Karl Wayne Koen

Mr. Koen’s civil practice has focused on litigation involving Fortune 500 Companies in business and personal injury lawsuits, including oil and gas exploration and operations accidents, commercial transportation claims, product liability claims, Employer liability claims, premises liability, catastrophic injury and property damage claims, subrogation, Dram Shop claims, and Wrongful Death/Survival Claims. After graduation from the University of Texas, Mr. Koen worked as a CPA for a Big Eight accounting firm and a national communications firm before returning to law school at Texas Tech University, serving on the Board of Barristers and mock trial programs, while also obtaining his private pilot license for aviation defense cases. Mr. Koen then went into private practice and has successfully litigated and tried numerous lawsuits defending his clients in multi-million dollar claims in both state and federal court throughout the state of Texas. Mr. Koen has been a Super Lawyer since 2006, and has a preeminent AV peer review rating by Martindale Hubbell. Mr. Koen is a member of the Texas Bar, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Dallas Bar Association (Litigation Section), TIDA (Trucking Industry Defense Association, the TADC (Texas Association of Defense Counsel), the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western U.S. District Courts, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Koen is a member of Christ Church Plano and an avid bicyclist, runner, snow skier, and scuba diver. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Karl Wayne Koen included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Super Lawyer Preeminent AV peer review rating by Martindale Hubbell Other Sources of Feedback About Karl Wayne Koen Included on the 2026Texas Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Texas Super Lawyers list 2024 Texas Super Lawyers list 2023 Texas Super Lawyers list 2022 Texas Super Lawyers list 2021 Texas Super Lawyers list 2020 Texas Super Lawyers list 2019 Texas Super Lawyers list 2018 Texas Super Lawyers list 2017 Texas Super Lawyers list 2016 Texas Super Lawyers list 2015 Texas Super Lawyers list 2014 Texas Super Lawyers list 2011 Texas Super Lawyers list 2010 Texas Super Lawyers list 2009 Texas Super Lawyers list 2008 Texas Super Lawyers list 2007 Texas Super Lawyers list 2006 Texas Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• TIDA (Trucking Industry Defense Association)
• Member of Parkway Hills Baptist Church

• Texas, 1991
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1992
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1997
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1996
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1997
• Specialties and Certifications
• Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1987

• Dallas, Plano and American Bar Associations
• State Bar of Texas
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel
• Trucking Industry Defense Association
• Defense Research Institute