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PMBG partner Baldemar Garcia Jr. recovered over $11,000,000 in personal injury settlements in 2025. Paying competitive referral fees.
PMBG partner Baldemar Garcia Jr. recovered over $11,000,000 in personal injury settlements in 2025. Paying competitive referral fees.
PMBG Partner Baldemar Garcia Jr. Argues Webb CISD v. Marshall Before the Texas Supreme Court
On October 8, 2025, PMBG partner Baldemar Garcia Jr. argued before the Texas Supreme Court in the case of Webb Consolidated Independent School District vs. Robert and Amy Marshall, involving whether a temporary injunction obtained before mootness qualifies as prevailing party status and permits the recovery of attorneys’ fees and if a school board member […]
How Free is Your Royalty? Disputes Over Royalty Clauses
The underlying purpose of the oil and gas lease is to grant one’s minerals to another for the purpose of risking time and capital to explore for and produce hydrocarbons. Created without a predetermined lifespan, the oil and gas lease commences a relationship between lessor and lessee that may last for decades, often surviving the […]
Congratulations to J. Ernesto Flores on achieving Board Certification in Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization!
Ernesto, a proud Rio Grande Valley native, earned his undergraduate degree from UT-Pan American (now UTRGV) and graduated summa cum laude from Texas Tech University School of Law in 2018. Since 1974, the Texas Board of Legal Specialization has certified attorneys with significant experience in specialized practice areas. To earn this distinction, attorneys must demonstrate expertise through […]
PMBG Welcomes Jesus Calderon as a New Associate Attorney
Jesus is originally from Eagle Pass, Texas. He obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas A&M University in 2020, graduating cum laude, and received his Juris Doctor from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 2024. While at St. Mary’s, Jesus competed on the school’s National Dispute Resolution Team. At PMBG, he will focus […]
PMBG Wins Unanimous Verdict in Starr County, Texas
On June 17, 2024, PMBG partner Baldemar Garcia Jr. and associate Holly Hourigan successfully obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a wrongful death case filed against a trucking company in Starr County, Texas. The 6-day trial included accident reconstructionists, medical, and phone download experts. Plaintiffs sought $4 million in past and $25 million in future […]
Press Release – The San Antonio Bar Foundation Welcomes Newly Elected Fellows Class of 2024
PMBG’s own Elizabeth C. Boddy was unanimously confirmed as a 2024 San Antonio Bar Foundation (SABF) Fellow. The San Antonio Bar Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the rule of law and legal system in Bexar County, and this prestigious title is reserved only for the most accomplished and dedicated members. Press Release from the San […]
Voter Fraud Is Rare. But 15 Illegal Votes in Laredo Have Thrown the City Council Into Turmoil
On February 6, 2023, the council considered a recent ruling from a state district judge who found that fifteen voters, including four police officers, illegally established sham residencies to cast ballots for city council candidate Daisy Campos Rodriguez, resulting in a narrow six-vote victory over her opponent, Ricardo Rangel Jr. Days earlier, Judge Susan Reed, […]
PMBG Assists Amicus TLMA in Texas Supreme Court Victory for Landowners
On March 10, 2023, the Texas Supreme Court ruled 7-1 in favor of landowners in Devon v. Sheppard, the latest in post-production cost litigation. Justice Devine delivered the opinion of the Court, and Chief Justice Hecht, and Justices Lehrmann, Boyd, Busby, Bland, and Huddle joined. Justice Blacklock filed a dissenting opinion, and Justice Young did […]
PMBG Triumphs in Election Contest
After a trial on January 26 and 27, 2023 that proved voter fraud, PMBG partner Baldemar Garcia Jr. secured a judgment in favor of his client that overturned the November 8, 2022 election results for Laredo City Council District 2. PMBG represented candidate Ricardo Rangel Jr., who had lost on election night by six votes. […]