CARLOS A. BALIDO Partner
900 Jackson Street
Founders Square, Suite 600
Dallas, Texas 75202
Telephone: (214) 347-8320
Fax: (214) 347-8321
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www.wbclawfirm.com
Secretary:
Paula Wylie
Phone: 214-347-8328
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Paralegal:
Bill Holaday
Phone: 214-347-8326
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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
- Currently and previously handled cases in Rio Grande Valley (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
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 company’s 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 plaintif.
- 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.
- As lead attorney, successfully tried over 100 lawsuits during the past seventeen years resulting in favorable results to the client.
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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