Mr. Edwards has represented thousands of victims in personal injury matters, defective products cases, and mass tort litigations against medical device and pharmaceutical companies. Attorney Kevin Edwards is a co-founder of DFW Injury lawyers. During his law school tenure, Mr. Edwards worked for a prominent local personal injury attorney, where he gained valuable pre-litigation, litigation, courtroom, and trial experience in lawsuits involving car wrecks, commercial trucking wrecks, medical malpractice, premises liability and catastrophic injury.
Following his graduation from law school, Mr. Edwards joined a high-volume civil litigation/insurance defense firm in Dallas, Texas, where he defended corporations, insurance companies, employers, trucking companies, and numerous businesses and individuals throughout the State of Texas. After approximately five years on the defense side of the docket, Mr. Edwards had seen enough of the corporate and insurance company greed. In 2008, Mr. Edwards moved across the courtroom aisle to help plaintiffs whom he had seen from experience suffer real, and often times, debilitating injuries and were deserving of compensation. Over the last 15 years, Mr. Edwards has dedicated his practice to helping those who have been injured or harmed by the negligence, malfeasance, and/or recklessness of others. He has represented thousands of victims in personal injury matters, defective products cases, and mass tort litigations against medical device and pharmaceutical companies.
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Admisiones:
- Colegio de Abogados de Texas, 2003
- Colegio de Abogados del Estado de Arizona, 2023
- Tribunal del Distrito Norte de Texas, 2003
- Tribunal del Distrito Este de Texas, 2004
- Tribunal del Distrito Oeste de Texas, 2022
Educación:
- Licenciatura en Filosofía y Letras por la Universidad de Texas en Austin
- Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Tecnológica de Texas, J.D.
El Sr. Edwards está habilitado para ejercer tanto en los tribunales estatales como en los federales del estado de Texas y ha recibido numerosas distinciones de sus colegas. Entre 2013 y 2017, el Sr. Edwards fue nombrado «Rising Star» por SuperLawyers®, un servicio de clasificación de abogados destacados de más de 70 áreas de práctica que han alcanzado un alto grado de reconocimiento entre sus pares y logros profesionales. Entre 2014 y 2017, fue incluido en la lista «Top 40 Under 40» de la National Trial Lawyers Association, una organización profesional integrada por los mejores abogados litigantes de todo el país que destacan por sus cualificaciones superiores como abogados litigantes en demandas civiles. Desde 2018, el Sr. Edwards ha recibido además cada año la distinción de «SuperLawyer» de SuperLawyers®, un reconocimiento reservado únicamente a alrededor del 5 % de los abogados. Además, el Sr. Edwards es miembro del Million Dollar Advocates Forum, del Top 100 de la Asociación Nacional de Abogados Litigantes y de los 100 mejores abogados especializados en lesiones personales de Estados Unidos. Es miembro activo de la Asociación de Abogados Litigantes de Dallas y de la Asociación de Abogados Litigantes de Texas, y ha aparecido en publicaciones como la revista Attorney At Law Magazine.
Distinciones:
- Los 100 mejores litigantes de América: 2023
- National Trial Lawyers Top 100: Miembro
- Súper abogados de Texas: 2019 hasta la fecha
- SuperLawyers: Rising Stars 2012-2017
- Foro de Abogados del Millón de Dólares: Miembro
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40: 2014-2017
- Los 10 mejores menores de 40 años de la NAOPIA a nivel nacional: 2015-2016
Mr. Edwards is originally from Houston, Texas. After graduating high school from Houston’s Alief Hastings High School, he attended the University of Texas at Austin on a swimming scholarship. He was a member of the 1995-1996 National Championship Swimming & Diving Team. After graduating from UT-Austin, Mr. Edwards studied law at Texas Tech University School of Law, earning a Juris Doctorate in 2003. In law school, Mr. Edwards was a member of the Texas Tech Law Review and served as the 3L class president. Since 2003, Mr. Edwards has called the DFW Metroplex home where he strives to provide the best legal representation and achieve just results for each of his deserving clients.