Sean McCarthy

Sean McCarthy PARTNER

Sean McCarthy has been a Partner at Williams Hart & Boundas, LLC since 2012 and has been practicing law since 2005. He primarily focuses on personal injury cases and leads the firm’s insurance litigation docket, representing those who have been wrongfully denied or underpaid by insurance companies for medical, property, and life insurance claims. He is also well versed in commercial litigation and civil litigation.

Sean has successfully won many multi-million-dollar settlements for his clients. One such case involved a county housing authority making claims against two accounting firms. Sean was able to obtain a $2.25 million dollar settlement for his client. His accomplishments also extend to his personal injury casework. In one of many notable cases, Sean represented an individual who had been hit by a driver of a company vehicle while at a crosswalk. The case went to trial and Sean obtained a $15 million dollar jury verdict. His broad range of legal experience has left him uniquely equipped to take on a variety of complex cases. When he takes on a case, his relentless fight for justice is mirrored in his ability to gain favorable results for his clients.

Sean is licensed to practice law in Texas, as well as in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Southern District of Texas, Eastern District of Texas, and Northern District of Texas. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, as well as in the United States Court of Federal Claims. He graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 2000, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in political science. He then attended the University of Houston Law Center, where he received his law degree in 2008, graduating magna cum laude.

Sean has also been selected by his peers for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars list by Thomson Reuters from 2014 to 2018, as well as in Texas Super Lawyers from list from 2020 to 2023.

Education

  • University of Houston Law Center, Juris Doctorate, 2008
    • Editor of the Houston Law Review, 2007 – 2008
    • Order of the Coif
    • Order of Barons
  • The United States Air Force Academy, Bachelor of Science in Political Science, 2000
  • Texas, 2008
  • United States District Court of the Northern District of Texas
  • United States District Court of the Southern District of Texas
  • United States District Court of the Eastern District of Texas
  • United States District Court of the Western District of Texas
  • United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States Court of Federal Claims
  • American Association of Justice
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association
  • Academy of Truck Accident Lawyers
  • State Bar of Texas
  • Texas Super Lawyers, 2020 – 2023
    • Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2014 – 2018
  • Trial Accomplishments
    • $15,000,000 jury verdict against the driver of a company vehicle who ran into a pedestrian at a crosswalk.
    • $13,0000,000 jury verdict against multiple defendants for causing a train to crash into an automobile causing one person to die and two others to suffer serious injuries.
    • $500,000 jury verdict for a deep leg laceration that caused permanent nerve damage resulting from a faulty dishwasher repair.
    • $360,000 jury verdict for a second-degree burn on an ankle resulting from a faulty oven.
  • Notable Accomplishments
    • $25,000,000.00 settlement for a construction company that sued for a breach of contract against a pipeline company (fees and expenses: $8,760,712.92).
    • $18,500,000 settlement for an individual that suffered severe brain damage when a pipe exploded in a tug boat engine room (fees and expenses: $6,843,806.02).
    • $12,300,000 settlement for two individuals that suffered injuries from a catastrophic boating crash (fees and expenses: $4,928,144.26).
    • $5,750,000.00 settlement on behalf of a surgical center against a healthcare plan for refusing to honor contractual payments for medical services provided (fees and expenses: $2,827,430.20).
    • $2,250,000.00 settlement on behalf of a county housing authority for claims against two accounting firms (fees and expenses: $1,003,589.81).
    • $1,000,000.00 cash settlement and multiple conveyances of oil mineral rights to an individual that sued to recover for stolen oil and fraudulently transferred land (fees and expenses: $255,935.95).
    • $1,350,000.00 settlement for an individual who was injured when he was side-swiped by an 18-wheeler and carried along the interstate truck (fees and expenses: $559,519.53).
    • $960,371.46 settlement for an individual that was severely injured when he an 18-wheeler’s rear wheel came off, crossed the interstate, and crashed into the individual’s vehicle (fees and expenses: $480,185.73).
    • $890,000.00 settlement for a family that suffered severe injuries when a drunk driver crashed into the back of their SUV (fees and expenses: $372,055.58).
    • $780,000.00 settlement for an individual that was severely injured when he was riding as a passenger in an 18-wheeler that rolled over (fees and expenses: $316,599.00).
    • $600,000.00 settlement for an individual who suffered a broken femur when she slipped on a floor because an employee knowingly left ice on the floor and did not clean it up (fees and expenses: $267,869.61).
    • $500,000.00 settlement for an individual that was severely injured when an 18-wheeler crashed into the back of his truck causing his truck to flip onto its side on the interstate (fees and expenses: $197,038.89).
    • $500,000.00 settlement for an individual that was severely injured when a work truck crashed into the back of her car while she was stopped in traffic (fees and expenses: $214,000.76).
    • $550,000.00 settlement for an insurance policyholder in a breach of contract and bad faith settlement practices case against an insurer related to Hurricane Harvey storm damage (fees and expenses: $293,041.64).
    • $512,500.00 settlement for an insurance policyholder in a breach of contract and bad faith settlement practices case against an insurer related to a wind and hailstorm (fees and expenses: $273,876.13).
    • $495,000.00 settlement for an insurance policyholder in a breach of contract and bad faith settlement practices case against an insurer related to flooding following Hurricane Harvey (fees and expenses: $273,876.43).
    • $450,000.00 settlement for an insurance policyholder in a breach of contract and bad faith case against an insurer related to a wind and hailstorm (fees and expenses: $130,000.00).
    • $425,000.00 settlement for an individual that was severely injured when he an 18-wheeler made an improper right turn and slammed into his vehicle (fees and expenses: $188,462.76).
    • $375,000.00 settlement for an individual that was severely injured when he an 18-wheeler ran a redlight and slammed into her car (fees and expenses: $159,811.29).
    • $350,000.00 settlement for an individual that was severely injured when an 18-wheeler crashed into the back of his 18-wheeler on the highway (fees and expenses: $164,979.21).
    • $350,000.00 settlement for an individual that was severely injured when an 18-wheeler completely stopped on a busy street and failed to activate its hazard lights (fees and expenses: $161,973.05).
    • $300,000.00 settlement on behalf of a surgical center against a healthcare plan for refusing to honor contractual payments for medical services provided (fees and expenses: $255,836.67).
    • $250,000.00 settlement for an individual that fell off stairs that failed to meet local building code step height requirements (fees and expenses: $119,581.74).
    • $250,000.00 settlement for an individual that fell in a grocery store because the store failed to properly address water leaking from the ceiling onto the polished white floor (fees and expenses: $107,265.48).
    • $200,000.00 settlement in a breach of contract and bad faith settlement practices case against an insurer related to Hurricane Harvey storm damage (fees and expenses: $71,045.99).