"Get ready for trial, and settle. Get ready to settle, An experienced and versatile litigator with 35 years of experience, Carl Kolb has consistently achieved substantial jury verdicts in multiple areas of practice, including trials of personal injury, consumer, commercial, fiduciary and professional malpractice litigation. 

Carl most recently assisted his client to avoid an unconscionable legal fee in a case involving recovery of a $9,000.000.00 real property,  recovered $1,875,000.00 for his client in a libel case against a media giant after prevailing at the Texas Supreme Court, and obtained a $4,000,000.00 judgment in a sexual assault case. He has won a verdict of $10.8 million in a complex commercial suit in Atascosa County, Texas, a $5.5 million settlement in a consumer class-action lawsuit, the third largest defamation verdict in Texas in 2017, and his unanimous verdict for about $1.2 million was the second highest Texas verdict against a lawyer in 2012.  Carl has tried and settled  hundreds of legal malpractice, defamation, and serious personal injury cases since 1990, recovering tens of millions of dollars for clients. 

Raised in Dallas, the son of a renowned Texas trial lawyer, George H. Kolb, Carl graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and from St. Mary's University School of Law with the degree of Juris Doctor in 1988. During law school, he received numerous academic honors including the George W. Brackenridge academic scholarship (1986), the American Jurisprudence (AmJur) award for scholastic excellence in land use controls (Fall 1988) and the AmJur award for scholastic excellence in conflicts of laws (Spring 1988).  Carl was licensed by the Texas Supreme Court in 1989 and is licensed to practice in all Texas courts and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas. 

Since Carl opened Carl J. Kolb, P.C., in 1992 he has tried dozens of civil jury cases to verdict in central and south Texas. He is well respected by judges, trial lawyers and adversaries for his knowledge and experience.  Carl has testified in Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, and Louisiana in cases involving legal malpractice and attorneys' fee disputes. Surprisingly often, many lawyers who were formerly the opponents of Carl's clients have turned to Carl for legal malpractice and grievance defense and expert witness services. Carl is approved counsel for professional malpractice carriers including Berkley Select, AXA XL, and  Zurich.  Carl is often  featured by legal media on subjects of legal ethics and legal malpractice.

Carl is the father of three children, a private pilot, and an avid sailor. He is licensed to practice in all Texas courts and in the U.S. District Courts for the southern and western districts of Texas. Carl's Curriculum Vitae is found below. 

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An experienced and versatile litigator with 35 years of experience, Carl Kolb has consistently achieved substantial jury verdicts in multiple areas of practice, including trials of personal injury, consumer, commercial, fiduciary and professional malpractice litigation. 

Carl most recently assisted his client to avoid an unconscionable legal fee in a case involving recovery of a $9,000.000.00 real property,  recovered $1,875,000.00 for his client in a libel case against a media giant after prevailing at the Texas Supreme Court, and obtained a $4,000,000.00 judgment in a sexual assault case. He has won a verdict of $10.8 million in a complex commercial suit in Atascosa County, Texas, a $5.5 million settlement in a consumer class-action lawsuit, the third largest defamation verdict in Texas in 2017, and his unanimous verdict for about $1.2 million was the second highest Texas verdict against a lawyer in 2012.  Carl has tried and settled  hundreds of legal malpractice, defamation, and serious personal injury cases since 1990, recovering tens of millions of dollars for clients. 

Raised in Dallas, the son of a renowned Texas trial lawyer, George H. Kolb, Carl graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and from St. Mary's University School of Law with the degree of Juris Doctor in 1988. During law school, he received numerous academic honors including the George W. Brackenridge academic scholarship (1986), the American Jurisprudence (AmJur) award for scholastic excellence in land use controls (Fall 1988) and the AmJur award for scholastic excellence in conflicts of laws (Spring 1988).  Carl was licensed by the Texas Supreme Court in 1989 and is licensed to practice in all Texas courts and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas. 

Since Carl opened Carl J. Kolb, P.C., in 1992 he has tried dozens of civil jury cases to verdict in central and south Texas. He is well respected by judges, trial lawyers and adversaries for his knowledge and experience.  Carl has testified in Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, and Louisiana in cases involving legal malpractice and attorneys' fee disputes. Surprisingly often, many lawyers who were formerly the opponents of Carl's clients have turned to Carl for legal malpractice and grievance defense and expert witness services. Carl is approved counsel for professional malpractice carriers including Berkley Select, AXA XL, and  Zurich.  Carl is often  featured by legal media on subjects of legal ethics and legal malpractice.

Carl is the father of three children, a private pilot, and an avid sailor. He is licensed to practice in all Texas courts and in the U.S. District Courts for the southern and western districts of Texas. Carl's Curriculum Vitae is found below. 

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​and you get a trial. –George Kolb, Texas Trial Attorney

Only a successful jury trial lawyer is taken seriously by insurers and experienced defense counsel.  Since 1992, Carl J. Kolb, P.C. has recovered tens of millions of dollars for business, individual, and governmental clients in claims involving  professional (legal) malpractice, breach of  fiduciary duty, and defamation.  The firm has consistently achieved very significant verdicts and settlements in these and numerous other areas including serious personal injury, fraud and deception, and business torts.  

Verdicts & Settlements

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Brown v. Faseler:  $535,001.00 Jury Verdict in favor of Plaintiff in Defamation Suit:  Robin Brown, LPC brought a libel suit against Terry Faseler for falsely posting on FaceBook and on CitySearch.com that Brown’s license to practice in Texas as an LPC was revoked. In a two-day, three witness trial to a jury, the jury found that Faseler had libeled Brown and awarded $535,001.00 to compensate Brown for injury to reputation, past lost earning capacity, future lost earning capacity, and mental anguish, past and future. The award is reported by “TopVerdict” to be the third-highest defamation award by a jury in Texas for 2017.

Legal Malpractice

Legal malpractice is a shorthand reference to a number of different civil liability claims that can be asserted against a lawyer, including violations of disciplinary rules, civil statutes, criminal statutes, common-law torts including “negligence”, “breach of fiduciary duty”,  fraud and constructive fraud.   The remedies can include damages, fee forfeiture, injunctive relief, disqualification, sanctions, and professional discipline. “Legal Malpractice” includes not only claims by a client against a lawyer, but can in limited circumstances include claims by a non-client against another person’s lawyer, such as fraud and negligent misrepresentation.  Deutsch vs. Hoover, Bax & Slovacek, LLP, 97 S. W. 3d 179, 184 n.1 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2003 no pet.).
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Our Offices

Carl J. Kolb, P.C. • Attorneys at Law

111 Congress Ave., Ste. 500
Austin, Texas  78701
Telephone (737) 227-5573
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Practice Areas

  • Legal professional negligence
  • Barratry
  • Fiduciary litigation
  • Consumer and Commercial Litigation
  • Defamation
  • ​Catastrophic personal injury
  • Expert Witness

Texas Top Verdict 2012

Carl J. Kolb, P.C. receives a Texas Top Verdict in 2012


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