 Benny Agosto Jr.
Houston, Texas
Partner
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(713) 222-7211
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Houston Personal Injury Attorney
Hablamos Espanol
- Workplace Accidents
- Personal Injury
- Catastrophic Injuries
- Wrongful Death
- Product Defects
- Business Litigation
- 18 Wheeler & Commercial Truck Accidents
- Aviation Accidents
- Admiralty & Maritime Accidents
- Birth Injuries
- Brain Damage
- Burns
- Construction Accidents
- DWI Accidents
- Electrocutions
- Environmental Law
- Explosions
- Medical Malpractice
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Nursing Home Negligence
- Offshore Injuries
- Paraplegia
- Patent Infringement
- Petrochemical Accidents
- Pharmaceutical Litigation
- Quadriplegia
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Swimming Pool Accidents
- Vehicular Accidents
- Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Texas, 1995
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court District of Puerto Rico
- South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas,
1995
J.D.
Honors: Board of Advocates
Law Review:
South Texas College Law Review (T.M.S.L.), Member
- University of Houston,
1987
Graduate Studies
Major: Microbiology
- Houston Baptist University,
1986
B.S.
- Wesleyan Academy, Puerto Rico,
1981
- "Texas Supreme Court Update", Houston Trial Lawyers Newsletter, August, 2003
- "Experts: How to Pick Them, Protect Them, and Pick Them Apart", Houston Bar Association On-Line CLE Course, August, 2003
- "Crunching the Numbers: The Economics of Handling an Automobile Injury Case", South Texas College of Law On-Line CLE Course, January, 2000
- "Should Clinical Medical Testimony be Subject to Daubert Analysis?", Texas Bar Journal, January, 1999
- "Social Host Liability: Friends Can Let Friends Drive Drunk!", Texas Bar Journal, July, 1995
- "Social Host Liability: Friends Can Let Friends Drive Drunk!", The Houston Lawyer, August, 1994
- "What About the Parents?", Texas Bar Journal, May, 2003
- "Construction Law/Contractor Liability: Control is Key", Texas Bar Journal, January, 2003
- "Ethics in Personal Injury", Houston Bar Association On-Line CLE Course, January, 2003
- "Changing Faces of the HBA", The Houston Lawyer, May/June, 2003
- "Crunching the Numbers: The Economics of Handling an Automobile Injury Case", South Texas College of Law
- Speaker, "Wrongful Death Cases in Texas-Experts", Lorman Educational Services Seminar,
2002
- Chairman and Moderator, "Experts: How to Pick Them, Present Them, Protect Them and Pick Them Apart", South Texas College of Law, Personal Injury Law Conference,
2002
- "Preparing Your Case: From Discovery to Trial"
- Speaker, University of Houston Law Center,
2002
- "A Road Map For Sports & Recreational Injury Lawsuits", Sports & Entertainment Law in the Year 2001 Seminar,
2001
- Chairman and Moderator, "Document Production and Organization", Lorman Educational Services Seminar, Houston,
2001
- Chairman and Moderator, "Discovery About Experts", Advanced Civil Discovery Seminar, University of Houston Law Center CLE Program,
2001
- Chairman and Moderator, "Self-Insurers and Non-Subscribers: Special Considerations in Suing and Defending", Insurance Law Seminar, University of Houston Law Center CLE Program,
2001
- Chairman and Moderator, "Practice Pointers from the Bench", Automobile Injury Conference, South Texas College of Law CLE Program,
2001
- Speaker, "Litigation Updates: New Discovery Rules/New Evidence Rules", Houston Association of Legal Secretaries,
2001
- Moderator and Seminar Chairman, Houston Trial Lawyers Association Masters of Trial 2000 Seminar,
2000
- Speaker, "Life of a Trial Lawyer", University of Houston Law Center,
2000
- Speaker, "Accident Reconstruction", Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Daubert/Robinson Challenge Seminar,
2000
- Chairman and Moderator, "The Economics of Handling Car Wreck Cases With Forms", South Texas College of Law, CLE Program, Automobile Injury Conference,
2000
- Panelist Speaker, "Preparing the Total Package", South Texas College of Law,
2000
- Panelist Speaker, "Gearing Up to Get Hired", South Texas College of Law,
1999
- New Discovery Rules, Houston Association of Legal Secretaries, CLE Seminar,
1999
- South Texas College of Law CLE Program
- "Crunching the Numbers: The Economics of Handling an Automobile Injury Case", Automobile Injury Conference-Planning Committee,
1999
- Discovery/Discovery Analysis and Document Control, Houston Association of Legal Secretaries, Litigation Paralegal Course,
1999
- "Experts: How to Pick Them, Protect Them, and Pick Them Apart", Houston Bar Association CLE,
2003
- "The Homestretch: Preparing PI Cases from 60 Days Out", Houston Bar Association Bench Bar Conference CLE,
2003
- "Ethics in Picking Your Client", Houston Bar Association CLE,
2003
- Chairman & Moderator, "Construction Law/Contractor Liability", South Texas College of Law: Personal Injury Law Conference,
2003
- "Wrongful Death Cases in Texas-Experts", Lorman Educational Services Seminar,
2002
- Houston Bar Association CLE, "Ethics in Personal Injury",
2002
- "Mediation of an Automobile Accident Case", South Texas College of Law: Mediation for Litigators,
2002
- "Experts: How to Pick Them, Protect Them, and Pick Them Apart", Legal Assistants Division, State Bar of Texas: Legal Assistants U-A Three Day Seminar with a Collegiate Theme,
2002
- "Brown v. Board of Education", Houston Bar Association CLE,
2004
- "Power to Persuade", University of Houston Comm. Dept.,
2004
- "Using Your Bar Association Membership to Help Advance Your Career", ABA Minority Bar Summit,
2004
- "Tort Reform", MABAT Annual Meeting CLE Program,
2003
- "Recent Developments in Construction Law", MABAH CLE Program
- "Practical Tips for Lawyers in The Post-Tort Reform Era", Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Matthews & Friend In-House CLE,
2003
- "Experts: How to Pick Them, and Pick Them Apart", Houston Bar Association CLE,
2003
- Guest Speaker, Burton Elementary 5th Grade Promotion Ceremony,
2003
- H Magazine Top Lawyers for the People,
2008
- Texas Super Lawyer,
2004
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2007
- State Bar of Texas - 2006 Certificate of Merit
- Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation
- Houston Bar Association,
2008
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2010
- Director
- Mexican American Bar Association, Texas,
2003
-
2004
- Vice President
- Mexican American Bar Association, Texas,
2005
-
2006
- President
- Houston Bar Association
- Co-Chair, CLE Commission
- Houston Bar Association,
2003
-
2004
- Member, Minority Opportunities in the Legal Profession Commission
- State Bar of Texas
- Chair, Texas Bar Journal Editorial Board
- State Bar of Texas, Hispanic Section
- Member
- State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section
- Member
- State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section,
1997
-
2000
- Chairman, Grievance Committee, 4G19
- American Association for Justice
- Member
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association Advocates,
1997
-
1999
- Member, Board of Directors
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association Advocates,
1998
-
1999
- Co-Chairman
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Member
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association
- Member, Board of Directors
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association,
2000
-
2001
- Member, Fundraising Committees
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association,
2002
-
2003
- Co-Chairman, CLE Committee
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association,
2000
- Chairman, HTLA Masters of Trial Seminar
- Houston Hispanic Bar Association
- Member
- Houston Young Lawyers Association
- Member
- Mexican American Bar Association, Houston
- Member, Board of Directors
- Mexican American Bar Association, Houston
- Judiciary Screening Committee
- College of the State Bar of Texas,
1997
-
2000
- Chairman, Grievance Committee
- Houston Trial Lawyers Foundation
- Member
- Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee
- Member
- Hispanic National Bar Association
- Co-Chair in Chief, Journal of Law and Policy
- Hon. Alice Oliver-Parrott, Chief Justice, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District, Houston, Texas, Intern,
1994
- Houston Baptist University, Human Kinetics Department, Faculty, Head Soccer Coach,
1989
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1991
- Spanish
- Alpha Tau Omega
Serving clients since 1951
Located in the Historic Dickson and Siewerssen Building
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