I am board certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. That means I’m one of very few attorneys who can say “I specialize in criminal law.” My practice is primarily state and federal criminal law and appeals. I grew up in the small southern Arizona border city of Douglas, Arizona. I joined the U.S. Army and served in as a U.S. Army Ranger in the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington and then with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) at Fort Campbell Kentucky. After the military, I went to law school and started out doing plaintiff’s legal malpractice, suing other attorneys/ lawyers who had committed some form of fraud or breached a fiduciary duty to their clients. While with that firm, I second chaired two million dollar plus cases, one of which took over 5 weeks to try. I subsequently moved to El Paso, Texas where I was an Assistant District Attorney and served in the office’s “Family Violence Unit,” where I tried over 20 domestic violence or Assault Causes Bodily Injury (AFV) trials to a jury. As of June 1, 2010, I opened the Benjamin Law Firm and handle state and federal criminal, civil and appeal cases, and I am going to use my experience to benefit you, my next client.
Awards
Board Certified – Criminal Law
Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2012
Valedictorian
Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 2005
Experience
Benjamin Law Firm
Attorney/Owner, 2010-Present
El Paso District Attorney’s Office
Assistant District Attorney, 2006-2010
Law Offices of Lance Christopher Kassab
Attorney/Intern, 2004-2006
Associations
El Paso Bar Association
Board of Directors, 2012-2014
Federal Bar Association
Treasurer, 2011-Present
Mountain Star Rehabilitation Foundation
President, 2010-2012
AOPA
Member, 2001-Present
Creative Kids Board
2013-2016
Insights Science Center Board
2018-Present
Publications
United States v. Arvizu “Fourth Amendment Misrepresentation ‘Stopped’ at the Border”
Thurgood Marshall Law Review, 2004
Education
Texas Southern University
2005
Speaking Engagements
2012 Las Vegas Civil Law Seminar
Technology and Civil Practice, 2012
Brown Bag
Technology in Law, 2011
Legal Cases
Federal Drug Conspiracy
Time Served