It was a suicide no one saw coming. By every account South Texas lawyer Hermes Villarreal was a man at the top of his game. He had a beautiful, loving wife, three happy school-aged children, a successful personal-injury practice and an impressive track record of meaningful community involvement.
It wasn’t enough, however, to protect him against a crush of acute depression. On April 16, 2005, Villarreal, a solo practitioner in Pharr, was admitted to a McAllen hospital. On April 19, 2005 – the morning he was to be discharged – he took his own life. He was 41 years old.
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