Charles Arthur Bennett

Charles  Bennett is a personal injury lawyer and a trial consultant. In 2019, cases he consulted on won over $35,000,000.00 in 8 verdicts. He has personally tried cases to verdict for personal injury plaintiffs, criminal prosecution, and criminal defense. Charles is the principal attorney for Bennett Injury Law. He specializes in commercial/18-wheeler crashes, wrongful death and catastrophic injury, traumatic brain damage, motor vehicle crashes, and workplace injuries. Charles is known as a tough, aggressive litigator who uses the tools of the law to put maximum pressure on the defense to force them into either paying full value for a case or taking unreasonable positions at trial.

As a consultant, Charles operates Trial Structure, LLC the #1 plaintiff's litigation strategy program in the country (www.trialstructure.com). Trial Structure is a system for writing the opening statement that identifies the defenses and defeats their playbook by organizing information in a way that dramatically increases the value of the case. Once written, the opening statement acts as a roadmap for the rest of trial from voir dire, to evidence, to closing and rebuttal. Trial Structure, LLC also teaches other lawyers around the country how to implement the structure into their practice to increase their effectiveness and the value of their cases.

Charles graduated law school cum laude from SMU Dedman School of Law in Dallas in 2014.

Prior to going to law school, Charles attended Midwestern State University on full athletic scholarship. He graduated with a degree in kinesiology and a minor in mathematics and was captain of the basketball team his senior year, a two-time academic all-conference selection, won two conference championships, and finished his career top 20 in scoring and top 15 in rebounding in school history.

• Commercial / 18 Wheeler
• Wrongful Death
• Brain Injury
• Car Accident
• Litigation

• Free Consultation
• Credit Cards Accepted
• Contingent Fees

Texas

Since 2014

Federal Circuit

Since 2016

United States Court of Federal Claims

Since 2016

Teen Court Judge/Mentor

Wylie Teen Court

2016 - 2018

Charles Bennett helped establish the Wylie Teen Court. Teen Court is a specially designed court that hears certain Class C misdemeanor cases filed in the Wylie Municipal Court. Charles helped to teach and mentor volunteer high school students interested in becoming attorneys. He helped the students learn how to prosecute and defend cases, as well as explain the facts of the case to a panel of six Teen Court Jurors. Charles volunteered as Teen Court Judge for several years and helped prepare a group of Teen Court attorneys for the Teen Court Association of Texas mock trial competition., 2016

SMU Dedman School of Law

J.D. (2014) | Law

2011 - 2014

Honors: Cum Laude

Midwestern State University

B.S. (2001) | Kinesiology and Mathematics

1997 - 2001

Rising Star

Super Lawyers

2020

Top 40 Under 40

National Trial Lawyers

2017

Southern Trial Lawyers Association

Member

2018 - Current

National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40

Member

2017 - Current

Mesquite Bar Association

Member

2015 - Current

American Association of Justice

Member

2015 - Current

Dallas Bar Association

Member

2015 - Current

How to Master Opening Statement, 2020 John Romano Workhorse, West Palm Beach

March 26, 2020

Florida Justice Association

How to Master Opening Statement, Southern Trial Lawyers Annual Conference, New Orleans

February 19, 2020

Southern Trial Lawyers Association

How to Master Opening Statement, National Trial Lawyers Summit, Miami

January 19, 2020

National Trial Lawyers Association