About Jamal Alsaffar
Jamal K. Alsaffar was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He is a nationally experienced trial attorney who has spent his entire career representing individuals and families as a plaintiff's lawyer. He handles complex personal injury and medical malpractice cases in state, federal, and appellate courts across the country, and maintains a national Federal Tort Claims Act practice on behalf of veterans and military families. In 2013, Texas Lawyer magazine selected him as one of 20 'Leading Lawyers' under age 40 in Texas. His peers have voted him a 'Super Lawyer' from 2014 to 2022 and a Texas 'Rising Star' from 2006 to 2014. He was named the Scott Ozmun Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association in 2023 and was recognized as an Austin Top Attorney in 2024 by Austin Monthly. He has served as National Chair of the Federal Torts and Military Advocacy Section of the American Association for Justice and as Co-Chair of the Birth Trauma/Medical Negligence Litigation Group. He also served as head mock trial coach for the University of Texas undergraduate trial advocacy team for over a decade.
Notable case results
Trial verdict for victims of the Sutherland Springs mass shooting against the United States for failure to report shooter to FBI database (Holcombe v. United States)
Trial verdict against the VA in New Hampshire for failure to treat a stroke resulting in permanent paralysis (Farley v. United States)
Trial verdict against the U.S. Navy for failure to prescribe prenatal vitamins, resulting in a baby born with spina bifida (Brown v. United States)
Against the U.S. Army for negligent labor and delivery causing permanent brain injury (Elliott v. United States)
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
