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    Our Lawyers Sofia A. Ramon 
    McAllen, Texas
    Partner
    phone (956) 632-8271
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    Since joining the law firm of Atlas & Hall, LLP, Sofia Ramon has handled litigation of civil suits, including cases involving personal and catastrophic injury, transportation law, toxic torts, commercial and class action litigation and insurance defense. Sofia was elected a Partner with the firm in 2001.

    Sofia received her law degree from the University of Texas-Austin School of Law in 1992. She practiced law in San Antonio at Small, Craig & Werkenthin, P.C. until 1995 and then returned to the Rio Grande Valley.

    Her professional licenses include the State Bar of Texas, U.S. District Court (Southern and Western Districts of Texas) and the U.S. Court of Appeals (Fifth Circuit). She was recently nominated as the Texas Association of Defense Counsel Area Vice President for Corpus Christi and the Rio Grande Valley for 2011-2012. She is currently serving her second term with the State Bar of Texas Standing Committee on Court Rules, to which she was appointed in 2007. She also serves on the Attorney Admissions Committee for the Southern District of Texas (2004-2013). She has served several terms as an Officer and a Director for the Hidalgo County Bar Association. As part of her work with the HCBA, she served on a number of public service committees as well as a Director for Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc. Sofia is currently a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Defense Research Institute, Litigation Counsel of America and the Texas Bar Foundation.

    Her publications and continuing legal education presentations include: Insurance Law Update, author/speaker, 2003 HCBA Civil Trial Seminar, McAllen, Texas; Liens and Subrogation for Dummies, author/speaker, 2004 and 2005 State Bar seminars: Prosecuting and Defending Trucking and Auto Accident Lawsuits, San Antonio, Texas; Liens and Subrogation, author/speaker, 2005 HCBA seminar: Crash Course in Personal Injury Litigation (Strategies in the Tort Reform Era), Edinburg, Texas; Theories of Liability/Defenses (Panel Discussion), 2007 Prosecuting or Defending a Trucking or Auto Accident Case, State Bar Of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, and co-author/speaker, Keep on Trucking-Avoiding Potholes, 2008 TADC Summer Seminar, Orlando, Florida. She was selected as a Texas Rising Star by Law & Politics/Texas Monthly magazine in 2004, 2005 and 2006. She has also been selected as a Texas Super Lawyer every year since 2006.

    Sofia was born and raised in Edinburg, Texas. She graduated from the University of Texas/Pan American, magna cum laude, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications (theater emphasis). While at UTPA, she was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi academic honors fraternity as well as the honorary theatre fraternity of Alpha Psi Omega.

    Areas of Practice:
    Litigation of Civil Suits
    Personal and Catastrophic Injury
    Transportation Law
    Products Liability
    Toxic Torts
    Commercial and Class Action Litigation
    Insurance Defense
    Construction Law
    Litigation Percentage:
    100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
    Bar Admissions:
    Texas
    U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
    U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
    U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
    Education:
    The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1992
    J.D.


    University of Texas/Pan American, 1988
    Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: Magna Cum Laude
    Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
    Honors: Alpha Psi Omega


    Honors and Awards:
    Texas Rising Star, Law & Politics/Texas Monthly, 2004 - 2006


    Texas Super Lawyer, Law & Politics/Texas Monthly, 2006 - 2011


    Professional Associations and Memberships:
    State Bar of Texas Standing Committee on Court Rules, 2007 - Present


    Southern District of Texas, Attorney Admissions Committee, 2004 - Present


    College of the State Bar of Texas, 2008 - 2011
    Maintaining Member


    Texas Association of Defense Counsel, 2011 - 2012
    Area Vice President, Corpus Christi and Rio Grande Valley


    Texas Association of Defense Counsel
    Co-Chair TADC 2012 Spring Seminar (Santa Fe, New Mexico)


    Texas Association of Defense Counsel, 2010 - 2011
    Director at Large


    Defense Research Institute
    Member, Trucking Law Subcommittee


    International Association of Defense Counsel
    Member


    Litigation Counsel of America (Trial Lawyer Honorary Society)
    Fellow


    Texas Bar Foundation, 2007 - Present
    Fellow


    Hidalgo County Bar Association/Hidalgo County Bar Foundation
    Member


    Hidalgo County Bar Association/Hidalgo County Bar Foundation
    Former Director/HCBA Representative for Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc.


    Hidalgo County Women’s Bar Association
    Member


    San Antonio Bar Association, 1992 - 2001


    Bexar County Women’s Bar Association, 1992 - 1996


    San Antonio Young Lawyers Association, 1992 - 1995


    Languages:
    Spanish


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