Profile - Carlos Rincon

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Company

Rincon Law Group PC
1014 N Mesa St Ste 200
El Paso, TX 79902

Phone

(915) 532-6800

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Carlos was born on October 19, 1962, and was raised in El Paso, Texas. Mr. Rincon attended The University of Texas at El Paso where he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Latin American Studies. Thereafter, he enrolled at the University of San Francisco School of Law where he graduated in December 1988. Mr. Rincon was admitted to the State Bar of Texas on May 5, 1989 and shortly thereafter began working in the trial unit of the City Attorney's office in El Paso. As an Assistant City Attorney, Mr. Rincon represented the City of El Paso in construction, environmental, and tort litigation.

In March 1992, Mr. Rincon joined a well-respected regional insurance defense firm where he continued his work as a trial lawyer and where he began defending catastrophic and serious injury trucking and product liability claims on behalf of national motor carriers and automobile manufacturers. It was also during this timeframe that Mr. Rincon began developing an extensive cross-border commercial litigation practice representing U.S. and European entities with Mexican subsidiaries.

In April 1999, Mr. Rincon joined the El Paso office of a statewide firm. In that capacity, Mr. Rincon did extensive pharmaceutical defense work primarily in the area of diet drugs. Additionally, his work experience included first chair trial work on an asbestos docket where he represented product manufacturers and industrial employers in malignancy cases. Mr. Rincon's experience with this full service firm also included representation of Fortune 500 companies in a broad range of toxic tort litigation outside the context of asbestos. During his tenure with this firm, Mr. Rincon has also litigated and tried to verdict retaliatory and wrongful discharge cases and continued developing a very active commercial litigation and transportation tort related practice for the motor carrier, railroad, and manufacturing industries.

At Rincon Law Group, Mr. Rincon continues to represent the railroad and motor carrier along with product manufacturers and financial, insurance and other corporate organizations in a broad spectrum of litigation, including commercial and fiduciary litigation.

Mr. Rincon is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a frequent speaker at numerous national and statewide continuing legal education seminars sponsored by the Defense Research Institute, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, the Trucking Industry Defense Association, and the State Bar of Texas. In November 2002, Mr. Rincon was selected as National Member of the Month by the Defense Research Institute. Mr. Rincon also serves on the Board of Directors for DRI; formerly served as Chair for DRI Trucking Law Committee, and was elected to the American College of Transportation Attorneys. Mr. Rincon is also a member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Texas Association of Defense Counsel, the Transportation Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, and the Federal Bar Association.

From 2004 through 2011, Texas Monthly has named Carlos Rincon as a Texas Super Lawyer in the area of civil defense litigation.

Mr. Rincon is AV rated by the Martindale-Hubbell lawyer rating service and continues to make the trial of complex cases before juries the hallmark and focus of his law practice.

Mr. Rincon is married to Juana Soto Rincon, and they have three children, Samantha, Michael, and Jacob.

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The Rincon Law Group case docket ranges from the defense of multiple wrongful death, catastrophic injury, wrongful termination and FELA matters to complex contractual and fiduciary claims. In this regard, firm attorneys are experienced in evaluating and trying to verdict cases that include product design, industrial safety, railroad worker industries, toxic tort, tractor trailer and train accidents, and breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty issues.

The firm roster of lawyers includes lawyers that are board certified in personal injury trial law with the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, are AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, have been recognized as Texas Super Lawyers in civil defense litigation by the Texas Monthly, and hold positions of leadership with national defense bar associations, such as DRI. Additionally, Rincon Law Group lawyers have been authors for various legal publications and featured speakers at national and statewide legal symposiums sponsored by the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, DRI, the Trucking Industry Defense Association, and the State Bar of Texas.

Rincon Law Group works with its clients to develop early evaluation of each case, development of case objectives and acceptable budget parameters. Rincon Law Group serves as panel trial counsel in West Texas for many organizations, including the largest Class I railroad in the world, several large publicly-traded over-the-road carriers and fleet operators, and several national trucking insurance underwriters.

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