2011 Super Lawyers Pro Bono Award
Attorney Profile

Bernardino "Benny" Agosto, Jr.

Bernardino Agosto, Jr.

Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend
800 Commerce Street
Houston, TX 77002

Houston

Texas (TX)

T: 713-222-7211
F: 713-225-0827

Practice Areas

Personal Injury Plaintiff: General

Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products

Selected To

• Texas Super Lawyers 2011
• Texas Super Lawyers 2010
• Texas Super Lawyers 2009
• Texas Super Lawyers 2008
• Texas Super Lawyers 2007
• Texas Super Lawyers 2006
• Texas Rising Stars 2004
• Texas Super Lawyers 2004

Profile

Attorney Bernadino "Benny" J. Agosto, Jr., is a partner of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend, a Houston-based firm dedicated to representing people hurt or killed by the negligence of others in personal injury. He handles a variety of type cases, including catastrophic injuries, workplace injuries, motor vehicle accidents, 18-wheeler and commercial truck accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful death and many other type accidents and injuries. He is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Mr. Agosto is a well-known leader in several legal communities. He is the President-Elect of the Hispanic National Bar Association as well as the Co-Editor in Chief of its Journal of Law and Policy. He is the Chair of the Texas Bar Journal Editorial Board of the State Bar of Texas. He is also a Co-Chair of the CLE Commission of the Houston Bar Association. His other memberships include the American Association for Justice, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Houston Hispanic Bar Association and the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee.

In addition to his inclusion on the Texas Super Lawyers list each year since 2004, Mr. Agosto was named as a finalist for the Lawdragon magazine's Leading Plaintiff Lawyer in America in 2009, was listed in H Texas Magazine's list of Top Lawyers for the People in 2008, and received the 2006 Certificate of Merit from the State Bar of Texas.

About Bernardino Agosto, Jr.

Law School: South Texas College Of Law

Languages Spoken: English, Spanish

Admitted: 1995, Texas

Professional Webpage: www.abrahamwatkins.com/Attorney-Profiles/Benny-Agosto-Jr.sht...

Honors and Awards:

  • ***Texas' Best Lawyers honor as presented by The Houston Chronicle Best Lawyers - The World's Premier Guide, an Incisive Media publication
  • **H Texas Top Lawyers for the People honor as presented by H Texas Magazine
  • Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation
  • State Bar of Texas - 2006 Certificate of Merit
  • H Magazine Top Lawyers for the People**, 2008
  • Lawdragon - Leading Plaintiff Lawyers in America Finalist, 2009

Special Licenses/Certifications:

  • Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
  • Hispanic National Bar Association, Candidate for President-Elect, 2009

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee, Member
  • Houston Trial Lawyers Foundation, Member
  • College of the State Bar of Texas, Chairman, Grievance Committee, 1997 - 2000
  • Mexican American Bar Association, Houston, Judiciary Screening Committee
  • Mexican American Bar Association, Houston, Member, Board of Directors
  • Houston Young Lawyers Association, Member
  • Houston Hispanic Bar Association, Member
  • Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Chairman, HTLA Masters of Trial Seminar, 2000
  • Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Co-Chairman, CLE Committee, 2002 - 2003
  • Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Member, Fundraising Committees, 2000 - 2001
  • Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Member, Board of Directors
  • American Board of Trial Advocates, Member
  • Houston Trial Lawyers Association Advocates, Co-Chairman, 1998 - 1999
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association Advocates, Member, Board of Directors, 1997 - 1999
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Member
  • American Association for Justice, Member
  • State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section, Chairman, Grievance Committee, 4G19, 1997 - 2000
  • State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section, Member
  • State Bar of Texas, Hispanic Section, Member
  • State Bar of Texas, Chair, Texas Bar Journal Editorial Board
  • Houston Bar Association, Member, Minority Opportunities in the Legal Profession Commission, 2003 - 2004
  • Houston Bar Association, Co-Chair, CLE Commission
  • Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas Foundation, Founder and President
  • Hispanic National Bar Association, Region XII, Regional President, 2006 - 2008
  • Hispanic National Bar Association, Co-Editor In-Chief, Journal of Law and Policy
  • Houston Bar Association, Board of Directors, 2008 - 2010
  • U.S. District Court District of Puerto Rico
  • U. S. District Court Western District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
  • State Bar of Texas Admission, 1995
  • Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA), President-Elect, 2010

Pro bono/Community Service:

  • This year, 2010-2011, Mr. Agosto have logged in over 75 hours of pro bono work.  Additionally, his work for the MABATX Foundation, which Mr. Agosto founded,  has yeilded over $100,000 for Houston area Law students. , 2011

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • Guest Speaker, Burton Elementary 5th Grade Promotion Ceremony, 2003
  • "Experts: How to Pick Them, and Pick Them Apart", Houston Bar Association CLE, 2003
  • "Practical Tips for Lawyers in The Post-Tort Reform Era", Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Matthews & Friend In-House CLE, 2003
  • "Recent Developments in Construction Law", MABAH CLE Program
  • "Tort Reform", MABAT Annual Meeting CLE Program, 2003
  • "Using Your Bar Association Membership to Help Advance Your Career", ABA Minority Bar Summit, 2004
  • "Power to Persuade", University of Houston Comm. Dept., 2004
  • "Brown v. Board of Education", Houston Bar Association CLE, 2004
  • "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
  • "Mediation of an Automobile Accident Case", South Texas College of Law: Mediation for Litigators, 2002
  • Houston Bar Association CLE, "Ethics in Personal Injury", 2002
  • "Wrongful Death Cases in Texas-Experts", Lorman Educational Services Seminar, 2002
  • Chairman & Moderator, "Construction Law/Contractor Liability", South Texas College of Law: Personal Injury Law Conference, 2003
  • "Ethics in Picking Your Client", Houston Bar Association CLE, 2003
  • "The Homestretch: Preparing PI Cases from 60 Days Out", Houston Bar Association Bench Bar Conference CLE, 2003
  • "Experts: How to Pick Them, Protect Them, and Pick Them Apart", Houston Bar Association CLE, 2003
  • Discovery/Discovery Analysis and Document Control, Houston Association of Legal Secretaries, Litigation Paralegal Course, 1999
  • "Crunching the Numbers: The Economics of Handling an Automobile Injury Case", Automobile Injury Conference-Planning Committee, 1999
  • South Texas College of Law CLE Program
  • New Discovery Rules, Houston Association of Legal Secretaries, CLE Seminar, 1999
  • Panelist Speaker, "Gearing Up to Get Hired", South Texas College of Law, 1999
  • Panelist Speaker, "Preparing the Total Package", South Texas College of Law, 2000
  • Chairman and Moderator, "The Economics of Handling Car Wreck Cases With Forms", South Texas College of Law, CLE Program, Automobile Injury Conference, 2000
  • Speaker, "Accident Reconstruction", Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Daubert/Robinson Challenge Seminar, 2000
  • Speaker, "Life of a Trial Lawyer", University of Houston Law Center, 2000
  • Moderator and Seminar Chairman, Houston Trial Lawyers Association Masters of Trial 2000 Seminar, 2000
  • Speaker, "Litigation Updates: New Discovery Rules/New Evidence Rules", Houston Association of Legal Secretaries, 2001
  • Chairman and Moderator, "Practice Pointers from the Bench", Automobile Injury Conference, South Texas College of Law 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, "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
  • "A Road Map For Sports & Recreational Injury Lawsuits", Sports & Entertainment Law in the Year 2001 Seminar, 2001
  • Speaker, University of Houston Law Center, 2002
  • "Preparing Your Case: From Discovery to Trial"
  • 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
  • Speaker, "Wrongful Death Cases in Texas-Experts", Lorman Educational Services Seminar, 2002
  • "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
  • "What About the Parents?", Texas Bar Journal, May, 2003
  • "Social Host Liability: Friends Can Let Friends Drive Drunk!", The Houston Lawyer, August, 1994
  • "Social Host Liability: Friends Can Let Friends Drive Drunk!", Texas Bar Journal, July, 1995
  • "Should Clinical Medical Testimony be Subject to Daubert Analysis?", Texas Bar Journal, January, 1999
  • "Crunching the Numbers: The Economics of Handling an Automobile Injury Case", South Texas College of Law On-Line CLE Course, January, 2000
  • "Experts: How to Pick Them, Protect Them, and Pick Them Apart", Houston Bar Association On-Line CLE Course, August, 2003
  • "Texas Supreme Court Update", Houston Trial Lawyers Newsletter, August, 2003

Educational Background:

  • Wesleyan Academy, Puerto Rico
  • Houston Baptist University, B.S., 1986
  • University of Houston, Graduate Studies, Major: Microbiology, 1987
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