Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in Houston, TX

R. James Amaro Jr., the founder of the Amaro Law Firm, handles matters of personal injury for clients from the firm's Houston, Texas office.  The firm's culture is built upon a culture of contribution and service to the community.  Mr. Amaro handled cases arising from the 2005 BP Refinery Explosion in Texas City, tried the first Hurricane Ike case to verdict, assisted thousands of Deepwater Horizon oil spill claimants, and argued a landmark Texas Supreme Court decision on behalf of hospital patients being overbilled.  His extensive trial and litigation experience extends to motor vehicle accidents, trucking litigation, trauamtic brain injury litigation, class action/mass torts, and product liability. 

Mr. Amaro earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics with a minor in history at The University of Texas at Austin before moving on to earn a Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin Law School. At the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, Mr. Amaro extended his education to international law. He has an Avvo rating of “Superb,” and for his adherence to legal ethics and superior skills, he has earned the highest rating possible of AV Preeminent* from Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Amaro is admitted to practice by the State Bar of Texas, the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Staet Bar of Colorado, the Illinois State Bar Association, the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and the U.S. District of Appeals for the Fifth and Tenth Circuits. Additional admissions are to the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts for Texas. 

A member of the national advisory board for the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America, Mr. Amaro also maintains membership with the American Association of Justice, including activity in the Trucking Litigation, Traumatic Brain Injury, Motor Vehicle Collision and Gulf Coast Oil Spill Litigation groups, and membership with the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the Houston Trial Lawyers Association and the Mass Tort Trial Lawyers Association. 

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.