Brent Goudarzi
Founding Partner | Goudarzi & Young, L.L.P.
Brent Goudarzi is a trucking accidents, wrongful death and car accidents trial lawyer and founding partner at Goudarzi & Young, L.L.P. in Gilmer, Texas. Admitted in Texas; J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law (1996).
Meet Brent
Brent Goudarzi is the founding partner of Goudarzi & Young, L.L.P., based in Gilmer, Texas. He represents victims of catastrophic injuries and families in wrongful death cases, with a focus on commercial trucking and auto crashes, product liability, workplace injuries and premises liability.
Goudarzi has obtained jury verdicts of $730 million, $260 million and $101 million and settlements of $150 million, $140 million and $125 million, and he has won record verdicts in courts across East Texas and beyond. The National Trial Lawyers named him its Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyer of the Year for 2022, and he served as the organization’s president in 2024.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech University in 1993 and his law degree from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1996. He is a past president of the East Texas Trial Lawyers Association, where he now serves as director emeritus, and sits on the national advisory board of the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America. He provides pro bono services in Northeast Texas and coaches youth baseball, soccer and football.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law, 1996
- B.A., Texas Tech University, 1993
- Admitted, all State Courts of Texas
- U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas
Practice Areas
- The National Trial Lawyers (President, 2024)
- East Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Past President, 2011-2017; Director Emeritus)
- American Association for Justice
- Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America (National Advisory Board)
- Honorable T. John Ward American Inn of Court
- Upshur County Bar Association
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- American Academy of Trial Attorneys (Premier 100)
- National Association of Distinguished Counsel
- Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyer of the Year, The National Trial Lawyers (2022)
- Texas Super Lawyers (2012-present)
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers (2013-present)
- Lawdragon (2019-present)
- Trial Lawyers Board of Regents Litigator Award (2014-2015)
- $730 Million Verdict: Jury verdict obtained by Goudarzi, listed on his firm biography.
- $260 Million Verdict: Jury verdict obtained by Goudarzi, listed on his firm biography.
- $150 Million Settlement: Paid settlement secured for his clients.
- $140 Million Settlement: Paid settlement secured for his clients.
- $125 Million Settlement: Paid settlement secured for his clients.
- $101 Million Verdict: Jury verdict obtained by Goudarzi, listed on his firm biography.
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