Sofia A. Ramon | Attorney

Sofia A. Ramon

Sofia A. Ramon

Class Action, Transportation & Shipping, Family Law, Corporate, General Practice, Products Liability, Estate Planning, Real Estate, Mental Health, Toxic Mold & Tort

Language(s): Spanish

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About Sofia

Since joining the law firm of Atlas & Hall L.L.P., Sofia A. Ramon has handled litigation of civil suits, including cases involving personal and catastrophic injury, transportation law, products liability, 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). In 2007, she was appointed to the State Bar of Texas Standing Committee on Court Rules (2007-2010). She was also recently re-appointed to the Attorney Admissions Committee, Southern District of Texas (2004-2010) and has served several terms as an Officer and a Director for the Hidalgo County Bar Association, most recently serving as an Officer for 2006-2007. As part of her work with the HCBA, she has also 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 Texas 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 named a Texas Rising Star for 2004, 2005 and 2006 by Law & Politics/Texas Monthly. She was also selected as a Texas Super Lawyer for the years 2006-2009.

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 .

Education

University of Texas/Pan American

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