Trial Attorney  /  Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury 

If you’re here, something happened to you or to someone you love, and you’re trying to figure out what to do about it.

Start by telling me what happened — I’ll tell you honestly whether you have a case and what it would take to win it.

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Free consultation · No fee unless I win · Texas & Georgia

$16M+ helped recover
8+ trials
50+ contested motions won
Licensed in TX & GA

Serious injuries need a lawyer who can take it all the way.

Most injury firms are built to settle. That’s not an insult — it’s a business model, and it works fine for a fender bender. But when an injury is permanent, when the medical bills are going to keep coming for years, or when a company would rather spend money on lawyers than admit what they did, a firm built for volume runs out of room fast.

That’s the work I do. I take a smaller number of cases and prepare each one as though a jury will decide it, because that’s the only position from which you can demand what a case is actually worth. Insurance companies price a claim partly on who’s holding it, and they keep very good records on which lawyers show up and which ones fold.
How I can help

Car accidents, slip and falls, dog bites, catastrophic injury, medical malpractice, premises liability,

and wrongful death.

At many firms, your case gets passed from person to person. You repeat your story, and the lawyer who tries your case may barely know you.

Here, the same team members who onboard you are the same ones who build your case and stand with you at trial.

Car & Truck Collisions

Catastrophic injuries from auto wrecks, 18-wheelers, and commercial vehicles.

Medical Malpractice

Misdiagnosis, surgical errors, and preventable harm in hospitals and clinics.

Wrongful Death

Holding companies and institutions accountable when a family loses someone.

Premises Liability

Dangerous property and negligent security, where the owner knew and did nothing.

Governmental Liability

Claims against cities, counties, and public agencies — with much shorter deadlines.

Not sure where your case fits?

Call and describe what happened. That’s what the free consultation is for.

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Insurance companies don’t decide

What to pay you by looking at how badly you’re hurt. They decide by looking at your lawyer. They keep track. They know which lawyers will send a letter and take whatever’s offered, and which ones will take them to court and let a jury decide. If your lawyer is on the first list, they already know they can pay you less — and they will.

I’m on the second list. I’ve stood in front of juries and I’ve won. So when they look me up, the math on their side changes, because now there’s a real chance this ends up in a courtroom in front of twelve people who get to decide what your suffering is worth.

That’s the whole reason I build every case like it’s going to trial — the medical proof, the witnesses, the experts, all of it. Not because you’ll definitely end up in court. Most people don’t. But because a case that’s ready for court is the only kind they take seriously.

You get all of that just by hiring me. You don’t have to do anything with it.

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Case types

Injuries and claims I handle

Injury claims

18-wheeler & commercial vehicle collisions
Commercial carriers move fast to control the scene, the driver, and the electronic data. These cases turn on preserving the driver logs, ECM data, maintenance records, and hiring file before they disappear.
Auto collisions & catastrophic injury
Spinal injury, traumatic brain injury, amputation, and burns. These claims require medical proof of future care and earning capacity, not just a stack of emergency room bills.
Wrongful death & survival claims
Texas separates what the family lost from what the decedent endured. Both have to be proven, and the statutory beneficiaries have to be identified correctly from the start.

Institutional negligence

Medical malpractice
Texas requires a qualified expert report within 120 days of a defendant’s answer. Missing it ends the case, so the expert work begins long before suit is filed.
Premises liability & negligent security
The question is what the owner knew and when. Prior incident reports, work orders, and internal security assessments usually answer it.
Governmental liability
Claims against cities, counties, and public entities carry immunity defenses and short notice deadlines — sometimes as little as a few months under a city charter.

About Taren

I’m a trial lawyer. I represent people who were seriously hurt because someone else was careless.

I graduated summa cum laude and in the top 5% of my class at Thurgood Marshall School of Law, and I have been trying cases ever since. I am licensed in Texas and Georgia and admitted to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

I take a smaller number of cases than a volume firm does, on purpose. It is the only way to give a case the deposition work, the motion practice, and the trial preparation it actually needs.

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Common questions

Your questions answered

What does it cost to hire you?
Injury cases are handled on a contingency fee, which means there is no fee unless there is a recovery. The percentage and the handling of case expenses are set out in a written agreement you review before anything is signed. The consultation itself costs nothing.
How long do I have to file a claim in Texas?
Most Texas personal injury claims carry a two-year statute of limitations, but that is a ceiling, not a plan. Claims against governmental entities can require formal notice in a matter of months, and evidence like vehicle data or surveillance footage is routinely overwritten within weeks. The deadline that ends your case is often the one nobody told you about.
Will my case go to trial?
Most cases resolve before trial. They resolve on better terms when the file is built for trial from the outset, because the other side prices its risk based on what you can actually prove to a jury. I prepare every case as though it will be tried.
What is my case worth?
Any lawyer who answers that at a first meeting is guessing. Value depends on liability, the medical record, future care and earning capacity, available coverage, and the venue. I can tell you what the case needs in order to be worth what it should be.
Do you take cases outside Houston?
Yes. I handle matters throughout Texas state courts and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and I am also licensed in Georgia.

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The defendants and their insurance company started building their case the day you were injured or wronged.

Start building your case now!

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Taren Marsaw is responsible for the content of this website. Principal office: Houston, Texas. Past results do not guarantee, warrant, or predict future outcomes; every case is different and outcomes depend on the specific facts and law involved. Amounts stated reflect recoveries in matters on which Taren Marsaw served as first- or second-chair trial counsel and are not attributable to her alone. This website is for general information and is not legal advice. Contacting this firm does not create an attorney-client relationship.