CARLOS A. BALIDO Partner
900 Jackson Street
Founders Square
Suite 600
Dallas, Texas 75202
Telephone: (214) 347-8320
Fax: (214) 347-8321
Email
www.wbclawfirm.com
Current Practice Areas
Carlos A. Balido
is a trial lawyer actively engaged in representing
clients involved across the State of Texas in
many areas of litigation including non-subscriber
& ERISA claims, product liability, wrongful death,
transportation and automobile litigation, personal
injury and tort defense, premises liability, first
party insurance claims and business litigation.
Geographical Regions
- Rio Grande Valley, Currently and previously handled cases (Cameron,
Duval, Hidalgo, Starr, Nueces and Webb counties)
- Central Texas (Bexar, Bell, Travis and McLennan
counties)
- East Texas (Gregg, Marshall, Henderson, Panola
and Smith counties)
- All North Texas counties
Trial Experience
- As lead attorney, successfully tried over
150 lawsuits during the past seventeen years
resulting in favorable results to the client.
Education
- Texas Tech University School of Law, J.D. 1990, (Order of Barristers)
- Trinity University, B.A., 1987
Professional Affiliations
- Admitted, State Bar of Texas, 1990
- U.S. District Court - all Districts in Texas
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel
- Dallas Association of Defense Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
- Dallas Hispanic Bar Association
- National Hispanic Bar Association
Accomplishments
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell
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Practice
Areas
Current Litigation Matters
- Currently representing national air conditioning
product manufacturer in product liability case
involving damages to residential homes.
- Defending national distributor/manufacturer
of commercial pavement materials in several
premises liability cases involving serious bodily
injuries.
- Defending charitable organization in wrongful
death nursing home liability case.
- Defending several insurance companies in first
party bad faith claims, including several post-judgment
Stowers claims
- Defending multiple fatality and serious injury
accidents involving commercial vehicles
- Defending national manufacturer of hair removal
devices in personal injury claims.
- Defending several national corporations under
ERISA.
- Defending wrongful death accident involving
personal water craft.
Recent Litigation
- Successfully defended commercial electrical contractor in construction
defect case involving fire at multimillion dollar condominium project.
- Received defense jury verdict in wrongful death UIM claim involving
bad faith issues - Texas Supreme Court found in insurance companys
favor that extra-contractual claims do not exist until issue of liability
and damages are determined in underlying case Brainard v. Trinity
Universal.
- Received favorable jury defense verdict in case against distributor
of liquid nitrogen which allegedly caused the loss of an eye to plaintiff.
- Successfully defended pool contractor in claim involving severe personal
injuries while defeating indemnity claim from home warranty company
- successfully defended appeal by the home warranty company to the Texas
5th District Court of Appeals.
- Received complete defense jury verdict in severe personal injury claim
against manufacturer of electro-mechanical switches.
- Achieved favorable resolution for commercial defendant in electrocution
case.
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