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

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Educational Background:

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