About Wady Rahbani-Chavez

Wady S. Rahbani-Chávez is a trial attorney at Armstrong Lee & Baker LLP who brings a multicultural perspective to personal injury advocacy. Born in Venezuela and raised in El Salvador, he is a fierce advocate for injured clients across Texas.

Before joining Armstrong Lee & Baker, Rahbani-Chávez built an impressive track record at Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner and Josephson Dunlap LLP, securing over $100 million in compensation for his clients. His work spans personal injury cases involving trench collapses, commercial vehicle accidents, natural gas explosions, and apartment fires. He also has significant experience as a wage and hour attorney handling class and collective actions in federal and state courts nationwide.

Rahbani-Chávez earned his J.D. cum laude from South Texas College of Law Houston, where he was a Dean's List honoree, participant in the Presidential Fellows Program, and recipient of the CALI Award in Secured Transactions. He holds three Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Texas at Austin in History, Latin American Studies, and Spanish. He is admitted to practice in Texas and before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Texas.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Armstrong Lee & Baker

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$4.5 millionVerdict

A Texas appeals court affirmed a $4.5 million jury award for Jerry Thomas, an East Texas man who lost his hand at a sawmill in Rusk, holding that the owner never established an employment relationship and could not invoke the workers' compensation exclusive-remedy defense.

Texas Twelfth Court of Appeals (Tyler); trial court: 2nd District Court, Cherokee County · 2026Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
Verdict

Armstrong Lee & Baker won reversal of a federal preemption dismissal, reviving negligence claims brought by the family of a Tyson Foods meatpacking worker who died of COVID-19 after a coworker with a known positive test continued coming to work.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

South Texas College of Law Houston
B.A. in History, Latin American Studies, and Spanish
University of Texas at Austin
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
Houston Bar Association
Houston Young Lawyers Association
Mexican-American Bar Association of Houston
Hispanic Bar Association of Houston
Houston Trial Lawyers Association

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America (2024-2025)
Latino Leaders Magazine: Rising Star (2022)
CALI Award in Secured Transactions

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.