Amanda Zubire

Amanda Zubire is the Chief of Staff/Head Paralegal at The Alfred Firm. Amongst the top paralegals in the country, Amanda has been Byron Alfred’s Senior Paralegal and Case Manager since 2015. As Chief of Staff, Amanda contributes to all of The Alfred Firm’s business objectives, provides direct support in discovery for all catastrophic injury cases, manages all staff level team members, and is the point person for productivity and client relations – based initiatives. In 2006, Amanda started her career in the legal field as a file clerk at a Houston boutique litigation firm. She received her Bachelors of Business Administration in Management at University of Houston Downtown in 2014. Amanda is a member of the Houston Paralegal Association, Houston Metropolitan Paralegal Association, and the Paralegal Division of the State Bar of Texas. Amanda has been lead paralegal in all of Attorney Byron’s jury trials since 2015 and, together, they have never lost a jury trial. In September 2018, Amanda was the lead paralegal on the case where the jury awarded a $44,370,000 verdict for the family of a rigger who died in a crane accident. This verdict was the #1 ranked work injury verdict in Texas in 2018 and a Top 10 Work Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2018. According to The Alfred Firm’s Founder, Byron Alfred, “While Amanda’s skillset as a trial paralegal is second to none, her relationship with our clients has been a driving force behind much of what we’ve been able to accomplish through this practice.” Amanda is a Houston, Texas native. She is an avid coffee drinker, and enjoys shopping, working out, and being a dance mom to her 14 year old daughter. EDUCATION University of Houston Downtown, Bachelors of Business Administration in Management

Rejecting "Company Doctors" After a Work Injury

The Alfred Firm has secured a life-changing, but confidential, settlement on behalf of a scaffold-builder who suffered career-ending injuries at a refinery located in Orange, Texas. As a result of this incident, our client was forced to undergo a major spinal surgery through his employer's workers compensation coverage. As is often the case, our client was referred to a “company doctor” following this incident.

Investigating Catastrophic Industrial Incidents - A Paralegal’s Perspective

The Alfred Firm uses all available resources to investigate catastrophic industrial incidents. The...

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When The Alfred Firm was hired after a wrong-way, head-on 18-wheeler wreck that claimed the lives...

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Have you been hurt at work? Were you rushed back to work by the company doctor? A work injury is...