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Eric Gerard is a former federal prosecutor and accomplished trial lawyer fiercely committed to making big companies do right by the people they’ve harmed. He has recovered over $200 million for victims of negligence and fraud in the last 5 years alone.
Eric brings endless energy and a drive for excellence to everything he does. He graduated in the top 10% of his class from the prestigious University of Virginia School of Law. While at UVA Law, he also earned a master’s degree with highest honors from Johns Hopkins University’s top-ranked foreign policy program. When he took the Texas Bar Exam, he got the top score in the country.
He began his career at the storied Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in New York City, trying cases in the busiest court system in the country. He later served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. His trials spanned a range of complex crimes—from international money laundering and wire fraud conspiracy to murder-for-hire, identity theft, and foreign child exploitation. He won them all.
Eric brings his aggressive prosecutor’s mindset and years of experience handling tough, complex cases through trial to the fight for injured victims as a plaintiffs’ lawyer. After leaving DOJ, he was named partner at a firm selected as one of the “10 Best Plaintiff Firms in the United States,” where his victories included recoveries of $105 million from a global retailer and $40 million from a foreign drug maker. Since returning to Texas and joining Sorrels Law as its first partner, he has won millions more. Recent victories include $5.88 million in a commercial vehicle case, a $4.5 million auto crash settlement, $2.2 million recovered in an invasion of privacy matter, and a $2 million mid-trial settlement in an electrical injury case.
Eric has received a number of honors and awards throughout his career, including being named a “Texas Rising Star,” one of “Houston’s Top Personal Injury Lawyers” by Houstonia Magazine, a Fellow of both the Texas Bar and Houston Bar Foundations, and a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He lives in Houston with his wife and two boys and is active in the community through his church and various charities.
At Sorrels Law, Eric fights for victims in catastrophic injury cases in Texas, Louisiana, and across the country.
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
M.A., The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
B.A., Washington & Lee University, Politics
Randy is the past President of the Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists, and past Chair of the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. He has served as the President of the Houston Bar Association, President of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association, President of the Houston Trial Lawyers Foundation, Vice President of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Trustee of the Texas Bar Foundation, Director of the State Bar of Texas (two terms), Commissioner of the Equal Access to Justice Commission, Trustee of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society, and is currently on the Board of Directors at South Texas College of Law Houston.
Randy started his legal career at Fulbright & Jaworski, where he represented doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, and businesses in the state of Texas who were accused of civil wrongdoing. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from South Texas College of Law Houston in 1987, where he was on the Law Review and was a member of the nationally recognized Board of Advocates. South Texas College of Law Houston has honored Randy with its highest honor— the Dean’s Medal, as well as its Public Service Award (the inaugural award). South Texas College of Law Houston has renamed its legal clinics The Randall O. Sorrels Legal Clinics, which represents 15,000 square feet of new, state-of-the-art facilities to bring together clients with unmet legal needs and students who are eager to work with those clients under the direct supervision of their professors. In 2018, South Texas College of Law Houston honored Randy with the Distinguished Alumni Award.
Prior to law school, Randy graduated Magna Cum Laude from Houston Baptist University— where he was recognized as an NCAA Academic All-American in 1984. He attended HBU on a soccer scholarship, and the soccer field at the university now carries his name— Randall O. Sorrels Field. While at school, he was recognized as the Outstanding Student in both Political Science and Speech Communications. In the greatest honor, the university gives to alumni, Randy was named as HBU’s Outstanding Alumnus of the Year for 2009, and he continues to be involved in alumni events and meetings.
Randy is married to his law partner, Alex L. Farias-Sorrels, and considers her one of the smartest lawyers he knows. He is also a father of five children and one granddaughter. His oldest daughter is a teacher and helps with the Sorrels Law communications efforts. His second daughter is a speech language pathologist in New York. His twin son and daughter are law students at the University of Texas. And his youngest son is in a Montessori program.
He has published numerous articles, including:
He lives in Bellaire, Texas with his wife Carol, and has two adult children. He is an avid cyclist and consumer of political news. He and Carol are active members at Christ the King Presbyterian Church.
You can trust that the Sorrels Law team of attorneys and staff has the experience and the skills to meticulously and strategically handle your case. We know what we are doing and we will guide you every step of the way. Ask us any question and call us at any time.
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