Carlos Cardenas

Since being licensed in Texas as an attorney on May 26, 1980, Carlos has focused his practice of law on representing clients in personal injury, employment, and commercial litigation, and in administrative law proceedings before the State Office of Administrative Hearings in Austin.  He obtained his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University in 1977 and earned his J.D. Degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1980.  He is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Western District, the United States District Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

He served on the Board of Directors of the El Paso Bar Association from 2002 to 2011; and as its President in 2009-2010.  He is a member of several professional organizations including Past Chair of the Council for the State Bar of Texas Litigation Section;  2024-2025 Chair of the Texas Bar Foundation Board of Trustees; the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), having served as President of the El Paso Chapter in 2014; as a Supreme Court of Texas appointee to the Texas Access to Justice Commission from 2011 to 2017; and designated as a Master in the George A. McAlmon American Inns of Court since 2015.  Carlos also served as a member of the faculty of the ABOTA National Trial College in 2024. He is peer rated “AV Preeminent" by Martindale-Hubbell.

Carlos is a mediator with Texas Arbitration Mediation Services (TAMS).