What Carabin & Shaw does

Carabin & Shaw (legal entity Carabin Shaw P.C.) is a Texas-based plaintiff-side personal injury law firm founded in 1992 by attorney Jamie Shaw, headquartered in San Antonio with a network of 19 offices spanning major and secondary Texas markets including Laredo, Austin, Houston, Dallas, El Paso, Corpus Christi, McAllen, Brownsville, Beaumont, Midland, Odessa, and others. The firm's core offering is contingency-fee legal representation for individuals injured in auto, trucking/18-wheeler, motorcycle, commercial vehicle, worksite, and catastrophic accidents, as well as wrongful death claims. Beyond core personal injury, the practice has been extended into business litigation, oil and gas royalty disputes (notably in the Eagle Ford Shale region), Texas Prompt Pay Act claims for healthcare providers (doctors, hospitals, pharmacies), Social Security Disability representation, estate planning and probate, debt collection defense, and affiliated family, criminal, immigration, and workers' compensation matters.

The firm operates a sales-led, service-driven go-to-market model: client acquisition runs primarily through word-of-mouth referrals (over 100 per month from past clients), free 24/7 phone and in-person consultations, home/hospital/office visits, and a dedicated Spanish-language track via abogado.carabinshaw.com. Revenue is generated almost entirely through contingency fees on settlements and verdicts — clients pay nothing upfront and the firm advances litigation costs, recovering only on a successful outcome. Differentiated wraparound services (car repair coordination, rental vehicles, medical referrals, emergency cash loans) extend the value proposition beyond legal counsel. The firm is privately held with no external equity backing and no disclosed funding, M&A, or revenue figures.

Name

Carabin & Shaw

Legal name

Carabin Shaw P.C.

Website

https://carabinshaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Carabin & Shaw is a Texas plaintiff-side personal injury law firm founded in 1992, operating 19 offices statewide on a contingency-fee model and serving accident victims, wrongful death claimants, healthcare providers, and small businesses across Texas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Laredo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices19 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Personal Injury Legal Services: Contingency fee-based legal representation for personal injury cases. No fees charged unless the firm wins a settlement or jury verdict on behalf of the client. The firm advances all expenses and costs for litigation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Carabin Shaw is a Texas-based personal injury law firm that provides legal representation for individuals injured in auto, trucking, motorcycle, commercial vehicle, worksite, and other accidents, as well as wrongful death, catastrophic injury, and related civil claims. Services are delivered on a contingency fee basis (no fees unless the firm wins), with free initial consultations and ancillary client support such as medical care coordination, vehicle repair/rental, and emergency cash loans. The firm also handles complementary practice areas including business litigation, wills/estates/probate, Social Security disability, Texas Prompt Pay Act claims for healthcare providers, oil and gas royalty disputes, and debt collection defense.

Product overview

Carabin Shaw is a San Antonio, Texas-based personal injury law firm offering comprehensive legal services across multiple practice areas. The firm operates as a unified service practice rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture, providing legal representation primarily in personal injury cases (including auto accidents, trucking/18-wheeler accidents, motorcycle accidents, commercial vehicle accidents, wrongful death, worksite accidents, and catastrophic injuries), business litigation (including contract disputes, oil and gas matters, mineral royalties, and business disputes), estate planning (wills, estates, probate, powers of attorney), social security disability claims, Texas Prompt Pay claims for healthcare providers, and debt collection defense. The firm was founded in 1992 and maintains branch offices across Texas including Austin, Dallas, Houston, Laredo, Corpus Christi, and other cities. Services are provided on a contingency fee basis for personal injury cases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Injury Law Comprehensive plaintiff-side personal injury legal representation on a contingency fee ("No Win, No Fee") basis, covering auto, trucking/18-wheeler, motorcycle, commercial vehicle, worksite, defective product, and catastrophic injury cases, as well as wrongful death claims. For Texas consumers injured by negligence.
• Business Litigation Legal representation for business disputes including contract litigation, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate conspiracy, theft and fraud, securities litigation, shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, trade secrets, and employment issues. For Texas small businesses and commercial entities.
• Wills, Estates and Probate Estate planning and administration services including probate, will preparation, durable powers of attorney, medical powers of attorney, and estate administration (independent and dependent). For Texas individuals and families.
• Social Security Disability Legal representation for obtaining Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits, including claims evaluation and appeals, charged on contingency — no fee unless the client wins. For disabled individuals pursuing SSDI benefits.
• Texas Prompt Pay Claims Legal representation for healthcare providers (doctors, hospitals, pharmacies) to recover statutory penalties and interest from insurance companies that pay claims late or underpay under the Texas Prompt Pay Act. For Texas medical practices, hospitals, and pharmacies.
• Texas Oil and Gas / Mineral Royalties Legal representation for landowners and lease beneficiaries in disputes over oil and gas royalties, drilling rights, and payment issues with drilling, pipeline, and contracting companies, primarily in South Texas and the Eagle Ford Shale region. For Texas mineral-rights owners and lease beneficiaries.
• Debt Collection Defense Legal defense for individuals sued on credit card debt or alleged debt, including representation in debt buyer cases and credit card lawsuits. For Texas consumers facing collection actions.
• Defective Drug Cases (Meningitis) Legal representation for individuals harmed by contaminated steroid injections linked to meningitis outbreaks, including other defective pharmaceutical products. For victims of mass tort / defective pharmaceutical events.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 32,000 auto accident cases won for clients since 1992
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Benton Law Firm: Texas-based personal injury and accident firm with offices across the state. Comparable on contingency-fee model, Texas-only geographic focus, and similar mass-market consumer advertising approach.
• Zinda Law Group: Austin-based Texas personal injury firm with multiple offices statewide using a contingency-fee, multi-practice-area model. Directly comparable in geographic concentration in Texas cities and consumer-facing PI mass-tort approach.
• Simmons and Fletcher, P.C. Houston-based Texas personal injury firm handling auto, truck, and workplace injury cases on contingency. Comparable in service-line mix, Texas-centric footprint, and plaintiff-side litigation focus.
• Bandas Law Firm: Texas-based personal injury and mass-tort firm. Directly comparable in plaintiff-side contingency practice and Texas-centric operations.
• Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys: One of the largest Texas-based personal injury firms, headquartered in Corpus Christi with multiple satellite offices across Texas. Closest direct comparable to Carabin & Shaw given overlapping Texas geography, contingency-fee model, and broad personal injury case mix.
• Herrman & Herrman: Corpus Christi-based Texas personal injury firm with offices across South/Central Texas. Directly comparable given regional Texas focus, contingency-fee structure, and similar catastrophic-injury case mix.

Broad incumbents

• Morgan & Morgan: National plaintiff-side personal injury powerhouse operating across dozens of states. While much larger in scale, it competes head-to-head with Carabin & Shaw for the same Texas plaintiff PI case mix and represents the broad-incumbent competitive threat in the firm's core market.

Regional players

• LaBovick Law Group: Florida-based plaintiff personal injury firm with multi-office presence and contingency fee model. Comparable in practice mix and consumer-facing PI scale, but anchored in a different Southeast geography.
• Chain | Cohn | Stiles: California-based personal injury and workers' compensation firm with contingency-fee model and multi-office footprint. Comparable in plaintiff-side mass-tort approach but operates in a different regional market; useful proxy for PI firm operating model and unit economics.
• Rafi Law Group: Arizona-based personal injury firm operating on contingency across multiple AZ offices. Comparable in contingency model and service-line breadth, illustrative of regional PI firm scaling patterns outside Texas.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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