Longhorn-Trained, Courtroom-Proven
Ronald DeWayne Cross took the long, thorough route to mastery: a B.B.A. in Finance with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin — the numbers fluency that still shows up when he audits a lifetime-damages model or a carrier's reserve posture — followed by his Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law, one of the nation's premier law schools. Licensed by the State Bar of Texas in 1993, Ron has spent more than 28 years practicing across personal injury, civil litigation, and family law, accumulating the thing no young lawyer can shortcut: courtroom judgment. He has stood before Texas judges and juries, tried contested cases to conclusion, and learned — one hearing, deposition, and trial at a time — how cases are actually won. He is admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, with admission applications pending in the remaining federal districts of Texas, and he belongs to the State Bar of Texas, the Dallas Bar Association, and Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, the profession's peer-support organization — service that says as much about the man as any verdict.
Seven Figures Since 1996 — and the Big-Truck Docket Now
Ron's first personal injury settlement in excess of $1,000,000 came in 1996: a traumatic brain injury case caused by inhaled paint fumes — the kind of toxic-exposure claim that demands exactly what he brought to it, a litigator who could master medical causation science and translate it into undeniable value. Nearly three decades later, that same rigor anchors his McKay Law caseload, which concentrates on tractor-trailer accidents and motor vehicle collisions — the firm's flagship docket, where federal motor-carrier regulations, black-box evidence, and professional defense teams reward experience above all. His injury cases resolve the way well-built cases should: by settlement, on the strength of preparation the defense can read for itself, backed by a lawyer whose trial history in Texas courts means the threat of the courtroom is never a bluff. And true to the plaintiff's calling, Ron represents clients from every socio-economic level — the same total effort whether the client arrives from a boardroom or a bus stop, because the courthouse is supposed to be the one place that doesn't check your wallet at the door.
Family, Church, and Fifty Dogs
Off the clock, Ron's life explains his practice. He's a family man and a man of faith, a history enthusiast who reads the past the way he reads case files — for the patterns that predict what happens next — and an animal lover in the fullest sense: he has fostered more than fifty dogs for local animal rescues, opening his home again and again to creatures that needed someone in their corner. Clients tend to discover that the same instinct runs his law practice. People come to injury lawyers on the worst days of their lives, often feeling exactly like something abandoned on the roadside — and Ron's entire career, from the 1996 brain-injury family to today's trucking-crash clients, has been the act of taking them in and seeing them through. Consultations with the firm are free, 24/7, in English and Spanish; every cost is advanced; and no client pays a fee unless the firm wins.
Education, Admissions & Honors
- Juris Doctor — The University of Texas School of Law
- B.B.A. Finance, concentration in Accounting — The University of Texas at Austin, 1990
- Licensed — State Bar of Texas, November 5, 1993 · Bar No. 00787305 · 28+ years in practice
- Admitted — U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas
- Admission pending — remaining U.S. District Courts of Texas
- First seven-figure personal injury settlement — 1996 (traumatic brain injury, toxic exposure)
- Member — State Bar of Texas · Dallas Bar Association · Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers
- Practice focus — tractor-trailer accidents, motor vehicle collisions, civil litigation
- Community — foster home to 50+ rescue dogs for local animal rescues