Randolph James Amaro | Houston Personal Injury Lawyer

R. James Amaro founded the Amaro Law Firm in 2005 after leaving his position as an attorney at a defense law firm. Not long after founding the firm, Mr. Amaro was hired to represent many individuals and families who had their lives destroyed by the BP refinery explosion in Texas City, Texas.

Since then, Mr. Amaro has successfully represented thousands of people and businesses in various legal matters, including personal injury claims, business disputes, insurance claims, hurricane claims, and commercial litigation. Mr. Amaro tried one of the first lawsuits related to Hurricane Ike and took many more to the eve of trial for many business and home owner clients.

More recently, the Amaro Law Firm has been active in assisting thousands of cleanup workers and businesses which suffered injuries and losses due to the BP Deepwater Horizon Spill. Every year since being founded, the Amaro Law Firm has represented clients in legal matters and obtained just compensation for its clients who have been personally injured or suffered damages in business and insurance disputes. Mr. Amaro has instilled his firm and staff with his relentless tenacity to effectively represent the firm’s clients with the utmost duty of candor and loyalty.

Prior to founding the firm, Mr. Amaro gained a wide breadth and invaluable work experience working at some of the largest national and state based law firms in Wisconsin and Texas. In his career, Mr. Amaro has written federal opinions for a federal judge and worked for many large defense law firms.

In law school, Mr. Amaro served as a managing editor of the Wisconsin International Law Journal and his article was one of few selected for publication in that journal. His experiences have given him the perspective to manage his firm’s cases efficiently and effectively.

In the beginning of his legal career, Mr. Amaro was an aggressive defense attorney with a Houston insurance defense firm where he learned how the “insurance racket” works. As a defense attorney, Mr. Amaro practiced in the areas of insurance coverage and defended clients in the areas of construction law, real estate law, toxic torts, products liability, commercial litigation and arbitration, personal injury and wrongful death.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Founder	Amaro Law Firm	Houston, TX	Present
Associate	Brown Sims, PC		2002-2005

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Wisconsin Law School	J.D.	Law School	2002
University of Texas System, Austin	B.A	Economics	1999

State / Court	Date
Illinois	2015
Texas	2002
Wisconsin	2002

• Member | Wisconsin Western District Court
  Member | Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
  Member | Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
  Member | Texas Southern District/Bankruptcy Court
  Member | Mass Tort Trial Lawyers Association
  Member | American Association for Justice
  Member | Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America
  Member | National Trial Lawyers Association
  Member | Houston Trial Lawyers Association
  Member | Texas Trial Lawyers Association

• National Advisor | Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America | 2015
  Diplomat | National Trial Lawyers | 2015
  Rising Star | Super Lawyers | 2015
  Top 40 Under 40 | National Trial Lawyers | 2014
  Rising Star | Super Lawyers | 2014
  AV Preeminent 5.0 Out of 5 Peer Review Rated | Martindale0Hubbell | 2014
  Top 100 Trial Lawyers | National Trial Lawyers | 2014
  Top 40 Under 40 | National Trial Lawyers Association | 2013
  Top 100 Trial Lawyers | National Trial Lawyers | 2013
  Million Dollar Advocate | Million dollar Advocates Forum | 2012
  Multi-Million Dollar Advocate | Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum | 2012
  Top 100 Trial Lawyers | National Trial Lawyers

• Fatal Injury During Car Inspection (June 2019)
  In March of 2018, we received a call from the family of a man who was fatally injured while getting his car inspected on the north side of Houston. Tragically, the man died 3 days later in the hospital from his head injuries that incapacitated him at the scene. The day after the incident, the employees of the inspection center lied to the family. They initially claimed that he must have fallen due to some medical conditions and statements like that were made to the paramedics who responded to the scene. The family wanted answers and turned to us. After seeking and getting a temporary restraining order not to destroy any digital evidence from the multiple camera systems at the shopping center where the inspection center was located, we hired forensic analysts to inspect the DVRs and other camera systems to determine what cameras were operating. We also sought records of all the customers at the center to find key witnesses. Our experts determined that the camera system at the inspection center was operating was recording, and that files were intentionally deleted after the incident. We also found an eye witness who was waiting outside for his vehicle being serviced in one of the bays that witnessed the incident and aftermath. He saw his van back out quickly by an employee and strike our client violently, sending him flying into the parking lot. We learned that the property owner and manager were aware that the inspection center used the sidewalk as a driveway into the vehicle bays and also used the sidewalk as their waiting room in violation of the lease terms. Everyone knew there were no warnings or barriers to prevent customers from walking down the sidewalk where vehicles could suddenly and without warning back out and hit them before they could move. The case against the property owner and property manager resolved for a confidential sum.

• Super Summit | Experts: Box Them In and Knock Them Out | 2016 | Speaking Engagement
  National Trial Lawyers Association | Trucking Discovery: Flipping Boulders Over | 2016 | Speaking Engagement
  National Interstate Trucking Conference | Trucking Litigation Discovery: Flipping Boulders Over | 2016 | Speaking Engagement
  APITLA | Never Should Have Been on the Road in the First Place - How to Prove a Truck Driver is Medically Disqualified | 2015
  Wisconsin International Law Journal | European Regulations of Electronic Communication Networks: Stifling Global Integration of Securities Markets, 20 Wis. Int'l LJ 397 | 2002

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