Our Landmark Victories
The Roach Law Firm’s attorneys have won billions in jury awards and settlements for clients like you.
The Roach Law Firm’s attorneys have won billions in jury awards and settlements for clients like you.
$17 Billion
PART OF THE LARGEST LEGAL SETTLEMENT IN U.S. HISTORY
In 1995, Nelson J. Roach and his former firm, along with four other law firms, was selected by the State of Texas to prosecute the state’s claims against the tobacco industry, seeking to recoup state monies paid to treat smoking-related illnesses.
Read more$730 Million
FOURTH-LARGEST JURY VERDICT IN THE NATION
In 2021, Nelson J. Roach won $730 million in a case arising from a Texas truck accident, the fourth-largest jury verdict in the U.S. that year. The case was filed by the family of an East Texas woman who was killed in a collision with a truck hauling a propeller for a Navy submarine.
Read more$554 Million
DEFENDING AN INVENTOR FROM CORPORATE COPYCATS
For over a decade, Nelson J. Roach and his former firm represented DataTreasury Corporation in its efforts to hold the largest banks in the United States accountable for their infringement of the tiny company’s intellectual property. Roach and his associates won $554 million in jury awards and royalties.
Read more$119 Million
FORCING A MINING COMPANY TO PAY UP
Nelson J. Roach represented roughly 7,000 residents of the town of Blackwell, Oklahoma, in a class action lawsuit accusing defendants Phelps Dodge Corporation and its parent company, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., of failing to properly address lead, arsenic, and cadmium contamination.
Read more$90 Million
STANDING UP FOR INJURED STEELWORKERS
Nelson J. Roach represented thousands of steel workers at the Lone Star Steel Mill when they began to suffer from breathing problems and cancer.
Read more$51.2 Million
FIGHTING ANTICOMPETITIVE PRACTICES IN POULTRY INDUSTRY
Nelson J. Roach and Michael L. Silverman fought for small farms hurt by the corporations that dominate the U.S. chicken-processing industry.
Read more$47 Million
JUSTICE FOR WORKERS EXPOSED TO INDUSTRIAL TOXINS
Several years after the Lone Star Steel Toxic Tort Litigation began, workers at the Red River Army Depot in the Northeast Texas area began to suffer from diseases caused by exposure to rubber products in the workplace.
Read more$1.1 Million
WALMART SLIP-AND-FALL CASE
In 2021, Nelson J. Roach won $1.1 million in a slip-and-fall case against retail giant Walmart. It was one of the largest verdicts in a personal injury case in Texarkana history.
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