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AT A GLANCE
| FIRM | Sommerman, McCaffity, Quesada & Geisler, L.L.P. |
| ATTORNEY | Andrew B. Sommerman, Partner (practicing since 1986) |
| OFFICE | 3811 Turtle Creek Blvd., Suite 1400, Dallas, TX 75219 |
| EXPERIENCE | Admitted to the Texas bar in 1986; nearly four decades of plaintiff-side trial practice |
| PRACTICE | Catastrophic injury, wrongful death, defective products, medical malpractice, pharmaceutical litigation (plaintiff-side only) |
| CERTIFICATION | Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization (since 1996) |
| RATING | AV Preeminent (5.0 of 5.0), Martindale-Hubbell peer review |
I. A Dallas Personal Injury Trial Lawyer Who Teaches the Course Other Lawyers Take
Andrew Sommerman’s differentiator among Dallas personal injury attorneys is a specific, checkable one: he doesn’t just try catastrophic-injury and product-liability cases, he teaches continuing legal education courses to other accident attorneys on products liability, medical malpractice, legal procedure, and insurance law, and has taught as faculty at Texas Wesleyan University, Southern Methodist University, South Texas College of Law, and the University of Texas at Arlington. That is a distinct form of standing within the plaintiff’s bar — being the person other lawyers are sent to learn from — separate from case volume or advertising spend.
II. Nearly Four Decades, One Specialty
Sommerman was admitted to the Texas bar in 1986 and has practiced plaintiff-side personal injury and civil litigation continuously since, earning Board Certification in Personal Injury Trial Law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in 1996 — a credential the firm’s own materials and independent legal directories consistently identify as held by a small fraction of Texas attorneys. He has presented at the State Bar of Texas’s Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, a peer-facing venue distinct from consumer marketing.
III. Practice Areas
- Catastrophic injury (car, truck, and motorcycle collisions)
- Wrongful death
- Defective products, including pharmaceutical injury litigation
- Medical malpractice, including misdiagnosis and surgical injury claims
- Commercial and business litigation (a secondary practice area at the firm, distinct from its personal injury work)
IV. Case Outcomes
The firm’s own materials describe Sommerman as an advocate in litigation involving pharmaceutical products including Yaz/Yasmin and Viagra, and in medical malpractice cases involving misdiagnosis of cancer and infectious disease. This profile did not locate an independently itemized, case-by-case public verdict list with dollar figures for Sommerman specifically as of this research date; that gap is disclosed here rather than filled in. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes, and any case’s value depends on its own specific facts.
V. The Client Voice
Sommerman holds an AV Preeminent rating (5.0 of 5.0) from Martindale-Hubbell, the rating service’s highest peer-review distinction, reflecting evaluation by fellow attorneys and judges rather than consumer review volume. No pattern of negative or unresolved public reviews was located for Sommerman as of this research date.
VI. Community and Local Presence
Beyond his casework, Sommerman is a co-founder and has served as a director of the American Undergraduate Moot Court Association for 17 years, an educational role distinct from his litigation practice. He is a member of the Dallas Bar Association and the American Association for Justice.
VII. Credentials and Recognition
Sommerman is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, the state’s official attorney-specialization credential, distinct from marketing-program “top attorney” lists. He has been named to Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) each year from 2003 through 2025, and was recognized among Best Lawyers in Dallas for Tort, Product & Medical Liability Litigation: Plaintiff by D Magazine in 2013 and 2014. These are attributed to their respective conferring organizations rather than restated as independent fact.
VIII. The Texas Legal Backdrop
Texas personal injury claims are generally subject to a two-year statute of limitations under Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code § 16.003. Texas follows a modified comparative negligence rule (§ 33.001 et seq.): a plaintiff found more than 50% at fault is barred from recovery, while a plaintiff found 50% or less at fault has their award reduced proportionately. Medical malpractice claims carry additional, separate procedural and expert-report requirements under Chapter 74 of the Civil Practice & Remedies Code. None of this is legal advice; consult a licensed Texas attorney about your specific situation.
IX. The Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Sommerman’s structural strength is a documented, nearly 40-year specialization in plaintiff-side catastrophic injury and product liability work, reinforced by a credential most firms cannot claim: he is the instructor in CLE courses that other accident attorneys take to learn the subject, and has held teaching appointments at four Texas law schools and undergraduate programs. For a Dallas client with a complex product-liability or pharmaceutical-injury claim specifically, that combination of Board Certification and peer-teaching standing is a real, checkable differentiator.
The honest limitation: this profile did not locate a public, itemized settlement and verdict list for Sommerman’s recent case results, so a prospective client evaluating a specific case type should ask directly about comparable outcomes during a consultation rather than relying on aggregate credentials alone.
X. Methodology & Sources
This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys in August 2026 without the participation, sponsorship, or payment of Sommerman, McCaffity, Quesada & Geisler, L.L.P. Primary source: the firm’s website, textrial.com (attorney profile page). Verification sources: Best Lawyers attorney directory profile; Super Lawyers attorney directory profile; Martindale-Hubbell peer review listing; State Bar of Texas attorney search (bar admission date, license status). Statutes cited in Section VIII were verified against the Texas Constitution and Statutes database (statutes.capitol.texas.gov).
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