Wesley Todd Ball
Top rated Products Liability attorney in Houston, Texas
Kaster Lynch Farrar & Ball LLP
Practice areas: Products Liability, Personal Injury; view more
Licensed in Texas since: 2003
Education: Baylor University School of Law
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Trial lawyer Wes Ball is known for his commanding presence in the courtroom. Widely recognized for his success in automotive defect cases and unparalleled trial strategies, Mr. Ball has developed a national reputation for his legal triumphs.
Mr. Ball focuses on products liability litigation against the world’s biggest vehicle and tire manufacturers, handling matters involving tire failures, rollover incidents, airbag failures, seat failures, fuel fed fire cases, and related design and manufacturing defects. Mr. Ball currently serves as President of the Attorneys Information Exchange Group (AIEG), a national organization dedicated to sharing information and ideas among member attorneys for the benefit of clients who have been affected by dangerous and defective products. He also specializes in commercial disputes, defamation, and damages cases involving catastrophic injuries, such as TBIs, paralysis and amputations.
In trying cases across 10 different states and in federal courts, Mr. Ball has distinguished himself among the nation’s top trial attorneys, earned some of the legal profession’s highest honors. In 2023, he was honored with the prestigious Trial Lawyer of the Year award from Public Justice, the nation’s largest plaintiff-oriented association, for his pivotal role as co-lead counsel in securing a $49.3 million verdict against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The case was fought on behalf of one victim of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - General: PlaintiffFocus areas
Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Wrongful Death
- 50% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
- 50% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2003, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.klfblaw.com/attorneys/wesley-todd-ball/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Texas Bar Association Texas Trial Lawyers Association Houston Bar Association Southern Trial Lawyers Association American Trial Lawyers Association Western Trial Lawyers Association
- Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania Admitted to practice in Iowa
- Admitted to practice in all Texas state courts
- AEIG - President
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- $49,000,000 Verdict. Nature of Case: Alex Jones Sandy Hook Defamation. Role: Lead., 2022
- $1,009,969,395 Verdict. Nature of Case: Seat belt case against Mitsubishi Motors. Role: Co-Counsel., 2023
- $3,080,000 Verdict. Nature of Case: Tire Defect verdict against Khumo Tire. Role: Lead., 2023
- $32,800,000 verdict in Des Moines, Iowa against Cooper Tire and Rubber Company. Verdict upheld in full by Iowa Supreme Court in 2013.
- MDL proceedings, including MDL 2666: In re: Bair Hugger Forced Air Warming Products Liability Litigation; MDL 2765: In Re: Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation; MDL 2197: and In Re: DePuy Orthopedics, Inc., ASR Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation
Videos
- Get to Know Wes Ball, Get to Know Wes Ball, 2025
Representative Clients
- All persons catastrophically injured as the result of corporate negligence.
Special Licenses / Certifications
- Member of Iowa Bar, 2015
Educational Background
- Bachelor of Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2003
Honors
- Texas Super Lawyers, 2014-2025, Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2025
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, 2021-2025, Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2025
- National Trial Lawyer, Civil Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2024, National Trial Lawyer, Civil Trial Lawyer of the Year, National Trial Lawyer, 2024
- Public Justice, Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2023, Public Justice, Trial Lawyer of the Year, Public Justice, 2023
- The National Trial Lawyers, Top 40 Under 40, National Trial Lawyers, Top 40 Under 40, National Trial Lawyers
- Finalist for NLJ’s Elite Trial Lawyers “Law Firm of the Year” for Products Liability Litigation, NLJ Elite Trial Lawyer, National Law Journal
- Texas Rising Stars, 2010-2014, Texas Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters
- Houston Top Lawyers, H Magazine, 2008
- Dean’s List, University of Tennessee , magna cum laude, University of Tennessee
- Order of Barristers, Baylor University School of Law
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2026
- Rising Stars: 2010 - 2014