Cesar Ornelas is a first-generation college graduate and attorney, originally from Kyle, Texas. Licensed in Texas, Cesar Ornelas’s nationwide law practice is entirely contingency fee-based and consists of a wide variety of catastrophic personal injury and death cases. He has represented countless victims of catastrophic accidents across the United States. Cesar Ornelas has devoted his entire career to giving a voice to the voiceless and has made it his duty to ensure that the big corporations do not take advantage of ordinary individuals. His success in and out of the courtroom translates through his diligence, discipline, and perseverance.
Cesar Ornelas started to practice law after graduating from St. Mary’s Law School. He has been handling catastrophic personal injury and death cases since his first day in practice. Since becoming a lawyer, Cesar Ornelas has done significant work for his clients throughout the state of Texas and the United States.
Cesar Ornelas is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Additionally, he has been named as a life member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. The Million Dollar Advocates Forum is recognized as one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States and less than 1% of U.S. lawyers are members.
In the spring of 2021, Cesar was selected to be a part of The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40, an invitation-only program extended exclusively to those trial lawyers practicing civil plaintiff and/or criminal defense law.
Most recently, Cesar Ornelas has been engaged to represent several victims of the November 5, 2021 tragedy at the Astroworld Music Festival that left 10 people dead and hundreds injured.
In February 2022, Cesar Ornelas Law filed a lawsuit seeking damages in excess of $10,000,000 for the horrific and heinous allegations on behalf of the toddler victim and her family. The court has accepted the lawsuit and the family is working with San Antonio Police and Child Protective Services regarding their investigations.
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