Hastings Law Firm: The Malpractice Specialists With an Itemized Results Page

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AT A GLANCE

I. A Dallas Medical Malpractice Firm With Two Real Local Offices, Headquartered Elsewhere

Hastings Law Firm is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, near Houston, with additional offices in Houston, Austin, and Phoenix — but it maintains two genuinely staffed Dallas-area locations, one on North Central Expressway and a second, newer North Dallas office. That multi-office structure is disclosed here directly rather than implied to be a purely local practice.

II. Exclusively Medical Malpractice, Since Before It Was a Trend

Founder Tommy Hastings has represented injured patients since 2001, and the firm has focused exclusively on medical malpractice since 2005 — a specific, long-held specialization rather than a general injury practice that also takes malpractice cases. Hastings is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a credential the firm’s own materials describe as held by fewer than 2% of Texas attorneys.

III. Practice Areas

• Doctor and hospital malpractice, including failure to diagnose and surgical error
• Birth injury
• Nursing malpractice and nursing home abuse
• Defective medical devices and dangerous drug injury

IV. Case Outcomes

The firm publishes an itemized results page with ten specific case figures ranging from $3.25 million to $19.75 million, each tied to a named case type: a $19.75 million settlement after an undiagnosed cardiac condition caused a teen’s brain injury; a $17.385 million result involving contaminated over-the-counter medication that injured and killed children, which the firm states also helped secure a criminal conviction against the company’s CEO; a $10 million jury verdict, including punitive damages, after a veteran fatally overdosed on pills from an illegal pain clinic; and a $6.75 million birth injury settlement after nurses failed to properly assess fetal monitoring during delivery. These figures are firm-published and not independently re-litigated by this profile, but their case-by-case specificity exceeds a generic aggregate claim. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.

V. The Client Voice

The firm holds an Avvo “Superb” rating and membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, credentials requiring documented case outcomes to obtain. Client reviews describe Hastings as willing to take on “hard cases that other attorneys turn away.” No pattern of negative or unresolved public reviews was located for the firm as of this research date.

VI. Community and Local Presence

The firm operates with in-house nurse paralegals and certified patient advocates, a staffing structure distinct from a general-practice injury firm that outsources medical record review. Hastings has been recognized as a member of the National Trial Lawyers Association’s Top Rated Attorneys.

VII. Credentials and Recognition

Hastings is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, the state’s official specialty credential. He is a member of ABOTA and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a top-rated medical malpractice attorney. These are attributed to their respective conferring organizations rather than restated as independent fact.

VIII. The Texas Legal Backdrop

Texas medical malpractice claims carry a two-year statute of limitations along with a mandatory expert-report requirement within 120 days of the defendant’s answer, under Chapter 74 of the Civil Practice & Remedies Code. Non-economic damages in Texas malpractice cases are capped at $250,000 per claimant against individual providers and up to $750,000 total when multiple institutional defendants are involved, while economic damages such as medical bills and lost wages remain uncapped. A ten-year statute of repose generally bars claims filed more than a decade after the negligent act, with an exception extending the filing window for children under 12. None of this is legal advice; consult a licensed Texas attorney about your specific situation.

IX. The Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Hastings Law Firm’s structural strength is depth of specialization — exclusively medical malpractice since 2005, staffed with in-house nurse paralegals, and backed by a published, itemized results list with real case-specific dollar figures rather than a vague aggregate total. For a Dallas client with a genuine medical negligence claim specifically, that level of specialization and disclosed track record is a real, checkable differentiator.

The honest limitation: this is a multi-city firm headquartered outside Dallas, so a prospective client should ask directly during intake which attorneys will actually staff their case and how the Dallas office’s caseload compares to the firm’s other locations.

X. Methodology & Sources

This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys in August 2026 without the participation, sponsorship, or payment of Hastings Law Firm. Primary source: the firm’s website, hastingsfirm.com (Dallas practice page, case results page, attorney bio). Statutes cited in Section VIII were verified against the Texas Constitution and Statutes database (statutes.capitol.texas.gov).

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