Alex R. Hernandez Jr. is a Corpus Christi based Trial lawyer, from Port Lavaca, who is known notable for cases related to plaintiffs, criminal defendants, consumers and small business owners.
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Early life
Alex R. Hernandez Jr. was born in the small Texas town of Port Lavaca, Texas in 1971. His grandfather Jesus Hernandez was a janitor at the nearby Alcoa plant and worked part-time as an appliance repairman. His father Alex Hernandez Sr. was in college when Hernandez Jr. was growing up eventually going on to law school. Hernandez Jr. lived in Chicago and Houston as a child. Hernandez Sr. eventually became an attorney in 1978 when Hernandez Jr. was about 8. Hernandez Sr. then started his career as an attorney and worked for Zapata and Aramco as an oil and gas contracts attorney. While working for Aramco, Hernandez Sr. moved his family to Saudi Arabia.
When Hernandez Jr. was ready to enter into high school Hernandez Sr. decided it was time to move back to Port Lavaca.
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Career
Alex R. Hernandez Jr. graduated from Calhoun High School in 1989 and went on to receive degrees from Victoria College in 1991 and the University of Texas at Austin in 1994 where he graduated as Economics Student of the Year with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Hernandez worked before deciding to go to school where he applied to one law school St. Mary's University School of Law in the city he was living at the time, San Antonio, Texas. Hernandez graduated from St. Mary's in 2001.
Before going into law school Hernandez embarked on a career as a financial planner with MONY not knowing Spanish was a hindrance on Hernandez so he decide to move to his father's birthplace, Monterrey, Mexico. Hernandez picked up his Spanish quickly and moved to San Antonio where he worked in the mutual fund industry with US Global Investors. Hernandez entered in law school in 1998 through 2001. During law school he worked for Harry Jewett Associates learning surveying and wastewater planning for subdivisions. He also worked for the legal division of HB Zachry and attorney Frank Herrera. Three days after taking the Texas bar, Hernandez began his legal career with Wayne Wright Injury Attorneys in San Antonio trying his first case a month after passing the bar. Within a few years Hernandez decided to the insurance defense side and moved to Corpus Christi to work for Chaves, Gonzales and Hoblit. Hernandez embarked on his own in 2005 and has owned his own firm since then, The Law Offices of Alex R. Hernandez, Jr. PLLC handling personal injury, consumer and commercial law.
Hernandez has been a volunteer for several organizations and member of several Victoria, Texas boards including VBEC (Victoria Business and Education Coalition), Keep Victoria Beautiful and the Food Bank of the Golden Crescent.
Hernandez is a member of the State Bar of Texas and it's Grievance committee which monitors and disciplines Texas lawyers as well as a member of the, invite-only organization, Texas Trial Lawyers Association.
Politics
In 2012, Alex R. Hernandez Jr. ran unsuccessfully for office as a Texas House of Representatives candidate as a Democrat.
References
Source of article : Wikipedia
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