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It's not often that Brownsville, Texas is often mentioned in the same breath as a place that produces anything of gigantic stature.
But if you ask the leading journals of the legal profession they will tell you that this much-maligned border town has produced one of the leading purveyors of legal prowess today.
His name is Alex Begum, and if it has been your fortune never to have had needed the services of a lawyer, you probably have never heard of him. But you have probably seen his "Law Giant" billboards across South Texas and have seen his television ads.
It is not braggadocio. It is, according to the leading law journals, a proven fact.
Consider, for example, that Begum - the son of a Russian Jew who fled Nazi oppression and a Mexican immigrant mother living on the U.S-Mexico border - has earned these recognition from his peers:
* Since graduating law school, he has tried over 50 trials to verdict. He has handled thousands of personal injury cases and has tried or settled over $150 million in cases.
* He has been named as one of the best personal injury lawyers in San Antonio for years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 by SA Scene magazine in a poll voted on only by lawyers.
* He was also named as a Top Ten personal injury lawyer under 40 in the nation by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
* Begum was also voted Top 10 personal injury attorneys in South Texas by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
* And the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys having been named one of the Top 10 Personal Injury Lawyers in the nation in 2017 and one of the Top 10 Personal Injury Lawyers under 40 from 2013-2017.
You've got to admit that for even for the fact that he came from the small border town of Brownsville, he has built a powerful law firm with over $175 million in verdicts and settlements. What’s more, he has done it by incorporating a healthy component of pro-bono contributions to help local families in poverty-stricken S. Texas .
And he did that before he reached 40.
“I get to meet people during their worst times as they’ve lost family members or suffered horrible injuries that will forever change their lives. It’s a great responsibility and I’m honored to be chosen to fight for them.” he said recently.
Begum is the son of an immigrant holocaust survivor.
His late father Michael Begum was 17 years old in Minsk Russia when the Nazis invaded his small village in 1942. His entire family was killed during the invasion and others perished in the concentration camps. Michael escaped into the woods eating whatever food he could salvage in the harsh Russian winters for 6 months.
When he was found and despite barely weighing 100 pounds, he joined the Russian Partisans, a group of organized civilian fighters who eventually numbered nearly 100,000 and battled Nazi forces in enemy territory.
Michael Begum’s story is documented by the Shoah Foundation, an institute founded by Steven Spielberg in 1994 to preserve interviews with survivors and other witnesses of the Holocaust.
Not understanding how people could allow such tyranny to come to power in Germany, Alex began studying political science, obtained a law degree and an MBA. When deciding between offers from corporate law firms, he instead decided to start his own firm focusing on individuals against very powerful entities.
“My father’s family all died due to people not willing to stand up for those in need at a critical moment in history, so I needed a career that let me try to even the scales of justice for those folks facing overwhelming odds," he said
Along the way, his law firm's performance has uprooted and rattled what many established players would describe as a good old boys' socioeconomic network and established a firm foothold.
His civic engagement might be something he also inherited from his mother Yolanda, an unsuccessful candidate for public office in Brownsville who used that defeat to fund the efforts to eradicate the politiquera system from the political scene that is blamed for playing a deciding role in her loss.
(Brownsville being Brownsville, a local blogger egged on a woman named Josefina Auten after she was sued for defamation by Yolanda and a visiting judge ruled in her favor. That mistake was corrected by a court of appeals ruling reversing and remanding the case.) https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/thirteenth-court-of-appeals/2015/13-13-00210-cv.html
And he hasn't forgotten those in need. He practices it so routinely that it has become an integral part of his professional and personal life and gives freely of his time and expertise to offer pro bono legal services to those that need them.
As a story on the the Huffington Post platform reported in May 2017, he played a central role in saving a community that was in imminent danger of losing its homes through no fault of their own. He also serves as a board member for several charitable organizations. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-every-business-should-take-ethics-seriously_us_5909cba7e4b05279d4edc144
But just because his firm is one of the most successful minority-owned law firms in South Texas, Begum has not forgotten that lawyers are often the only defenders of victims who would have no one else to take up their cause.
“Despite a terrible tragedy, each courtroom victory gives a victim or the surviving family a chance at a brighter future. That drives me to continue my work to even the scales of justice for those who have no one to stand up for them.”
17 comments:
Who was the local blogger who egged her on?
Thank you Juanito for a beautiful article about my son and my family, I could not be prouder of him, he is not only accomplished in his field he is also a wonderful caring son, husband brother and father, unfortunately his father did not live to see him succeed but his children were always a source of pride and joy to him and he did see them both graduate from law school, in times like this I often think of him and how it would bring tears of joy to his eyes
The "WHITE HORSE" goes with BEGUM...
Alex Begum or the scumbag Rene Oliveria, I will take the Law Giant every time. He is a man of honor, where as the scumbag Oliveria is a crooked lying thief, who is going to lie under oath in his up coming trial.
That blogger was La Blimp.
It is very rare to find an honest lawyer, especially in Brownsville. I have only met a few. Alex is one of them.
Juan, find the WHITE HORSE, he has become very popular, everybody is talking about him, who is him? Tell him we are him...
Alex Begum helped our family through an awful tragedy. He is the very best lawyer!
Mr. Begum, between now and two years, would you please consider running for the BISD school board in place of Sylvia or Minerva or anyone who does not have your scruples and honesty and someone who does not need anyone else's money to succeed - since you have done it on your own. Or Better Still, would you please consider running for Mayor of Brownsville? Men like you are few and we need them to help us get out of all this corruption that prevents us from getting ahead and making Brownsville better than McAllen, Harlingen and even Alton. Please, pretty please!!!
He didn't have much success in the San Antonio trial of his friend Sen Uresti did he?
Can somebody find the white tlacuache.
Begum is a plaintiff lawyer and does not practice criminal law so he did not represent his friend Carlos euresti, iit would be as if you have cataracts in your eyes and seek a dermatologist to perform the surgery
To 7:43, get your facts straight dummy, Begum did not represent Uresti, on the contrary he refused to invest in the scheme and advised Uresti that Bates had a questionable reputation. Uresti's fall was he own doing. Begum's reputation in San Antonio is solid.
For the record, Senator Carlos Uresti was represented by attorney Michael McCrum. Uresti was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 12 years in prison. I believe Alex Begum is a personal injury attorney.
For the people who don't know how to read a post, did I say he was Uresti lawyer? He was a character witness using his fame to help Uresti, it didn't work. Gee get a life!
Yea giants Herve Villechaize.
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