James Amaro thought he’d be an engineer. While attending the University of Texas at Austin to study chemical engineering, he recalled a trip to a bookstore with his childhood friend, Chris Gadoury. They had stumbled over a book that described how to get into law school and another title that listed the average salary for an attorney. At that moment, both Amaro and Gadoury decided to become attorneys. “Chris still works for me today in Austin,” Amaro says. “We recently settled a case for $25M together.”
 
In the middle of his junior year, Amaro pivoted his major to economics and pursued a career in law. In order to support his academic pursuits, Amaro had to work his way through school as a realtor and through an internet startup he created in addition to obtaining multiple academic scholarships. After passing the Texas bar exam on his first attempt, he accepted the very first job offer that came his way. That role – working for an insurance defense attorney – gave him a crash course in personal injury law and laid the foundation for building his business.
 
The Amaro Law Firm, specializing in injury cases, opened on May 5, 2005, which is known as Cinco de Amaro around the office. It is known for handling a range of injury cases, including large, complex wrongful death cases requiring skilled, compassionate advocacy. Celebrating its 20th year serving Texas, the firm is driven by a mission of delivering closure, justice, and peace as quickly as possible.
 
Amaro comes from more than six generations of family in the Fort Bend area. “My grandfather was born in Sugar Land in 1924. He served in the Air Force in World War II and worked at the refinery. We opened our Sugar Land office on Brooks Street, where many of the original factory homes were built for employees,” Amaro says. “It felt a little like poetic justice to buy what could have been my grandfather’s boss’s house.”
 
“Fort Bend County is home for me. It’s changed a lot since I graduated from Terry [High School], but for me, it’s just my hometown,” Amaro explains. Now living in Houston, he and his wife of a decade, Angelica Amaro, are raising their three children in a community closer to the principal Amaro Law Firm office.
 
Amaro has an easy laugh, a calming presence, and a passion for helping people. That passion shines through with the firm’s scholarship program. This year, two $2,500 scholarships will be awarded to students from Fort Bend ISD and Lamar Consolidated ISD – bringing everything back to Amaro’s Fort Bend roots. “I feel very strongly about helping young students make an impact. I wouldn’t be sitting where I am without scholarships,” he says.
 
The attorneys at Amaro Law Firm are committed to treating clients with respect guided by adhering to the Amaro client service standards – empathy, compassion, and assurance. “These standards are a result of 20 years in the industry dealing with clients who are in unthinkable positions,” Amaro concludes. “We just want to see life-changing results for those who deserve it.”
 
The Amaro Law Firm
713-864-1941
Sugar Land: 322 Brooks Street
Houston (Principal Office): 2500 E. TC Jester Blvd., Suite 525
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