Attorney Profiles

Valerie A. Carrillo
San Antonio, Texas
Associate
phone 210-225-0001
888-700-7557 (Toll Free)
fax 210-225-0041
email Email Me

Valerie A. Carrillo has devoted a majority of her legal career to practicing school law. Previously, she was in-house counsel with the Dallas Independent School District for nine years. The focus of her practice has been representing school districts in the areas of labor and employment law, as well as general education law. Ms. Carrillo was also recently appointed to serve as a part-time Administrative Law Judge for the City of Dallas' employment hearings. Prior to working as a school attorney, she practiced family law, criminal law and general civil litigation. During her legal career, she has volunteered to do the following community service projects: serve as a public speaker at various public schools during career week for students; provide legal training to school administrators on a variety of legal topics; and provide pro bono legal services to local legal aid offices.
Year Joined Organization:
2010
Areas of Practice:
School Law
Employment Law
Contract Law
Mediation
Bar Admissions:
Texas, 1998
Education:
Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, 1998

J.D.

The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 1995

B.A.


Major:  Political Science
Professional Associations and Memberships:
State Bar of Texas, School Law Section


Texas Association of School Boards, Council of School Attorneys


National Association of School Boards, Council of School Attorneys


Dallas Bar Association


San Antonio Bar Association


Dallas Hispanic Bar Association Scholarship Foundation
Board Member


Past Employment Positions:
Dallas Independent School District, In-House Counsel , 2001 - 2010


Law Office of David A. Lopez, Associate Attorney, 1999 - 2001

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.