“What we are trying to do is allow the judge and jury to walk in our client’s moccasins a short distance in order to understand the nature and severity of their injuries.”
For more than 40 years, Dallas attorney Frank L. Branson has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to victims of dangerous products, commercial airplane crashes, injuries from gas explosions or electric burns, medical negligence, major trucking accidents, and industrial catastrophes. He and the legal team at The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson also successfully pursued companies and corporate representatives in high-stakes business disputes.
Widely recognized as one of America’s best trial lawyers, Branson provides clients with tenacious pre-trial preparation and masterful courtroom strategies. A leader in the effective use of multimedia demonstrative evidence, his full-time staff includes a registered nurse, a highly experienced investigator, and an audio/visual professional who works closely with the firm’s top-flight attorneys to produce digital video, computer animation, medical art, and individualized anatomical models that make judges and juries take notice.
“What we are trying to do is allow the judge and jury to walk in our client’s moccasins a short distance in order to understand the nature and severity of their injuries. We have never hesitated to use our resources to go the extra mile for our clients,” says Branson.
In addition to accepting referrals from other lawyers, Branson and the firm regularly represent prominent doctors, lawyers, business executives, politicians, and other professionals in cases where they or their families have faced major legal issues.
- Southern Methodist University, LL.M., 1974
- Southern Methodist University, J.D., 1969
- Texas Christian University, B.A., 1967
- Texas State District Courts
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eighth Circuits
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
- American Inn of Court – Master
- American Board of Trial Advocates – Advocate Member; Past President, Dallas Chapter
- Attorneys’ Information Exchange Group – Founding Director
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America – Former Board of Governors Member; Stalwart; President’s Club Charter Member; Former Dean of Medical Malpractice College; Lifetime Fellow of Roscoe-Pound Foundation
- College of the State Bar of Texas – Life Fellow
- Dallas Bar Association – Member
- Dallas Bar Foundation – Life Fellow
- Dallas Trial Lawyers Association – Past President
- Institution for Injury Reduction – Director
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers – Fellow
- International Society of Barristers – Fellow
- Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law – Executive Board Member
- Southern Trial Lawyers Association – Past President
- State Bar of Texas – Former Grievance Committee Prosecutor; Former Chairman Administration of Rules of Evidence Committee
- Texas Bar Foundation – Member
- Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee – Former Member
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association – Director Emeritus
- “Demonstrative and Documentary Evidence in Contemporary Tort Litigation, ATLA’s Litigating Tort Cases, Vol. 4, Chapter 42, ATLA Press (2003)
- “Trucking Accident Litigation,” Handling Motor Vehicle Accidents, 2nd Edition, Vol. 3, Chapter 13, West Group (2001)
- Commentary for “Demonstrative Evidence,” ATLA Trial Magazine (Sept. 1995)
- Member, Highland Park Presbyterian Church
- Democratic National Committee Trustee (former)
- Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Leadership Circle Member (former)
- Finance Council of Dallas County Democratic Party (former)
- National Finance Committee, Clinton for President (former)
- Honoree, Distinguished Service Award for Vietnam Veterans of America (former)
- American Heart Foundation Chip Moody Eagle Award (former)
- Dallas Democratic Forum Advisory Board (former)
- Ambassador-at-Large, Southern Methodist University (former)
- Garland Community Hospital Trustee (former)
- 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers by Lawdragon, 2019-2026
- The Best Lawyers in America, 1987-2026
- Texas Lawyer Legal Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, 2024
- Who’s Who Top Attorneys of North America, 2022-2023
- Best Lawyers Hall of Fame by D Magazine, 2022
- Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, as published in Texas Monthly, 2003-2026
- Top 10 Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, as published in Texas Monthly, 2007-2024
- Top 100 Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters and Texas Monthly, 2003-2026
- Top 100 Super Lawyers in Dallas/Fort Worth, Thomson Reuters, 2003-2026
- Best Lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011-2026
- Best Law Firms by U.S. News/Best Lawyers, Tier 1 Ranking in Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability and Professional Malpractice, 2010-2026
- Sustaining Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation
- Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame, 2021
- Elite Trial Lawyers award 2019 in Product Liability by the National Law Journal
- Top 100 Verdicts in Texas, as published by Texas Lawyer and VerdictSearch, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018
- Texas’ Top Rated Lawyers by ALM and Martindale-Hubbell, 2010-2017
- Top 100 Verdicts in America, as published by The National Law Journal and VerdictSearch, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016
- Third Largest Motor Vehicle Verdict in Texas by VerdictSearch and Texas Lawyer, 2016
- 500 Most Powerful Business Leaders in Dallas/Fort Worth by D CEO Magazine, 2016
- Selected among the “50 Lions of the Texas Bar” by Texas Lawbook, 2015-2016
- Top 50 Elite Trial Lawyers in the nation by ALM/National Law Journal, 2014
- Dallas “Lawyer of the Year” for Medical Malpractice Law by Best Lawyers in America, 2014
- Top 3 Texas Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, as published in Texas Monthly, 2012 and 2013
- Lifetime Achiever, Texas Verdicts Hall of Fame by Texas Lawyer and VerdictSearch, 2012
- Largest Business Law Verdict in Texas, VerdictSearch and Texas Lawyer, 2012
- Named one of three Go-To Plaintiff Attorneys in Personal Injury by Texas Lawyer, 2012
- Dallas “Lawyer of the Year” for Plaintiffs’ Product Liability Litigation by Best Lawyers in America, 2012
- 500 Leading Lawyers in America by Lawdragon, 2006-2011
- Teddy Roosevelt “Man in the Arena” Award presented by the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America – 2011
- Trial Lawyer of the Year, Dallas Bar Association, 2010
- Pursuit of Justice Award, American Bar Association’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, 2010
- Distinguished Alumni Award for Private Practice, Southern Methodist University, 2010
- AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest level of professional excellence
- Recipient of the Mel Award, by the Melvin Belli Society, 2007
- Professor W. McKinley Smiley, Jr. Lighthouse Award by the Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2005
- Southern Trial Lawyers Association War Horse Award, 2001
- Named by Forbes as one of the most successful trial lawyers in the country, 1989
Married to Debbie D. Branson, an attorney at The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson. The Bransons’ two children, Jennifer and Buck, are graduates of Southern Methodist University Law School.
