About Alejandro
Alejandro Acosta began his legal path in Texas after finishing a J.D. at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in 2008. He earned a B.A. in history from St. Mary’s University in 2004. Those educational years set the groundwork for work in appellate studies and trial practice that observed.
He began his submit-law school profession as a research lawyer for the eighth Court of Appeals in 2008. The experience gave him early exposure to appellate procedure and legal writing. In 2010 he moved into personal practice as an affiliate at Scherr & Legate PLLC, where he gained hands-on knowledge in litigation and client advocacy.
Acosta became a partner in 2016 at Flores, Tawney & Acosta, P.C. He remained there through a period of firm boom and case work that included critical private injury things. In 2023 he joined Tawney, Acosta & Chaparro, P.C. as a partner. That move persisted a career targeted on courtroom advocacy and trial work.
He is licensed in Texas and New Mexico, and admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. He has been a member of the State Bar of Texas since 2008. The Texas Board of Legal Specialization has board licensed him in Personal Injury Trial Law, an accreditation that denotes acknowledged courtroom experience in that topic.
Outside the courtroom he belongs to numerous professional organizations. Current memberships consist of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, El Paso Trial Lawyers Association, the Texas Bar Foundation the place he is a fellow, the American Association for Justice, the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, and the Federal Bar Association. These affiliations mirror ongoing engagement with peer education and trial practice community occasions.
Colleagues describe Acosta as methodical in case preparation and continuous in trial settings. He has treated matters that require each negotiated resolutions and jury trials. He brings appellate experience to trial-degree instances, frequently reviewing legal issues from both procedural and evidentiary angles.
He keeps an active trial practice in the border area and federal courts the place he is admitted. His work facilities on personal damage legal proceedings and trial representation, and he practices as a companion at Tawney, Acosta & Chaparro, P.C.
