020.
• “Truck Driving Could be the Next New Desk Job,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict July 2020
• “COVID-19 Lawsuit Immunity: When Nobody is Accountable Nobody is Safe,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict June 2020
• “Law in the Time of Corona,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict May 2020
• “Fifth Circuit Blesses ‘Snap Removal’ by Out-of-State Defendants,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict May 2020
• “Preparing the Plaintiff to Testify,” The Advocate, State Bar of Texas Litigation Section, Spring 2020
• “Liability When the Uber or Lyft Driver is an Outlaw,” Texas Lawyer, The Verdict December 2019
• “When an Autonomous Vehicle Crashes, Who Pays for Damages?”, Texas Lawyer, 2018
• “Setting the Table in Catastrophic Truck Crash Cases”, Texas Lawyer, 2017
• “Buckle Up: Seat Belt Evidence Now Admissible”, Texas Lawyer, 2017
• “Joint and Several Liability for Indivisible Injuries,” Texas Lawyer, 2017
• “Holding Trucking Companies Directly Liable”, Texas Lawyer, 2016
• “13 Must-Ask Questions Before Enlisting an Expert Witness,” Texas Lawyer, 2016
• “Top 6 Fundamentals of Voir Dire” (co-authored with Rob Crain), Dallas Bar Association Headnotes Magazine, 2016
• “Impact of Convictions in Civil Trials,” Texas Lawyer, 2015
• “Five Ways to Impeach a Witness”, Texas Lawyer, 2016
• “New Day in Federal Civil Procedure”, Texas Lawyer, 2016
• “The Collateral Source Rule’s Exception,” Texas Lawyer, 2015
• “Experts and Inadmissible Underlying Data”, Texas Lawyer, 2015
• “Hurdles for Premise Liability”, Texas Lawyer, 2015
• “Parallel Criminal and Civil Cases: Which Goes First?”, Texas Lawyer, 2015
• “New Approach to Prior Inconsistent Statements”, Texas Lawyer, 2015
• “The Unlawful Acts Doctrine in Texas: Dead or Alive?”, Texas Lawyer, 2015

Publications