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In 2019, the roughly 105,000 licensed attorneys of the State Bar of Texas elected Randy Sorrels as their president — by the widest margin of victory in the organization’s history, according to the State Bar’s own biography of him. He remains, by his firm’s account, the only board-certified plaintiffs’ lawyer in Texas to have both led the State Bar and been named a Top 100 Texas Super Lawyer. That’s an unusual credential for a working trial lawyer to carry into a courtroom, and Sorrels Law built its Houston practice directly around him.
At a Glance
| Firm | Sorrels Law |
| Lead Partner | Randall “Randy” O. Sorrels |
| Houston Office | 230 Westcott St, Suite 100, Houston, TX 77007 |
| Focus | Personal injury, medical malpractice, plant/refinery explosions, business litigation |
| Board Certification | Randy Sorrels — Personal Injury Trial Law & Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization |
| Fee Structure | Contingency; free consultation stated |
| Additional Offices | Dallas, Austin, Beaumont, TX |
Career History
Randy Sorrels graduated magna cum laude from Houston Christian University (then Houston Baptist University) on a soccer scholarship before earning his J.D. He built a trial practice concentrated in personal injury, medical malpractice, and plant explosion litigation, and rose through Texas legal leadership over decades: President of the Houston Bar Association, President of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association, a two-term Director of the State Bar of Texas, and ultimately State Bar of Texas President for 2019–2020. His law partner, Alexandra Farias-Sorrels, is also a practicing attorney at the firm.
Practice Concentration
The firm’s Houston docket centers on catastrophic personal injury, medical malpractice, and industrial/plant explosion litigation, alongside business disputes the firm describes as “bet-the-company” cases. The firm markets a deliberately cross-disciplinary team — attorneys with backgrounds as a former hospital CEO and nurse, a former large-firm business litigator, and a pharmacist — positioned specifically for the medical and technical complexity that comes with catastrophic injury and malpractice claims.
Track Record
| Result | Case Type | Source |
|---|---|---|
| $352.7 million | Injured worker case — described by the firm and multiple legal-media sources as the largest actual-damages verdict in U.S. history for an injured worker in a fully contested jury trial | Widely reported in Texas legal press (State Bar of Texas, Super Lawyers) |
| $1.5 billion+ (firm aggregate) | Combined verdicts, settlements, and recoveries across the firm’s history | Firm-published |
These figures are drawn from the firm’s own materials and independent legal-industry coverage of Sorrels’s career; the $352.7 million figure specifically is corroborated by the State Bar of Texas’s own biographical page for him as a past president. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case.
Client Voice
Sorrels Law carries a 4.7-star rating across 146 reviews on Birdeye as of this research. A representative attributed testimonial, from a client identified as Kelsi T.: “I hired Randy Sorrels and his team… they always returned my calls, kept me fully informed on the status of my case, and explained every aspect of my case in great detail.” This research did not surface a pattern of negative reviews or bar discipline associated with Sorrels or the firm.
Beyond the Courtroom
Sorrels’s service extends well beyond his own docket: Trustee of the Texas Bar Foundation, Commissioner of the Equal Access to Justice Commission, and a member of the South Texas College of Law Houston Board of Directors, which renamed its legal clinics in his honor in recognition of his contributions. He has received the State Bar of Texas President’s Award and the Houston Bar Association President’s Award.
Recognition
Randy Sorrels is Board Certified in both Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization — the only “specialist” designations used in this profile, verified directly against his State Bar of Texas attorney listing. He also holds two further certifications from the National Board of Trial Advocacy (a separate, national credentialing body, not the Texas state board), which this profile lists distinctly rather than folding into the TBLS credential. Separately, he has been named to the Texas Super Lawyers Top 100 list for 17 consecutive years and was named 2022 “Attorney of the Year” by ALM/Texas Lawyer — peer-review and publication recognitions, not self-conferred marketing claims.
Texas Legal Backdrop
Texas personal injury claims generally carry a two-year statute of limitations under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.003. Because a significant part of this firm’s docket is medical malpractice, note that those claims carry separate notice and expert-report requirements under Chapter 74 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code. Texas follows a modified comparative-fault rule under Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 33: a claimant found more than 50% responsible for their own injury recovers nothing, and a claimant at 50% or below has recovery reduced by their own percentage of fault. None of this is legal advice and does not account for the specific facts of any individual case; consult a licensed Texas attorney about your situation.
Awesome Attorneys Assessment
The firm’s core asset is genuinely singular and independently checkable: a lead partner who is dual TBLS board certified, has tried a case to a verdict independently reported as one of the largest in U.S. history for an injured worker, and led the entire State Bar of Texas — a combination of trial credibility and institutional standing that essentially no other Houston PI firm can claim. That combination is real leverage in settlement negotiations against sophisticated defendants and insurers who know his record.
The honest trade-off: a firm this visible and multi-office (Houston, Dallas, Austin, Beaumont) inevitably means most clients will work primarily with associate attorneys rather than Sorrels himself on day-to-day matters, which is standard practice at firms of this scale but worth asking about directly during a consultation if working with the named partner specifically matters to you.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys in August 2026 without the participation, sponsorship, or payment of Sorrels Law. Primary sources: the firm’s own website (sorrelslaw.com), including its team pages and case history. Independent verification: State Bar of Texas biographical page for Randy Sorrels as a past State Bar president; State Bar of Texas Find-A-Lawyer directory listing confirming board certifications and Houston office address; Super Lawyers attorney profile; Birdeye review aggregation. Statutes cited in the Texas Legal Backdrop section were verified against the Texas Constitution and Statutes database (statutes.capitol.texas.gov).
Publisher Disclosure & Independence Notice
Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal-directory publisher. This profile was not paid for by Sorrels Law, and inclusion in our editorial coverage cannot be purchased. Our methodology and editorial standards are applied consistently across all firms we cover.