Educating attorneys and the public!
[ CLE | Speeches & Events | Publications by Benjamin | Publications about Benjamin ]
We value our role as a leader in the legal profession and the community at large! We are humbled by those who wish to learn from us. Therefore, our research, writing, and speaking skills do not end with the representation of our clients. All too often attorneys fail to give back to the profession and their communities, who have given the attorneys so much in money, prestige, and trust, but not us!
Our commitment to giving and learning is regularly recognized by those inside and outside the profession. Benjamin K. Sanchez has been a member of the Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas since 2001 in recognition of his extraordinary efforts in representing no fee and low fee clients. Benjamin has served clients of both the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program (HVLP) and the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program (DVAP). Benjamin also has been a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas since 2002 in recognition of his profound commitment and dedication to learning about both the substance and practice of law (Benjamin regularly attends over 100 hours of instruction each year). Clients know that in Benjamin they have a skilled, learned professional who can serve them regardless of the issue and arena before him! We also invest as much in our legal and non-legal staff, so that no matter what the issue or problem, we are well-equipped to handle the situation!
A core value of our firm is giving back in kind what we have been given and so blessed to have received. We teach others because we learn from others. We motivate and inspire others because we are motivated and inspired by others. We write about and acknowledge others because others write about and acknowledge us. We dare others to dream because others have dared us to dream! Benjamin is equally active as a member of the Editorial Board of The Houston Lawyer Magazine and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Houston Lawyer Referral Service. Such participation is not achieved by happenstance and accident but by persistence and a constant application of a fundamental, core belief in service and charity!
Even in those rare instances in which opposing attorneys, judges, or others take out their frustrations on us, we do not reciprocate in kind. We have taken to heart the maxim that "we can disagree without being disagreeable!" We have gained the respect and admiration of the profession and the public because we are consummate professionals who do not unnecessarily increase the cost of litigation, thus resulting in tangible benefits for our clients! We are better able to negotiate with opposing counsels in the conference rooms, and we are trusted and respected by judges and juries in the courtrooms. Our clients have a headstart in any situation because we cultivate our reputation through good deeds, kind words, and the knowledgeable and skilled practice of law!
We welcome you to take a moment to review below some of the seminars we have taught, speeches we have given, and publications that we have written and have been written about us.
Representative Continuing Legal Education Seminars
- "Taking an Equity Position in a Client: Business as Usual?"
(Ethics CLE)
Houston Bar Association monthly West Loop Area Seminar
August 23, 2007 - Houston, Texas
- "What are Reasonable Attorney
Fees?" (Ethics CLE)
Mexican-American Bar Association of Houston monthly CLE program
August 13, 2007 - Houston, Texas
- "What are Reasonable Attorney
Fees?" (Ethics CLE)
South Texas College of Law "Just Ethics" Seminar
August 10, 2007 - Houston, Texas
- "What are
Reasonable Attorney Fees?" (Ethics CLE)
Houston Bar Association Law Practice Management Section monthly CLE
program
April 19, 2007 - Houston, Texas
- "What are
Reasonable Attorney Fees?" (Ethics CLE)
State Bar of Texas "Representing Small Business" Annual Program
March 23, 2007 - Dallas, Texas
- "He's a Super
Lawyer, She's a Super Lawyer, Wouldn't You Like to be a Super Lawyer Too?"
(Ethics CLE)
Mexican-American Bar Association of Houston monthly CLE program
January 8, 2007 - Houston, Texas
- "Taking an Equity Position in a
Client: Business as Usual?" (Ethics CLE)
Mexican American
Bar Association of Texas Annual Meeting
September 16, 2006 - El Paso, Texas
- "Taking an Equity Position in a Client: Business as Usual?"
(Ethics CLE)
Mexican-American Bar Association of Houston monthly CLE
program
July 10, 2006 - Houston, Texas
- "Taking an Equity Position in a
Client: Business as Usual?" (Ethics
CLE)
State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting
June 15, 2006 - Austin, Texas
Representative Speeches & Events
- "The Mentor/Mentee
Relationship"
Sam Houston High School Houston Intervention Mentorship Program
Houston, Texas, May 3, 2007
- Interview & Resume Judge
2007 Houston Metropolitan Paralegal Association Career Enhancement
Symposium
Houston, Texas, April 21, 2007
- "Life as a Lawyer"
Cesar Chavez High School Criminal Justice Class
Houston, Texas, April 5, 2007
- "Law as a Career"
Stevenson Middle School Math/Science Magnet
Houston, Texas, February 1, 2007
- "Consumer Rights"
Reagan High
School Business Law Class
Houston, Texas, November 29, 2006
- "The Important of Jury Service"
(co-presented with Justice George Hanks of
the Texas First Court of Appeals)
Memorial High School Business Law Class
Houston, Texas, March 29, 20006
- "The Importance of Jury Service"
North Forest Trails Apartment Community
Houston, Texas, March 8, 2006
- "Law as a Career"
University of Houston Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law
Fraternity
Houston, Texas, November 15, 2005
- "State Bar of Texas Pipeline
Program Pilot Presentation" to the American Bar Association's Presidential
Commission on Racial Diversity
Eugene Field Elementary School
(former student, 1974-1976)
Houston, Texas, November 2005
- "Consumer Rights & Responsibilities"
Memorial High School Business Law
Class
Houston, Texas, September 21, 2005
- "Keynote Speech" at Graduation
Program
Alexander Hamilton Middle
School (1983 alumnus)
Houston, Texas, May 2000
Hamilton alumni include newsman Dan Rather, race car
driver A.J. Foyt, and famed criminal attorney Racehorse Haynes.
- Various programs to students in elementary, middle, and high schools throughout Texas since 1999
Representative Publications by Benjamin
- "Committee
Spotlight: Welcome to Night Court"
The Houston Lawyer, Volume 44, Number 4, January/February 2007
- "Media
Reviews"
The Houston Lawyer, Volume 43, Number 5,
March/April 2006
- "Local
Heroes: Benny Agosto, Jr."
The Houston Lawyer, Volume 43, Number 5,
March/April 2006
- "The
Importance of Jury Service: A Special Issue" (co-guest editor of
magazine issue)
The
Houston Lawyer, Volume 43, Number 2, September/October 2005
- "Media
Reviews"
The
Houston Lawyer, Volume 43, Number 2, September/October 2005
- "Committee
Spotlight: Lawyers in Public Schools Still Going Strong"
The
Houston Lawyer, Volume 43, Number 1, July/August 2005
Representative Publications about Benjamin
- "Local
Heroes"
The
Houston Lawyer, Volume 42, Number 6, May/June 2005
- "Brown
v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary"
local Waller newspaper
