Our Attorneys

Antonio Maldonado, Esq., LL.M.
PRINCIPAL ATTORNEY

Mr. Maldonado recieved his Licenciado en Derecho degree from ITESM in Monterrey, Mexico. He later earned his Masters of Laws degree at American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. He is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and American Masters of Laws Association. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Masters of Laws Association. He has written many articles about Mexican and U.S. immigration law and has a column on U.S. immigration law in Tijuana's newspaper Frontera. Mr. Maldonado is completely fluent in both Spanish and English. He has been admitted to practice law in the United States in the State of New York and various federal courts and in Mexico in every court and jurisdiction.

Luis Alfonso Leyva-Casto, Esq.
Of Counsel ATTORNEY

Mr. Leyva-Castro recieved his Licenciado en Derecho degree from the Autonomous University of Baja California, in Tijuana, Mexico. He is an active member of the Colegio de Abogados de Tijuana (College of Tijuana Attorneys). He is a civil trial lawyer in Baja California, Mexico and primarily litigates commercial, estate and family matters. Mr. Leyva-Castro worked for many years for a Civil Public Notary for the State of Baja California and Federal Lands in Tijuana, Mexico. He is completely fluent in both Spanish and English. He has been admitted to practice law in Mexico in every court and jurisdiction.

Victor Herrero, Esq., LL.M.
Of Counsel ATTORNEY

Mr. Herrero recieved his Licenciado en Derecho degree from the Autonomous University of Baja California, in Tijuana, Mexico and a Masters of Laws degree from the Complutense University in Madrid, Spain. He is an active member of the Colegio de Abogados Constitucionalistas (College of Constitutional Attorneys) in Tijuana, Mexico. He has been practicing Mexican immigration law for many years in Baja California, Mexico. Mr. Herrero is Professor of International Law and Dean of Graduate Law Programs at the Iberoamerican University (UIA) in Tijuana, Mexico. He is completely fluent in both Spanish and English. He has been admitted to practice law in Mexico in every court and jurisdiction.

William A. Markham, Esq.
OF COUNSEL ATTORNEY

Mr. Markham received his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School in 1987. He is a California based civil trial lawyer who mostly litigates real estate matters and business disputes, but he has also litigated various other kinds of cases. While at Harvard, Mr. Markham served as associate editor of the Harvard International Law Journal. He then worked for Coudert Brothers, a world-renowned international law firm, as an associate litigator. Mr. Markham established his own law practice in 1990 and since then has litigated over one-thousand cases, often doing so with striking success. He has written several articles on the law and has twice served as an adjunct professor of law. He is completely fluent in both French and English. He is admitted to practice law in the United States in the State of California, in Washington, D.C. and various federal courts.