Top Latino Lawyers 2019

This year we are pleased to, once again, publish another installment of the Top Latino Lawyers. We have included an index with the basic information on all the Lawyers that made our final selection. Our team accepted nominations and completed an exhaustive research that concluded with this list. All these lawyers have an impressive career track, successful cases, and are highly involved in the community.

 

 
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*LAWYER | TYPE OF PRACTICE | LAW FIRM

1. ANDRES ACEBO (Partner)

Labor and Employment Law, State and Local Government Law, Education Law, and Privacy Law | DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin LLP

2. SOFIA ADROGUE (Partner, houston office)

Complex & High-Stakes Litigation, Consultation & Dispute Resolution (Business Divorce, Health Care, Class Actions); International & Cross Border Litigation, Consultation & Dispute Resolution | Diamond McCarthy, LLP

3. benny agosto, jr. (Partner, Houston Bar Association President)

Personal Injury & Business Litigation | Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Aziz

4. AWILDA ALCÁNTARA-BOURDIER (partner)

corporate | Squire Patton Boggs

5. FRANCIS ALVAREZ (Principal and Leader of the Disability, Leave & Health Management Practice Group)

Labor and Employment: Disability, Leave & Health Management; Workplace Training | Jackson Lewis P.C.

6. GREGORY ALVAREZ (principal)

Labor and Employment: Class Actions and Complex Litigation Disability, Leave and Health Management; Wage and Hour | jackson lewis p.c.

7. DAMIAN ARGUELLO (principal)

insurance coverage | Colorado Insurance Law Center

8. LUIS ARROYO (partner)

Labor & Employment Relations | Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

9. MATTHEW R. BACA (Director, Office of Community Engagement)

Public Interest, Government Service | Colorado Attorney General's Office

10. JUAN M. BAEZ (Deputy Managing Attorney)

Legal Aid Services, Non-profit law firm supporting people with HIV/ AIDS | AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania

11. DINO BARAJAS (partner)

Project Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

12. BRIGIDA BENITEZ (partner)

Internal Investigations, Complex Litigation, Global Anti-Corruption and Compliance Issues | Steptoe & Johnson LLP

13. TABATHA L. CASTRO (President and Managing Attorney)

Family and Matrimonial, Civil Litigation, Immigration, Mediation | The Castro Firm, Inc.

14. EDGAR CLASS (partner)

Telecom, Media & Technology | Wiley Rein LLP

15. KIM CONROY (partner)

Complex Commercial Business, Securities and Sofware Litigation | Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP

16. VIVIAN CORTES HODZ (Managing/Founding Partner)

family law | Cortes Hodz Family Law and Mediation, P.A.

17. ANTHONY CORTEZ (principal)

Commercial Litigation and Regulatory Compliance | Meyers Nave

18. LEYNEE A. CRUZ (attorney)

Estate & Trust Administration & Litigation | Chuhak & Tecson, P.C.

19. ESTELA DIAZ (partner)

Litigation | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

20. GUILLERMO ESCOBEDO (Principal and Office Litigation Manager of the San Diego, CA Office)

Labor and Employment: Class Actions and Complex Litigation; General Employment Litigation; Wage and Hour | Jackson Lewis P.C.

21. GLIANNY FAGUNDO (partner)

Employment and Business Litigation | Taylor English Duma LLP

22. EDWIN FLORES (Managing Partner)

Intellectual Property, Patents | Chalker Flores LLP

23. PEDRO FORMENT | Principal and Office Litigation Manager of the Miami, FL Office

Labor and Employment: Disability, Leave and Health Management; General Employment Litigation; Workplace Safety and Health | Jackson Lewis P.C.

24. DIGNA FRENCH (partner)

litigation | Squire Patton Boggs

25. ANGELA MARIANA (MANANA) FREYRE (principal)

Financial Services | Squire Patton Boggs

26. OLGA LUCIA FUENTES SKINNER (partner)

Complex Commercial Litigation, and White Collar Defense and Investigations | Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP

27. DOMINGO GARCIA (senior partner)

Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Employment Law and Governmental Relations | Domingo Garcia P.C.

28. JASON GAVEJIAN (Principal and Co-Chair of the Hispanic Attorney Resource Group)

Labor and Employment: Class Actions and Complex Litigation; Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity | Jackson Lewis P.C.

29. CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ (Partner, Board Director, Co-Chair)

Corporate, Banking, M&A and Securities | Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

30. RAED GONZALEZ (owner/chairman)

immigration | Gonzalez Olivieri, LLC

31. CINTHIA GRANADOS M (Member and Driector of Dykema's Global Data Privacy and Information Security Practice)

Data Privacy and Information Security | Dykema Gossett PLLC

32. JUAN GUERRA, JR. (Managing Partner / Owner)

Criminal Defense | Juan L. Guerra, Jr. & Associates PLLC

33. STEFFI GASCON HAFEN (partner)

Private Client Services | Snell & Wilmer LLP

34. ARNULFO HERNANDEZ (Managing Partner)

Criminal Defense, Immigration Defense, Crimmigration | Hernandez & Associates, P.C

35. CHRISTINE HERNANDEZ (partner)

Immigration Defense, Crimmigration | Hernandez & Associates, P.C.

36. CECILIA IBARRA-VAN OOSTENRIJK (Senior Counsel)

Complex Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, Bankruptcy, White Collar Defense | McKool Smith PC

37. JENAY E. IURATO (Co-Managing Member)

Civil, Commercial, Contracts, Corporate Law, Labor, Employment Law, and Health Law | Iurato Law Firm, P.L.

38. DAVID JIMENEZ (Principal an Co-Leader of the Corporate Governance and Internal Investigations Practice Group)

Labor and Employment: Corporate Governance and Internal Investigations; International Employment Issues | Jackson Lewis P.C.

39. JORGE LEON (Partner; Chair, Diversity & Inclusion Committee Group; Co-Leader, Employee Benefits)

Labor & Employment Relations | Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

40. FERMIN LLAGUNO (Shareholder and Reunion Pioneer)

Labor & Employment Law | Littler

41. ROBERT MALDONADO (partner)

Intellectual Property Law | Cooper & Dunham LLP

42. ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS (partner)

Strategic Counseling, Investigations, and Trial Work | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

43. DAVID MEJIAS (Managing Partner)

Family/Matrimonial Law, Personal Injury Law and Criminal Law | Mejias, Milgrim, Alvarado & Lindo, P.C.

44. ADRIANA MIDENCE (Principal and Co-Chair of the Women's Interest Network)

Labor and Empyment: General Employment Litigation; Non=Competes and Prection Agains Unfair Competition | Jackson Lewis

45. ISAI MOLINA (shareholder)

Real Estate | McAfee & Taft

46. RUBÉN MUÑOZ (partner)

Intellectual Property Litigation | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

47. ANDRES OLIVEROS (shareholder)

Personal Injury | Oliveros Law Firm

48. JOSÉ OLIVIERI (Office Managing Partner, Milwaukee Office, Industry Group Co-Chair, Higher Education)

Labor & Employment Relations | Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

49. YVETTE OSTOLAZA (partner)

Commercial Litigation and Disputes | Sidley Austin LLP

50. MICHAEL PÉREZ (partner)

Medical Malpractice (Plaintiffs) | Warshauer Law Group

51. PAMELA PEYNADO STEWART (partner)

Immigration | Lee & Peynado Immigration Law Group

52. NATALIE PIERCE (Shareholder and Reunion Pioneer)

Labor & Employment Law | Little

53. ELISABETH PIMENTEL (Associate)

Non-Profit Organizations and Transactional and Regulatory Healthcare | Wiggin and Dana, LLP

54. ANGELA QUILES NEVAREZ (Of Counsel and Co-Chair of the Hispanic Attorney Resource Group)

Labor and Employment: Corporate Diversity Counseling; General Employment Litigation; Workplace Training | Jackson Lewis P.C.

55. ARLENE QUIÑONES PEREZ (Partner and Equity Shareholder)

Labor and Employment Law, Municipla Law, Education Law, Cannabis Law | DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin, LLP

56. ANGEL REYES (owner)

Personal Injury Lawyers | Reyes Browne Reilley

57. MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ (Managing Partner - Austin, TX)

Intellectual Property | Munck Wilson Mandala, LLP

58. REGINA RODRIGUEZ (partner)

Product Liability and Commercial Litigation | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

59. ELIZABETH ROGERS, CIPP/US (partner)

Privacy & Cybersecurity, Corporate | Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

60. ENEIDA ROMAN (founding partner)

Estate/Real Estate/Small Business | Roman Law Offices

61. MARISSA ROMÁN GRIFFITH (partner)

Entertainment Transactions | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

62. KEN SALAZAR (partner)

Energy Environmental and Natural Resources, Attorneys General, and Native American Practices | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

63. JUAN FELIPE SANTOS (Office Managing Principal and Office Litigation Manager of the San Juan, Puerto Rico Office)

Labor and Employment: General Employment Litigation; Wage and Hour | Jackson Lewis P.C.

64. LESLEY SOTOLONGO (associate)

Labor and Employment, Municipal Law and Intellectual Property | DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin, LLP

65. LUCAS FELIPE TORRES (partner)

Capital Markets, Corporate and Energy | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

66. YOLANDA VICTORIA TORRES (Principal/Owner)

Family Law Litigation and Mediation | Law Firm of Yolanda V. Torres

67. PEDRO JAIME TORRES-DÍAZ (principal)

Labor and Employment: Corporate Diversity Counseling; General Employment Litigation; International Employment Issues | Jackson Lewis P.C.

68. BART VALDES (Managing Partner)

Business and Commercial Litigation | de Beaubien, Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris & Neal, LLP

69. RAFAEL X. ZAHRALDDIN-ARAVENA (Director, Shareholder & Chair)

Commercial Bankruptcy and Restructuring | Elliott Greenleaf, P.C.

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