Candelario Trevino
About Candelario Trevino
Candelario (J.R.) Trevino is a San Antonio personal injury trial lawyer with over two decades of courtroom experience. He received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and criminal justice from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2000, then earned his Juris Doctor from St. Mary's University School of Law in 2003. Licensed by the State Bar of Texas that same year (bar card 24042057), he has since dedicated his practice to representing injury victims against insurance carriers and corporate defendants. He has taken more than 80 cases to verdict and prevailed in more than 99 percent of them. In 2012, Texas Lawyer magazine recognized him for obtaining the top Texas motor vehicle accident verdict of that year. He has been named a top San Antonio personal injury attorney by San Antonio Scene magazine on multiple occasions. He is a member of the San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association and the Texas Trial Lawyers Association.
Notable case results
Gross settlement, head-on collision resulting in three fatalities
Jury verdict, work-related crush foot injury (more than 6x the carrier's $1,300,000 offer), Mendoza v. Farmer's Best, Cause No. C-1377-16-J
Gross settlement, motor vehicle collision involving intoxicated driver with wrist fracture and low back injuries
Gross settlement, rear-end motor vehicle collision with neck and low back injuries, Galindo v. Word, Cause No. 2015-CI-18488
Jury verdict, auto collision with low back injury (more than 107x the $5,000 offer), Arriaga v. Montemayor, Cause No. CL-17-8104-H
Jury verdict, auto collision with low back and neck injuries (more than 11x the $25,000 offer), Guerrero v. Soloman, Cause No. 2014-CI-13452
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.