About
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
Education
- Texas Southern University, 2005
Publications
- United States v. Arvizu “Fourth Amendment Misrepresentation ‘Stopped’ at the Border”
- Thurgood Marshall Law Review, 2004
Speaking Engagements
- Las Vegas Civil Law Seminar
- Technology and Civil Practice, 2012
- Brown Bag
- Technology in Law, 2011
Legal Cases
- Federal Drug Conspiracy
- Time Served