Practice Areas: Government contracts, Appellate, Class action & mass torts
Licensed in Texas since: 1985
Education: The University of Texas School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2003 - 2012, 2023 Waters & Kraus, LLP
3141 Hood StSuite 200
Dallas, TX 75219 Phone: 214-357-6244 Email: Charles S. Siegel Visit website
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Charles Siegel is the head of the appellate and qui tam whistleblower practices at Waters & Kraus, LLP. Charles has argued appeals in eight federal circuit courts, in the supreme courts of Texas and five other states, and in numerous intermediate state appellate courts around the country. He has also obtained a grant of certiorari and vacatur of a lower court result from the U.S. Supreme Court. Charles also represents whistleblowers who have reported fraud against the state and/or federal governments in a wide variety of settings. Some clients have been part of Department of Justice settlements against pharmaceutical companies. Charles is licensed in Texas and Pennsylvania.
First Admitted: 1985, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.waterskraus.com/attorney/charles-s-siegel/
- AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell Featured Peer Review Rated
- Licensed to practice law by the State Bar of Pennsylvania, 2011
- American Jurisprudence Award in Admiralty, 1985
- Finalist, Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, 1990
- Lawyer Adjunct Professor, University of Houston School of Law, 1995
- Member Dallas Bar Association
- Member College of the State Bar of Texas
- Member Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- Member and Director (1995-1997) Public Justice Foundation
- Member American Association for Justice: Amicus Curiae & Legal Affairs Committee, Qui Tam Litigation Group, Public Education Committee
- Member American Bar Association
- Member Taxpayers Against Fraud
- Dallas Trial Lawyer Association Pro Bono Project for 9/11 Injured Victims Trust Fund
- Finalist, Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, 1990.
- University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 1982
- Contributing Author, "Managing Complex Litigation: Class Actions and Mass Torts", Baylor Law Review, 1996
- The efforts of workers in less-developed countries who have been exposed to 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (BDCP) to obtain redress through the courts for damages suffered from these exposures are reported. Evidence of the culpability of the U.S. manufacturers and the corporate users of DBCP, particularly Standard Fruit Company in Costa Rica, is presented., Co-Author, “The History of DBC from a Judicial Perspective", Int J Occup Environ Health, Vol. 5/No. 2: 127-135, Toxic Torts, 1999
- Qui Tam Whistleblower
Office location for Charles S. Siegel
3141 Hood St
Suite 200
Dallas, TX 75219
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2003 - 2012, 2023