Andrew Garza
No billboards, just results. $100 Million Jury Verdict.
Andrew Garza is a co-founder of Claggett, Sykes & Garza, LLC ("CSG") and a trial attorney that represents individuals in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. CSG is one of the nation's premier injury trial firms. Founded by two trial attorneys, each with their own record-setting nine-figure verdicts, attorneys Andrew Garza and Sean Claggett joined forces to help injury victims across the country.
As lead counsel, he has tried cases to seven-, eight-, and nine-figure jury verdicts. In 2022, he obtained a $100 million verdict on behalf of a paralyzed man and his wife, which was the largest verdict in Connecticut history. Garza speaks nationally to plaintiff's trial lawyers, provides trial skills training, and enjoys consulting and co-trying high-exposure cases where he specializes in conducting live focus groups and implementing Big Data studies to help plaintiff's lawyers achieve record-breaking results.
Garza has been recognized as Lawyer of the Year (New England Legal Awards, 2023); Trial Lawyer of the Year (KTI, 2022); Top 40 Under 40 (Hartford Business Journal, 2023); Super Lawyers (2016 - Present); Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs (2024-Present); and is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. As a business owner, he has been recognized on the Inc. 5000 and Law Firm 500 lists.
Garza also understands what it means to overcome adversity. He grew up in public housing in Groton and worked his way through college and law school by waiting tables and tending bar. He has devoted his practice to helping those who are most vulnerable to obtain justice. Andrew uses his skills to level the playing field for his clients.
Garza is also a proud UConn Husky. Outside of work, he enjoys coaching his kids' baseball teams, playing golf, swimming, and working on carpentry projects in his workshop. Andrew lives in Farmington, Connecticut with his college sweetheart, Jenny, and his three children.
- New England Law | Boston
- J.D. (2012)
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- Honors: New England Scholar (2010) (2011) (2012); CALI Excellence for the Future Award - Criminal Law; Law & the Ethics of Lawyering; Advanced Criminal Procedure; Criminal Advocacy; Sentencing Law, Policy & Practice; New England Law Dean’s Scholarship (2009 - 2012); Dean’s List (2009 - 2012); Public Interest Law Assoc. Grant Recipient (2011); Charles Hamilton Houston Honor Society Inductee (2011); Public Service Honor Roll (2012).
- Activities: New England Law Review, National Mock Trial Competition
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- University of Connecticut
- B.A. (2009) | Political Science, Criminal Justice
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- Co-Founder / Trial Attorney
- Claggett, Sykes & Garza, LLC
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- Claggett, Sykes & Garza, LLC, is one of the nation's premier injury trial firms. Founded in 2024 by two trial attorneys, each with their own record-setting nine-figure verdicts, attorneys Andrew Garza and Sean Claggett joined forces to help injury victims across the country.
- Co-Founder / Trial Attorney
- Connecticut Trial Firm, LLC
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- Attorney/Owner
- Law Offices of Andrew P. Garza, L.L.C.
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- Litigation Associate
- Boyle, Shaughnessy & Campo, P.C.
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- Judicial Law Clerk
- Connecticut Judicial Branch
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- Research Assistant to Prof. Tigran W. Eldred
- New England Law | Boston
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- Student Prosecutor
- Suffolk Count District Attorney's Office
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- Appellate Student Prosecutor
- Suffolk Count District Attorney's Office
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- Legal Intern
- Massachusetts Attorney General's Office - Cybercrimes Division
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- Honors Judicial Intern to the Justices of the Superior Court
- Superior Court of Massachusetts
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- Law Clerk
- New England Innocence Project
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- Law Clerk
- Law Office of Calvin J. Heinle
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- Law Clerk
- Law Office of Tyson R. Ence
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- Legal Intern
- Connecticut Office of the Public Defender
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- Connecticut Tort Law Case Summaries: January 2017 - June 2020
- Connecticut Bar Association
- JuryBall: Revolution in the Land of Steady Habits, Farmington, CT
- Ohio Association of Justice
- Law-Di-Gras, San Diego, Ca
- Trial Lawyer's University, Las Vegas, NV
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Best Lawyers in America
- Top 40 Under 40
- Hartford Business Journal
- Lawyer of the Year
- New England Legal Awards
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocate
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers
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- Connecticut Bar Association
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- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
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- Connecticut
- State of Connecticut Judicial Branch
- ID Number: 433987
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- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers
- ID Number: 684489
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- Free Consultation
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Contingent Fees
Fees governed by statute. Typically, 1/3 of the recovery.
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Workers' Compensation
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- English: Spoken, Written