Attorney

 

Hector J. Lopez, J.D., LL.M.

​Attorney - Owner


A Venezuelan-American Attorney licensed both, in TEXAS and Venezuela with over 16 years of experience on U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law practice. Substantial experience handling all areas of Employment-Based (EB) immigration, Family-Based (FB) immigration and Non-Immigrant Visa matters. Proven track record of success with a high approval rate of labor certifications cases with the U.S. Department of Labor (hundreds cases approved), and several thousand combined approvals of various types including both, non-immigrant and immigrant visa petitions with USCIS.

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Mr. Lopez has bold experience handling cases involving IT Consultants and third party placements and Investment Immigration. He also participated in the preparation, review and filing of an EB-5 Regional Center designation application in Texas which resulted in its approval.

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​Practice Areas:

- U.S. Immigration & Nationality

- International Investments

- Removal Defense & Bond Hearings

 



Bar Admissions:



- Texas

- U.S. District Court (Southern District of Texas)

- Venezuela



Professional Association Memberships:

- State Bar of Texas

- Texas Young Lawyers Association

- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

- Venezuelan Bar Association

 

 

​Education:



University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas
LL.M. Master of Laws – International Business Law, 2002

Universidad Santa María, Caracas, Venezuela
LL.M. Master of Laws – Tax Laws, Cum laude, 2000
 

Universidad Santa María, Caracas, Venezuela
Lawyer (J.D. Equivalent), 1996



Languages:



English

Spanish