Choosing a law firm after a death is not like choosing any other service. You are letting people into the hardest time of your family’s life. This page tells you plainly who we are, where we work, what our attorneys did before they joined us and how we handle a wrongful death case, so you can decide whether we are the right people for your family to talk to.
In short
LAWBOSS – Harris, Nelsen & Uvalle, PLLC is a Texas personal injury law firm. Its principal office is in Dallas, at 5001 Spring Valley Rd Ste 240W, and it also has offices elsewhere in Texas, including Houston. Michael Uvalle founded the firm after working for several of the largest insurance companies in Texas. Five of its seven attorneys came from the insurance side.
Who we are
We are a Texas personal injury firm. Wrongful death cases are among the cases we handle, alongside car, truck and motorcycle crashes, work injuries, unsafe property, and pedestrian and bicycle accidents. Our principal office is in North Dallas, near the Dallas North Tollway at Spring Valley Road, and it is open 24 hours.
This website, Wrongful Death Lawyers Dallas, is a website of our firm. It is not a directory and it does not pass your call to anyone else: when you call or write, you reach our own Dallas office.
The attorneys in our Dallas office
Michael Uvalle is the firm’s founding attorney and leads the Dallas office. Before he became a lawyer, he worked for several of the largest insurance companies in Texas. The State Bar of Texas shows him licensed since 2010, with his primary practice location at our Dallas office. He is the attorney responsible for this website.
Rolando Reyna, Jr. works in the Dallas office on the early part of a claim, before any lawsuit is filed: gathering records, dealing with insurers and keeping the family informed. The State Bar of Texas shows him licensed since 2021.
Joseph Massey works in the Dallas office. Before he became a lawyer he was a workers’ compensation adjuster and manager and worked in insurance defense roles. The State Bar of Texas shows him licensed since 2024.
If a question here is about your own family, you can talk it through with us. There is no cost and no pressure.
Attorneys who used to work for the insurance side
Five of the firm’s seven attorneys came to us from insurance companies or insurance defense work. Besides Michael Uvalle and Joseph Massey in Dallas, the firm’s Houston attorneys include Jonathan Harris, Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law – Texas Board of Legal Specialization, who spent more than a decade as a senior trial attorney for a major automobile insurance company; Ian Nelsen, a former adjuster and insurance defense attorney; and Howard Hill, who spent over 20 years with two of the largest auto and commercial insurers.
We call this our insurance insider advantage, but it is not a promise of any result. What it gives a family is preparation. We know which records an adjuster asks for after a death, how blame is argued under the Texas shared-fault rule, and where families’ losses are often left out of an offer. We build the claim with those things in mind from the first week, instead of reacting to them later.
How we handle a wrongful death case
- We listen. The first conversation is free and private. We ask about the person you lost and about your family, and we answer your questions about Texas law in plain words.
- We confirm who has a claim. Texas gives the wrongful death claim to the surviving spouse, children and parents (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 71.004). The estate may also have a survival claim (71.021).
- We secure the evidence. Crash reports, video, vehicle data, carrier logs and witness names, before they are lost.
- We find everyone responsible and every policy. Drivers, employers, trucking companies, property owners and your own family’s coverage.
- We deal with the insurers. Adjusters talk to us, not to you.
- We go to court if a fair resolution is not offered. In Dallas County or in federal court in Dallas, within the two-year deadline.
If you would like to ask whether your family has a claim, you can talk with us. There is no cost and no pressure.
If a question here is about your own family, you can talk it through with us. There is no cost and no pressure.
What families can expect from us
The firm’s motto is “Work hard and do right”. In a wrongful death case that means a few plain commitments. You will know who is handling your case and how to reach them. You will get updates without having to chase them. We will tell you what we see in the evidence, including the parts that are difficult. And no decision about your family’s claim will be made without you.
We will also be honest about what we cannot do. No lawyer can promise an outcome, and we never quote figures for what a case may bring. We can promise preparation, attention and respect.
Reviews of our Dallas office
Our Dallas office is rated 4.7 on Google from 2,674 reviews, as read in November 2026. We do not write reviews or choose which ones you see: you can read all of them on the office’s Google profile.
If a question here is about your own family, you can talk it through with us. There is no cost and no pressure.
How the fee works
The consultation is free. No Fees or Costs Unless We Win. The firm advances case costs, and your family owes no attorney’s fee and no case costs unless money is recovered. If we take the case, the fee is a share of what is recovered, set out in a written agreement that you read before signing.
Where to find us
Our Dallas office is at 5001 Spring Valley Rd Ste 240W, Dallas, TX 75244, and it is open 24 hours. Please call before you come in, so someone is there to meet you. We help families in Dallas and nearby cities including Irving, Garland, Mesquite, Grand Prairie, Richardson, Carrollton, Plano, Arlington and DeSoto; see our areas served page. To learn more about the work itself, read what a wrongful death attorney in Dallas does.
If a question here is about your own family, you can talk it through with us. There is no cost and no pressure.
What a first conversation with us is like
Most families reach us by phone, often in the evening when the house is quiet. The person who answers will take your name and number and ask, gently, what happened and when. If you prefer, you can simply ask for a call back at a time that suits you. There is no form to fill in and nothing to prepare.
In the conversation we will ask about the person you lost and who they leave behind, because Texas law gives the wrongful death claim only to the surviving spouse, children and parents (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 71.004). We will ask what papers you have been given, whether an insurance company has called, and whether anyone has asked you to sign anything. We will tell you what we think, and what we would do first.
You will not be asked to decide anything on that call. Many families talk with us more than once before they choose to go ahead, and some decide not to. Either way, the conversation is free, private and without obligation.
Cases we take, and cases we may not
We handle wrongful death claims arising from car crashes, truck and 18-wheeler crashes, motorcycle crashes, pedestrian and bicycle deaths, deaths at work and deaths caused by unsafe property. If your family’s situation is outside what we handle, we will say so plainly in the first conversation, so that you do not lose time.
We also keep families informed about the firm itself. If the attorney working on your case changes, or if another office of the firm becomes involved, we will tell you why, introduce the person and make sure nothing your family has already told us has to be repeated.
Responsible attorney for this page: Michael Uvalle, LAWBOSS – Harris, Nelsen & Uvalle, PLLC, primary practice location Dallas, Texas. This page is general information, not legal advice.
Questions families ask
Is this website the same firm as lawboss.com?
Yes. Wrongful Death Lawyers Dallas is a website of LAWBOSS – Harris, Nelsen & Uvalle, PLLC, the firm at lawboss.com. Calls and messages reach our own Dallas office.
Does the firm only handle wrongful death cases?
No. We are a personal injury firm. Wrongful death cases are among the cases we handle, along with crashes, work injuries and unsafe property cases.
Who will handle our case?
Our Dallas office team, led by Michael Uvalle, with attorneys Rolando Reyna, Jr. and Joseph Massey. You will know who is working on your case and how to reach them.
Do you have offices outside Dallas?
The firm’s principal office is in Dallas, and it also has offices elsewhere in Texas, including Houston. We do not have offices in the other cities near Dallas that we serve.
Talk with us when you are ready. There is no cost to talk.