Joseph A. (Tony) Rodriguez - Brownsville, TX

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1987
    J.D.
    Honors: Dean, Delta Theta Phi Legal Fraternity, 1986-1987

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, 1984
    B.B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Hon. Filemon B. Vela, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division, Briefing Attorney, 1987 - 1989

Languages

• Spanish

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1987
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1987
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 2001
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1988

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• American Board of Trial Advocacy (Associate)
• American Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
• American Board of Trial Advocacy
• Associate and American Bar Foundation
• Cameron County Bar Association, 2011 - 2014 (Board of Directors)
• Federal Bar Association, Southern District Of Texas Chapter Brownsville Division Board Representative (South Texas CLE Program Committee)
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (Diversity Committee)
• Hidalgo County Bar Association
• Leadership Brownsville (Class IX Graduate)
• Leadership Brownsville (Board of Directors)
• National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
• State Bar of Texas
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel, 2010 - 2014 (Former District 15 Director)
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Legislative, Membership and Young Lawyers Committees (Past Member)
• Texas Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Attorney Admission Fund Committee, 2010 - Present

Fraternities and Sororities

• Delta Theta Phi