Les Weisbrod
Miller Weisbrod Olesky
Les Weisbrod is a medical malpractice and product liability trial lawyer with Miller Weisbrod Olesky in Dallas, Texas. Admitted in Texas and Arkansas; J.D., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law (1978).
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Suite 300
Dallas, Texas 75243
Les Weisbrod is a Dallas trial lawyer at Miller Weisbrod Olesky who represents patients and families in medical malpractice and medical product liability cases. He is board certified in personal injury trial law and civil trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Weisbrod has served as president, president-elect, vice president, secretary, treasurer and parliamentarian of the American Association for Justice, formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. In 1991, he was co-founding chair of the association’s Birth Trauma Litigation group. He has lectured to lawyer groups in the United States, Canada, England and Australia and has written on medical malpractice and medical product topics.
His firm’s published biography states that since May 1986 he has tried or settled more than 204 medical malpractice and medical product cases that each resulted in a verdict or settlement of $1 million or more. In August 2014, he obtained a summary jury trial verdict of $3.7 million in Dallas County Court at Law No. 1 for a 79-year-old client, including $2 million in punitive damages.
Weisbrod received his bachelor’s degree from Claremont McKenna College in 1975 and his law degree from Southern Methodist University in 1978. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for medical malpractice law and product liability litigation on behalf of plaintiffs.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Claremont McKenna College, B.A. (1975)
- Southern Methodist University, J.D. (1978)
- Admitted to the State Bar of Texas
- Admitted to the Arkansas Bar
- Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Board Certified in Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Practice Areas
- American Association for Justice (Past President)
- AAJ Birth Trauma Litigation Group (Co-Founding Chair)
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- American Society of Law and Medicine
- Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Dallas Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (Past President)
- Dallas County Settlement Week (Chairman)
- Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association
- Pan-European Organization of Personal Injury Lawyers
- State Bar of Texas
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Past President)
- Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year": Medical Malpractice Law, Plaintiffs, Dallas/Fort Worth (2017, 2019); Product Liability Litigation, Plaintiffs, Dallas/Fort Worth (2016); Medical Malpractice Law, Plaintiffs, Dallas (2015)
- The Best Lawyers in America, Medical Malpractice Law and Product Liability Litigation, Plaintiffs (recognized since 2009; 2027 edition)
- D Magazine Best Lawyers in Dallas (2002-2005, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017)
- Harry M. Philo Award, American Association for Justice (2013)
- Dan Cullan Memorial Award, AAJ Birth Trauma Litigation Group (2012)
- Wiedemann & Wysocki Award, American Association for Justice (1999, 2002-2005)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated Attorney (1990-2012)
- Texas Monthly Texas Super Lawyers (2003-2010)
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- $3.7 Million Summary Jury Verdict: August 2014 summary jury trial verdict in Dallas County Court at Law No. 1 for a 79-year-old client, including $2 million in punitive damages.
- $31 Million Verdict: 2003 verdict against Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, described in his National Association of Distinguished Counsel profile as one of the top 100 verdicts in the United States.
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