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Mr. Charlton P. Hornsby was born in Fort Hood, Texas on July 2, 1960. His father, Edward, served in the United States Army for 21 years and retired in 1969. He was a wartime veteran having served in the Korean War. Mr. Hornsby describes himself as a “military brat” and with the exception of three years at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and a year at Fort Riley, Kansas spent his entire life in Texas. Mr. Hornsby is Texas-born and raised—Texas proud.
Growing up Mr. Hornsby loved to watch Perry Mason and became fascinated with Mr. Mason’s dramatic courtroom victories. It was during this time period that Mr. Hornsby became a student of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He played Dr. King’s speeches on a Sears record player while doing his household chores and read articles and books about Dr. King. Mr. Hornsby describes Dr. King and his father, Edward, as two major influencers in his life. On April 4, 1968, Mr. Hornsby recalls watching television when the news of Dr. King’s death flashed across the screen. Mr. Hornsby knew that Dr. King was a significant loss for this country and wondered what he could do to make a difference. The idea of being a lawyer came to his mind and it simply stuck. Mr. Hornsby was seven years old at the time.
Mr. Hornsby has now been practicing law for almost 34 years and serves as a personal injury attorney in San Antonio. He has been Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law for 21 of those years. During his career, he has represented clients throughout Texas. He says he has handled a “ garden variety” of personal injury matters that include: car accidents, slip and falls, premises liability, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, products liability, 18-wheeler crashes, and crashes involving other commercial vehicles. These cases included matters under the Texas wrongful death statute.
Mr. Hornsby has extensive experience mediating cases for his clients and even completed mediation training at the University of Texas School of Law several years ago and has served as a mediator. He has obtained significant out-of-court settlements for his clients. He also has extensive jury trial experience and has obtained several national and state-ranked “TOP VERDICTS” for his clients. He loves to win and says that to win you must work hard and know your clients and their case. This sense of dedication and commitment to his clients has earned him recognition among his peers, including being named a “top-rated personal injury attorney in San Antonio” by Super Lawyers.
Earlier in Mr. Hornsby’s legal career, he was a presenter at CLE events for the State Bar of Texas and the American Bar Association. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin where he obtained his undergraduate and law degrees. He is an ordained minister and before relocating to San Antonio served as the Assistant Pastor in Port Arthur, Texas. He was in charge of the NEXGEN (youth) and Men’s Ministries. He describes himself as a “ people person.”
In his spare time, Mr. Hornsby loves to watch movies and spend time with his children and grandchildren.
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38 years | 3,000 cases
38 years | 2,000 cases
38 years | 100 cases
38 years | 100 cases
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State: Texas
Acquired: 1987
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Posted by anonymous | June 01, 2020 | Hired Attorney
A lawyer that cares
Charlton has to be one of the brightest, wittiest and most dedicated Attorneys I have ever experienced. Countless times through the day and night Charlton has reached out to me not only pertaining to my case but to me personally as far as my well being and just being sure I was okay in life. In the c...
Posted by Brenda Norman | May 23, 2020 | Hired Attorney
Client
Mr. Hornsby is simply amazing! I never needed an attorney before, but upon hiring Mr. Hornsby he cared for me and my family like his own. His level of courtesy and professionalism exceeded my expectations. Mr Hornsby is not only knowledgeable in his field, but also takes time to educate his clients. ...
Posted by Yulonda | May 18, 2020 | Hired Attorney
A Great Lawyer
Charlton was hired to represent my son, who was injured real bad back in 2017. He not only represented him as a lawyer but he was diligent in finding all the information needed so that the case would be based on facts. He took his time and explained the process to is step by step. I have never had to...
Posted by Shanter | May 18, 2020 | Hired Attorney
Client
Charlton Hornsby was hired by myself to assist me with a child support/ custody issue. He was very professional and knowledgeable of the civil process and family code. Hornsby’s character and integrity went above and beyond the call of duty. He never lied or told me anything he couldn’t do. He allowe...
Posted by Sharecka | May 18, 2020 | Hired Attorney
Wrongful death accident
I was a young woman and a newlywed when I lost my husband in a bulldozer accident. I hired Mr. Hornsby to represent me in this difficult time. He cared about me and helped me get through it. I was referred to him by one of his church members who said he was a good and honest man and a good lawyer....
"Charlton and I were opposing counsel in a high stakes personal injury/wrongful death case. Many issues in the case were highly contested and the trial lasted four weeks. Throughout the entire litigation, Charlton was tough and zealous advocate for his client while maintaining a high level of professionalism. I endorse Charlton without reservation."
"I have known and worked with Charlton Hornsby many times over the past 25 years. Charlton is an excellent communicatior and very persuasive advocate. We recently worked on a case against an 18-wheeler company where the investigating officer put the fault of the accident on Charlton's client. After spending a lot of time and resources on the case, Charlton was able to obtain a very large settlement from the company that denied all liability for the accident. Charlton's relentless pursuit of justice in that case convinced the trucking company that Charlton was right and their driver was at fault for causing the accident. A less-committed lawyer would have lost that case. But that's not Charlton."
"I have known Charlton Hornsby for over 30 years. I have tried multiple cases with Charlton including cases involving trucking, product liability against GM, medical malpractice involving wrongful death, and catastrophic injury, and cases involving fatal burns at apartment complexes. In each and every case I have found Charlton to be knowledgeable in the applicable law of the case and well prepared on the facts. Charlton has a tremendous court room presence that has helped considerably in reaching good outcomes for the clients."
"I have worked with Charlton in the past in a case where we were both ad litems. In that case I saw Charlton look after a minor's interest with the care and attention of a true professional. Circumstances dictated that he would not be paid for all of his time and attention to the matter through no fault of his own or his client. Nevertheless, Charlton performed perfectly and thoroughly and with the joy that is apparent on the face of an attorney that has done what he went to law school to do. A joy that comes from helping people. That case is only one expression of what I know Charlton has been doing his entire career."
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2019
Top 20 Jury Verdict —Texas 2019, Topverdicts.com
2019
Top 100 Jury Verdict 2019, Top verdict.com
2015
Top 20 Jury Verdict 2015, Top.verdicts.com
2015
Top 100 Jury verdict nationally 2015, Topverdicts.com
1999
Personal injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
1996 - Present
Attorney, Charlton P Hornsby PC
1994 - 1996
Attorney, Adams & Adams
1993 - 1994
Attorney, Holmes & Harris Insurance Defense Firm
1990 - 1993
Attorney, Law Offices of Joe Byrd
1987 - 1990
Attorney, Johnson Vaughn & Heiskell
1993 - Present
Jefferson County Bar AssociationMember
1996 - 1997
JEFFERSON County Black Lawyers AssociationPresident
1994 - 1996
Texas Young Lawyers AssociationBoard of Directors
1991 - 1993
Texas Young Lawyers AssociationBoard of Directors
1988 - 1993
Tarrant County Black Bar AssociationMembership Committee Chairperson
1988 - 1992
American Bar AssociationMembership Committee Chairperson
19.2 million
1,217,000.00
Plaintiff Verdict—24 million dollars
1985
Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)
1982
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.),
1992
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