The Salazar Law Firm · Houston

He worked for the insurance company.Now he works against them.

Before he was a trial lawyer, David Salazar was an insurance adjuster and a private investigator. He knows how the other side values a claim — because that used to be his job.

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Former insurance adjuster
Former private investigator
Licensed in Texas & New Mexico
Se habla español

15Years
since 2011

$80M+Recovered
for clients

TTLATexas Trial
Lawyers Assn.

The other side's playbook

Their playbook. His answer.

While he was in law school, David worked as an insurance adjuster for a large insurance company, and as a private investigator. He knows how a claim is reserved, what an adjuster is instructed to document, and what a file has to look like before an insurer treats it as a trial risk.

Claim fileIllustration

Claimant
Loss type: Motor vehicle collision
Rec. statement: Requested
Medical: Treatment ongoing
Initial offer: Drafted
Reserve

Read by a former adjuster

01
Their move
An early offer, made before your treatment has run its course.
His answer
No demand goes out until the medical picture is actually known.
02
Their move
Evidence with a short shelf life: video, logbooks, onboard data.
His answer
We go and get it early. Most of it has a retention window, which is why the first week matters.
03
Their move
A claim priced as a nuisance, to close quickly and cheaply.
His answer
A file built so the other side has to treat it as a trial risk.
04
Their move
A signature, asked for while you are still hurting.
His answer
You decide, settle or go to trial, with a straight account of what each road is worth.

Practice areas

What he takes on.

Car wrecks, truck crashes and falls on someone else's property lead the practice. Each has its own deadlines, and its own evidence that disappears first.

Motor vehicle

Car & rideshare

Uninsured motorists, Uber and Lyft, hit-and-run.

Motor vehicle

Truck & 18-wheeler

Commercial carriers, logbooks, federal safety rules.

Premises

Premises liability

Falls, unsafe property, negligent security.

Motorcycle

Where bias against the rider decides the offer.

Wrongful death

He wrote the Texas Bar CLE paper on these.

Work & offshore

Construction, maritime, Jones Act claims.

Results

The record, ranked.

Featured settlements supplied by the firm. Every case is different, and prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

01 / 06Featured settlement

$33,000,000Trucking accidentSettlement

02$12,000,000
Settlement
03$11,900,000
Settlement
04$11,797,000
Workplace incidentSettlement
05$11,750,000
Settlement
06$8,292,000
Settlement

Additional settlements

$4,265,000.00
$2,250,000.00
$2,000,000.00
$1,650,000.00
$1,635,000.00
$1,155,000.00
$1,000,000.00
$1,000,000.00
$1,000,000.00
$997,039.53
$925,000.00
$925,000.00
$800,000.00
$795,000.00
$785,000.00
$745,000.00
$700,000.00
$600,000.00
$575,000.00
$550,000.00
$525,000.00
$500,000.00
$495,000.00
$475,500.00
$400,000.00
$400,000.00
$400,000.00
$375,000.00
$375,000.00
$350,000.00
$340,000.00
$300,000.00
$300,000.00
$300,000.00
$300,000.00
$285,000.00
$230,000.00
$225,000.00
$150,000.00
$150,000.00
$130,000.00
$95,000.00
$50,000.00
$50,000.00
$50,000.00
$43,000.00
$37,000.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
$29,000.00
$27,000.00
$26,769.44
$24,912.83
$23,939.03
$22,500.00
$19,000.00
$18,000.00
$14,302.00
$13,200.00
$10,887.50

$4,265,000.00
$2,250,000.00
$2,000,000.00
$1,650,000.00
$1,635,000.00
$1,155,000.00
$1,000,000.00
$1,000,000.00
$1,000,000.00
$997,039.53
$925,000.00
$925,000.00
$800,000.00
$795,000.00
$785,000.00
$745,000.00
$700,000.00
$600,000.00
$575,000.00
$550,000.00
$525,000.00
$500,000.00
$495,000.00
$475,500.00
$400,000.00
$400,000.00
$400,000.00
$375,000.00
$375,000.00
$350,000.00
$340,000.00
$300,000.00
$300,000.00
$300,000.00
$300,000.00
$285,000.00
$230,000.00
$225,000.00
$150,000.00
$150,000.00
$130,000.00
$95,000.00
$50,000.00
$50,000.00
$50,000.00
$43,000.00
$37,000.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
$29,000.00
$27,000.00
$26,769.44
$24,912.83
$23,939.03
$22,500.00
$19,000.00
$18,000.00
$14,302.00
$13,200.00
$10,887.50

Where we practice

Houston is the office. The practice is nationwide.

David takes cases from across the United States and is not restricted to a particular county or state. Wherever the case begins, it receives the same direct attention from the attorney whose name is on the firm.

Houston office

321 Heights Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77007

San Marcos office

215 W San Antonio Street, Suite 2001
San Marcos, Texas 78666

Where David was born and raised, a fifth-generation Texan.

Albuquerque office coming soon

Two officesCases nationwide

We see our job as construction. We are here to help you rebuild your life after someone has destroyed it.

The Salazar Law Firm · Company mission

Free case review

Tell us what happened.

It costs nothing to find out where you stand. Send what you have, and we will tell you honestly whether you have a case, including when you do not.

David Salazar · Founder and trial attorney

01
Tell us what happened
A few sentences, a photo, a police report — whatever you have. It costs nothing and it is not a commitment.
02
We go and get the evidence
Onboard data, logbooks, surveillance, incident reports. Most of it has a retention window, which is why the first week matters.
03
We make them value it properly
David worked as an adjuster. The file gets built so the other side has to treat it as a trial risk, not a nuisance.
04
You decide
Settle or go to trial. It is your call, made with a straight account of what each road is worth.