Name: Javier Herrera
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In 2000, Javier graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Minor in Philosophy. While at Boston College he served as Director for Minority Student Recruitment to Boston College and also re-instilled the Texan Student Luncheon for those Texans who were far from home and needed some good Texas Bar-be-Que. In 2007 he graduated from the University of Chicago-School of Social Services Administration focusing on community development, organizing and planning. Upon graduating from the University of Chicago, Javier returned back to San Antonio, where he attended his father’s alma mater, St. Mary’s University School of Law and graduated in 2010, where he was a member of the Board of Advocates, the St. Mary’s Mock Trial Team, the Hispanic Law Student Association, and worked two years serving impoverished clients in the St. Mary’s Center for Legal and Social Justice, where he served in both the Civil and Criminal Clinics fighting for the rights of those who could not afford attorneys.

He has served as the President of the Mexican American Bar Association – San Antonio Chapter which ensured that Latino attorneys and their clients had equal access and acknowledgement within the San Antonio community, and which annually raises money for scholarships for graduating high school seniors; he currently serves as the Secretary for the American Association for Justice Minority Caucus where he and attorneys and their clients from across the country ensure they have access to the courts; he currently serves as the VP of Finance for the San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association which was established to ensure that the attorneys and their clients have fair representation in the San Antonio community; he has served as the Diversity Chair for the Texas Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA); and he currently serves as a member of the Hispanic Law Alumni Board for St. Mary’s University School of Law which raises scholarship money for students to continue their legal studies and the St. Mary’s School of Law board of visitors.

Javier’s passion for justice and equality is not only his own but of his entire family. He was taught that no matter where you go in life to never forget where you come from, and that “winning isn’t luck, it’s knowing how to fight”. He along with his brother and father they continue serving clients from all walks of life, and ensuring that no matter if you come from the board room or the barrio, justice comes to everyone.

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