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About Leslie Vasquez Rodriguez

Leslie Vasquez Rodriguez was born and raised in Weslaco, Texas. She graduated summa cum laude from St. Mary's University in December 2007 with a B.A. in English and Communication Studies, then earned her J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law in 2014. At law school she competed on the external advocacy national mock trial team and was admitted into the Order of the Barristers, and received the Judge Jack B. Miller Award for Dedication, Integrity, and Professionalism. After graduation she joined the Bexar County District Attorney's Office as an Assistant District Attorney, where she was promoted into a felony prosecutor supervisory role and later to the Major Crimes Division, trying and supervising more than 30 jury trials to verdict.

She subsequently practiced insurance defense litigation in auto and commercial vehicle cases in state and federal court. She serves on the Board of Directors of the St. Mary's University School of Law Alumni Association, the San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association, the Bexar County Women's Bar Association, and the Hispanic Law Alumni Association, where she is a past president. She is also adjunct faculty at St. Mary's University School of Law in the Advocacy Program.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Joe A. Gamez Law Firm

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$1.05 millionVerdict

A Bexar County jury awarded Brenda Steele $1,052,500 after finding a Martin Marietta employee responsible for a 2018 collision in a Walmart parking lot that left Steele needing years of spine treatment. Her adult daughter, a passenger in the car, received a separate and far smaller award for her own injuries. The trial court had removed the question of Steele's own possible fault from the jury by directed verdict before the case went to the jury. In April 2026, the Fourth Court of Appeals reversed that ruling and sent the case back for a new trial, holding the jury should have decided whether Steele shared any responsibility for the crash. Motions for rehearing are pending, so the reversal is not yet final and the verdict does not currently stand.

37th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas (Trial Court No. 2019-CI-02780) · 2024Car AccidentsRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, TX
J.D., 2014
St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX
Undergraduate, 2007

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas, admitted 2014

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