Brantley White received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989. He is a 1993 graduate of the Texas Tech University School of Law where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi. After graduating from law school, Mr. White worked as a trial lawyer, representing injured plaintiffs for four years at the Wilk Law Firm in Dallas, Texas. During his tenure with the Wilk Law Firm, Brantley successfully litigated numerous personal injury cases before joining Harris & Watts, P.C. in February 1998. In the fall of 2001, Brantley was named partner to the firm of Watts & Heard, L.L.P. In May of 2002 he joined his former partners, Craig M. Sico and Roger S. Braugh, Jr., to form Sico, White & Braugh, L.L.P. Brantley is admitted to practice law in the State courts of Texas, and in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Western, and Northern Districts of Texas.
Mr. White is an “AV” rated lawyer in the Martindale-Hubbell legal directory. Mr. White is a member of the Texas Trial lawyers Association (TTLA), Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), and Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ). Mr. White is also a member of the Attorneys Information Exchange Group (AIEG) and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He focuses his practice on automotive defect litigation, child restraint litigation, work place accidents, heavy truck wrecks, and tire litigation. Mr. White has first-chaired both product liability and general negligence lawsuits to verdict. Mr. White has obtained numerous Plaintiff verdicts for his clients.
In the area of general negligence, Mr. White has obtained numerous settlements in construction or workplace accidents, involving falls, explosions and electrocutions. In trucking litigation, Mr. White has authored a paper on how to prosecute the plaintiff’s case utilizing the Federal Motor Carrier Regulations. Mr. White’s knowledge of motor carrier regulations has resulted in numerous recoveries for his clients in counties all over Texas, including Lamb County, Texas. In that case, Mr. White was invited to come in 3 months before trial with no offer on the table. The case settled for a confidential sum while the jury was deliberating.
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Mr. White has obtained several verdicts for his clients in cases involving commercial motor carriers, or 18-wheelers. These verdicts have been awarded in both state and federal courts. In Olivares v. Burlington Motor Carriers, a state court case in Laredo, Texas, Mr. White uncovered evidence proving the driver of the 18-wheeler lacked sufficient training to operate the vehicle. The jury found Burlington negligent and grossly negligent. The jury awarded damages to the father of a nineteen-year-old man, Juan Olivares, Jr., who was killed in the accident. In Browning v. Colonial Freight Systems, Inc., Mr. White tried the case to a Waco federal court jury. Mr. White obtained a unanimous verdict and proved that the driver of the Colonial Freight 18-wheeler changed lanes into the Plaintiff, Mr. Browning, despite the investigating trooper’s testimony indicating the accident was the fault of Mr. White’s client. The jury awarded damages to Mr. White’s client, who lost his left hand, and was permanently disabled due to the accident.
Mr. White’s litigation in the area of defective child restraints has been featured in such publications as the L.A. Times, as well as on newscasts such as Good Morning America and news stations across the country. Mr. White has authored a comprehensive paper on child restraint litigation, Strategies on Navigating Through FMVSS 213, which was presented at the annual Association of Trial Lawyers of America Convention, and he devotes a large part of his practice to representing children who have been injured due to defective child restraints and other juvenile products.
Mr. White's automotive and tire litigation has produced impressive settlements for his clients against companies such as General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Goodyear, Continental and Cooper Tire Company in both state and federal courts. Most recently, Mr. White obtained a 41.7 million dollar verdict on behalf of a client, who was paralyzed due to a defective Michelin tire. The verdict against Michelin North America is widely recognized as one the largest verdicts ever obtained against a tire manufacturer in the United States of America.
Mr. White has two daughters and enjoys fishing, cycling and golfing.
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