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Espinoza & Brock: The Only Board-Certified Workers’ Comp Claimant Attorney in Greater San Antonio

Amanda Spencer holds a genuinely rare credential — the firm’s own materials describe her as one of only a handful of claimant-side attorneys in the entire state of Texas who are TBLS Board Certified in Workers’ Compensation Law, and the only one practicing in the Greater San Antonio area. That specialization sits inside a firm founded by a first-generation American whose own father was a construction worker, a background the firm frames as central to its worker-side identity.

Origin and Background

Espinoza & Brock, PLLC is based at 10202 Heritage Boulevard, San Antonio, TX 78216, with an additional office in El Paso. Founded in 2008 by Javier Espinoza, the son of a construction worker and a first-generation American immigrant, the firm has grown to include partners Lara Brock and workers’ compensation specialist Amanda J. Spencer, along with attorney Steven M. Sachs.

Practice Concentration

The firm’s practice covers workers’ compensation claims, workers’ compensation retaliation, employment discrimination, employment litigation, and third-party workplace injury claims against negligent companies separate from an injured worker’s own employer, alongside non-subscriber work injury cases against Texas employers who opt out of the standard workers’ comp system. Attorney Steven Sachs specifically handles employment litigation and personal injury matters. See this San Antonio Employment & Labor directory for how this board-certified, employee-side workers’ comp and employment practice compares to general employment firms.

Notable Work / Track Record

Amanda Spencer has brought thousands of workers’ compensation cases to successful resolution over her career, and the firm was invited to author an amicus brief to the Texas Supreme Court on behalf of the San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association in a case involving an injured non-subscriber worker — a documented, named appellate contribution distinct from routine case volume. Awesome Attorneys did not identify an itemized settlement or verdict table beyond these documented achievements.

Client Voice

Awesome Attorneys did not locate a substantial independent consumer review platform sample specific to this firm at the time of this profile’s research. Awesome Attorneys discloses this gap directly.

Beyond the Courtroom

Amanda Spencer is frequently invited to speak at the Advanced Workers’ Compensation Conference, and the firm’s attorneys give frequent CLE presentations to other lawyers, at the invitation of the State Bar of Texas CLE Division and local bar organizations, on litigating non-subscriber work injury claims — sustained contributions to the broader legal community beyond direct client representation.

Recognition for This San Antonio Employment Law Firm

Amanda Spencer’s TBLS Board Certification in Workers’ Compensation Law was independently verified and is described by the firm as held by only a handful of claimant-side attorneys statewide, with Spencer being the only such board-certified attorney practicing in Greater San Antonio. Awesome Attorneys applies “specialist” language to Spencer on this basis, consistent with house policy reserving that language for genuine TBLS certification.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Workers’ compensation insurance is optional for Texas employers, and the firm’s documented non-subscriber work injury practice addresses the legally distinct path an injured employee must take when their employer has opted out of the standard system — pursuing a negligence claim rather than a standard workers’ comp claim. Workers’ compensation retaliation claims under Texas Labor Code § 451.001 protect employees from being fired for filing a good-faith claim, hiring a workers’ comp attorney, or testifying in a workers’ comp proceeding. None of this is legal advice; a specific workers’ compensation, retaliation, or employment matter should be evaluated by a licensed Texas attorney based on the actual facts involved.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Espinoza & Brock’s clearest differentiator is Amanda Spencer’s genuinely rare, board-certified workers’ compensation specialization — the only such claimant-side attorney certified in Greater San Antonio — combined with a documented Texas Supreme Court amicus contribution on non-subscriber work injury law. The honest trade-off is that Awesome Attorneys did not locate a substantial independent client review sample to characterize satisfaction at scale. For a San Antonio worker facing a workers’ compensation claim, retaliation for filing one, or a non-subscriber employer’s work injury denial, that board-certified specialization is a strong basis for a shortlist.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from Espinoza & Brock’s own website (firm history, attorney biographies for Javier Espinoza, Lara Brock, Amanda Spencer, and Steven Sachs, and workers’ compensation and non-subscriber practice pages), Super Lawyers’ firm profile, and LinkedIn’s company profile.

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Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Espinoza & Brock, PLLC or its attorneys prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placement products to attorneys and firms, including this one, but sponsorship has no bearing on the editorial content, inclusion, or findings of this profile.