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| | Address | | Stemmons Place, Suite 933, 2777 Stemmons Freeway | | Dallas, Texas 75207-2503 | | (Collin, Dallas & Denton Cos.) | | | |
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| Ramirez & Associates, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
International Trade and Transactions, Real Estate and Eminent Domain, Corporate, Commercial, Sales and Distribution and Related Litigation and Business Immigration. | Firm Profile:
The firm represents: local, national, multinational and foreign businesses by providing legal services in furtherance of their commercial endeavors; public school districts, municipalities and other governmental entities; and on entrepreneurial matters, personal interests and family confidences. The firm's business clientele has been varied, including national railroads and hotel chains for whom legal services on international transactions and investments have been provided, as well as national lenders on secured transactions and collections. The firm's clients also include manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers whose legal needs vary according to their individual commercial endeavors and includes ongoing corporate updating and general contracting. While the firm enjoys its own client base, it is also frequently associated by other local and national law firms to provide services to their clients in areas of law in which the firm has come to emphasize. Ramirez & Associates, P.C. is considered a preeminent firm according to the highly regarded rating standards of Martindale-Hubbell. | | Firm Size: 5 | | Florentino Ramirez, Jr. (Member) born Dallas, Texas, December 24, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of International Trade. Education: Texas A. & M. University (B.B.A., 1962); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1965). Author: head note, "The Purchase and Ownership of Mexican Real Estate" Dallas Bar Association, July 2007; "Legal Fact Sheets, The Sales Representative In The United States of America," Meeting of The International Union of Commercial Agents and Brokers Legal Working Group, Torino, Italy, March 2007; "Putting Power in Your Pen, Effective Drafting Techniques - International Law," Legal Assistants Division Convention, State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas, June 1996; "Choosing the Business Entity in Texas for Foreign Investment Ventures," Continuing Legal Education Seminar, State Bar of Texas, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, April 1995. Co-Editor: with Frank W. Elliot, "Texas Methods of Practice," 11 Texas Practice 6, West Publishing, 1990; "Methods of State Control Exerted Over Foreign Corporations Under the Legal Concept of Internacional Privado," 1989. Adjunct Professor of Law, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, 1997-2000. Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Fellow: Sustaining Life; Texas Bar Foundation. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: International Transactions; Corporate; Sales and Distribution; Real Estate; Eminent Domain; Related Litigation. Email: Florentino Ramirez, Jr. | | Mark D. Smith (Member) born Syracuse, New York, January 11, 1961; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1985); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1989). Advisory Committee, Discipline Management and Year - Round Schooling, Mesquite Independent School District. Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Sections on: Business Law; Family Law). Practice Areas: Commercial; Corporate; Sales and Distribution; Eminent Domain; Trusts and Estates; Family Law; Related Litigation. Email: Mark D. Smith | | Florentino A. Ramirez (Member) born Austin, Texas, June 6, 1964; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 1990); Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (J.D., 1995). Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Dallas Bar Association (Co-Chair, Legal Line, 1999; Chair, Summer Law Intern, 2000, Law Day, 2002; Member, International Law Section; Secretary - Treasurer, 2006); State Bar of Texas (Member, International Law Section); American Immigration Lawyers Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Business Immigration; International Trade; Administrative Law; Corporate; Employment. Email: Florentino A. Ramirez | | Sara Cecilia Arredondo Pico (Member) born Mexico City, July 30, 1977; (Admission pending). Education: Universidad Intercontinental, Mexico City (Law Degree, 2001); Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City (Intellectual Property Post - graduate Course, 2001); Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Intellectual Property Post - graduate Course, 2003); Universidad Carols II de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (Copyrights Master's Degree, 2004); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexíco, Mexico City (Intellectual Property Post - graduate Course, 2005); State Board for Educator Certification, Dallas, Texas (Texas Educator Certificate, 2007). (Resident, Mexico, D.F., Mexico Office). Languages: French, English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Corporate; International Trade; Mexican Immigration. | | OF COUNSEL | | Frank W. Elliott (Of Counsel) born Cotulla, Texas, June 25, 1930; admitted to bar, 1957, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Education: New Mexico Military Institute; University of Texas (B.A., Mathematics, 1951; LL.B., with honors, 1957). Phi Delta Phi; Chancellors; Order of the Coif. Quizmaster and Comment Editor, Texas Law Review, 1956-1957. Graduate, Work in Law, Columbia University, 1962. Recipient: Order of the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster; Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Army Commendation Medal; Army Reserve Achievement Medal; National Defense Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Korean Service Medal with 3 Battle Stars; Armed Forces Reserve Medal with Hour Glass Device; United Nations Service Medal; ROK-Korean War Service Medal; Korean Presidential Unit Citation; New Mexico Military Institute Alumni Hall of Fame, 1997. Author: "The Fractional Mineral Deed "Subject To" a Lease," 36 Texas Law Review 620, 1958; "The Volksgeist and a Piece of Sulphur," 42 Texas Law Review 817, 1964; "Evidence, Annual Survey of Texas Law," 25 Southwestern Law Journal 135, 1971, 26 Southwestern Law Journal 185, 1972, 27 Southwestern Law Journal 158, 1973; 28 Southwestern Law Journal 158, 1974 and 29 Southwestern Law Journal 235, 1975; "The Impact of the Texas Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act on Informed Consent Recovery in Medical Malpractice Litigation," 10 Texas Tech Law Review 381, 1979. Book Review, Wiener, Civilians under Military Justice, 61 Law Library Journal 346, 1968; McDonald, Texas Civil Practice, 5 Volumes, Callaghan & Company, 1971-1992; West Texas Forms, Volumes 9 and 10, Civil Trial and Appellate Practice, West (1977, 2d ed. 1989 and 3d ed. 2000); 11 Texas Practice, Texas Methods of Practice, West (1990); 14 Texas Practice, Texas Methods of Practice, West (1996). Co-Author: with Kay Elliott, "Settlement Advocacy," 11 Texas Wesleyan Law Review 7, 2004; with Hodges and Jones, "Texas Trial and Appellate Procedure," West (1965) and Second Edition, West (1974); with Hodges, Jones and Thode, "The Judicial Process Prior to Trial in Texas," West (1966) and Second Edition, West (1977); with Sutton, "Cases on Evidence," West (1971) and Fifth Edition, West (1980). Associate Editor, Personal Injury Litigation in Texas, State Bar of Texas Continuing Legal Education Program, West Publishing Company. Editor and Chapter Author, ADR Section, State Bar of Texas, 2003. Assistant Attorney General, Texas, 1957. Briefing Attorney, Supreme Court of Texas, 1957-1958. Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law, 1958-1977. Parliamentarian, Texas Senate, 1969-1973. Director of Research, Texas Constitutional Revision Commission, 1973. Visiting Professor, Judge Advocate General's School, U.S. Army, 1973-1974. Dean and Professor of Law: Texas Tech University School of Law, 1977-1980; Dallas/Fort Worth School of Law, 1989-1992; Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, 1992-1994 (Dean Emeritus, 1994—). President, The Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1980-1986. Partner, Baker Mills & Glast, 1987. Member, Supreme Court of Texas Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure, 1978-1982. Life Member, Military Order of the Purple Heart; Disabled American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Korean War Veterans Association; Association of the Third Infantry Division, U.S. Army. Member: Dallas, Tarrant County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; American Judicature Society; American Law Institute (Life Member); Judge Advocates Association; Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism; Supreme Court Historical Society; The Texas Supreme Court Historical Society. [U.S. Army, Active duty, 1951-1953, Korea, 1952-1953; U.S. Army, Reserve duty, 1950-1981; USAR-JAGC, Colonel (Ret.)]. | Other Office Addresses:
Mexico, D.F., Mexico Office: World Trade Centér, Montecito No. 38, Piso 17, of. 25, Col. Nápoles, Mexico, D.F. 03810. Telephone: +(55) 9000-1616 Fax: +(55) 9000-5292 x 102.
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