At Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner, our cases and our efforts for our clients often make the news. Because we know the importance of keeping past, current and prospective clients informed, we have created our firm news page.
For more about the cases we handle and the recognition that our personal injury attorneys receive from the community, please see the following articles.
2021 Firm News
- Father of Deceased Worker in LyondellBasell July 2021 Chemical Leak Files Lawsuit
Attorney Soroush Montazari Joins Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner as Associate
Attorney Jude des Bordes Joins Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner as Associate
- Lawsuit Filed by Worker Severely Burned in Fire at Westlake Chemical
- Mentally Handicapped Walmart Employee Raped by Co-worker While on the Job
- Attorney Angelina Wike Named to Texas Rising Stars for 2021
- Richmond Man Knocked Unconscious by Falling Bicycle at Local
Academy Sports + Outdoors Files Suit - Attorney Jonathan Sneed Named to Texas Rising Stars for 2021
- Family of Man Killed During Oilfield Operations Files Wrongful Death
Lawsuit - Family of Passengers Killed in Head On Collision Following Blowout
Caused by Defective Wheel and TPM System Files Products Liability
Lawsuit - Attorney David Baluk Joins Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz &
Stogner As Associate - Family of Man Who Died in February 2021 Winter Storm Files
Wrongful Death Lawsuit - Attorney Nancy Flores Joins Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz &
Stogner As Associate - Ben Agosto III Joins Abraham Watkins as Associate
- Attorney Benny Agosto Jr., Recognized As Top Latino Lawyer In U.S. For 2020
- Attorney G. Braxton Smith Joins Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner As Associate
- Abraham Watkins – The Oldest Personal Injury Firm In Texas – Changes Its Name
- Family of Houston Rockets Scout Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
2020 Firm News
- Widow of Fallen Family Files Wrongful Death Suit After Drunk Driver Kills Husband, Two Minor Children
- Houston Family Files Suit After 36-Year-Old Father’s Tragic Drowning at Community Pond
- Family of 18-Wheeler Driver Killed In Fire Files Suit
- Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr. Inducted into Puerto Rico Soccer Hall of Fame
- Attorney Edward Festeryga Joins Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner As Associate
- Benny Agosto, Jr. Recognized as Top Attorney in Houston
- Mo Aziz Recognized As Top Attorney In Texas And Houston
- Attorney Brant Stogner Recognized As Top Attorney In Texas And Houston
- Attorney Angelina Wike Named Texas Rising Star For 2020
- Amazon Logistics Inc. And J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. Sued For Crash That Led To Double Amputation
- Attorney Ciro Samperi Named Texas Rising Star For 2020
- Attorney Christopher D. Mahfouz Joins Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner As Associate
- Attorney Michelle Rice Named Texas Rising Star For 2020
- ITC Toxic Fire Litigation Update
- Attorney Lena Laurenzo Named Texas Rising Star For 2020
- Amputee Marine Veteran Denied Participation In Golden Gloves Tournament
- Lawsuit Filed Against Cement Company for the Wrongful Death of Worship Director and Gospel Artist LaTonya Earl
- Sandals Resorts International Offers Family A Five-Day Stay At Their Resort As Compensation For Texas Mother’s Death After She Tragically Drowned On Vacation In Turks & Caicos Islands
- Propylene Suppliers Sued In Watson Grinding Explosion Wrongful Death Case
- Settlement Reached For Workers Injured In A Chemical Plant Explosion
- Frank Flores’ Family Files Wrongful Death Suit Over The Deadly Explosion At Watson Grinding In NW Houston
- Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr., Recognized As Top Latino Attorney In U.S. For 2019
2019 Firm News
- Lawsuit Brought By Victims Of Catastrophic Bus Rollover Days Before Christmas
- Business And Property Owners File Temporary Restraining Order And Lawsuit Against TPC In Harris County District Court
- Two Texas Children Orphaned By Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Exposure File Suit Against Companies Responsible
- Federal Report Finds ITC Didn’t Have An Important Safety Alert System In Place
- Wife Of Accomplished U.S. Army Veteran Killed In El Paso Walmart Shooting Files Suit
- Attorney Mo Aziz Recognized as Top Attorney in Texas and Houston
- Attorney Brant J. Stogner Recognized As Top Texas And Top Houston Lawyer
- Statement On MGM Las Vegas Shooting Settlement
- Two Leaders, One Firm
- Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr., Recognized By Super Lawyers For 15th Year
- Attorney Jason Muriby Joins Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner As Associate
- Two Attorneys from Abraham Watkins Recognized as Top Lawyers in Texas
- Abraham Watkins Attorney Interviewed On State Bar Of Texas Podcast
- Victims Of Multi-Vehicle Collision File Suit Against Trucking Company PGE Transport Inc. After 18-Wheeler Fire
- Mexican-American Bar Association Of Texas Foundation To Hold Its Fourteenth Annual Scholarship Luncheon
- Lawsuit Filed By Worker Severely Burned In Exxon Mobil Corporation Olefins Plant Fire
- Workers Injured In 7th Story Building Collapse File Lawsuit And Temporary Restraining Order
- Parents Of 6-Year-Old Drowning Victim Want To Warn Others Of The Dangers Of Overcrowded Community Pools
- Attorney Karl Long Joins Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner As Associate
- Couple Injured in November Allston, MA, Building Façade Collapse Sues Building Owner, Others for Negligence, Public Nuisance
- Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr. Sworn In As President Of The Houston Bar Association
- Lawsuit Brought Against The Boeing Company, For Wrongful Death And Survival Action Resulting From Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
- Attorney Lena Laurenzo Named Texas Rising Star For 2019
- Woman Filmed While Showering At Gym Sues 24 Hour Fitness
- Attorney Jennifer O’Brien Stogner Named Texas Rising Star for 2019
- Lawsuit Brought Against Club Essence, DFW Security Systems For Shooting, Young Man Dead
- 7th Annual Text Free Texas Scholarship Contest Offered To Local High Schools
- Lawsuit Filed For ITC Fire And Toxic Exposure
- Attorney Michelle Rice Named To Texas Rising Stars List For 2019
- Lawsuit Brought Against Charlie Brown’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill For Door Man Assaulting Patron Leaving Bar
- Attorney Imrana Manzanares Elected To Texas Bar Foundation Fellows Membership
- One Hundred New Lawsuits Filed Against 3M Company On Behalf Of U.S. Military Veterans
- Attorney Lena Laurenzo Joins Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner As Associate
- 3M Sued By Combat Veteran For Permanent Hearing Loss And Tinnitus Caused By Defective Earplugs
- Over $11 Million Awarded To Family Of Decedent Killed By Oilfield Supply Truck
2018 Firm News
- Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr., Recognized As Top Latino Lawyer In U.S.
- Attorney Brant Stogner Named To Texas Super Lawyers For 2018
- Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr. Recognized As Top Attorney In Houston By Super Lawyers
- Attorney Mo Aziz Recognized As Top Attorney In Houston By Super Lawyers
- Attorney Angelina Wike Joins Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner As Associate
- Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr. Recognized As 2018 Top Latino Leader By National Diversity Council
- Attorney Jennifer O’Brien Stogner Joins Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner As Of Counsel
- Lawsuit Filed On Behalf Of Salon Employee Raped By Supervisor, A Registered Sex Offender
- Attorney Ciro J. Samperi Joins Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner
- Lawsuit Filed Against Ben E. Keith Company For Failure To Secure Its Premises That Led To The Shooting And Killing Of Francisco Joel Reyes And Injuring Another
- Larry Nassar, USA Gymnastics, World Sport Chicago & International Federation Of Gymnastics Sued For Sexual Assault Of Gymnast During Chicago Competition In Civil Rights Suit
- Mexican-American Bar Association Of Texas Foundation To Hold Its Thirteenth Annual Scholarship Luncheon
- Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr. Achieves Texas Bar Foundation Life Fellows Membership
- Lawsuit Brought By 18 Victims Focuses On Lack Of Seatbelts And Tire Safety
- Attorney Mo Aziz Elected To Texas Bar Foundation Sustaining Life Fellows
- Attorney Brant Stogner Elected To Texas Bar Foundation Fellows Membership
- Texas Attorneys Mo Aziz and Michelle Simpson Tuegel Representing Former Olympic and USA National Team Gymnasts Respond to Walker County Indictments Related to Sexual Abuse at Karolyi Ranch
- Family Of Fallen Police Officer Files Suit Against Funeral Home
- Parents Of Toddler Killed By SUV In Parking Lot Of Religious Center File Suit
- 485 Homeowners Sue Woodlands Land Development Company After Homes Flood
- Attorney Benny Agosto Jr. Takes Office As President-Elect Of The Houston Bar Association
- Attorney Mo Aziz Receives Distinguished Member Award From South Asian Bar Association Of Houston
- Partners At Abraham Watkins File A Temporary Restraining Order On Behalf Of Injured Workers From Plant Explosion Against Kuraray America, Inc., Kuraray EVAL Plant, And Kuraray America, Inc. Research And Technical Center
- Texas Attorneys Mo Aziz and Michelle Simpson Tuegel Are Among The Group Of Attorneys Who Have Agreed In Principle To A $500 Million Global Settlement With Michigan State University
- Family Of Man Electrocuted To Death Trying To Rescue Sister’s Pet During Hurricane Harvey Files Suit Against CenterPoint And Other Defendants
- Multiple Nassar Victims File First Lawsuit Against International Federation Of Gymnastics And Lawsuits Against USA Gymnastics, The United States Olympic Committee, And Michigan State University
- 423 Residential Homeowners File Suit Against Costello, Inc., For Faulty Design Of The Riverstone Subdivision Community
- 6th Annual Text Free Texas Scholarship Program Available To Local Teenagers Who Pledge Not To Text And Drive
- Liberty County Files Suit Against Arkema, Inc. For Violating Environmental Litigation
- Settlement Reached For Injured Worker And Family Of Worker Killed Due To Scaffold Collapse
- Family Of Mentally Ill Man Killed By Unlicensed Hospital Security Staff And Port Arthur Police Files Suit
2017 Firm News
- Houston Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr. Recognized As Top Latino Lawyer
- 450 Las Vegas Shooting Victims And Family Members Of Deceased File Suit Against MGM And Live Nation
- Benny Agosto, Jr., Named Top Attorney By Super Lawyers For 2017
- Mandalay Bay/MGM Sued By Shooting Victim
- Abraham Watkins Attorney Named To Top 100 Lawyers In Texas By Super Lawyers
- Six More First Responders, Residents, and Homeowners Join Lawsuit Against Arkema, Inc. and Air Monitoring Firm
- Hurricane Harvey First Responders Hospitalized By Toxic Chemicals File Suit Against Arkema, Inc.
- Mexican-American Bar Association Of Texas Foundation To Hold Its Twelfth Annual Scholarship Luncheon
- Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr., Receives Humanitarian Award From The Latino Learning Center
- Lawsuit Filed Against Equality-Lakeline, LLC, Equality Community Housing Corporation, And J Allen Management Company, Inc., For Failure To Secure Its Premises That Led To The Mass Shooting, Killing Two And Injuring Four
- 5th Annual Text Free Texas Scholarship Program Available To Teens Who Pledge Not To Text And Drive
- Attorney Jonathan D. Sneed Joins Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner
- New Lawsuit Filed In Church’s Chicken Incident For $150 Million
- Attorney Michelle Rice Joins Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner
- Settlement Reached For Another Fatality Caused By Golf Cart Ejection
- Houston Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr., Named Top Latino Lawyer In U.S.
2016 Firm News
- Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed In Hamilton County By Abraham Watkins, Cox Pradia Law Firm And Dale Buchanan & Associates Against Bus Manufacturer, Bus Operator And Bus Driver
- Attorney Brant Stogner Named To Super Lawyers For 2016
- Benny Agosto, Jr., Named To Super Lawyers For 2016
- Lawsuit Filed In Harris County For Severe Injuries Caused By Takata Ammonium Nitrate Airbag
- Attorney Brant J. Stogner Receives Inaugural Young Alumni Award From South Texas College of Law Houston
- Three Lawsuits Filed For Mismanaged Labor And Delivery By East Houston Regional Medical Center And June Colman, M.D.
- Attorney Mo Aziz Recognized As Top Attorney In Houston
- Benny Agosto, Jr., Receives The Distinguished Alumnus Award From Houston Baptist University
- Second Lawsuit Filed in Church’s Chicken Incident for $150 Million
- Attorney Muhammad Aziz Recognized For Second Year By National Association Of Distinguished Counsel
- Mexican-American Bar Association Of Texas Foundation To Hold Its Eleventh Annual Luncheon
- Attorney Brant Stogner Named To Top One Percent List By National Association Of Distinguished Counsel
- Houston Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr., Named To Nation’s Top One Percent List For Second Year
- Cyclist Struck By a Truck And Left Behind At Scene Files Suit In Travis County
- Lawsuit Filed in Harris County For 10th Death Caused By Takata Ammonium Nitrite Airbag
- 4th Annual Text Free Texas Scholarship Program Available to Teens Who Pledge Not To Text and Drive
- Houston Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr. Recognized as Top Influential Hispanic Lawyer in U.S.
- Attorney Brant J. Stogner Named Partner at Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner
2015 Firm News
- Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr. Named To Super Lawyers For 2015
- Abraham Watkins Files VW Lawsuit On Behalf Of El Paso County
- Houston Lawyer Benny Agosto, Jr. Receives Outstanding Public Service Award From South Texas College of Law Houston
- Attorney Brant J. Stogner Of Abraham Watkins Elected To American Board Of Trial Advocates
- Abraham Watkins Sponsors Texas Children’s Hospital Neonatology Fundraising Effort For Third Year
- Houston Construction Incident Leaves Worker In Vegetative State
- Partners At Abraham Watkins Join $100 Million Volkswagen Lawsuit
- Houston Attorney Brant Stogner Named to Super Lawyers 2015
- Attorney Mo Aziz of Houston Selected for Super Lawyers 2015
- Tenth Anniversary Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas Foundation Dinner
- Houston Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr. Named To Nation’s Top One Percent List by the NADC
- Houston Lawyer Brant Stogner Named To Top One Percent List By National Association Of Distinguished Council
- Another Fatality Caused By A Golf Cart
- Attorney Muhammad Aziz Recognized On Top One Percent List By National Association of Distinguished Counsel
- Houston Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr., Recipient of State Bar of Texas Presidents’ Award
- Legal Education Fund Is Hosting Its 2015 Legal Education Action Program In Houston June 21-28
- Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr. Receives President’s Award From Houston Bar Association
- Abraham Watkins Annual Text Free Texas Scholarship Program Begins April 1
- Victim of Rodeo Golf Cart Accident Receives Settlement
- Related Media Reports:
- Houston Chronicle
- KTRK-13
- KPRC-2
- Houston Press
- Former Manhattan Prosecutor Erick K. Gerard Joins Houston Plaintiffs’ Law Firm of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner As Associate Attorney
2014 Firm News
- Battle Buddy 57 Raises $12,000 For Texas Children’s Hospital
- Mexican-American Bar Association Of Texas Foundation To Hold Its Ninth Annual Luncheon
- Uninsured Oilfield Supply Truck Kills Mother Of Two
- Lawsuit Suit Filed Against CVS Pharmacy For Dispensing Incorrect Prescription
- 2014 Text Free Texas Scholarship Contest Starts Today
- The Houston Law Firm Of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner Hosts Reception For Alumni And Newly Admitted Students Of The South Texas College of Law Houston
- Families File Suit After Montgomery Gas Explosion
2014 Firm Recognition
- Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr., One Of Six Honored By Anti-Defamation League
- Attorney Benny Agosto Jr., Recognized by Houston Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce
- Houston Lawyer Benny Agosto, Jr. Named To Texas Super Lawyers 2014
- Houston Lawyer Benny Agosto Jr. Elected As President Of The Legal Education Fund Of The HNBA
- Houston Attorney Mo Aziz Named To Texas Super Lawyers 2014
- Houston Attorney Brant Stogner Named To 2014 Texas Super Lawyers
- Houston Attorney Benny Agosto Jr. Named 2014 TMCP Trailblazer Outside Counsel Of The Year
- Abraham Watkins Partner Muhammad Aziz Elected To American Board Of Trial Advocates
- Houston Lawyer Sammy Ford IV Recognized On Lawyers Of Color “Hot List” Of Exceptional Legal Professional
2013 Firm News
- Benny Agosto, Jr. To Be Sworn In As 2014-2015 Chair Of The Hispanic Issues Section Of The State Bar Of Texas
- Texas Lawyer Sammy Ford IV Selected To The 2014 Listing Of Texas Rising Stars
- Houston Attorney Sammy Ford IV Earns Board Certification In Personal Injury Trial Law
- Benny Agosto Jr., To Give Commencement Address At STCL
- Imrana Manzanares Joins Abraham Watkins As Nurse Attorney
- Medical Negligence Suit Filed Against Houston Pharmacy
- MABATX Eighth Annual Scholarship Luncheon
- Press Conference Scheduled For Monday August 5
- Owner of Apartment Complex Destroyed By West Explosion Files Suit Against CF Industries
- CF Industries Sued By Victims Of West Fertilizer Explosion
- Attorney Benny Agosto Jr Attended Hispanic Business Leaders’ Forum
- AAF Hosts First Annual Clays Over The Brazos Fundraiser
- Texas Injury Attorneys Assisting Victims Of West Explosion
- Texas Attorneys Representing Injured Victims Of Dallas Bus Accident
- Scholarship Opportunity For Teen Drivers Who Pledge Not To Text And Drive Offered By Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner
- Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner Kicks Off Text Free Texas Campaign
- Houston Injury Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr., Exposes Pattern Of Serious Injuries Caused By Defective Clothes Hamper
2013 Firm Recognition
- Attorney Brant Stogner Named To 2013 Super Lawyers Listing
- Attorney Benny Agosto Jr Files Wrongful Death Suit
- Attorney Mo Aziz Named To 2013 Super Lawyers Listing
- Benny Agosto, Jr. Receives Peter Perlman Service Award
- Four Exceptional Attorneys Of Abraham Watkins Have Been Selected To The 2013 Listing Of Texas Super Lawyers
- Benny Agosto, Jr., Featured In Texas Monthly, Super Lawyers
- Houston Attorney Sammy Ford IV Honored By Texas Bar Foundation
- Attorney Benny Agosto Jr Receives Peter Torres Award
- Mo Aziz Selected To 2013 Texas Rising Stars Listing
- Brant Stogner Selected To 2013 Texas Rising Stars Listing
- Sammy Ford IV Selected To 2013 Texas Rising Stars List
- Four Attorneys Of Houston Injury Law Firm Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner, Have Been Named To The Texas Super Lawyers Or Rising Stars Listings
2012 Firm News
- Personal Injury Attorneys At Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner In Houston Named 2012 Texas Super Lawyers And Texas Rising Stars
- Houston Personal Injury Attorney Benny Agosto Reflects On His Year As President Of The Hispanic National Bar Association
- Children’s Book Written By Houston Attorney Benny Agosto, Jr. And His Daughter Explains How Our Nation’s Court System Works
- Houston Attorney Benny Agosto Of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner Recognized Again As One Of The 101 Most Influential Leaders In The Latino Community
- Houston Community Members And Law Students Recognized At The Mexican-American Bar Association Of Texas Foundation’s Seventh Annual Luncheon
2011 Firm News
- Texas Personal Injury Law Firm Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner Announces New Partner Muhammad S. Aziz
- Immigration Law Review Article Written By Houston Attorney Benny Agosto Jr. Has Appeared In Several Publications
- Texas Personal Injury Law Firm Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner Receives Landmark Decision From Houston Court Of Appeals
- Company Fails To Slash Award In Wrongful Death, Houston Chronicle, 1/30/2011
2010 Firm News
- Personal Injury Attorneys At Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner In Houston Named 2010 Texas Super Lawyers
- Educators Face Charges in Beating of Jamie’s House Student, Houston Chronicle, 6/21/2010
- Firm Partner Brant Stogner Continues His Prosecution of Jaime’s House Charter School, May 20, 2010
- The HNBA & Senator John Cornyn Calling For Swift Movement On Judicial Appointments, May 14, 2010
- May 14, 2010 – Attorney Brant Stogner Representing Family Involved In A Lawsuit Filed Over Student’s Beating
- March 17, 2010 – Firm Attorney Mo Aziz And His Client Interviewed By Channel 13 KTRK Regarding Monday’s Accident Involving The Metro Bus And Metro Light Rail Train.
- Nick C. Nichols Profile In Professionalism