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Biography

Patrick Wigle is a partner at Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel in the firm’s Dallas office. Patrick concentrates his practice on representing plaintiffs involved in product liability and toxic tort cases. His work includes helping people, and the families of those who have been injured by exposure to toxic substances including asbestos, benzene, heavy metals, and other toxic materials seek recovery through the legal process. Patrick earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and he earned his Juris Doctor degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law. In 2008, he was admitted to the State Bar of Texas. In 2017, he was accredited by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Patrick is a member of the Dallas Bar Association, the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, the Texas Bar Foundation, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, and the State Bar of Texas. He has been recognized by D Magazine on their “Best Lawyers in Dallas” list since 2022. Patrick holds a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating and has been selected for recognition on the Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for the past nine years. He was named as one of the Top 100 Up-and-Coming Texas Rising Stars in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Patrick was also selected as an Associate Member of the Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court for the 2011 to 2012 term.

Recently, in May of 2024, Patrick obtained a record-breaking $725M verdict against ExxonMobil Corporation on behalf of a man who developed cancer as a result of benzene exposure. The jury’s verdict in that case is the largest compensatory verdict in Pennsylvania history.  In 2023, Patrick obtained a record-breaking $20M verdict on behalf of a man who developed mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos and industrial talc. It is the largest verdict in a Connecticut asbestos exposure case, almost eight-times higher than the second-largest Connecticut asbestos mesothelioma verdict of $2.6M.

 

Areas of Practice

  • Asbestos Litigation
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Product Liability
  • Toxic Tort

Bar Admissions

  • Texas, 2008
  • Supreme Court of Texas, 2008
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 2009
  • Washington, 2025

Education

  • Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, J.D., 2008
  • University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 2005

Pro Bono & Community Service

  • Board Member, Texas Youth Scholarship Organization, 2011-Present

Highlights

Professional Associations & Memberships

  • Dallas Bar Association
  • Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
  • Dallas Trial Lawyers Association
  • Texas Bar Foundation Fellow
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association
  • State Bar of Texas
  • ASTM Committee D22 on Air Quality

Other Appointments

  • Accredited by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 2017-Present

Honors & Awards

  • AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Selected for recognition on the Best Lawyers in Dallas” list in D Magazine, published by D Magazine Partners, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Selected for recognition on the “Best Lawyers Under 40” list, D Magazine, published by D Magazine Partners, 2021
  • Member, Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyer, The National Trial Lawyers, 2024, 2025
  • Member, Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyer, The National Trial Lawyers, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Selected for recognition on the Texas Super Lawyers, Top 100 Up-and-Coming Texas Rising Stars list, published by Thomson Reuters, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Selected for recognition on the Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, published by Thomson Reuters, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Associate Member, Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court, 2011-2012
  • Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation

 

Our Results

$880 million award

Historic settlement for over 1,300 survivors of clergy and adult abuse within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, marking a pivotal moment for justice.

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$725.5 million award

A Philadelphia jury awarded a record verdict against ExxonMobil for failing to warn about cancer risks due to benzene in its petroleum products.

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$20 million award

Confidential settlement for the wife of a Rhode Island man who died of mesothelioma cancer after exposure to window glazing compound contaminated with asbestos.

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