Frank Herrera Jr.

Frank Herrera Jr. is the founder of The Herrera Law Firm in San Antonio, Texas, which represents people hurt in car, truck and motorcycle crashes, work accidents and other personal injury cases. His practice has also included product liability, construction accident and labor and employment matters.

Raised in Edna, Texas, by a mechanic father and a mother who did migrant farm work, Herrera became interested in law while watching court proceedings with his father. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and English from St. Mary’s University in 1964 and completed law school there in two and a half years. Admitted to the Texas bar in 1967, he worked as an attorney for the National Labor Relations Board, opened his own practice in 1969, later partnered with Phillip Hardberger and became sole owner of the firm in 1983.

Herrera chaired the board of the New American Alliance beginning in 2013 and received the State Bar of Texas Hispanic Issues Section’s Peter Torres Jr. Community Service Award in 2016. He has supported MALDEF, the St. Mary’s University Alumni Association and Central Catholic High School, and is a director emeritus of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association.