Darrell practices civil trial litigation with an emphasis on personal injury and wrongful death claims, products liability, premises liability, dram shop cases and insurance bad faith actions. His background also includes toxic tort litigation, probate matters, civil rights actions and commercial litigation.

Darrell has represented large insurance companies and Fortune 100 corporations as well as small businesses and individuals throughout the state and federal courts of Texas and the Southwest.

• Resolved over 500 residential and commercial claims resulting from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Dolly and Ike on Gulf Coast on behalf of large and small insurance carriers.
• Worked as plaintiff attorney for two years after law school including representation of terminated assistant police chiefs in civil rights lawsuits against city.
• Secured motion for summary judgment in federal district court and affirmation by circuit court of appeals in First Amendment case in which claimant alleged that public library’s refusal to engrave a sidewalk brick with inflammatory comments about library personnel during a fundraising drive violated free speech rights.
• Tried lawsuits involving underinsured motorist claims under personal and commercial auto policies, including one case in which a Tarrant County jury awarded substantially less than amount of damages conceded by defendant.
• Tried lawsuits involving claims for mold damage to commercial and residential properties during “mold crisis.” 
• Represented nationally televised evangelist and ministry against personal injury claim allegedly incurred during rush to stage by parishioner attending crusade.
• Resolved dram shop cases against various gentlemen’s clubs in Dallas/Fort Worth area during time when certain local municipalities sought to ban such establishments.
• Represented American manufacturer of roller coasters against personal injury claim allegedly incurred on ride at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio.
• Represented individual who accidentally started largest forest fire in Utah history (the Mustang Fire) against claim by federal government to recover fire suppression costs and resolved lawsuit for less than 3 percent of total fire suppression costs.
  
  

• Austin Bar Association
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel
• Defense Research Institute
• Meals on Wheels, volunteer
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas, mentor