Miller Weisbrod Olesky: The Dallas Attorney Who Led the National Trial Lawyers’ Association

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AT A GLANCE

I. A Dallas Personal Injury Attorney Who Led the National Trial Lawyers’ Association

Les Weisbrod served as President of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), the national trial lawyers’ organization, in 2008-2009, after rising through Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President, and President-Elect roles beginning in 2003 — a specific, verifiable leadership track distinct from simple membership in a professional group.

II. A $31 Million Verdict That Ranked Among the Top 100 in the Country

Weisbrod’s firm-published case history includes a $31 million verdict against Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, which the firm states ranked among the top 100 verdicts nationally that year, along with more than 230 medical negligence cases settled for $1 million or more, including 75 birth injury cases individually settled above that threshold. These figures are firm-published and not independently re-litigated by this profile.

III. Practice Areas

• Birth injury and birth trauma litigation, including cerebral palsy and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy cases
• Medical malpractice, including emergency room and surgical negligence
• Medical product liability
• Personal injury and wrongful death

IV. Case Outcomes

Weisbrod’s firm represented the family of former U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson in a medical negligence matter against Baylor Scott & White following her 2023 death, and separately represented the family of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola on U.S. soil, in a settlement with Texas Health Resources — both matters independently reported in national and local news coverage rather than firm-published claims alone. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.

V. The Client Voice

Weisbrod holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest peer-review distinction, continuously since 1990. A Suffolk University law professor who researches punitive damage awards is quoted stating Weisbrod has obtained more medical malpractice punitive damage verdicts than any other attorney in the United States — an outside academic assessment distinct from firm marketing. No pattern of negative or unresolved public reviews was located for the firm as of this research date.

VI. Community and Local Presence

Weisbrod was the founding Co-Chair of AAJ’s Birth Trauma Litigation Group in 1991 and founding Chair of its Medical Negligence Information Exchange Group in 1999, organizations that have collectively produced over a hundred continuing education seminars across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia. He served as President of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association in 1993 and has sat on the Texas Trial Lawyers Association Board of Directors since 1990.

VII. Credentials and Recognition

Weisbrod is Board Certified in both Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, the state’s official specialty credential. He has been named “Lawyer of the Year” for DFW Medical Malpractice Law by Best Lawyers in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019, and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America continuously since 2009. These are attributed to their respective conferring organizations.

VIII. The Texas Legal Backdrop

Texas medical malpractice claims carry a two-year statute of limitations under Chapter 74 of the Civil Practice & Remedies Code, along with a mandatory expert-report requirement within 120 days of filing suit that does not apply to standard negligence claims. Texas Tort Reform, enacted in 2003, caps non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases, though economic damages such as medical bills and lost wages are not subject to that cap. Birth injury cases, part of this firm’s core practice, often involve extended statute-of-limitations tolling because the injured party is a minor. None of this is legal advice; consult a licensed Texas attorney about your specific situation.

IX. The Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Miller Weisbrod Olesky’s structural strength is a genuinely rare combination: nearly 40 years of exclusively litigation-focused practice, double Board Certification, and national leadership of the plaintiffs’ bar itself as a past AAJ President, reinforced by independently reported representation in nationally covered cases. For a Dallas or nationwide client with a birth injury or catastrophic medical negligence claim specifically, that documented depth of specialization is a real, checkable differentiator most firms cannot offer.

The honest limitation: a firm built around headline national cases and eight-figure verdicts is generally selective about the cases it takes on, so a prospective client with a more modest claim should ask directly during a consultation whether the firm’s model and fee structure fit their specific situation.

X. Methodology & Sources

This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys in August 2026 without the participation, sponsorship, or payment of Miller Weisbrod Olesky, LLP. Primary source: the firm’s website, millerweisbrod.com (attorney profile page). Verification sources: independent news coverage of the Eddie Bernice Johnson and Thomas Eric Duncan matters. Statutes cited in Section VIII were verified against the Texas Constitution and Statutes database (statutes.capitol.texas.gov).

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