HOUSTON - The husband and wife team of Randy Sorrels, a former Texas Bar president, and Alex Farias-Sorrels, a trustee on the Bar Foundation, have announced their new team of lawyers and new office location for Sorrels Law.
Randy Sorrels left his previous firm (Abraham Watkins) after 30 years, including 25 as managing partner.
“I was given a unique opportunity to join another firm as a result of my role as president of the State Bar. Then fate, as well as a couple of former Major League Baseball players stepped in, and we opened our own law firm,” Sorrels said. “And the result could not have turned out better.”
According to a press release, a the new team is rounded out by a nurse/lawyer, a pharmacist/lawyer, an engineer/lawyer, a bilingual Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star and a lawyer who specializes in 18-wheeler and auto wreck cases.
Alex Farias-Sorrels is a former briefing clerk at the Supreme Court of Texas and worked at the international firm of Morgan Lewis before becoming a plaintiffs’ lawyer.
“Once we decided to start our own law firm, we made a conscious effort to find a group of highly diverse, multi-talented lawyers to become teammates with,” Alex said. “The diversity people see in our firm should signal we are a law firm for all of the people – not just a select few.”
Randy Sorrels began his career at Fulbright & Jaworski before becoming a plaintiff’s lawyer.
Late 2020 talks to open a Houston office with another firm were set aside when Randy and Alex were called to trial in a case where they represented the sons of former Major League Baseball players Roger Clemens and Mike Capel.
An in-person jury was selected in January and the trial began in February. The week-long trial resulted in a $3.24 million judgment in favor of the Sorrels’ clients.
After the well-publicized victory, Alex told Randy it was time to open their own firm.
“Randy had developed a reputation of excellence in everything he did, and the jury verdict just seemed like a sign it was time to build our own dream around that reputation,” Alex said.
The firm will continue to focus on personal injury (including 18-wheeler and car wreck specialist Kyle Knizner), medical malpractice (with the nurse/lawyer, Tom Omondi, and pharmacist lawyer, Sara Hashmi), product liability (with engineer/lawyer Xavier Bennett) and business litigation (former big law/commercial litigation lawyer, Alex Farias-Sorrels).
And they will serve the Spanish-speaking community at every opportunity with Rising Star Jessica Rodriguz-Wahlquist.
Sorrels Law is now at 5300 Memorial Drive, Suite 270.
“We will help people and businesses who need a law firm to stand up for them when they most need a lawyer –whether it is a big case or small case,” said Randy. “To say the stars aligned for this move would be an understatement. I could never have imagined this when I started practicing law. We are blessed.”