Practice areas: Personal Injury, Employment Litigation, Criminal Defense; view more
Licensed in Texas since: 2013
Education: University of Notre Dame Law School
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HKM Employment Attorneys LLP
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Houston, TX 77002 Visit website
Alvin Adjei is the managing partner of our Houston, Texas office. Mr. Adjei represents employees in all aspects of legal matters related to employment law. His legal expertise spans across several venues. For example, prior to joining HKM Employment Attorneys, he served as a Partner at Burritt Adjei PLLC from 2018 to 2022. Furthermore, he worked as an Associate at Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Aziz from 2016-2018, where he primarily handled personal injury plaintiff cases. Additionally, Mr. Adjei worked at the Harris County District Attorney’s office from 2013 to 2016. In that capacity, he tried numerous misdemeanor and felony cases. Subsequently, he was promoted to Chief of County Criminal Court 6, where he supervised prosecutors in trials that encompassed DWI and Assault Family member cases. Alvin was consistently recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers magazine every year since 2018.
Alvin Adjei is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Notre Dame Law School. While in law school, he formed a team that competed in the National Black Law Students Association Mock Trial Tournament. That team won the Midwest BLSA Mock Trial Tournament and advanced to the National Competition in Washington DC. In 2012, Notre Dame Law School awarded him the annual Jon Krupnick award for excellence in the art of Trial Advocacy. Currently, he serves as a guest instructor for the Notre Dame Intensive Trial Advocacy Program.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Criminal DefenseFocus areas
Criminal Law, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff
- 40% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 40% Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
- 20% Criminal Defense
First Admitted: 2013, Texas
Professional Webpage: http://hkm.com/attorneys/alvin-adjei
Bar / Professional Activity
- Houston Bar Association HAY committee Co-Chair
- Texas, 2013
- Covenant House Texas Executive Board, 2022
- Covenant House Texas Young Professionals, President, 2019-2020
- Houston Bar Association, Co-Chair Lawyers for Literacy Committee, 2019-2020
- Houston Young Lawyers, President, 2021-2022
- Houston Young Lawyers Association, Treasurer, 2019-2020
- Houston Young Lawyers Association, Board Member, 2017-2018
- Eastern District of Texas
- Southern District of Texas
- Houston Young Lawyers Association, Co-Chair of Young Lawyers in School Committee, 2017
- Houston Young Lawyers Association, President-Elect, 2020 - 2021
- Houston Bar Association, Member, 2013
- Covenant House Texas, Co-Chair, Fundraising Committee, 2016
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Member, 2016
- Houston Young Lawyers Association, Member, 2016
Educational Background
- University of Notre Dame, 2009
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Co-Editor, Harris County Bench Book, 2020
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Attorney Alvin Adjei published international bestseller 'A Case for Greatness: Achieving Success and Overcoming Trials in Your Law Career.' Link below:A Case for Greatness: Achieving Success and Overcoming Trials in Your Law Career: Adjei, Alvin: 9781956642346: Amazon.com: Books , 2022
Honors
- President's Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree, The President's Lifetime Achievement Award, 2024
- Houston Bar Association President's Award, Houston Bar Association, 2020
- Rising Star, 2018 and 2019
- Jon Krupnick Award for Trial Advocacy, 2012
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2018 - 2026