Attorney Profiles

Sonya M. Garcia 
Laredo, Texas
phone (956) 717-1300
fax (956) 717-0539
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Sonya Marquez Garcia practices in the area of Education Law, with an emphasis on student discipline, personnel issues, and special education.  As a former chief prosecutor of juvenile crime, Ms. Garcia has spoken to and trained various law enforcement groups and public school administrators on topics such as student truancy laws, school district police department procedures, and student discipline issues.  Ms. Garcia also advises school districts on grievance hearings, public information act requests, and various legal procedures related to minors.
Year Joined Organization:
2007
Areas of Practice:
School Law
General Civil Practice
Local Government
Bar Admissions:
Texas, 1995
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
Education:
University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1995

J. D.

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA, 1992

B. A.

Professional Associations and Memberships:
Texas Association of School Boards, Council of School Attorneys


Laredo Bar Association


Laredo Women's Bar Association


Past Employment Positions:
Webb County Attorney's Office, 1999 - 2007


Nueces County Attorney's Office, 1998 - 1999

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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