Houston Personal Injury Lawyer

Cities and counties we serve in greater Houston

Patterson Law Group represents personal injury clients across the entire Houston metro — Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Galveston, Brazoria, and Waller counties. If your accident happened in any of the cities below — or anywhere else in greater Houston — call us.

Counties covered: Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Galveston, Brazoria, and Waller.

What to do after an accident in Houston

If you or someone you love has just been in an accident in Houston or the surrounding metro, the next 24–48 hours matter. Here is what we tell our clients:

1. Get medical care immediately. Houston has more high-acuity trauma capacity than almost any U.S. city — Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (Level 1 trauma, the busiest in the state), Ben Taub Hospital (Level 1, Harris Health System), Memorial Hermann The Woodlands, Memorial Hermann Southwest, HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake, Memorial Hermann Northeast (Humble), and Memorial Hermann Sugar Land. Even if you feel fine, soft-tissue injuries, concussions, and internal bleeding can take hours or days to surface. A documented medical visit also creates a record the insurance company cannot easily dispute later.
2. Report the crash. Houston PD handles crashes inside the City of Houston; smaller cities like Sugar Land, Katy, Pearland, Pasadena, Missouri City, and League City have their own departments. Harris County Sheriff and Constable Precincts handle unincorporated Harris County. DPS handles crashes on most highways and tollways. Get the case number — you will need it.
3. Photograph everything. Vehicles, the scene, license plates, road conditions, traffic controls, and any visible injuries. Memories fade and insurance adjusters exploit gaps.
4. Get witness contact info. Independent witnesses are gold. Get a name and phone number before they leave the scene.
5. Do not give a recorded statement to the other driver's insurance company. Their adjusters are trained to get you to say things that limit your recovery. You are not required to talk to them. Refer them to us.
6. Call a lawyer before you sign anything. Early settlement offers are almost always low — and once you sign a release, you cannot reopen the claim, even if your injuries turn out to be worse than expected.

Houston's most crash-prone corridors

Houston's freeway grid has some of the highest fatality counts of any U.S. metro. The corridors below come up repeatedly in our case files:

• I-10 (Katy Freeway). The widest freeway in the world at 26 lanes through Energy Corridor. Constant commuter traffic between downtown and Katy, frequent multi-car pileups, and heavy 18-wheeler traffic mixing with passenger cars.
• I-45 (Gulf Freeway south / North Freeway north). Repeatedly ranked among the most dangerous interstates in America. The stretch from downtown to Galveston produces some of the most severe high-speed crashes we work, and the North Freeway through Spring, The Woodlands, and Conroe is just as bad.
• I-69 / US-59 (Eastex / Southwest Freeway). Commuter routes through Sugar Land, Stafford, Missouri City to the southwest, and Humble, Kingwood, and Cleveland to the northeast. Construction zones produce a constant churn of rear-end collisions.
• 610 Loop (Inner Loop). The original ring road. Tight curves on the West Loop near the Galleria and the East Loop interchange with I-10 create chronic merging crashes.
• Beltway 8 / Sam Houston Tollway. 88 miles around the city. 65–70 mph speed limits, heavy commercial truck traffic, and toll-lane confusion produce severe wrecks.
• Grand Parkway (SH-99). The newest outer ring, still being completed. High speeds, sparse lighting in places, and a growing share of commuter traffic from Cypress, Katy, and Spring.
• SH-288. Connects downtown to Pearland and Lake Jackson. Recent toll-lane additions have shifted crash patterns.
• Hardy Toll Road and Westpark Tollway. Designed for speed; crashes here tend to be severe.
• FM-1960 and FM-2920. Surface arterials with heavy strip-mall traffic and frequent intersection T-bones.
• Port of Houston and ship channel access roads. Heavy truck traffic, refinery shift changes, and hazmat hauls. Our maritime, refinery, and 18-wheeler work centers here.

Personal injury cases we handle in Houston

• Car accidents — including Katy Freeway, Gulf Freeway, and 610 Loop crashes
• 18-wheeler and commercial truck accidents — including Port of Houston truck routes
• Motorcycle accidents
• Wrongful death — including the highest Wrongful Death Settlement in Texas in 2024
• Pedestrian accidents
• Bicycle accidents
• Slip and fall / premises liability
• Traumatic brain injury
• Catastrophic injuries
• Daycare and child injuries