San Antonio
Car Accident Lawyer
You were on your way to work, or picking up your kids, or running an errand you've run a thousand times before, and somebody made a choice that changed your day, your week, your year, maybe longer.
You didn't ask for this.
You were just living your life, doing what you do, showing up the way you always show up.
And now everything feels harder. The pain, the doctors, the phone calls from insurance adjusters who don't seem to care what you're actually going through, the bills, the time away from the things and people that matter most to you. All because someone else decided the rules didn't apply to them.
If that's where you are right now, I want you to know something. The fact that you're here, looking for answers, trying to figure out your next move, that tells me a lot about who you are. You're the kind of person who doesn't just sit there when life gets hard. You do something about it. And that's exactly the kind of person I built this firm to serve.
Every Driver on the Road Owes You a Duty
Texas law is clear on this.
Every driver on every road in this state owes a duty of care to every other person on that road. That means driving at a speed that's reasonable for conditions (Texas Transportation Code Section 545.351), keeping your hands off your phone (Section 545.4251), yielding when you're supposed to yield, stopping when you're supposed to stop, and actually paying attention to the road like lives depend on it, because they do.
These are legal obligations, not suggestions, not a mere guideline. When a driver violates them and someone gets hurt, that driver is responsible for the harm they caused.
We can handle car accident cases across any highway and intersection in San Antonio. The I-35 and I-10 interchange downtown, Highway 281 heading north toward Stone Oak, Bandera Road through the medical center, Culebra, Marbach, Military Drive, all of them. Every one of these roads has its own patterns, its own danger zones. We know them and we’re ready to fight cases on any of them.
What to Do After a Car Accident in San Antonio
If you've just been in a wreck, your head is spinning and everything feels like it's coming at you all at once. I get that. But the things you do (and don't do) in the first hours and days after a crash can make or break your case down the road. Here's what I tell my own family:
Get safe and call 911.
Even if the wreck seems minor. You want a police report. That report is evidence, and evidence has a way of disappearing fast when you need it most.
Document everything you possibly can.
Photos of the vehicles from every angle, the road conditions, skid marks, traffic signals, debris, everyone's insurance info, contact information, email addresses, phone numbers, license plates, etc. If there are witnesses, get their names and numbers. The more you capture right there on the scene, the stronger your position is later.
Get medical attention that same day.
Not next week, not when the pain gets worse. That day. Some of the most serious car accident injuries (concussions, soft tissue damage, internal bleeding) don't show their full symptoms right away. A gap in your medical records is the first thing an insurance adjuster will use against you, and they absolutely will.
Do not give a recorded statement to the other driver's insurance company.
They will call you. They will sound friendly and concerned and like they're on your side. They are not on your side. They are trained professionals whose entire job is to get you to say things that reduce the value of your claim. You have no legal obligation to speak with them. Politely decline and call a lawyer first.
Call me.
That conversation is free.
I'm looking at your case through a lens that the insurance company hopes you never discover.
How Insurance Companies Actually Work
Let me be honest with you about something, because I think you deserve to hear it straight. The insurance company's job is not to take care of you. Their job is to close your file for as little money as possible. They have entire departments built around this, adjusters with quotas, algorithms that generate lowball numbers, defense attorneys on speed dial waiting to fight you if you push back.
They will try to settle with you before you even understand the full extent of your injuries. They will question whether the accident really caused your pain. They will go through your medical history looking for anything they can use to blame your condition on something that happened before the wreck.
This is what they do, every day, to good people who are already hurting and just trying to get back to their lives.
My job is to make sure that doesn't happen to you. I prepare cases the way I was taught to compete as an athlete, with a plan A, B, C, D, etc. Every angle covered, every piece of evidence accounted for, every argument anticipated and answered before the other side can even make it.
What Your Case May Be Worth
Every case is different, and I won't pretend otherwise. But here's what I can tell you about how Texas law values car accident cases.
Economic damages cover the concrete numbers: medical bills (past and future), lost wages, property damage, and any reduction in your ability to earn a living going forward. These are documentable, provable figures.
Non-economic damages cover the human cost, the things that can't be captured on a spreadsheet. Pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, disfigurement, physical impairment. Texas does not cap non-economic damages in most personal injury cases, and that matters, because this is often where the real value of the case lives.
And if the driver who hit you was drunk, texting, or engaged in conduct that rises to the level of gross negligence, Texas law allows a jury to award exemplary (punitive) damages on top of everything else. That's the community saying: what you did was so reckless that there need to be real consequences.
Proportionate Responsibility in Texas
Texas uses a modified comparative fault system (Civil Practice and Remedies Code Section 33.001). That means even if you were partially at fault for the accident, you can still recover, as long as your share of responsibility is below 51%. Your recovery gets reduced by your percentage of fault, but you are not barred from it.
Insurance adjusters know this rule better than most people do, and they use it aggressively. Their goal is to push your fault percentage as high as possible, ideally above 50%, because that kills your case entirely. Don't let them control that conversation.
This Is Personal for Me
San Antonio is my city. I live here, I raise my family here, and when I take a car accident case in this city, it's personal to me. I know the roads, I know the intersections, I know the hospitals, and I know the people.
San Antonio is a city full of people who show up for each other, people who work hard, love their families, take care of their neighbors, and keep going even when things get tough. From the North Side to the South Side, from Helotes to Converse, that's the fabric of this community. When someone breaks the rules and puts our people in danger, holding them accountable is how we protect the community we all share.
Free Consultation.
No Fee Unless We Win.
If you've been hurt in a car accident in San Antonio or anywhere in Texas, call me. The consultation is free. You'll talk to me, not a call center, not a chatbot. Me.
And if we take your case, you pay nothing upfront. No hourly fees, no retainer. We get paid when you get paid. That's it. Because if I'm not willing to bet on your case with my own time and resources, I have no business asking you to trust me with it.