Michael Samaniego – Trial Lawyer
When people are seriously injured, they need a lawyer who won’t back down. Michael A. Samaniego has built his career standing up for people and families whose lives have been forever changed by catastrophic injury or loss. No matter how big and powerful the company, Michael is prepared to take the fight to trial and win. Michael’s practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury, oilfield and workplace explosions, 18-wheeler crashes, premises liability, and wrongful death.
Michael was born and raised in El Paso, Texas, and is fluent in Spanish. His journey to the courtroom began at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he earned a degree in Economics and served as President of the Chicano Pre-Law Society and Captain of the Rugby Team. After college, he attended Texas Tech University School of Law, where he quickly distinguished himself as a zealous advocate. He was ranked first in his class in advocacy competition points and won the ABA National Championship in Arbitration, a Mock Trial Championship, and a Moot Court Championship. Michael also served as an Editor for the Texas Tech Law Review, graduated with honors, and received the George W. and Sarah H. Dupree Award for Outstanding Achievement in Law School.
Since becoming a lawyer, Michael has recovered millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients across Texas and has been recognized as a Texas Super Lawyers “Rising Star.”
Some of his most recent results include the following:
- $17,500,000 jury verdict for a woman whose finger was crushed by a pallet during loading (medical bills less than $252,000)
- $2,000,000 jury verdict for the wife of a man who was struck by a car after he exited a Greyhound bus.
- $825,000 jury verdict for an individual injured in a car crash (medical bills less than $80,000)
- $500,000 jury verdict for a client sideswiped by another vehicle on the highway (medical bills under $100,000 and property damage less than $2,000)
- $480,000 jury verdict for a driver injured in a heavily disputed red-light crash (medical bills totaled less than $65,000)
- $341,000 jury verdict for a worker who injured his ankle when unsecured pipes shifted and fell (medical bills totaled less than $9,500)
- $6,000,000 settlement for workplace-injury case
- $3,500,000 settlement for an individual injured by a defective product purchased online
- $3,000,000 settlement for a worker injured by a tractor at a job site
- $1,610,000 settlement for trucking accident
- $1,300,000 million settlement for an individual injured at job site
- $1,000,000 settlement for an individual injured in an oilfield job site