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How experienced is your Texas car accident law firm?
The short answer
Our managing litigation attorney has practiced for 26 years, and 10 of those years were spent on the defense side of injury claims. Matthew Graham gives that background in a 2026 video about why experience matters. It lets our attorneys tell you what you need to know before you think to ask.
“I've been practicing for 26 years, 10 of which I was doing defense of these sort of claims.”
Key points from Matthew
Many injured people face insurance and medical care questions they never had before, such as whether to use health insurance.
Ten years defending these claims taught Matthew how cases are tried, what the other side does and how it does it.
That experience helps the firm identify what you need to know, even before you have the question.
No substitute exists for a human mind weighing the facts, the injuries and what a jury will and will not do in a particular county.
Why a decade on the defense side matters
Matthew begins with the reader's position. Insurance, finding care when you caused none of this, using your own health coverage or not: these questions arrive for the first time, and they are hard to answer from a standing start. His point is that experience makes them manageable.
Trying cases from the defense side taught him how the other side works and what it does. He says that lets our attorneys name the things you need to hear before you ask, so you are not left guessing what happens next. He also stresses that careful human judgment cannot be replaced.
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Matthew's full background, including his years on the defense side and his work for injured people, is on the Matthew Graham attorney page.
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