Carl R. Roth

Carl R. Roth is the founder of The Roth Law Firm and serves as the firm’s lead litigation counsel.

Carl has more than 44 years of trial experience in the Federal and State Courts of Texas and has tried over 300 cases to verdict. He represents corporations in complex litigation, antitrust and patent matters, and individuals in catastrophic personal injury cases.

He has extensive trial experience in the areas involving:

• Intellectual property matters
• Products liability
• F.E.L.A.
• Insurance coverage and bad faith claims
• Economic torts arising in commercial and business contexts

Results

$20 Million Settlement - Personal Injury
Carl was involved in one of the first asbestos cases in the country in the mid-70’s, resulting in a $20 million settlement.

$12 Million Verdict - Personal Injury
In 1989, Carl achieved a $12 million verdict for the plaintiff in a personal injury liability case, which remained the largest personal injury verdict awarded in the Marshall Division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, for over 15 years. Julianne Ahlgren v. Walls Industries, Inc., et al.

$71 Million Verdict - Bad Faith
In 1992, Carl was hired to represent the Monsanto Company in an insurance bad faith case in the 71st Judicial District Court of Harrison County Texas. Representing the Plaintiff, Carl garnered a $71 million verdict, which included $50 million in punitive damages. To date this is the largest jury verdict ever rendered in Harrison County District Court. Monsanto Company v. Crum & Forster, Inc., et al.

Texas Instruments - Patent Infringement
In 1992, Carl filed the first patent infringement case in the Marshall Division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on behalf of Texas Instruments. In this case, Carl’s ability to hold venue on behalf of the Plaintiff, coupled with the Court’s ability to provide a definite trial date within 8 or 9 months after filing, created what is now the third largest intellectual property docket in the United States. Carl has represented Texas Instruments in more than two dozen patent infringement cases in Marshall Federal Court and to date has settled or won judgments totaling more than $2.4 billion for Texas Instruments.

Professional Activities

• American Board of Trial Advocates
• The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Texas Young Lawyers (Director 1972-77)
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Director 1986-89)
• Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Advisory Committee (now the Local Rules Advisory Committee), Eastern District of Texas, 1995-1999