Mr. Jose R. Guerrero, a partner of RAMIREZ & GUERRERO, L.L.P., focuses his practice in school law, labor and employment law, consumer law, litigation, and appellate law. As a school law practitioner, Mr. Guerrero has counseled governing bodies and administrative staff of clients in matters such as employee terminations, suspensions, and grievances; Texas Open Meetings Act; Texas Public Information Act; competitive bidding procedures and procurement policies; construction contracts; student and employee constitutional issues and EEOC complaints. In his consumer law practice, Mr. Guerrero represents plaintiffs in insurance claims, defective automobile claims, and defective home construction claims. Mr. Guerrero has represented clients in over 20 appeals, primarily in civil cases. Since 1999, Mr. Guerrero has been assisting school districts in Starr, Hidalgo, Cameron, and Willacy counties with the calling of bond elections and guiding the districts' election administrators through the bond election process in such matters as the preparation of election orders, election notices, election schedules, and requests for preclearance of election procedures from the U.S. Dept. of Justice under Sec. 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
Competitive Bidding: Recent Legislative Changes Impacting School Districts
Presented at a Region One Workshop for School Administrators in 1995
Presented at various firm-sponsored seminars for local public officials :1997-2006
Mr. Jose R. Guerrero
LICENSURES Admitted to State Bar of Texas, May 1990. Admitted to United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, October 1990. Admitted to United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, November 1994. Admitted to United Stated District Court, Northern District of Texas, August 1995.
EDUCATION Juris Doctorate – University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas - December 1989. M.S.W. Administration -University of Texas, Austin, Texas 1976 B.A. - Pan American University, Edinburg, Texas 1974 AREAS OF PRACTICE (Texas) General Counsel to school districts and municipalities Consumer Rights Law Construction Law Employment Law Appellate Law Criminal Law Civil Litigation: employment, personal injury, commercial claims, construction claims, consumer rights, constitutional rights, governmental issues and claims, self-fund health insurance plans/reinsurance claims, land use regulations, premises liability, and eminent domain and condemnation.
STATE BAR of TEXAS SECTION MEMBERSHIPS Construction Law Litigation School Law
"Not Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specializaion"
