Andrew Garza is a co-founder and lead trial attorney at Claggett, Sykes & Garza, LLC ("CSG"), in Connecticut. He grew up in public housing, bartended his way through college and law school, and opened his own law firm in 2013. He has tried cases to 7-, 8-, and 9-figure jury verdicts as lead counsel. In 2022, he obtained a $100 million verdict on behalf of a paralyzed man and his wife, which was the largest verdict in Connecticut history. Garza and his team speak nationally to plaintiff's trial lawyers, provide trial skills training, and enjoy consulting and co-trying high-exposure cases where they specialize in conducting focus groups and implementing Big Data studies.
CSG is one of the nation’s premier injury trial firms. Founded by two trial attorneys, each with their own record-setting nine-figure verdicts, attorneys Andrew Garza and Sean Claggett joined forces with partners Will Sykes and Matt Granda to help injury victims across the country. After a $100 million verdict in 2022, CSG's lawyers obtained a $485 million verdict in New Mexico in 2023, which is believed to be the largest single-plaintiff sex abuse verdict in history. In 2025, CSG's lawyers obtained a record-breaking $145 million verdict in a a workers' comp case, which was reported as the largest bad faith verdict in U.S. history.
Garza has been recognized as Lawyer of the Year (New England Legal Awards, 2023); Trial Lawyer of the Year (KTI, 2022); Top 40 Under 40 (Hartford Business Journal, 2023); Super Lawyers (2016 - Present); Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs (2024 - Present); and is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. As a business owner, he has been recognized on the Inc. 5000 and Law Firm 500 lists. Garza is also a proud UConn Husky. Outside of work, he enjoys coaching his kids' baseball teams, playing mediocre golf, and working on carpentry projects in his workshop. Andrew is licensed to practice in Connecticut and Massachusetts and lives in Farmington, Connecticut, with his college sweetheart, Jenny, and his three young children.
