Charles S. Siegel

Partner

Charles Siegel is the head of the appellate practice at Waters & Kraus, LLP. He was born in Houston, Texas, and earned both his undergraduate and Juris Doctor degrees at the University of Texas. Charles has argued appeals in eight federal appellate courts, in the supreme courts of Texas and five other states, and in numerous intermediate 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. He has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center, and as a guest lecturer at the University of Texas Law School, Southern Methodist University Law School, the University of the West Indies College of Law, and the Faculty of Law at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. He is a frequent speaker at legal seminars around the country and abroad. He is a member of the American Association for Justice, Public Justice, the American Bar Association, the Dallas Bar Association, and the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. He has been recognized on the Thomson Reuters Texas Super Lawyers® list every year since its inception in 2003, and was a finalist for Public Justice’s Trial Lawyer of the Year.

Areas of Practice

• Asbestos Litigation
• Qui Tam / Government False Claims Act Litigation 
• Toxic Tort
• Appellate Practice
• International

Pro Bono & Community Service

• Dallas Trial Lawyer Association Pro Bono Project for 9/11 Injured Victims Trust Fund

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1985  
• Pennsylvania, 2011 

Education

• University of Texas at Austin School of Law, J.D., 1985
• University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 1982

Professional Associations & Memberships

• American Bar Association
• American Association for Justice
  • Member, Qui Tam Litigation Group
  • Member, Amicus Curiae & Legal Affairs committee
  • Member, Public Education Committee
• Public Justice
  • Member, and former Director
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association
• College of the State Bar of Texas
• Dallas Bar Association

Awards & Honors

• Selected for recognition on the Texas Super Lawyers list, published by Thomson Reuters, Legal, 2003-2013 
• Finalist, Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, 1990
• AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell Featured Peer Review Rated Lawyer

Other Appointments

• Law Review: Review of Litigation, University of Texas, 1983-1984