Carl J. Kolb
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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