Peña, Joseph G.

Joe Peña is a trial lawyer specializing in catastrophic injury and fatality cases. He has extensive trial experience in various areas, including transportation, construction defect, product liability, premises liability, first-party, and commercial claims. Notably, Joe has handled complex cases involving multiple fatalities in trucking and transportation accidents, oilfield and refinery deaths, fire and explosion claims, and traumatic brain injuries.

Beyond his legal practice, Joe is a respected presenter and panel counsel. He has presented at State Bar of Texas CLE seminars on trucking and transportation defense and serves as panel counsel for national insurance carriers and Fortune 500 transportation and energy companies. Joe also provides personal counsel to prominent business entities, including a large minority-owned restaurant franchise group in Texas. He is committed to giving back to his community, serving as a board member of Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Antonio and pro bono general counsel to the Gary J. Thompson Scholarship Fund and Sigma Phi Epsilon Alumni Volunteer Corporation. Growing up in the commercial construction industry, Joe has a particular affinity for defending family-run construction companies in construction-defect litigation.