Your fee is a share of what we recover — so who works the case decides what you are paid. We have tried hundreds of them.
The size of the check isn’t fixed. Your fee is a share of what we recover, so it is only ever as large as the result. Years of trying these cases is what tells you what a claim is genuinely worth — which file to build for trial, which expert moves the number, when an offer is a floor and not a ceiling.
And then there is the part that never shows up on a fee statement. Before we had a personal injury practice, we were the referring attorney. What was always top of mind for me — and what decided whether that lawyer ever got a second case from us — was never the fee. It was how the person we sent them got treated.
Hundreds of them. A firm that is comfortable picking a jury negotiates from a different place than a firm that is quietly hoping it never has to, and the adjuster on the other side knows which one you are.
That difference lands in the settlement number — which is to say, in your fee.
Accident reconstruction, life-care planners, treating-physician depositions, the expert whose testimony actually moves the number. We fund our own files.
You never have to decide between working a case up properly and what you can afford to carry.
A verdict resolves one case. Work we did for a client resulted in the passage of the Athena Alert — HB 3556, signed into law in June 2023.
Texas police can now alert the public the moment a child is reported missing, instead of waiting for investigators to confirm an abduction first. That one is bigger than any fee on this page.
White-glove service is one of our core values, and we go the extra mile. No one is left to work out on their own what happens next.
They came to you first. How they are treated after that reflects on you, and we have not forgotten it.
They are the same five we asked when we were the ones sending cases out. Here are our answers, in the order you’d ask them.
We don’t make you wonder. You hear back either way — we took them, or they weren’t a fit for us and here is why. Silence is not an answer we give.
If we take them on, we add you to Lawft — our client portal — so you can stay on top of what is happening from your own login.
You can be as involved, or as uninvolved, as you want to be. Inside Lawft you can see every setting, read the pleadings as they are filed, and be looped into what we are telling them.
Nobody has to take our word for how they are being looked after. You can look.
White-glove service is one of our core values, and it is not a line we keep for the website. We go the extra mile for the people who walk through our door, and the ones you send us are no different.
We know how we perform reflects on you. They came to you first.
We have tried hundreds of cases and four of our attorneys are board certified. We also fund our own files, so the expenses are ours to carry, not yours.
We never need a case to settle because we are afraid to try it, and never because we ran out of money to work it up. Insurers price that in, which is a large part of why the number moves.
In most cases, one-third of the legal fee — the amount fixed in writing before we open the file, never worked out at the end of the case.
And you will never have to chase a payment. On any settlement, we do not disburse attorney’s fees to this firm until the referring lawyer has been paid first. You are not last in line here. You are first.
Four steps. You are only required to be present for the first one.
Call, or use the form at the top of this page. Tell us what you know — you don’t need the file organized and you don’t need their name on a public form.
You will hear back either way — we don’t make you wonder.
Records, the crash or incident report, imaging, coverage, the liability picture. A real evaluation, not a five-minute intake read.
If we take them on, we draft and send the client paperwork and your fee is fixed in writing before the file opens. If we don’t, you hear why, in time to place them somewhere else.
Onboarding, the treatment conversation, the questions they were going to call you about at 8pm. From the first call they are looked after, and you are copied rather than chased.
You get your login when we take them on.
Investigation, experts, suit if it needs suit, and trial if trial is what gets them paid properly. You watch as much or as little of it as you want.
Criminal and family cases come to us from all over Texas, and we only handle those in the counties around our four offices. We would rather hand those to a lawyer we trust than leave someone to pick a name off a search page — so we do, free of charge. No fee comes back to us on a case we send out.
This map is that list. You become a trusted partner by us trusting you — so reach out, and let’s get to know one another.
Dark green is us. Light green is a firm we trust and would send our own family to. Grey means we have not found the right firm there yet — call and we will still find you someone.
Rather scroll a list than use the map?
“You guys were top notch and did all the heavy lifting without complaint.”
“I keep referring cases to Varghese Summersett because they exceed client expectations at every turn.”
“I sleep easy knowing Varghese Summersett has the case covered.”
In most cases we are able to pay you one-third of the legal fee for referring the case. The exact terms depend on the case and on which basis you elect under Rule 1.04(f), and everything is set out in writing before we open the file — the amount, who is responsible for what, and what your client is told.
Rule 1.04(f) permits a division of fees between lawyers in different firms only if the division is either in proportion to the services each lawyer performs or made between lawyers who assume joint responsibility; the client consents in writing to the terms of the arrangement before the association or referral, including who is participating, which basis applies, and the share each firm receives; and the total fee is not unconscionable.
Under 1.04(g), consent given without that information is not a confirmation — late paperwork does not cure it. A fuller explanation of the rule is here →
As involved as you like, on whatever we agree. You can refer it outright, or associate with us and keep working the file — those are the two bases the rule contemplates and you elect which one applies. Either way you get a login and can see where things stand.
Yes. If a case is headed to trial and you would rather not try it, we will take it over — we have partnered with lawyers at that stage for years. Earlier is easier, but a worked-up file is a conversation worth having whenever you are ready to have it.
Use the county map above. If we have a Trusted Counsel firm there, it is named with a direct link. If we do not, call us anyway — the published list is smaller than the network, and we would rather find you someone than leave you with nothing.
You become a trusted partner by us trusting you. There is no form that makes it happen — reach out, and let’s get to know one another. Call (817) 203-2220.
Varghese Summersett is a Texas law firm, not a lawyer referral service certified by the State Bar of Texas. Trusted Counsel is our own network of firms we have vetted and would refer our own family to; listing is not an endorsement by any bar association, and no firm pays us for a listing or a link.
Fee divisions with lawyers outside our firm are made only on the terms of Texas Disciplinary Rule of Professional Conduct 1.04(f), with the client’s written consent obtained before the association or referral. Any share described on this page is typical, not guaranteed — the share in your case is the one set out in the written agreement your client signs. We pay referral fees to licensed lawyers only. Past results do not guarantee, warrant, or predict future outcomes.
Nothing on this page is legal advice or an offer to form an attorney-client relationship. Please do not send confidential client information through this form.