Justice Gina Benavides

08/23/2026

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08/11/2026

06/11/2026

Best part of the SBOT Annual Meeting is seeing my colleagues and friends and former staff attorney. It is great catching up with Joshua Caldwell.

05/14/2026

“Duty. It’s a key element of any negligence-based tort claim but defining exactly what the standard of care should be is not always an easy task.”

In the May issue of the Texas Bar Journal, Brandy Wingate Voss, owner of the Law Offices of Brandy Wingate Voss, and Melissa G. Thrailkill, an associate attorney with the Law Offices of Brandy Wingate Voss, discuss standard of care and how to prove your negligence case using violations of administrative regulations.

A link to the article is in the comments

05/13/2026

Welcome to Texas, Mr. President. 💙

04/29/2026

Unfortunately, I miss this year but I will give and support from afar!!!

LAWteria!! is next week! Look at this amazing ensemble of celebrity callers. On behalf of the Hispanic Lawyers Section and the Texas Access to Justice Foundation, we are grateful for their support and look forward to a fun virtual event!

04/25/2026

When asked about the Iran war timeline, Trump told reporters, ‘Don’t rush me’

04/25/2026

Wow

04/21/2026

Proud of my colleague

I spoke publicly because this issue can no longer be ignored.

Some children in the juvenile system cannot be released, not because they deserve detention, but because there is no parent, guardian, or responsible adult available to take them home.

These children are United States citizens. They are our children.

A child should not remain in detention simply because there is nowhere else to go. Detention is not a home. This gap in the law is real, and it must be addressed.