Charles Bennett
Founder and Lead Trial Attorney | Bennett Legal
Charles Bennett is a trucking accidents, wrongful death and premises liability trial lawyer and founder and lead trial attorney of Bennett Legal in Dallas, Texas. Admitted in Texas; J.D., SMU Dedman School of Law (2014).
Meet Charles
Charles A. Bennett is the founder and lead trial attorney of Bennett Legal, a personal injury and arbitration firm with offices in Dallas and Houston, Texas. He represents people hurt in 18-wheeler and commercial truck crashes, wrongful death and negligent security cases, traumatic brain injury and workplace injury claims, and he pursues claims for families harmed by residential solar panel sales and financing fraud.
In 2025, a Dallas County jury returned a $31.86 million verdict in a wrongful death and negligent security case he tried, and he won a $2.5 million workplace injury arbitration award against Amazon that a court later confirmed. He also resolved a commercial truck case against Ryder Truck Rental for $2.2 million. His arbitration practice covers international, commercial, consumer and workplace matters, and he served as secretary to the tribunal in the Lance Armstrong arbitration.
Bennett played NCAA basketball at Midwestern State University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree, and later played professionally in Europe. He graduated cum laude from SMU Dedman School of Law in 2014. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and has been named to Super Lawyers and The National Trial Lawyers Top 100.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- State Bar of Texas, 2014
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 2015
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 2015
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2016
- J.D., cum laude, SMU Dedman School of Law, 2014
- B.S., Midwestern State University, 2001
Practice Areas
- American Board of Trial Advocates (Member)
- State Bar of Texas
- American Bar Association
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- Dallas Trial Lawyers Association
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Applicant Member)
- Super Lawyers, 2025-2026
- Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2020-2024
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Lawyer
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 25 Car Wreck Lawyer
- AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
- Avvo 10.0 Rating
- $31.86 Million Verdict: Dallas County jury verdict in 2025 in a wrongful death and negligent security case; after settlement credits the final judgment exceeded $29.7 million.
- $2.5 Million Arbitration Award: Workplace injury arbitration award against Amazon, later confirmed by a court, in Galiazzi v. Amazon.com Services, LLC.
- $2.2 Million Settlement: Commercial truck accident case against Ryder Truck Rental and related entities.
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