Benedict James

Founder and Managing Partner

17 yrs experience
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Bar admitted 2008
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Austin, TX

Bar admissions

Texas
Bar 24058518
2008
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas

Education

Law school: Baylor Law School
Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin

Awards and recognition

01National Trial Lawyers Top 100
02Texas Top 100 Attorneys (American Academy of Attorneys)
03Texas Litigator of the Year (American Institute of Trial Lawyers)
04Top 10 Attorneys in Texas (National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys)
05National Association of Distinguished Counsel â€” Top 1%
06American Institute of Legal Professionals Lawyer of the Year (2023)
07Top Lawyer (American Institute of Legal Advocates, 2020)

Memberships

Texas Trial Lawyers Association â€” Board of Directors
Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
The State Bar of Texas

Languages

English, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian

Background

Benedict 'Ben' V. James is a Founder and Managing Partner of Sandoval & James Law Firm in Austin, Texas, which he co-founded with Esteban Sandoval in 2016. He represents clients in personal injury and wrongful death matters and has an extensive history of first-chairing jury trials across multiple Texas counties. A native of Austin, James practiced for eight years before launching the firm â€” trying both personal injury and criminal cases and managing litigation departments at multiple Texas firms. He has recovered millions of dollars for his clients and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. James has been recognized as a National Trial Lawyers Top 100 attorney, on the American Academy of Attorneys' Texas Top 100, named Texas Litigator of the Year by the American Institute of Trial Lawyers, named to the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys' Top 10 Attorneys in Texas, named American Institute of Legal Professionals' Lawyer of the Year (2023), and ranked Top 1% by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and is a member of the Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association. James earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin and his J.D. from Baylor Law School. He was admitted to The State Bar of Texas on May 2, 2008 (bar #24058518), and practices before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas. He is fluent in Bulgarian and proficient in Serbian and Macedonian.

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