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Eric Gerard is a former federal prosecutor and accomplished trial lawyer fiercely committed to protecting our community and 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, concurrently earning 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 in the Trial Division of the storied Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in New York City. Later, he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice. His trials spanned a range of complex offenses, from international money laundering and wire fraud conspiracy to murder-for-hire, identity theft, and foreign child exploitation. He won them all. After leaving public service, Eric was named partner at one of Benchmark Litigation’s “10 Best Plaintiff Firms in the United States,” winning recoveries of $105 million, $40 million, and $16 million in courts across the country.
Since returning to Texas and joining Sorrels Law as its first partner, Eric has won millions more. He brings an aggressive prosecutor’s mindset and years of experience handling tough, complex cases from investigation through trial to the fight for injured victims. Recent victories include $5.88 million and $4.5 million in commercial vehicle crashes, $2.2 million in an invasion of privacy matter, and $2 million at trial in an electrocution case.
Eric has been recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer, one of “Houston’s Top Personal Injury Lawyers,” a member of the Texas Bar College, a Fellow of both the Texas Bar and Houston Bar Foundations, and a member of the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums. He has also served as an instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy; given talks to bar associations and other groups on topics ranging from trial techniques to investigating complex cases to working with trauma victims; and published peer-reviewed articles on presenting damages evidence at trial, the admissibility of neuroimaging evidence, and legal ethics. Outside of the law, he helped establish a boxing program for at-risk youth and actively supports charities serving families of fallen law enforcement officers and our nation’s veterans. He lives in Houston with his wife and two boys and is a member of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church.
At Sorrels Law, Eric fights for victims in catastrophic injury cases in Texas, Louisiana, and across the country. He welcomes the opportunity to partner with other like-minded lawyers committed to protecting our community and serving those who need it most.
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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