Zehl & Associates has announced that eight of its trial lawyers have earned selection to the 2026 Texas Super Lawyers legal listing, further cementing the firm’s standing as one of the most recognized plaintiff’s practices in the state.
Founding partner Ryan Zehl was named to the Texas Super Lawyers list in the category of plaintiffs’ general personal injury law — a distinction he has earned every year since 2009. No other accolade more consistently reflects the regard of his peers across nearly two decades of practice.
Seven additional attorneys from the firm earned places on the Texas Rising Stars list, which is reserved for lawyers 40 years of age and under or those with 10 or fewer years in practice. The 2026 honorees include:
- Ernesto Alvarez, Jr. (repeat selection)
- Michael R. Clinton (repeat selection)
- Lamar Delong (repeat selection)
- Mikhail “Misha” Paltiyevich (repeat selection)
- Michael A. Samaniego (repeat selection)
- Justin Warner (repeat selection)
- Justin D. Waldo (first-time honoree)
“We have built something rare here — a team of trial lawyers who show up every single day and fight like their clients’ lives depend on it. Because they often do. I am incredibly proud of them, and I’m grateful that our peers in the legal community see what I see,” said firm founder Ryan Zehl.
A Record of Recognition Built on Results
Zehl & Associates has spent more than two decades building a track record of landmark verdicts and settlements across Texas and beyond. Mr. Zehl’s individual honors extend well beyond the Texas Super Lawyers listing and include recognition by The Best Lawyers in America, Lawdragon, and the National Trial Lawyers Association, which named him among the top 100 personal injury lawyers in Texas. He holds lifetime membership in both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum® and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum® — a distinction held by fewer than 1% of trial lawyers nationwide.
Texas Super Lawyers honorees are selected through a rigorous process combining peer nominations, independent research, and attorney evaluations. No more than 5% of Texas lawyers earn the designation in any given year.
For more information about Texas Super Lawyers, visit attorneys.superlawyers.com/texas.
About Zehl & Associates
Zehl & Associates PC is an undefeated Houston-based personal injury law firm representing accident victims across Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and the United States. The firm has secured billions of dollars in record-breaking verdicts and settlements against the largest trucking, oil and gas, maritime, and petrochemical companies in the world. Practice areas include truck and 18-wheeler accidents; oilfield accidents; maritime and Jones Act claims; refinery and plant explosions; and catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases nationwide.
For more information, visit zehllaw.com.
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