Attorney Profiles

Fortunato Paredes 
Laredo, Texas
Associate, since 2009
phone (956) 717-1300
fax (956) 717-0539
email Email Me

Mr. Paredes practices in the area of Government Entity Defense Law.  He has also worked for the County of Webb for sixteen (16) years.  At Webb County and at the Firm, Mr. Paredes has gained extensive knowledge on drafting and negotiating all types of contracts, including finance-related agreements.  He also is very well acquainted in attending government body meetings, having done so at Webb County and with the Firm's clients.  He has reviewed and revised investment policies for the Firm's clients and can also support the Firm's bond section in preparing bond-related orders and working on public finance matters.

Areas of Practice:
Labor & Employment
Contracts
Local Government
Bar Admissions:
Texas, 1988
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1986

J.D.

University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA, 1983

Masters in Public Affairs

University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA, 1979

B.A. Political Science

With offices in San Antonio, Dallas, Laredo, and Houston, Texas, as well as Mexico City, Mexico, the minority-owned law firm of Escamilla, Poneck & Cruz, LLP, offers a wide range of legal services to governmental agencies, private corporations, and individuals throughout the state of Texas including the cities of Jourdanton, Floresville, Seguin, New Braunfels, Boerne, Laredo, Macdona, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, Grapevine, Colleyville, South Lake, Fort Worth, Arlington, Irving, Denton, Plano, Richardson, and Flower Mound, and throughout the counties of Bexar, Atascosa, Wilson, Guadalupe, Comal, Kendall, Tarrant, Fort Bend, Harris, Wise, Hays, Williamson, Webb, Live Oak, Nueces, Austin and Cameron.

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