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Eduardo Roberto Rodriguez
PO Box 2155
1201 E Van Buren
Brownsville, Texas 78522-2155

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(956) 542-7441

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(956) 541-2170

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Position	Education	Honors
Affiliations	References

Current Employment Position(s):: Senior Partner

Bar Admissions:: Texas, 1968; U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1969; U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1969; U.S. Supreme Court, 1971

Education:: The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1968
J.D.
Honors: Class Agent - Class of 1968
Honors: Quizmaster - 1967-1968
Honors: Research Assistant to David Robertson, Admiralty and Federalism
Honors: Research Assistant to L. Hamilton Lowe, Texas Practice, Volume 6, Remedies
Honors: Honorary Order of the Coif, 2000; George Washington University, 1965
B.A.

References:: Chase Bank - Randy McLelland

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Cross-Examination of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse: The Adverse Member of the Crew, National Assn. of Railroad Trial Counsel - Special Litigation Conference, The Cliff Lodge, Snowbird, Utah, February 6, 1991 - February 10, 1991; Deposition Problems; The Obstructive Lawyer; Objections, Payment, Duty to Supplement, Etc., Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course, Stouffer Hotel, Austin, TX, December 3, 1992 - December 4, 1992; Defendant's Perspectives in Using the New Act, 17th Annual Page Keeton Products Liability & Personal Injury Law Conference, Stouffer Hotel, Austin, TX, November 4, 1993; Panel of Speakers, Chemical Manufacturers' Association Tort Litigation Section Meeting, San Antonio, TX, February 5, 1997 - February 7, 1997

Honors and Awards:: Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation, 1984; Jaycees, Distinguished Service Award (Outstanding Young Man of Brownsville), 1973

Associations, Memberships and Activities:: President of the State Bar of Texas 2005-2006; President-Elect of the State Bar of Texas 2004-2005; American College of Trial Lawyers, 2004 - Present; Member; American Board of Trial Advocates; Member; Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., 1991 - Present; Member; Texas Association of Defense Counsel, 1992 - 1996; Vice President; Texas Advisory Council to National Legal Services Corporation, 1976 - 1978; Vice President, Appointed by Governor Dolph Briscoe; ABA Young Lawyers Division, 1979 - 1981; State Representative; Duval County Conservation and Reclamation District, 1975 - 1989; Conservator, Appointed by Texas Water Rights Commission; Supreme Court of Texas, 1991; Board of Disciplinary Appeals; Supreme Court of Texas, 1991; Task Force on Discovery; ABA House of Delegates, 1991 - 1995; ALI-ABA Committee on Continuing Professional Education, 1993; The Fellows of the the American Bar Foundation, 1993; The American Law Institute, 1994; State Bar of Texas, 1998 - 2000; Federal Judiciary Relations Committee; The Philosophical Society of Texas, 1998; Texas Association of Defense Counsel Political Action Committee (TADC PAC), 2000 - Present; Trustee; Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy, The University of Texas School of Law, 2001 - 2002; Board of Advisors; University of Texas School of Law at Austin, Texas, 2001; President, Law Alumni Excecutive Committee; ABA, 2002; Presidential Advisory Council on Diversity in the Profession; International Association of Defense Counsel, 2002; Trial Academy; ABA, 1991 - 1995; Vice-Chair, Automobile Law Committee; ABA, Young Lawyers Section; Chairman, Hispanic-American Lawyers Committee; ABA, 1990 - 1993; Chairman, Standing Committee on Gavel Awards; Cameron County Bar Association, 1975; President; Cameron County Bar Association, 1974 - 1975; Vice-President; Cameron County Bar Association, 1972 - 1974; Director; Cameron County Bar Association, 1970 - 1971; Law Day Chairman; State Bar of Texas, 1987 - 1990; Director; State Bar of Texas, 1988 - 1990; Executive Committee; State Bar, 1980 - 1986; Grievance Committee - District 12-B; State Bar, 1986; Chairman, Liaison with Mexico Legal Profession Committee; State Bar, 1990 - 1991; Chairman, Opportunities for Minorities in the Profession; State Bar of Texas - Young Lawyers Association, 1975 - 1977; Director; State Bar of Texas - Young Lawyers Association, 1977 - 1978; Treasurer; State Junior Bar, 1978; Treasurer, Delivery of Legal Services to the Poor Committee; State Junior Bar; Chairman, Liaison National Legal Service Corporation; State Junior Bar, 1976; Chairman, Patients Rights Committee; Texas Association of Defense Counsel, 1988 - 1991; District Director; Texas Bar Foundation, 1994; Advisory Board; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Director; The University of Texas Law Alumni Association, 1992 - 1995; Executive Committee; The University of Texas Law School Association; District Director; The University of Texas School of Law Hispanic Law Journal, 1992; Board of Advisors; Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation (GBIC), 1997 - 1998; Chairman; ABA; Member, Committee to Organize Minority Bar Leaders Conference; ABA, Criminal Justice Section; Member, Drug & Alcohol Abuse Committee; ABA, 1994; Member, Lawyers Conference Bench & Bar Relations Committee; ABA, Young Lawyers Section; Member, Mental Health Committee; ABA, Section of Criminal Justice; Member, Juvenile Justice Committee; ABA, Section of Tort and Insurance Practice, 1991; Member; ABA, 1991; Member, Standing Committee on Federal Judicial Improvements; ABA, 1996 - 2000; Member, Council for Fund for Justice and Education; ABA, 1996 - 1997; Member, Nominating Committee; United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division; Member, Admissions Committee; American Judicature Society; Member; Association for Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy (ATLLP), 1996; Member; Bar Association of Fifth Federal Circuit; Member; Brownsville Public Library Foundation, Inc., 1992; Board Member; University of Texas, School of Law, 1992; Member, Endowed Presidential Scholarship Committee; Federal Liaison Committee; Member; Hispanic National Bar Association, 1993; Member; International Association of Defense Counsel; Member; International Association of Defense Counsel/Advocacy, Practice & Procedure, 1991 - 1992; Member; International Association of Defense Counsel, 1994 - 1995; Member, General Convention Committee; International Association of Defense Counsel/Products Liability, 1991 - 1995; Member; International Association of Defense Counsel/Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation, 1991 - 1995; Member; Mexican American Association of Houston; Member; National Association of Defense Lawyers in Criminal Cases; Member; National Legal Aid & Defender Association, 1992; State Bar/Civil Trial Law Advisory Committee to Texas Legal Board of Legal Specialization; Member; State Bar/College of the State Bar of Texas, 1994; Member; State Bar, Criminal Law Section; Member, Committee to Study Problems in Criminal Justice; State Bar; Member, Conference Long Range Goals; State Bar, 1991 - 1994; Member, Disaster Response Committee; State Bar; Member, Lawyers Advertising and Solicitation Committee; State Bar, 1991; Member, Legal Services to the Poor in Civil Matters Committtee; State Bar, 1991 - 1994; Member, Liaison with Mexico Legal Profession; State Bar, 1991 - 1994; Member, Long Range Planning Committee; State Bar, 1994; Member, Pattern Jury Charges - Volume I Committee; State Bar, Special Committee on Selection of Course Directors, Planning Committee & Faculty for CLE, 1990; Member; State Bar, 1990 - 1991; Member, Sunset Review Committee; State Bar, Task Force on Alternate Plans to Improve Public Access to Lawyers; Member; State Bar; Member, Task Force on Rules Referendum; State Bar; Member, Steering Committee on Bar Dues Referendum; State Junior Bar; Member, Legislative Committee; Texas Advisory Council of Legal Services Corp.; Member; Texas Association Railroad Trial Counsel; Member; The Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism, 1993; Member; Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation (GBIC), 1997 - 1998; Chairman; Brownsville Boys' Club, 1973; Director; Brownsville Boys' Club; Basketball Coach; Brownsville Girls' Club; Basketball Coach; Brownsville Convention & Visitors' Bureau, 1990 - 1993; Board of Directors; Brownsville Convention & Visitors' Bureau, 1992 - 1993; Chairman; Dean's Roundtable of University of Texas School of Law, 1992; Downtown Development Corp. of Brownsville, 1991; Downtown Adhoc Committee, 1994; Driscoll Foundation Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi, 1969 - 1977; Director; Girls' Scouts, 1976 - 1977; Director; Heritage Council; President; Kiwanis Club, 1972 - 1973; President; Kiwanis Club, 1971 - 1972; Vice President; Little Conference Football; Coach; Palmer Drug Abuse; Director; St. Joseph Academy; 7th & 8th Grades Girls' Basketball Coach; St. Joseph's Catholic Youth Organization, 1968 - 1969; Advisor; St. Mary's Catholic Youth Organization, 1970 - 1972; Advisor; St. Vincent de Paul Society, 1970 - 1973; Tropical Texas Center for Mental Health and Mental Retardation; Advisory Board; Villa Bethany Home for Girls, 1972; President; Villa Bethany Home for Girls, 1971 - 1972; Director; Civil Trial Law Advisory Commission; Member

Languages:: Spanish

Fraternities/Sororities:: Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity

Birth Information:: 1943, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America

Serving clients throughout South Texas, including cities such as Brownsville, McAllen, Corpus Christi, Laredo, San Diego, Alice, Kingsville, Rio Grande City, and Edinburg.

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