Carl J. Kolb
An experienced and versatile litigator with over 30 years’ 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 recently achieved a verdict of $10.8 million in a complex commercial suit in Atascosa County, Texas, and a $5.5 million settlement in a consumer class-action lawsuit in addition to numerous six- and seven-figure verdicts and settlements. Kolb's October 15, 2012 verdict for about $1.2 million was the second highest Texas verdict against a lawyer in 2012. Carl secured the third largest defamation verdict in Texas in 2017. 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. Raised in Dallas the son of a renowned Texas trial lawyer, 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 opened Carl J. Kolb, P.C., in 1990 and has tried dozens of civil jury cases to verdict in central Texas, San Antonio and south Texas District Courts. He is well respected by judges, trial lawyers and adversaries for his knowledge and experience. Local lawyers regularly turn to Carl for legal malpractice and grievance defense and Carl is approved counsel for professional malpractice carriers including Berkley Select, AXA XL, and Zurich. Carl is regularly featured by legal media on subjects of legal ethics and legal malpractice. Carl is the father of three children and a private pilot. 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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