Most people meet an injury lawyer on the worst week of their life. The adjuster has already called. The hospital bill has already arrived. Nobody has explained what any of it means, and the person who caused the crash has an insurance company working for them within hours.
Fernando Lopez is a bilingual personal injury lawyer serving clients across Texas through The Lopez Law Group. Car wrecks, 18-wheeler collisions, motorcycle crashes, workplace and construction injuries, slip and fall claims, and wrongful death cases. Consultations are free, in English or Spanish, and there is no fee unless the case is won. You pay no attorney's fee and no case expenses unless we recover for you.
The firm's home base is the Rio Grande Valley — Weslaco, McAllen, Harlingen, Edinburg, Pharr, Mission, Brownsville — with cases handled statewide in Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Laredo.
WHY CLIENTS CALL THIS OFFICE:
Below: background and practice focus, the case types handled, how the fee works, what the first call looks like, and answers to the questions people ask before they hire anyone.
Fernando Lopez is a bilingual Texas personal injury attorney with The Lopez Law Group, handling auto accident, truck accident, motorcycle, workplace injury, slip and fall and wrongful death claims across Texas. Consultations are free in English and Spanish, and the firm works on contingency — no fee unless you win. Phone: (956) 968-7800.
Fernando Lopez practices personal injury law in Texas and represents people — never insurance companies. The work is one-sided on purpose: injured drivers, passengers, riders, workers and families of people killed by someone else's negligence.
The practice is built around one problem. In South Texas and in Houston, a large share of injured people are more comfortable in Spanish than in English, and the insurance process is designed in English. A recorded statement taken in a second language, a release signed without translation, a medical history repeated to an adjuster — those are the moments cases get lost. A Spanish speaking injury attorney in Texas removes that gap. Every conversation, document and settlement discussion can happen in the language you actually think in.
Personal injury and wrongful death, plaintiff side only
English and Spanish, spoken and written
Contingency — no fee unless the case is won
Rio Grande Valley plus all of Texas
A personal injury case is mostly evidence and timing. Crash reports get amended. Trucking companies must preserve logs, ECM data and dashcam footage — but only if a spoliation letter reaches them fast. Surveillance video at a store overwrites itself in days. Witnesses move. A Texas trial lawyer approach means building the file from the first week as though a jury will eventually read it, because that file is what the adjuster is actually pricing.
Whether the claim starts in Weslaco or in Houston, the process is the same and the fee is the same. No win, no fee.
The firm takes negligence cases where someone was hurt badly enough that the medical bills, lost income and long-term effects are real. If your case is not one this office should handle, you will be told that on the first call instead of after you sign.
Rear-end and intersection collisions, multi-vehicle pileups, drunk driving crashes, hit and run, and uninsured motorist claims. The core work of any Texas auto accident lawyer.
Commercial vehicle crashes involving FMCSA hours-of-service violations, driver fatigue, overweight loads, bad maintenance and oilfield trucks. Evidence must be preserved immediately.
Riders face built-in bias from adjusters. Cases are built to answer that head on, with reconstruction and physical evidence rather than assumptions about the rider.
Non-subscriber employer claims, third-party contractor negligence, machinery injuries and industrial vehicle accidents on job sites and in plants.
Falls from height, scaffolding and ladder failures, struck-by and crush injuries, trench collapses, and general contractor safety failures.
Premises liability against stores, apartment complexes, restaurants and property owners. A slip and fall lawyer in Texas must prove notice — that is where these cases are won or lost.
Claims brought by a spouse, children or parents under the Texas Wrongful Death Act, plus survival claims on behalf of the estate.
Uber and Lyft collisions with layered coverage questions, commercial bus and shuttle crashes, and school transport incidents.
Dog bites, pedestrian and bicycle collisions, product liability, and mass tort claims including Roundup and agricultural exposure matters.
Not sure which category your situation falls into? It does not matter for the first call. Describe what happened and where, and the office will tell you what kind of claim it is, what the deadline is, and whether it is worth pursuing.
Bilingual does not mean a translator is available if you ask. It means the case runs in your language from the first call to the final check. Intake, medical records review, adjuster negotiation, settlement statement, and any court appearance where interpretation is needed.
Insurance companies take recorded statements early on purpose. When that statement happens in a second language, small wording differences become the argument: whether you said the pain started "later" or "the next morning," whether you agreed you were "fine" at the scene. Those recordings are replayed months later to reduce the offer. An abogado de lesiones personales en Texas who handles the file directly removes that opening.
El abogado Fernando Lopez atiende en español. La consulta es gratis, no cobramos honorarios a menos que ganemos su caso, y contestamos las 24 horas. Casos de accidentes de auto, camión de 18 ruedas, motocicleta, lesiones de trabajo, caídas y muerte por negligencia en todo Texas. Llame al (956) 968-7800.
The firm also serves clients well outside the Valley — including Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio — and handles select matters in Overland Park, Albuquerque and Washington D.C.
The fee agreement is a contingency contract. Nothing is paid up front, nothing is billed hourly, and if there is no recovery there is no attorney's fee. The percentage is written into the agreement on day one and does not move during the case. That is what a no win no fee lawyer in Texas should put in writing before you sign, and you should read it in full.
| What you pay | When |
|---|---|
| Consultation | Free. No obligation to hire. |
| Attorney's fee | A set percentage of the recovery, only if the case is won or settled. |
| Case expenses | Advanced by the firm — records, filing fees, experts — and itemized at the end. |
| If the case loses | No attorney's fee owed. |
| Settlement statement | Line by line before you accept: gross, fee, expenses, medical liens, net to you. |
Texas gives most personal injury claims two years from the date of injury under Civil Practice & Remedies Code § 16.003. Claims against a governmental unit carry much shorter written-notice deadlines — often six months or less, and some cities require notice within 90 days. Miss the deadline and the strongest case in the world is over. If your incident is more than a year old, call today rather than next month.
Weslaco, McAllen, Harlingen, Edinburg, Pharr, Mission, Brownsville, Rio Grande City, Laredo
Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Tyler, Spring
Overland Park, Albuquerque, Washington D.C. (select matters)
A Weslaco personal injury lawyer handling a Houston crash is normal in this practice — Texas venue rules often place the case where the collision happened or where the defendant is, and the firm travels for it.
People hesitate to call because they do not know what they are agreeing to. Nothing on the first call obligates you to anything. Here is the actual sequence.
You describe what happened, where, and what injuries you have. English or Spanish. Phone, video or in person. It usually takes 15 to 30 minutes and costs nothing.
You are told whether there is a viable claim, what the liability problems are, what deadline applies, and what a realistic range looks like once the medical picture is clear. No number is promised on a first call by any lawyer worth hiring.
Once the contingency agreement is signed, the office notifies every insurance carrier. From that point the adjusters call the firm, not you.
Crash report pulled, scene documented, witnesses contacted, surveillance requested before it overwrites, and in trucking cases a spoliation letter sent for driver logs, ECM data and dashcam footage.
Treatment is coordinated so care is consistent — gaps in treatment are the single most common reason offers come in low. Records and bills are collected as you go.
After you reach maximum medical improvement, a demand package goes out with liability proof, records, bills, wage loss and future care. Negotiation follows.
If the carrier will not pay what the file supports, suit is filed and the case moves into discovery, depositions and mediation. Most still settle — but only because the file was built for trial.
Liens and medical balances are negotiated down where possible, the statement is reviewed with you line by line, and funds are disbursed.
You are not required to give a recorded statement to the other driver's insurance company. You are not required to sign a blanket medical authorization that opens your entire history. And you should never accept a quick check while you are still treating — once signed, the release ends the claim, including for injuries that turn out to be worse than they looked.
Fernando Lopez is a personal injury attorney with The Lopez Law Group in Texas. The practice is plaintiff side only — car and truck accidents, motorcycle crashes, workplace and construction injuries, slip and fall claims, and wrongful death. Consultations are free in English and Spanish, and the firm works on contingency.
Yes. The entire case can be handled in Spanish, from the first call through the settlement statement. That includes explaining every document before you sign it and dealing with adjusters on your behalf so you never have to give a recorded statement in a second language.
Nothing up front. The fee is a contingency percentage of what is recovered, agreed in writing at the start and unchanged during the case. If there is no recovery, no attorney's fee is owed. The consultation itself is free with no obligation to hire.
Generally two years from the date of injury under Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code § 16.003. Claims against a city, county or state entity require written notice far sooner — often within six months, and some cities require 90 days. Minors and certain other circumstances can change the deadline, so it should be confirmed for your specific facts.
The Rio Grande Valley is the home market — Weslaco, McAllen, Harlingen, Edinburg, Pharr, Mission, Brownsville, Rio Grande City and Laredo — with cases handled statewide including Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Tyler. Select matters are handled in Overland Park, Albuquerque and Washington D.C.
It depends on injury severity, whether surgery was required, how consistent your medical treatment was, the percentage of fault assigned to you, and the available policy limits. No honest lawyer gives a figure over the phone before reviewing the medical file. After records are reviewed you get a realistic range, not a sales pitch.
Texas uses modified comparative fault under Civil Practice & Remedies Code § 33.001. You can still recover as long as you are 50 percent or less at fault, with the award reduced by your percentage. At 51 percent you recover nothing — which is exactly why insurers push fault onto injured people early and why the percentage gets fought from day one.
Not without advice. You are not required to give the other carrier a recorded statement. That adjuster's job is to reduce the payout. Confirm basic facts if you must — your name, the date, the location — and nothing further. Once the firm is hired, all contact routes through the office.
Your own uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage may apply, if you carry it. That turns into a claim against your own carrier, which changes the negotiation because now your insurer has a financial interest in paying less. Your full policy is reviewed before the claim is presented.
Most resolve in six to eighteen months. The largest variable is when your medical treatment ends, because a case cannot be valued accurately until the full extent of the injuries is known. Cases that go to trial can take two years or more. Settlement is never rushed while treatment is still open.
Usually not. The large majority of personal injury cases settle without a trial. Files are still built as though a jury will see them — that preparation is what moves an offer. If trial is necessary, the case is tried.
Yes. Texas law lets an injured person recover for another party's negligence regardless of immigration status. These cases are handled confidentially.
Yes. You can change representation at any point in your case. Fee questions between the two firms are resolved based on work performed and do not increase what you pay at the end. A second opinion is free.
Yes — calls are answered around the clock, including weekends and holidays. Crashes do not happen during business hours, and the first 48 hours often decide what evidence still exists.
No fee unless we win. Answered 24/7. Serving Weslaco, McAllen, Houston and all of Texas.
