Hernandez Sunosky: The Houston Firm Where Both Founders Used to Work for the Insurance Companies

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An insurance company offered a motorcycle accident victim $5,000 and blamed him for the crash. Hernandez Sunosky took the case, and the same insurer ultimately paid $500,000 — a hundredfold jump the firm attributes directly to being “trial-ready” rather than settlement-only. Both founding partners spent years on the other side of that negotiating table, defending insurers and corporations before switching to represent injury victims, which is the specific mechanism behind that kind of number.

At a Glance

Career History

Ian Hernandez, a 1997 University of Notre Dame graduate, earned his J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 2002 and spent years representing insurers and their insureds in complex litigation before founding Hernandez Sunosky to represent plaintiffs instead. Jimmy Sunosky worked as an insurance defense lawyer for nearly two decades, representing individuals, doctors, and Fortune 500 companies insured by major carriers, before becoming individually Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law himself. Both attorneys hold that same certification today, a credential Hernandez earned first and Sunosky achieved more recently.

Practice Concentration

The firm’s docket covers motor vehicle and commercial truck accidents, workplace injury, premises liability, dram shop liability, head and brain injuries, product liability, and wrongful death, serving Houston along with several named communities in the metro area. The firm’s structural pitch is direct: because both founders spent years building defenses for insurance companies, they say they know specifically what claims adjusters look for and how carriers value cases internally.

Track Record

The firm’s independently published case history includes a $500,000 settlement for a motorcycle accident victim after the insurer’s initial offer was $5,000 — a result the firm attributes to the case being fully trial-prepared before the insurer changed its position, per a 2024 press release. This research did not locate a broader itemized results table with additional dollar figures on the firm’s site beyond this case; that absence is disclosed here rather than assumed to reflect a thinner overall record. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case.

Client Voice

Attributed client reviews describe both founders individually. One client wrote that Jimmy Sunosky “was professional, always responded when I reached out with a question… and negotiated a more-than-fair settlement,” specifically noting they found that responsiveness notable having previously worked in a high-pressure legal office themselves. Another reviewer called Sunosky “persistent” with “great experience on both sides” of insurance litigation. This research did not surface a pattern of negative reviews or disciplinary findings for either founding partner.

Beyond the Courtroom

The firm expanded to a Pearland office in 2026 specifically to serve clients in southern Harris and Brazoria counties, a concrete sign of active growth rather than a static single-location practice.

Recognition

Ian Hernandez and Jimmy Sunosky are each individually Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization — the only “specialist” designation used in this profile, and notable because Sunosky’s certification (per the firm’s own 2025 announcement) is comparatively recent, distinct from Hernandez’s longer-held credential. Hernandez is also a member of the invitation-only American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and has been named a Texas Super Lawyer “Rising Star” and a Top Lawyer in Personal Injury by Houstonia Magazine — peer-review and publication recognitions distinct from the board certification itself.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Texas personal injury claims generally carry a two-year statute of limitations under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.003. Dram shop liability claims, part of this firm’s docket, are governed by a distinct statutory framework under Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Chapter 2, separate from ordinary negligence claims. Texas follows a modified comparative-fault rule under Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 33: a claimant found more than 50% responsible for their own injury recovers nothing, and a claimant at 50% or below has recovery reduced by their own percentage of fault. None of this is legal advice and does not account for the specific facts of any individual case; consult a licensed Texas attorney about your situation.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Two individually board-certified founding partners who both spent years on the insurance-defense side before switching to plaintiffs’ work is a genuine, checkable structural advantage — it’s a specific mechanism for case evaluation, not just a marketing claim, and the documented $5,000-to-$500,000 result is a real illustration of it in action.

The honest limitation is that this profile could only verify one itemized dollar result independently; a prospective client with a higher-value or more complex claim should ask directly for additional case examples closer to their own situation before deciding, since the published record here is thinner than several other firms in this directory’s Houston coverage.

Methodology & Sourcing

This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys in August 2026 without the participation, sponsorship, or payment of Hernandez Sunosky, LLP. Primary sources: the firm’s own website (hsinjuryattorney.com), including its team, testimonials, and results pages. Independent verification: Law Firm Newswire and Bigger Law Firm Magazine press coverage of the $500,000 motorcycle settlement and Jimmy Sunosky’s 2025 board certification announcement; Super Lawyers attorney profile for Ian Hernandez; Avvo attorney profile for Jimmy Sunosky. Statutes cited in the Texas Legal Backdrop section were verified against the Texas Constitution and Statutes database (statutes.capitol.texas.gov).

Publisher Disclosure & Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal-directory publisher. This profile was not paid for by Hernandez Sunosky, LLP, and inclusion in our editorial coverage cannot be purchased. Our methodology and editorial standards are applied consistently across all firms we cover.