About McFarlane Law

McFarlane Law is a Texas plaintiff’s personal injury firm representing injured workers, accident victims, and the families of those killed in catastrophic incidents across the state. With offices in Austin and Odessa, we serve clients throughout Texas — from the Permian Basin and Central Texas to Houston, Dallas, the Gulf Coast, and every metro in between.

What We Do

McFarlane Law focuses on the most complex and high-stakes personal injury matters in Texas. Our practice covers oilfield and industrial accidents, refinery and plant explosions, commercial truck and 18-wheeler crashes, workplace and construction injuries (including specialized handling of Texas non-subscriber cases), maritime and Jones Act claims, offshore platform and OCSLA matters, wrongful death representation, and general personal injury work including car accidents, premises liability, and catastrophic injury claims.

How We Practice

Our philosophy is straightforward: we prepare every case as if it will go to trial, while remaining open to reasonable resolution alternatives that serve our clients’ best interests. That preparation is what produces meaningful settlements at mediation — insurance carriers offer fair numbers when they see a credible threat of trial verdict. When a case does not settle for what it is worth, we are ready to try it.

We also believe in maintaining direct communication with our clients. From intake through resolution, you talk to your lawyer — not a paralegal, not an intake screener, not an automated client portal. The cases we accept are too important to be handled any other way.

Track Record

McFarlane Law has recovered more than $100 million for injured Texans across catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and complex multi-defendant industrial cases. Our experience includes individual catastrophic claims as well as large-scale multi-district litigation involving refinery explosions, oilfield casualties, and commercial trucking incidents.

Why Clients Choose McFarlane Law

Permian Basin & West Texas Specialization

Our Odessa office and West Texas practice history give us depth in oilfield, drilling, completion, and well-servicing injury representation that Houston-based competitors cannot match. We know the Permian Basin operators, the service company structures, the trucking fleets, and the regional courts.

Texas Non-Subscriber Expertise

Texas is the only state where private employers can decline workers’ compensation. Many oilfield, construction, and trucking employers do exactly that — and we are highly experienced in pursuing direct civil claims under Texas Labor Code Chapter 406, where the employer is barred from asserting the classic defenses of contributory negligence, assumption of risk, and the fellow-servant rule. Non-subscriber recoveries routinely exceed comparable workers’ compensation recoveries by a significant multiple.

Multi-Defendant Industrial Cases

A typical Permian Basin oilfield incident or Houston Ship Channel petrochemical event involves an operator, a drilling or completions contractor, multiple service companies, equipment manufacturers, trucking carriers, and crane or lifting providers. We structure cases to identify every responsible party and access every available insurance layer — pursuing recovery from the full contracting web rather than settling early with the easiest defendant.

Statewide Reach From Two Offices

Our Austin headquarters covers Central Texas and the I-35 corridor. Our Odessa office serves the Permian Basin and West Texas. Together they let us represent clients anywhere in Texas, including Houston, Dallas, Midland, and the surrounding metros — and we travel to clients at no additional cost.

Meet Our Attorney

Zach McFarlane

Trial Attorney

Trial attorney representing injured Texans in catastrophic industrial accidents, oilfield injuries, refinery and plant explosions, commercial trucking crashes, maritime and offshore claims, and workplace catastrophes. Admitted in Texas, Louisiana, multiple federal district courts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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If you or a family member was injured in a Texas workplace accident, oilfield incident, refinery explosion, commercial trucking crash, or any other catastrophic event, we want to hear about it. Consultations are free, confidential, and available 24/7. We charge nothing unless we recover for you. Call our Austin office at (512) 222-4900, our Odessa office at (432) 803-5000, or use the form on this page.