Practice Overview

Over 85 years combined legal experience & the client results to prove it.

Chaves, Obregon & Perales, L.L.P. has a proven record of success. Combined with the firm’s long-standing reputation for honesty, fairness and integrity, Chaves, Obregon & Perales, L.L.P. stands ready to represent your interests in all of South and Central Texas.

The firm attracts clients and co-counsel from all over the country, and has brought together the attorneys and support staff needed to handle complex and difficult cases.

“The driving principle behind everything we do is to provide our clients with effective and efficient legal representation with the
professionalism that our clients expect from their litigation team.”

Areas of legal expertise serving all of South Texas

Personal Injury

Chaves, Obregon & Perales, L.L.P.’s attorneys excel at handling personal injury claims, ranging from catastrophic death to traumatic brain injuries and burn injuries. Clients have sough out our trial lawyers for decades as our firm is adept at quickly preparing for trial by marshalling the necessary resources and focusing on the key issues of the case.

Business and Commercial

Business law and commercial law are broad legal topics that encompass business, commerce, consumer transactions, and the formation and management of business entities. Our experience encompasses a wide range of commercial disputes, including business and shareholder disputes, real estate and oil and gas litigation, insurance claims and coverage, breach of contract, and breach of warranty claims.

Insurance Law

At our firm, we represent a wide variety of clients that involve primary and excess carriers with both first and third party commercial and personal coverage lines.

We work with clients who need assistance with everything from single-issue coverage opinions to the litigation needs of a multi-million dollar insurance lawsuit.

Construction Industry

The firm handles complex construction and building litigation involving issues related to construction, design, project management and financing, including breach of contract claims involving economic losses and delay damages, and construction disasters involving personal injury or death.

We regularly litigate issues including the use or incorporation of allegedly defective materials or building products, defective design and workmanship, operation and maintenance, delay and disrupting allegations.

Trucking and Transportation

Chaves, Obregon & Perales, L.L.P. has a practice dedicated to handling disputes involving motor carriers, brokers and other transportation companies. Our attorneys are well versed with commercial trucking regulations, including those set forth by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Texas law.