This page is the map of everything Schiffer Law Firm has written about civil claims after a sexual assault in Texas, grouped by situation. If you want the overview first, start with civil claims for sexual abuse and assault in Texas. If you would rather talk to a person, call 713-521-0059.

If someone assaulted you, a civil case is separate from anything the police or the district attorney do. It is your case. You decide whether to bring it, and it can be brought whether or not anyone was ever arrested, charged or convicted.

What a civil claim does need is evidence, and most of the evidence is not yours. It is in the records of the business, building or institution where it happened, and those records are on an automatic timer. See what evidence actually matters, and what disappears.

A civil case also reaches further than the person who hurt you. Where an apartment complex, a hotel, a business, a school, a church or an employer failed to take reasonable steps to keep you safe, that failure can be its own claim, and those defendants usually carry insurance.

Everything below is written for survivors and for the advocates, counselors and SANE nurses who help them. If you would rather talk to a person, call 713-521-0059.

Where it happened

Who can be held responsible

Your privacy and what the defense can ask for

What to do next

For advocates, counselors and SANE nurses

For Advocates and SANE Nurses

Call 713-521-0059. There is no charge to talk, and nothing happens unless you decide it does.

Sexual Assault