Equality, & Compassion
No Fees Unless We Win
We work on contingency, so we do not charge a fee unless we win your case. This helps balance the scales of justice so injury victims & families are able to get the representation they deserve and stand up against rich billion dollar insurance companies, corporations and the government and their unlimited war chests.
Trial Lawyers for Justice has won, through caring about our clients and justice, billions of dollars in record setting verdicts and settlements for injury victims and families.
$131
Million
Car Crash
$21.6
Million
Motorcycle Crash
$1.1
Billion
Product Defect
$29.5
Million
Medical Malpractice
$10
Million
Traumatic Brain Injury
$40
Million
Medical Malpractice
$42
Million
Traumatic Brain Injury, Motorcycle Accident
$4.25
Million
Wrist Fracture CRPS
$275
Million
Monsanto Product Liability
$63
Million
A Single Plaintiff Toxic Tort
$35
Million
Traumatic Brain Injury
$6
Million
Trigeminal Neuralgia / Airbag Deploy
$17
Million
Brain Injury Premises Liability
$11
Million
Leg Amputation, Motorcycle Accident
$45
Million
Traumatic Brain Injury
$30
Million
Traumatic Brain Injury
$11.25
Million
Premises Liability Brain Injury
$7.5
Million
Motorcycle Crash Penis Injury
$12
Million
Wrongful Death Immigrant Farmworker
$45
Million
Wrongful Death
$16.4
Million
Medical Malpractice
$38.6
Million
Traumatic Brain Injury
$74.5
Million
Birth Injury
$17
Million
Traumatic Brain Injury
$10.6
Million
Traumatic Brain Injury
$18.6
Million
Garbage Truck Crash
$13.9
Million
Traumatic Brain Injury
$31.6
Million
Traumatic Brain Injury
$10
Million
Wrongful Death
$29.3
Million
Medical Malpractice
$12.3
Million
Medical Malpractice
$27
Million
Medical Malpractice
$14
Million
Wrongful Death Immigrant Farmworker from Mexico
$27
Million
Colorado
$12
Million
Electrocution Burn Injury
$24
Million
Burn Victim
$12
Million
Traumatic Brain Injury
Respect, Reputation, Courage & Hope
Mission
We started TL4J in 2007 with the goal of building a law firm like no other in history. The name of the firm would be something that represents what we stand for and not somebody’s name.
Trial Lawyers for Justice is our mission statement. TL4J Lawyers commit themselves to a greater ideal. We represent and protect the interests of real people and their families, not corporations, not the government and certainly not insurance companies. This law firm will outlive us all and be something Americans nationwide know they can turn to when they need help.
TL4J is a law firm that the rich and powerful insurance companies, billion and trillion dollar corporations, and the government respect and fear because it is known that we will not settle cases cheaply. We take cases to trial where other lawyers would settle.  We’ve won record verdicts and settlements throughout the country. We offer specialized training for lawyers who want to learn how to be better and more skilled in the courtroom. TL4J is committed to preserving, protecting and improving our justice system.
USA Today | Jury awards $50 million to delivery driver after hot Starbucks drink scalds genitals
Saleen Martin | USA Today | Mach 17, 2025 A California jury has ordered Starbucks to pay $50 million to a Postmates delivery driver who says he suffered third-degree burns after a barista handed him a hot tea that spilled and scalded his penis in 2020. Michael...
NYT | Jury Awards $50 Million to California Man Burned by Starbucks Tea
Johnny Diaz | NYT | Mach 17, 2025 A jury in California on Friday awarded $50 million in damages to a Los Angeles delivery driver who was badly burned by a cup of hot tea that spilled into his lap in a Starbucks drive-through in 2020, court records show. The...
The US Sun | IN HOT WATER Starbucks customer gets $50m
Carsen Holaday | The US Sun | Mach 17, 2025 A MAN has won $50 million after a scalding hot Starbucks drink spilled all over his lap and disfigured his penis. Postmates driver Michael Garcia suffered severe burn injuries when the 180-degree, venti-sized Medicine...
CNN | New Mexico man awarded $412 million medical malpractice
Associated Press | CNN | November 29, 2024 Albuquerque, New MexicoAP — Jurors in New Mexico have awarded a man more than $412 million in a medical malpractice case that involved a men’s health clinic that operates in several states. The man’s attorneys celebrated...
New Mexico man receives largest medical malpractice payout for botched penile injections
Marilyn Upchurch, Fallon Fischer | Albuquerque News  | November 26, 2024 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico man received what lawyers are calling the largest medical malpractice payout in history. A jury decided this week that he will receive more than $400...
Largest Medical Malpractice Verdict Worldwide
Kassi Foote | KOB | November 26, 2024 RIO RANCHO, N.M. – A jury just awarded a Rio Rancho man with what could be the largest medical malpractice verdict in history. The Rio Rancho man ended up suing NuMale Medical Center at Wyoming and Paseo because of what he’s...
$63 Million Jury Award for a Man Who Developed Cancer
John Roemer | Daily Journal | June 26, 2024 Toxic tort cases where plaintiffs' injuries arose decades ago are notoriously difficult to prove and win. But attorneys from Ernst Law Group APC and Trial Lawyers for Justice -- enduring what one called "scorched earth...
Arrest of Stanford student journalist covering barricaded pro-Palestinian protest gets pushback
Suzanne Phan | ABC 7 News | June 21, 2024, 11:45 PM PST STANFORD, Calif. (KGO) --Â When pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the office of Stanford's president, a student journalist followed them inside. That student reporter did what journalists do--documented the news...
Bayer Hit With $857 Million Verdict on Toxic Monsanto Chemicals
Jef Feeley | Bloomberg News | December 19, 2023, 12:12 AM PST Bayer AG was ordered to pay $857 million to former students and parent volunteers at a Seattle-area school who blamed exposure to the company’s hazardous chemicals at the facility for causing brain damage...
Beyond The OR | Dr. Brenner With Nicholas C Rowley
Nick Rowley, of Trial Lawyers for Justice, argues the value of a mother’s life at a Massachusetts damages-only trial over a woman struck and killed by a truck as she walked her dog.
Nick Rowley dons a mascot costume during closings at trial over the traumatic brain injury a student suffered at a pep rally. After a verdict finding the Kern County School District liable, the district settled the case for $10 million.
Beyond The OR | Dr. Brenner With Nicholas C Rowley
Nick Rowley, of Trial Lawyers for Justice, argues the value of a mother’s life at a Massachusetts damages-only trial over a woman struck and killed by a truck as she walked her dog.
Nick Rowley dons a mascot costume during closings at trial over the traumatic brain injury a student suffered at a pep rally. After a verdict finding the Kern County School District liable, the district settled the case for $10 million.


