Todd Clement

Todd Clement

  • Partner

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Practice Areas

  • Truck Accident
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
  • Construction Accidents
  • Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff
  • Premises Liability -- Plaintiff

Biography

With every serious case entrusted to him, Todd tries to fulfill the commandment found in Galatians 6:2 to “help carry one another’s burdens and in this way, you will obey the laws of Christ.” Since he only handles a select few cases per year, clients will usually talk directly with Todd as their case progresses. He personally and promptly returns phone calls, usually the same day. Todd also strives to get to know his clients personally and many lifetime friendships have resulted.

Todd decided he wanted to be an attorney when he was in junior high. He graduated third in his class from law school, received a prestigious clerkship with the Texas Supreme Court and worked five years at a prominent downtown Dallas defense law firm. 

Towards the end of his years at the defense firm, Todd was given the opportunity to represent a teenager who received severe brain damage in a truck crash and the widow of a man who burned to death in a crash with a wrecker. Through those cases, he realized that representing injured victims and their families, not defendants and insurance companies, was his life’s calling. Thereafter, Todd founded his own successful personal injury practice in 1995.

Todd has successfully tried many major personal injury cases throughout his career. However, due to his reputation for tireless preparation, assembling a trial team of the best experts and effectiveness in trial, many cases settle without the necessity of trial.

Honors & Awards

  • Texas Watch Champion of Justice 2023
  • D Magazine Best Dallas Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Lawyer, 2009 – 2023
  • Super Lawyers – Texas Top 100 Super Lawyers List, Thomson Reuters, 2019, 2021, 2022
  • Top 100 DFW Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2014 – 2017, 2019- 2023
  • Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2009 - 2023
  • Dallas Trial Lawyers Association President, 2014
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association - John Howie Spirit of Mentorship Award and Don Bowen Distinguished Service Award
  • Best Lawyers in America List, 2020 - 2023
  • Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums, Lifetime Member
  • Martindale Hubbell rated for legal ability “AV – Very High to Preeminent” and ethical standards,“ 1998 - 2023
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Super Lawyers | Top 100 | Dallas/Fort Worth
Super Lawyers | Top 100 | Texas
Best Lawyers
Best D Magazine
AV Preeminent Rated Lawyers
Super Lawyers

Speeches

  • 2023 AAJ Annual Convention – Trucking Technology & How to Use It
  • 2023 TTLA Car Wrecks – “DWD – Driving While Distracted, the New DWI”
  • 2022 TTLA Annual – DWD – Driving While Distracted, the New DWI”
  • 2021 State Bar of Texas – Prosecuting and Defending Truck and Car Crashes – Technology in Cars and Trucks
  • 2020 TTLA Annual Seminar – Using FMCSR’s In Trucking Cases
  • 2020 TTLA Car Wrecks – “Truckers: The Bullies of the Road
  • 2019 University of Texas – Not Just A Big Car Crash – Yin and Yang Trucking Tips and Pitfalls
  • 2019 State Bar of Texas – Advanced Personal Injury – “Use of New Commercial Technology in Discovery and at Trial: GPS and Driver Cameras
  • 2018 DTLA Luncheon — “The New Texting Law”
  • 2017 TTLA Annual Seminar — “What You Absolutely Positively Gotta Know About….New Commercial Motor Vehicle Technology”
  • 2017 State Bar of Texas Webinar — “Driving While Distracted, The New DWI”
  • 2017 State Bar of Texas — Civil Appellate Practice Course — “Ranchers and Farmers Should be Friends: How Trial and Appellate Lawyers Should Work Together”
  • 2016 State Bar of Texas — Prosecuting and Defending Truck Cases — “Driving While Fatigued — Science and Discovery”
  • 2016 TTLA National Webinar — “Truckers: The Bullies of the Road”
  • 2016 State Bar of Texas (Dallas/Houston/San Antonio) — Advanced Personal Injury — “Distracted Driving”
  • 2016 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) — Successful Strategies in Changing Behavior
  • 2016 National Safety Council (Dallas) — “Cell Phones and Driving, Bad For Business”
  • 2015 State Bar of Texas — Advanced Personal Injury — “Texting and Driving: Discovery of Cell Phone Usage”
  • 2015 TTLA Oil Rig and Construction Accidents — “Oilfield Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation Liability”
  • 2015 TTLA Car Wrecks — “Nuts and Bolts of a Routine Car Wreck: Ten Things I Wish I Knew”

Education

  • Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas
    • J.D.
    • Honors: Graduated Third in his Class
    • Honors: Received a Prestigious Clerkship with the Texas Supreme Court
  • Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
    • B.A. - 1986
    • Honors: magna cum laude
    • Major: History

Professional Associations

  • Dallas Trial Lawyers Association,, President, 2014 to 2015
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association (“TTLA”), Member, 2021 to Present