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Attorney Profile

Carmen S. Mitchell

Carmen Mitchell

Mitchell, Goff & Mitchell LLP
10440 North Central Expressway, Suite 1100
Dallas, TX 75231

Dallas

Texas (TX)

Contact Contact Carmen S. Mitchell
T: 214-651-8218
F: 214-651-8506

Visit: www.mitchellgoff.com
Practice Areas: Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (100%)

Personal Injury Plaintiff: General

Profile

Practice Areas:Wrongful death and serious personal injury, motor vehicle accidents, truck accidents, premises liability, construction accidents, trench cave-ins, enclosed space accidents, falls, electrocutions burn injuries, brain injuries, railroad accidents, pipeline accidents, apartment house fires. Referrals from other attorneys honored.

Selected To

Texas Super Lawyers 2011
Texas Super Lawyers 2010
Texas Super Lawyers 2009
Texas Super Lawyers 2008
Texas Super Lawyers 2007
Texas Super Lawyers 2006
Texas Super Lawyers 2005
Texas Super Lawyers 2004
Texas Super Lawyers 2003

About Carmen Mitchell

Admitted: 1982, Texas

Professional Webpage: www.mitchellgoff.com/carmen-mitchell.php

Honors and Awards:

  • An evaluation of lawyers by other lawyers., One of the Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in America Magazine, 2010

Special Licenses/Certifications:

  • Board certified in personal injury by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1992.  She is one of 7,000 out of 70,000 attorneys licensed to practice law in Texas who has passed the board certification examination and can represent herself as a specialist in the area of personal injury law.

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • She has served on the District 6A Grievance Committee, she is a Past President of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association and is Past President of the Dallas Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • “Workers’ Compensation Annual Survey of Texas Law,” 42 Southwestern Law Journal 77, 1988“No More Free Rides,” 22 Trial Lawyers Forum No. 1, 1988“The Most Jealous Care: The Role of Guardian Ad Litem,” 9 Texas Personal Injury Law Reporter 1, 1992 Advanced Torts, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003., Lecture, Advanced Torts, Southern University Law School, 1999

Verdicts and Settlements:

  • Child abuse: $5,000,000.00; Wrongful death. Fall at work: $5,000,000.00Wrongful death. Burns: $4,350,000.00; Wrongful death. Trucking accident: $4,350,000.00; Burns. Natural gas: $4,000,000.00; Wrongful death. Burns apartment fire: $3,500,000.00; Wrongful death. Burns: $2,800,00.00; Wrongful death. Automobile accident: $2,525,034.00; Burns. Natural gas: $2,560,000.00Wrongful death. Trucking accident: $2,000,000.00; Wrongful death. Crushed by a hammermill: $1,980,000.00; Wrongful death. Fell onto conveyer belt and was crushed: $1,850,000.00; Wrongful death. Burns on the job: $1,750,000.00; Wrongful death. Trench cave in: $1,500,000.00; Wrongful death. Truck train accident: $1,460,000.00; Personal injury, rape and beating: $1,300,000.00; Wrongful death. Fell 13 stories from scaffold: $1,030,000.00; Wrongful death. Truck accident: $1,000,000.00; Wrongful death. Truck accident: $980,000.00

Other Outstanding Achievements:

  • “Evacuation Safety and Liability Construction,” Society of American Engineers, 1991, 1993, 1995
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White Papers

“What’s Sex Got to Do With It?” An Overview of Civil Litigation Involving Sexual Torts, Presented at Texas State Bar Advanced Personal Injury Seminar, 1995, 1996;“Dirt - Where to Find It and How to Use It,” Texas State Bar Advanced Personal Injury Seminar, 2002, 2003;“Superstars-Spring Training,” Texas State Bar 2003;“The Role of the Guardian Ad Litem,” Judicial Section Annual Conference, 2003.Guest Lecturer, “Are You Safe? Are You Sure?” Equipment Construction World Magazine, August, 2001.


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