Drunk Driver Accident Attorney in Austin TX

Nothing upfront, under a contingency fee structure: no attorney fees are owed unless we recover on your case, and our fee is a documented percentage of the settlement or verdict, typically 33-40 percent depending on whether the case resolves pretrial or goes to trial. That fee agreement is put in writing before we start any case work.

Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code sets a 2-year statute of limitations for personal injury and wrongful death claims, running from the date of the incident. That said, the strength of a case is rarely about the deadline itself — it is about how much documentary evidence still exists. Crash reports, medical records, and surveillance video are far easier to obtain and verify in the weeks after an accident than the months after.

We build a documented damages model covering medical bills, lost wages, projected future treatment, property damage, and pain and suffering, then weigh that against the at-fault party's insurance limits and any comparative-fault deductions under Texas law. Our attorneys have documented settlements ranging from $25,000 to over $5 million, with the spread driven almost entirely by injury severity and how clearly liability is established on paper.

Texas applies a 51 percent modified comparative fault rule: you recover as long as you are found 50 percent or less at fault, with your award reduced proportionally. A claimant found 20 percent at fault on $100,000 in documented damages recovers $80,000. We build the evidentiary record specifically to keep your assigned fault percentage as low as the facts support.