Practice Areas
Employment & Labor
Personal Injury Plaintiff: General
Selected To
• Texas Super Lawyers 2010
• Texas Super Lawyers 2009
• Texas Super Lawyers 2008
• Texas Super Lawyers 2007
Attorney Sam J. Legate handles a wide variety of cases, including labor and employment, personal injury, product liability, as well as non-subscribers work injuries, and wrongful deaths. An Austin, Texas, native Mr. Legate graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1986 and is licensed to practice law in Texas and Oklahoma. His firm, Scherr Legate PLLC, is located in El Paso, Texas.
Mr. Legate is a member of the El Paso Bar Association, Mexican American Bar Association and board of directors of the El Paso Downtown Board Management District since 1997. Mr. Legate is a past member and vice chair of the board of El Paso County Hospital District. He is also the founding director of El Paso Children’s Hospital and has been chairman of the board since 2008.
Law School: The University of Oklahoma College of Law
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Admitted: 1991, Texas
Professional Webpage: ghostlightcreative.com/scherrlegate/profiles/samlegate.html
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