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The Carlson Law Firm’s Christmas Miracle is Bigger and Brighter than Ever

As a new favorite holiday tradition of Carlson Law Firm employees, our fourth annual Carlson Christmas Miracles for 2021 have been delivered.

This year, we quadrupled our efforts over last year and decided to make our Carlson Christmas Miracle program bigger by delivering miracles to 12 families across the state of Texas. Our miracles stretched from the Gulf shore of Texas in Baytown to the oil fields in Midland and touched everywhere in between.

“The economic fall out of the pandemic is still happening to many families who, even though they’ve found employment, are still struggling to catch up on the bills that they fell behind on when the world shut down,” said Managing Partner Craig Carlson. “Every year, we want to help people by making sure they don’t have to worry about seeing the smiling faces of their children.”

The firm provided decorations, gifts and the spirit of Christmas to make sure children of all ages can wake up with smiles on Christmas Day.

In addition to the pandemic, many of the families the firm chose this year were victims of unfortunate circumstances.

The nomination period for this year’s miracles ran from Oct. 4 through Oct. 14. We had hundreds of submissions from deserving families and had a difficult time choosing families to assist this holiday season. A snapshot of the families we helped this year include the following:

Brettynia in Bryan

Brettynia is currently raising her three grandchildren after she lost her daughter to domestic violence. Nominated by her daughter’s paternal grandmother, Brettynia cares for her grandchildren on limited income. Since the delivery, the family has informed The Carlson Law Firm that the children are excited for Christmas and can’t wait to open their gifts.

Susana in Austin

Susana is the mother of twin boys—one of whom suffers from severe and chronic asthma and is in and out of the hospital. In turn, Susana misses a lot of work and in turn, often struggles to make ends meet. This humble family stood out to us because all they asked for was food, but the Carlson elves knew that they had to do more.

Renee in Killeen

Renee nominated her son, Lane, after a few rough years that left the family with financial constraints. In 2019, Renee was diagnosed with cancer and lost her job because of the extensive treatments required to keep her alive. She nominated her son and grandson in hopes that they will have an amazing Christmas.

To hear about more of the families we helped this holiday season, watch our 2021 Carlson Christmas Miracle video below or on our YouTube Channel.

About Carlson Cares

Carlson Cares is the charitable program for The Carlson Law Firm. For many families, the holiday season doesn’t bring much cheer. This time of year can be costly and lead to significant stress for those on a tight budget. For the families we helped this year, The Carlson Law Firm helped by taking away the uncertainty of knowing what to prioritize. Our goal each year is to make Christmas a little less stressful and a little more magical. With Carlson Cares, the spirit of the holiday season is not lost.

The Carlson Law Firm

The Carlson Law Firm is a national injury law firm with 15 locations in Texas and one in Los Angeles committed to providing exceptional legal services. We handle a variety of personal injury cases, including auto collisions, trucking crashes, human trafficking, sexual assault and rape, motorcycle injuries and workplace injuries, as well as medical malpractice, defective products, dangerous drugs, nursing home neglect, offshore injuries, wrongful death and much more.

The Carlson Law Firm Celebrates 45 Years of Business in Killeen

The Carlson Law Firm Invites Community Out to Celebrate in Family-Friendly Event to Raise Funds for Central Bell Fire & Rescue

Very few law firms operating at a national level can say they have humble origins in Killeen, Texas. However, this is exactly the story of The Carlson Law Firm.

Carlson Cares celebrated the monumental occasion by hosting an event at the firm’s Killeen location on Oct. 2. The firm offered games, prizes, free dessert, and a chance to dunk an attorney. In addition, the firm raffled off a $1,000 Kalahari gift card to our lucky winner Kelly S. All proceeds raised from the raffle benefitted local volunteer firefighter organization Central Bell Fire & Rescue.

Since opening its doors in October 1976, The Carlson Law Firm has expanded from a single office in Killeen with a handful of attorneys to 16 locations nationwide and more than 40 attorneys. The law firm has three locations in the heart of Central Texas—Killeen, Temple and Waco. Just in 2021 alone, the firm has opened two new locations—one in Kerrville and one in Baytown.

The firm’s Managing Partner Craig Carlson recognizes that the firm’s success is due in large part to the Central Texas community.

“We knew that at the 45-year milestone, we had to celebrate with the Killeen community with our friends, family and neighbors,” Carlson said.

“As a community-focused law firm, when we started planning for this year’s Party With a Purpose, we knew that we wanted to find a way to celebrate the community that has been the foundation of our growth and continued success in helping Texans in need of legal assistance,” Chief Operating Officer Lisa Griffin said.

The firm is thankful for the continued support from locals who see The Carlson Law Firm as more than a law firm.

“We want our communities to see the service we do as an extension of the legal help we offer,” Griffin said. “We are also a resource for many families and nonprofit organizations like Central Bell Fire & Rescue who may need a little extra help throughout the year.”

In 2018, The Carlson Law Firm launched its own charitable program, Carlson Cares, to grow the efforts the firm makes to reach vulnerable populations. Through Carlson Cares, the firm hosts a Party With a Purpose and volunteer days in each of its locations.

In the past, the firm has hosted several events to benefit the greater Killeen area, including a blood drive and a car seat check. In addition, the firm’s employees have volunteered at various organizations in the Killeen-community including Families in Crisis and the Killeen Food Pantry.

“After retiring from the military, Central Texas became my home,” Carlson said. “Like so many in the Killeen, Temple and Belton area, my wife, who is also a veteran, and I chose to plant roots and raise our family here. It means a lot to us that we’re able to celebrate this milestone and put together an event like this to raise money for these volunteer firefighters. We’re blessed to be able to celebrate like this with a community that has embraced, accepted and supported us.”

Carlson’s Birthday Blowout marks the start of Carlson’s Season of Giving. Nominations for Carlson Cares Christmas Miracle open on Monday, Oct. 4 and will run through Oct. 15. This will be the firm’s fourth year making Christmas bright for families through our Christmas Miracles.

2021 Carlson Cares Christmas Miracle Nominations Open Oct. 4

Nominate a deserving person or family for a Christmas Miracle this holiday season!

Another year, another miracle! The Carlson Law Firm is opening our nomination form for the fourth annual Carlson Cares Christmas Miracle. It is the perfect opportunity for you to help make a deserving person or families’ Christmas season a little brighter! Nominations open Oct. 4, 2021.

Since 2018, our firm has delivered Christmas Miracles to Texas families in need of a little holiday season cheer. This year, however, the firm is taking a different approach for Christmas Miracles. Rather than making miracles happen for a handful of families, the firm hopes to ‘Make Christmas Bright’ for families in each of its 15 locations in Texas.

Suppose you know a deserving family who needs a little extra help with providing gifts, clothes, shoes, jackets, or other essentials this holiday season. In that case, you can nominate them for a Carlson Christmas Miracle!

To nominate a family or individual, fill out the submission form between Oct. 4 through Oct. 15. Tell us what you think they need and why the person or family you nominate deserves a Carlson Cares Christmas Miracle. If your nomination is selected, we will contact you between Oct. 25-27. Because of time constraints, if you do not respond within 24 hours, we will move on to the next nominee. Once selected and confirmed by phone, our Carlson Christmas Elves will immediately get to work, ensuring your miracle happens. Miracle deliveries will happen sometime between November 8-19.

“This year, we’ve got an ambitious goal to Make Christmas Bright for families in each city that we have an office,” said Managing Partner Craig Carlson. “So with that in mind, we’re hoping that we get flooded with nominations. We want to achieve the goal of spreading cheer and joy across Texas.”

Carlson Cares operates out of The Carlson Law Firm’s 15 offices across Texas. Each month, a different office gives back to their community through volunteer work and hosting family-friendly Parties with a Purpose. Our mission is to improve the lives of every Texan.

Our Carlson Cares Christmas Miracle puts the bow on a year of giving back. The Christmas Miracle nomination form will be located here: https://carlsoncares.org/miracle. The form will go live on Oct. 4 at 12:01 a.m. CST.

The form is also available in Spanish.

For more information:

Kazia Conway

254-526-5688

kconway@carlsonattorneys.com

The Carlson Law Firm is Hosting Backpack & Supplies Giveaway for the Waco Community

WACO, TX — As the 2021 school year approaches, Carlson Cares in Waco is hosting a back-to-school bash where staff from The Carlson Law Firm will hand out backpacks filled with school supplies on Saturday, August 14.

Families can bring their school-aged children to The Carlson Law Firm’s Waco office located at 3919 W. Waco Dr. for free school supplies.

“Every year when we do these events, the goal is to make the biggest positive impact possible for populations in our community who need it most,” Carlson Law Firm attorney Dominic Braus said. “Last year, we gave back to our neighbors and friends through our snack pack drive-thru giveaway to help combat childhood hunger during the summer, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this year, students will be returning to in-person learning and we want to make sure every family sends their students back with the tools needed for success.”

Students who attend the event will get backpacks filled with grade-appropriate school supplies such as notebooks, crayons, markers, colored pencils, and other items needed for the 2021-2022 school year. In addition, families can enjoy carnival-style games, a chance to win a membership to the Cameron Park Zoo, and a chance to dunk a Carlson Law Firm attorney. Radio stations 94.5 The Beat1 and 107.3 La Mejor will be broadcasting live.

“We understand that getting school supplies could be another expense on families, and we want to lift that burden off of their shoulders,” Braus said. “We hope that by doing this backpack drive families in the Waco area will get a head start on the new school year.”

Backpacks will be given while supplies last. Children must be present to receive a backpack, and backpacks will be limited to three per family.

The Carlson Law Firm will be joined by the Law Office of Carlos Dias and Budget Auto Insurance. Other sponsors include:

Central Texas Pain Center
Central Texas Litigation Support Services Inc.
And more!

For more information about the event, visit The Carlson Law Firm’s Facebook pages, @carlsonattorneys, and @carlsonabogados.

About Carlson Cares

Carlson Cares is a charitable program from The Carlson Law Firm, a nationally recognized personal injury law firm. With 14 locations in Texas, Carlson Cares hosts a party each month from a different office, giving back to their community through volunteer work and hosting family-friendly Parties with a Purpose. Our mission is to improve the lives of every Texan.

Carlson Cares Gives Back Across Texas Ahead of First Day of School

The Carlson Law Firm had two of our locations participate in backpack giveaways just ahead of the first day of school for their cities.

Our Waco office hosted its annual Party with a Purpose on August 14. Our staff gave away more than 140 backpacks to Waco students.

Students who attend the event received backpacks filled with grade-appropriate school supplies such as notebooks, crayons, markers, colored pencils, and other items needed for the 2021-2022 school year.

“We’re hoping to host another backpack giveaway next year,” attorney Dominic Braus said. “We’d like to see this event get larger as we help more people each year. Our goal is to always let the community know that we’re more than just an injury law firm, The Carlson Law Firm is here to help when you need it most.”

Families at our Waco party also enjoyed carnival-style games, a chance to win a membership to the Cameron Park Zoo, and a chance to dunk a Carlson Law Firm attorney. Radio stations 94.5 The Beat1 and 107.3 La Mejor were live at the event.

Earlier that week on Aug. 12, our South Austin office participated in a backpack giveaway. Our team gave away 50 backpacks to camp goers at the Dittmar Center summer camp.

About Carlson Cares

Carlson Cares is the charitable program of The Carlson Law Firm, a nationally recognized personal injury law firm. We host a Party With a Purpose at each of our 14 locations with a goal to give back to our communities in meaningful ways. Our mission is to improve the lives of every Texan.

San Antonio staff assists Food Bank

SAN ANTONIO – The Carlson Law Firm team from our two San Antonio locations joined forces to help the San Antonio Food Bank in its mission to provide meals to families across southwest Texas. To help the food bank, our team helped sort, organize and pack non-perishable food items for families in need of a warm meal.

The Carlson Law Firm staff then helped distribute packaged boxes to families in need. Families received pasta, canned tuna, dried fruit, in addition to other non-perishable and perishable items.

The Food Bank receives an equivalent of one semi-trailer full of food every hour to distribute to 530 other nonprofits across 16 counties.

“In an assembly form line format, we filled boxes with different food productions that are used to be distributed around San Antonio,” said The Carlson’s Law Firm partner, Edna Elizondo. “It really was a group effort to be able to run smoothly. We are thankful to have the opportunity to help out the San Antonio communities alongside the Food Bank.”

The San Antonio food bank fulfills the need of serving more than 120,000 individuals each week. Even during the pandemic, the food bank never gave up on its mission to feed southwest Texas families. Texas is ranked second in the nation for food insecurity—with approximately one in six individuals living in food-insecure homes. However, the demand increased with the start of the pandemic.

“No child, individual, and family should ever have to worry about where their next meal will come from,” Elizondo said. “We support the work that the Food Bank is doing for our communities and making sure that families are fed in Southwest Texas.”

About Carlson Cares

Carlson Cares is a charitable program of The Carlson Law Firm, a nationally recognized personal injury firm. Each month, a different office gives back to their community through volunteer work and hosting family-friendly Parties with a Purpose. Our mission is to improve the lives of every Texan.