Steve Kherkher
About Steve Kherkher
Steve Kherkher is a founding partner and 36-year trial lawyer who has represented plaintiffs in over 40 states across catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, commercial trucking, products liability, toxic torts, and premises liability matters. He co-founded Kherkher Garcia with Jesus Garcia in 2019 after a career that included a $200 million pharmaceutical verdict in Philadelphia in 2005 (the Fen-Phen docket), an $11 million wrongful death verdict in 2012, and multiple eight-figure verdicts in trucking and oilfield cases. In 2024, Steve and Kevin Haynes recovered $100 million for burn victims of a pipeline explosion and $90 million for a family in a wrongful death arising from a commercial vehicle collision. Steve also spearheaded multiple Monsanto lawsuits, obtaining multi-million-dollar judgments including a $46.5 million verdict. Judges, opposing counsel, and fellow trial lawyers consider him an industry leader and retain him to co-counsel cases nationwide.
Notable case results
In pharmaceutical defect case, Paul et al. v. Wyeth, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, 2005
Wrongful death verdict, Rhodes v. X-Chem Inc., Harris County, 2012
Jury verdict for sexual assault victim due to inadequate security, 2012
In industrial injury/crane collapse case, Perkins v. Maxim Crane, Harris County, 2017
Chan v. Budd & Siemens Corporation, wrongful death, Harris County, 2018
John v. New Prime Inc., trucking crash, Harris County, 2019
For burn victims of pipeline explosion, 2024
In wrongful death arising from commercial vehicle collision, 2024
Monsanto Roundup judgment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma clients
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
