Justin Carey Dewett
A trial lawyer who has spent his career on commercial vehicle, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death cases in Louisiana and Texas. In 2024 alone, TopVerdict certified eight of his settlements as No. 1 in their category.
- Lead counsel, $17.25M trailer-disconnect settlement, Top 10 Motor Vehicle Accident Settlements in Texas, TopVerdict 2024
- Lead counsel, $13M unsafe-lane-change settlement, No. 1 in the United States, TopVerdict 2024
- Eight TopVerdict No. 1 settlement designations, 2024
- Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Star, seven years
- Louisiana Association for Justice, Board of Governors
Practice focus
Commercial trucking is the centre of his docket: 18-wheeler and tractor-trailer collisions, unsafe lane changes, and cargo and disconnect events. Around that sit motor vehicle wrecks, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and premises and equipment-failure claims.
Notable results
As lead counsel he resolved a $17,250,000 claim arising from a trailer that came loose on an interstate and caused a wreck, which TopVerdict listed among the Top 10 Motor Vehicle Accident Settlements in Texas for 2024. He was also lead counsel on a $13,000,000 settlement for an unsafe lane change by an 18-wheeler, ranked by TopVerdict as the No. 1 Unsafe Lane Change Settlement in the United States for 2024.
Honors and recognition
Selected to the Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for seven years, a list limited to no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in each state who are under 40 or within their first ten years of practice. He sits on the Board of Governors of the Louisiana Association for Justice. TopVerdict certified eight of his 2024 settlements as No. 1 in their category, across amputation, fire injury, motor vehicle, permanent disability, personal injury, and truck-versus-truck matters in Texas, Louisiana, and nationally.
Background
He studied business administration at LSU before returning for his law degree at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where he served as Vice President of the Student Bar Association. He has been admitted in Louisiana since 2010 and in Texas since 2017.
Justin Dewett's largest recoveries
Obtained at a prior firm. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Your results may vary.
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