Benny Agosto, Jr.
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Personal Injury, Accidents, Injuries, Wrongful Death, Product Liability, Business Law, Aviation & Aerospace, Birth Injury, Construction, DUI & DWI, Environment, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home Abuse, Admiralty & Maritime Law, Patent, Health Care Law, Car Accidents
800 Commerce Street, Houston, TX 77002
About Benny Agosto, Jr.
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Accidents
- Injuries
- Wrongful Death
- Product Liability
- Business Law
- Aviation & Aerospace
- Birth Injury
- Construction
- DUI & DWI
- Environment
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Home Abuse
- Admiralty & Maritime Law
- Patent
- Health Care Law
- Car Accidents
Education
- South Texas College of Law Houston, Houston, Texas, 1995J.D.
- Honors: Board of Advocates
- University of Houston, 1987Graduate Studies
- Major: Microbiology
- Houston Baptist University, 1986B.S.
- Wesleyan Academy, Puerto Rico, 1981
Languages
- Spanish
Classes and Seminars
- Expert Witnesses: How to Pick Them, Protect Them, and Pick Them Apart, American Academy of Physician Life Care Planners 2021 Annual Assembly, 2021
- Guest Speaker, Hispanic Heritage Night, Hispanic Law Students Association, South Texas College of Law Houston, 2020
- Role of the Expert in American Justice, Forensic Expert Witness Association National Conference, 2020
- Ethical Responsibility to Cmply with the Stay Home, Stay Safe Order Using Technology to Connect with Clients, Practicing Law in the Time of Coronavirus: How to Conduct Effective Hearings and Remote Depositions, Houston Bar Association CLE, 2020
- Personal Injury Trial Law, Houston Bar Association CLE Seminar, 2020
- Insurance Coverage Issues, 9th Annual Advanced Trial Strategies Course, State Bar of Texas and American Board of Trial Advocates, 2020
- Trending Issues in Texas Litigation - Immigration Issues Impacting Non-Immigration Lawyers, State Bar of Texas 35th Annual Litigation Update Institute Course, 2019
- Witness Background Issues, Ethics Extravaganza CLE, Houston Northwest Bar Association, 2019
- Panelist, Becoming Indispensable to Your Law Firm: How to Fit In and Make Money, Houston Bar Association Career Building and Networking Happy Hour, 2018
- Insurance Litigation Strategies, State Bar of Texas 7th Annual Advanced Trial Strategies Course, 2018
- Representing Undocumented Plaintiffs, TTLA Annual Meeting and CLE Seminar, 2017
- Anatomy of a Bus and 18-Wheeler Case, Mexican American Bar Association of Texas and State Bar of Texas Hispanic Issues Section 2017 CLE and Legislative Update, 2017
- Speaker, LeadershipSBOT, State Bar of Texas, 2017
- Damage Issues Relating to Standing and Capacity, 8th Annual Damages in Civil Ligation Course, State Bar of Texas, 2016
- Public Interest Law Panel, Hispanic Law Students Association, University of Houston Law Center, 2015
- Court: Best Practices, Roundtable Discussion, Harris County Judicial Education Conference, 2015
- How to Hire an Attorney, Emerging Leaders Institute, 2015
- How to Hire an Attorney, People's Law School, University of Houston Law Center, 2015
- The Pros and Cons of Executive Action in Immigration Law, HNBA Corporate Counsel Conference, 2015
- Insurance Coverage, 4th Annual Advanced Trial Strategies Course, TexasBarCLE, 2015
- Expedited Trials Plus the New Rule to Dismiss, Texas Minority Counsel Program, 2013
- Damages for Undocumented Workers, 5th Annual Damages in Civil Litigation Course, TexasBarCLE
- Can the Undocumented Worker's Alien Status be Introduced at Trial?, Houston Metropolitan Paralegal Association, 2012
- Admissibility of Alien Status at Trial, Texas Trial Lawyers Association Seminar in Las Vegas, NV
- Guest Speaker on the topic of Criminal Justice, Klein High School
- Speaker, Swearing In Ceremony at the Harris County Courthouse, Hispanic Bar of Houston
- Speaker, LULAC Veterans Legal Clinics/Initiative, Legal Services for Veterans
- Speaker, Regarding the Admissibility of the Alien Status at Trial, Texas Trial Lawyers Luncheon, El Paso, Texas
- Speaker, Gender Fairness Committee Networking Luncheon, Houston Bar Association
- Speaker at the Judicial Mixer, Houston Hispanic Bar Association
- State Bar College Spring Training
- Your Case and The Mexico Connection
- Lawyer Advertising, Contingent Fee Referrals, and Other Topics, Automobile Injury Conference
- Real Evidence for the Trial Practitioner in Texas, Lorman Educational Services Seminar
- Common Law Marriage in Mexico Ain't So Common, Navigating Cross Border Issues
- Rule 8a-The New Referral Rules, Houston Bar Association's All Day Ethics Program
- Guest speaker to Houston area law students, Professionalism Day
- Construction Law Update, Mexican American Bar Association Texas
- Brown v. Board of Education, Houston Bar Association CLE, 2004
- Power to Persuade, University of Houston Comm. Dept., 2004
- Tort Reform Update: One Year Later, Mexican American Bar Association Houston
- Using Your Bar Association Membership to Help Advance Your Career, ABA Minority Bar Summit, 2004
- Experts: How to Pick Them, Protect Them, and Pick Them Apart, Houston Bar Association CLE, 2003
- Ethics in Picking Your Client, Houston Bar Association CLE, 2003
- Guest Speaker, Burton Elementary 5th Grade Promotion Ceremony, 2003
- Chairman & Moderator, Construction Law/Contractor Liability, South Texas College of Law Houston: Personal Injury Law Conference, 2003
- Tort Reform, MABAT Annual Meeting CLE Program, 2003
- Experts: How to Pick 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
- Practical Tips for Lawyers in The Post-Tort Reform Era, Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Matthews & Friend In-House CLE, 2003
- Speaker, Wrongful Death Cases in Texas-Experts, Lorman Educational Services Seminar, 2002
- Mediation of an Automobile Accident Case, South Texas College of Law Houston: 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
- Chairman and Moderator, Experts: How to Pick Them, Present Them, Protect Them and Pick Them Apart, South Texas College of Law Houston, Personal Injury Law Conference, 2002
- Houston Bar Association CLE, Ethics in Personal Injury, 2002
- Speaker, University of Houston Law Center, 2002
- Wrongful Death Cases in Texas-Experts, Lorman Educational Services Seminar, 2002
- A Road Map For Sports & Recreational Injury Lawsuits, Sports & Entertainment Law in the Year 2001 Seminar, 2001
- Chairman and Moderator, Discovery About Experts, Advanced Civil Discovery Seminar, University of Houston Law Center CLE Program, 2001
- Chairman and Moderator, Document Production and Organization, Lorman Educational Services Seminar, Houston, 2001
- Chairman and Moderator, Practice Pointers from the Bench, Automobile Injury Conference, South Texas College of Law Houston CLE Program, 2001
- Speaker, Litigation Updates: New Discovery Rules/New Evidence Rules, Houston Association of Legal Secretaries, 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
- 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
- Chairman and Moderator, The Economics of Handling Car Wreck Cases With Forms, South Texas College of Law Houston, CLE Program, Automobile Injury Conference, 2000
- Panelist Speaker, Preparing the Total Package, South Texas College of Law Houston, 2000
- Speaker, Accident Reconstruction, Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Daubert/Robinson Challenge Seminar, 2000
- Panelist Speaker, Gearing Up to Get Hired, South Texas College of Law Houston, 1999
- New Discovery Rules, Houston Association of Legal Secretaries, CLE Seminar, 1999
- 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
- Recent Developments in Construction Law, MABAH CLE Program
- South Texas College of Law Houston CLE Program
- Preparing Your Case: From Discovery to Trial
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1995
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1995
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1995
- U.S. District Court District of Puerto Rico, 1995
Other Affiliations
- Nominations Committee, Hispanic Issues Section Council, State bar of Texas, 2020 to Present
- State Bar of Texas (Board of Directors, 2020 to Present)
- Houston Bar Association (LGBTQ+ Committee, Founding Member and Chair, 2019 to Present)
- Hope Disaster Recovery (President, Board of Directors, 2019 to Present)
- Houston Bar Association, President, 2019 to 2020
- Houston Bar Association, President-Elect, 2018 to 2019
- Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow, 2018 to Present
- Hope Disaster Recovery, Board of Directors, 2017 to Present
- South Texas College of Law Houston, Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy, Founding Editor, 2017 to Present
- Houston Bar Association, 1st Vice-President, 2016 to 2017
- Lone Star Legal Aid, Board of Directors, 2015 to 2016
- Houston Bar Association, Second Vice-President, 2013 to 2014, 2015 to 2016
- United Negro College Fund, Regional Advisory Leadership Council, Member, 2014 to 2015
- Houston Bar Association, First Vice-President, 2012 to 2013, 2014 to 2015
- Hispanic National Bar Association, Chairman, Task Force on Unaccompanied Minors Humanitarian Crisis, 2014 to 2015
- National Conference of Bar Presidents, Member, Program Committee, 2014 to 2015
- State Bar of Texas, Chair, Hispanic Issues Section, 2014 to 2015
- Houston Bar Association, Co-Chair, Law and the Media Committee, 2014 to 2015
- American Bar Association, Member, Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity, 2013 to 2014
- Houston Bar Association, President of the Dispute Resolution Center, 2012 to 2013
- National Hispanic Bar Association, President, 2011 to 2012
- Houston Bar Association, Law Week Committee, Co-Chair, 2011 to 2012
- Houston Bar Association, Board of Directors, 2008 to 2011
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors
- Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas Foundation, Founder and President
- Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA), President-Elect, 2010
- Hispanic National Bar Association, Candidate for President-Elect, 2009
- Hispanic National Bar Association, Region XII, Regional President, 2006 to 2008
- Houston Bar Association, Member, Minority Opportunities in the Legal Profession Commission, 2003 to 2004
- Mexican American Bar Association, Texas, Vice President, 2003 to 2004
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Co-Chairman, CLE Committee, 2002 to 2003
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Member, Fundraising Committees, 2000 to 2001
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Chairman, HTLA Masters of Trial Seminar, 2000
- State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section, Chairman, Grievance Committee, 4G19, 1997 to 2000
- College of the State Bar of Texas, Chairman, Grievance Committee, 1997 to 2000
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association Advocates, Co-Chairman, 1998 to 1999
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association Advocates, Member, Board of Directors, 1997 to 1999
- American Association for Justice, Member
- American Bar Association, Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities Hearing in Texas
- American Bar Foundation, Fellow
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Member
- Hispanic National Bar Association, Board of Directors
- Hispanic National Bar Association, Co-Editor In-Chief, Journal of Law and Policy
- Hispanic National Bar Association, Legal Education Fund, Co-Founder and Board Member
- Houston Bar Association, Committee on Administration of Justice, Chair
- Houston Bar Association, Committee on Gender Fairness, Chair
- Houston Bar Association, Committee on Judicial Polls, Chair
- Houston Bar Association, Committee on Speakers Bureau, Chair
- Houston Bar Association, Institute and Seminars, Chair
- Houston Bar Association Foundation, Life Fellow
- Houston Bar Association, Judicial Endorsement Committee
- Houston Hispanic Bar Association, Member
- Houston Lawyer Referral Service, Board of Directors
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Member, Board of Directors
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association Newsletter, Editor
- Houston Trial Lawyers Foundation, Member
- Houston Young Lawyers Association, Member
- Mexican American Bar Association, Houston, Judiciary Screening Committee
- Litigation Counsel of America, Senior Fellow
- South Texas College of Law Houston Alumni Association, Board of Directors
- State Bar of Texas, Chair, Texas Bar Journal Editorial Board
- State Bar of Texas, Hispanic Section, Member
- State Bar of Texas, Hispanic Issues Section, Board of Directors
- State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section, Member
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee, Member
- Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Wesley Community Center, Board of Directors
- Supreme Court Historical Society, Member
Past Positions
- Honorable 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 to 1991
Fraternities and Sororities
- Alpha Tau Omega
Articles
Published Works
- "Golf Cart Ejections: Injuries and Deaths on the Rise", The Houston Lawyer, July/August, 2018
- "Off Course", Trial, August, 2018
- "Can Friends Still Let Friends Drive Drunk?", Texas Bar Journal, May, 2013
- "Appeal by Ambush: Is the Texas Supreme Court Setting the Stage for a New Trial Tactic?", Thurgood Marshall Law Review, a Publication of Texas Southern University, 2012
- "Expanding the Coming and Going Rule?One Officer's Struggle", The Houston Lawyer, vol. 49, January/February, 2012
- "The Scarlet I", Trial, April, 2011
- "But Your Honor, He's an Illegal! Can Undocumented Worker's Alien Status be Introduced at Trial?", Texas Bar Journal, April, 2011
- "Can Undocumented Worker's Alien Status Be Introduced at Trial?", Litigation Commentary & Review 43, March/April, 2011
- "Lessons to be Learned from In re Weekley Homes, L.P.", The Houston Lawyer (Online Edition), September/October, 2010
- "Hard Works Pays Off", Hispanic National Bar Association Journal of Law and Policy, Summer, 2010
- "Another Look at Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 95", Texas Bar Journal, 2010
- "Can Undocumented Worker's Alien Status Be Introduced at Trial?", 48 Hours. Lawyer 28, 2010
- "Dreams do Come True.", Editor's Note, Hispanic National Bar Association Journal of Law and Policy", Summer, 2008
- "Can the Injured Migrant Worker's Alien Status Be Introduced at Trial?", Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 2005
- "Supreme Court Set To Implement New Rules Regarding Referral Fees", Texas Bar Journal, 2005
- "Texas Rising Star", Texas Monthly and Law & Politics, 2004
- "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
- "Changing Faces of the HBA", The Houston Lawyer, May/June, 2003
- "What About the Parents?", Texas Bar Journal, May, 2003
- "Ethics in Personal Injury", Houston Bar Association On-Line CLE Course, January, 2003
- "Construction Law/Contractor Liability: Control is Key", Texas Bar Journal, January, 2003
- "Crunching the Numbers: The Economics of Handling an Automobile Injury Case", South Texas College of Law Houston 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
- "Crunching the Numbers: The Economics of Handling an Automobile Injury Case", South Texas College of Law Houston
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Other Colleagues
- 62 years of experiencePersonal Injury, Injuries, Wrongful Death, Product Liability, Business Law, Aviation & Aerospace, Birth Injury, Construction, DUI & DWI, Environment, Accidents, Nursing Home Abuse, Admiralty & Maritime Law, Patent, Health Care Law, Car Accidents
- 19 years of experiencePersonal Injury, Car Accidents, Injuries, Wrongful Death, Product Liability, Business Law, Aviation & Aerospace, Birth Injury, Construction, DUI & DWI, Environment, Medical Malpractice, Accidents, Nursing Home Abuse, Admiralty & Maritime Law, Patent, Health Care Law
- 17 years of experiencePersonal Injury, Aviation & Aerospace, Wrongful Death, Injuries, Product Liability, Business Law, Birth Injury, Construction, DUI & DWI, Environment, Medical Malpractice, Accidents, Nursing Home Abuse, Admiralty & Maritime Law, Patent, Health Care Law, Labor Law, Car Accidents
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