Plenty of firms will take an Austin case and work it from somewhere else. We keep an office on Congress Avenue because injury cases that get filed end up in Travis County, and being in the building matters when they do.
Our founder, George Salinas, is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, which admits lawyers only after at least 10 completed jury trials and a vote by plaintiff attorneys, defense attorneys, and judges. He also started his career at an insurance defense firm, which is a useful thing to have done before spending twenty years on the other side.
Call (512) 851-1004 for a free case review. Someone answers 24/7, in English or Spanish.
George Salinas Injury Lawyers represents injured people in Austin from a staffed office at 111 Congress Avenue, Suite 500. The firm is bilingual in English and Spanish, charges no fee unless it recovers money for you, and has recovered more than $100 million for injured Texans. Reach the Austin office at (512) 851-1004.
Resources On This Page
- What Does an Austin Personal Injury Lawyer Do for You?
- What Types of Injury Cases Do You Handle in Austin?
- Why Does a Real Austin Office Matter?
- How Long Do You Have to File an Injury Claim in Texas?
- What Does It Cost to Hire Us?
- FAQ
What Does an Austin Personal Injury Lawyer Do for You?
An Austin personal injury lawyer builds and pursues your claim against the person or company that hurt you, and against their insurer. That means investigating what happened, documenting your injuries and losses, handling every communication with the adjuster, and filing suit when the offer does not reflect the harm.
The part people underestimate is the adjuster relationship. Insurers keep records on how individual firms handle claims and price their offers accordingly. A file that looks like it will settle cheaply gets treated as one.
We also do the unglamorous work that decides cases: finding physicians willing to treat an accident claimant, documenting future care needs, and building a damage model that survives cross-examination.
What Types of Injury Cases Do You Handle in Austin?
Serious injury and wrongful death claims across the range of causes. The most common in this market involve vehicles, which tracks with how Austin has grown.
Traffic collisions make up the bulk of it, and our Austin car accident lawyer page covers how those claims work. Commercial trucking is the other volume driver here, since freight runs constantly through the corridor, and 18-wheeler accidents on I-35 produce the most severe injuries we see. We also handle motorcycle accident claims in Austin, where insurers lean hardest on blaming the rider.
Beyond vehicles, the firm handles workplace and construction injuries, premises liability, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death.
Why Does a Real Austin Office Matter?
Because filed cases have a home county, and Travis County has its own judges, its own scheduling practices, and its own jury pool. Firms handling Austin cases remotely tend to either refer the case out once it needs filing or bring in local counsel, which adds a layer between you and the people making decisions.
There is a practical side too. Depositions, mediations, hearings, and independent medical examinations all happen where the case is filed. When those are a short walk from the office rather than an eighty-mile drive, they get scheduled sooner and prepared for better.
We also keep both offices connected on purpose. An Austin case draws on the same trial resources and the same case results the San Antonio office built, rather than being handled by whoever happened to be available.
Free consultation, no obligation. Call (512) 851-1004.
How Long Do You Have to File an Injury Claim in Texas?
Generally two years from the date of the injury. Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.003 sets that deadline for personal injury suits, and the same two-year period applies to a wrongful death claim, measured from the date of death.
Shared fault is a separate question and one insurers raise early. Texas uses proportionate responsibility under § 33.001, which lets you recover as long as your share of the blame is not greater than 50 percent, with your award reduced by that percentage. An adjuster assigning you fault is an argument, not a ruling.
Waiting hurts for reasons beyond the deadline. Video from businesses and traffic cameras gets overwritten, witnesses move, and vehicles get repaired or scrapped.
What Does It Cost to Hire Us?
Nothing upfront. We work on contingency, meaning our fee is a percentage of what we recover and you owe no attorney’s fee if we recover nothing. We also advance the case expenses, which in a serious injury case can include reconstruction engineers, treating physicians, depositions, and filing costs.
That structure matters more than it sounds. A firm that cannot fund a case has a reason to accept an early offer, and adjusters know which firms those are.
Talk to an Attorney, Not an Intake Script
You can reach a person at our Austin office at any hour, and if your injuries make travel difficult, we will come to you at the hospital or at home.
George still gives clients his cell number, which his colleagues find strange after two decades. It is the simplest answer to the most common complaint people have about lawyers.
Call (512) 851-1004 for a free case review.
Austin office: 111 Congress Avenue, Suite 500.
FAQ
Do I have to come to your Austin office to hire you?
No. Most people never set foot in the office. We can handle the consultation and the paperwork by phone, video, or in person wherever you are, and if you are hospitalized or homebound we will come to you.
Do you handle cases outside Travis County?
Yes. We regularly handle claims in Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, and Caldwell counties, along with Bexar and Comal from the San Antonio side. Where a case gets filed depends on where the crash happened and where the defendant is located, which is something we sort out early.
What if I already signed with another firm?
You can usually change lawyers. Fee agreements typically allow it, and the two firms divide the fee out of the same recovery rather than charging you twice. If you are unhappy with how your case is being handled, it costs nothing to get a second opinion.
How long does an Austin injury case take?
It varies widely, from a few months for a straightforward claim to two years or more for a case that goes to trial. Serious injuries take longer for a good reason: the value of a claim depends on knowing how you actually heal, and settling before that is clear tends to cost people money.
Will my case be handled out of Austin or San Antonio?
Both offices work as one firm. An Austin case is filed and litigated in the appropriate local court, with the firm’s full trial resources behind it regardless of which office you first called.
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