Cody A. Dishon is one of the nation's premier trial lawyers for victims of catastrophic injury and wrongful death. At age 30, he became one of the youngest attorneys in Texas history to earn Board Certification in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a distinction held by fewer than two percent of Texas attorneys.
His courtroom record is exceptional. Cody's last three contested proceedings, consisting of two jury trials and one arbitration, resulted in awards exceeding $70 million collectively, including interest. Those results were achieved in three different venues, involved three distinct areas of personal injury law, and produced three separate multimillion-dollar awards. Each of those cases had previously been handled by another attorney before being entrusted to Cody, who transformed them into extraordinary results through meticulous preparation, strategic advocacy, and exceptional trial skill.
In 2024, Cody served as lead trial counsel in his first medical malpractice jury trial, obtaining a $59.7 million verdict for a client suffering from a rare neurological condition. The verdict was ranked the No. 1 medical malpractice verdict in Texas by TopVerdict and was among the largest medical malpractice verdicts in the United States that year. Super Lawyers featured the case in its magazine, noting, "It was Cody Dishon's first medical malpractice trial, and it was a tough one." After hearing testimony from 23 fact and expert witnesses, the jury returned a verdict consisting entirely of actual damages, without punitive damages being submitted.
Over the past several years, Cody has served as lead counsel in numerous record-setting and multimillion-dollar recoveries, including an $18.5 million wrongful death settlement arising from a fatal 18-wheeler collision in Louisiana in 2026, a $20 million trucking settlement in 2020 recognized as one of the largest in the nation, a $7.75 million premises liability settlement for a traumatic brain injury victim in 2025, a multimillion-dollar policy-limits recovery following an oil rig explosion, and a $5.5 million wrongful death arbitration award that was among the highest personal injury arbitration awards reported that year.
Altogether, Cody has successfully resolved hundreds of personal injury cases, securing 40 separate seven-figure settlements and verdicts, multiple eight-figure recoveries, and record-setting results for clients whose lives were forever changed by catastrophic injuries and wrongful death.
Cody currently leads several of the region's most significant and highly publicized cases, including litigation arising from the deadly Sabine Pass commercial vehicle crash and catastrophic industrial explosion cases. These matters involve issues of public safety, corporate accountability, and justice for families whose lives have been forever changed.
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