Benjamin Gergen

Benjamin is a third-generation attorney, born and raised in Austin, Texas. You could say he grew up rooting for the underdog. Despite growing up surrounded by Longhorns, by the age of 10 Benjamin had become a diehard Texas Tech Red Raider fan. Benjamin’s dreams came true, and he attended Texas Tech University and received a bachelor’s degree in Finance, but he quickly realized his talents were better used in the courtroom by following his bloodlines and becoming an attorney. Benjamin came back to Austin and enrolled in the University of Texas School of Law. While at UT, he interned in the Juvenile Justice Clinic, helping indigent juvenile defendants navigate their way through the juvenile courts. While there, Benjamin quickly realized that this work was his passion and perfectly suited to his personality and skill sets. A good criminal defense attorney is patient, empathetic, understanding – and firm. A good criminal defense attorney uses personal experiences to craft solutions to complex problems that can change instantly. Benjamin has this skill set, and it gives him and his clients the advantage in court. After overcoming his own struggles with addiction at a young age and watching close friends and family members personally deal with substance abuse, he realized that for some a crime is the result of one bad decision, and for many others, a crime is the ultimate result of addiction, mental illness, or both. Benjamin counts himself lucky to live and practice in a progressive area of Texas, and he is able to help give clients desirable results by working closely with prosecutors and judges. His track record gives the state confidence that when his clients address the root of the problem that led to the crime (i.e., substance abuse causing someone to burglarize a house to support a drug habit) with treatment or psychiatric care, the act won’t be repeated in the future. When you hire Benjamin Gergen, it is the State of Texas v. Us. He takes pride in being the underdog going up against all of the resources of the State of Texas. And he takes even greater pride in adding you to his team, and views each client as a potential lifelong friend and teammate. Benjamin’s number one strategy to beating your case is to humanize you to the state. At GHC Law Firm, you are not a case number – you are a human being. It can be easy for the state to send a case number to prison, but it is much more difficult to send a hard-working single mother of three. When you hire Benjamin, he will address how you got to our office, what your goals for the future are, and immediately devise a plan that will give you confidence that your case will ultimately have an outcome that is satisfying.