Herminia Elizondo
Founding partner, McAllen office
Herminia started the firm to give Valley families a lawyer they could trust with the papers that decide where they live.
She grew up in Edinburg, the daughter of a farmworker who waited eleven years for his own green card. After law school she worked at a nonprofit legal clinic, then opened the McAllen office on North 10th Street. She still takes every new family petition consultation herself, and reads every affidavit of support before it's signed.
Focus
- Family petitions
- Consular processing
- Waivers
- Adjustment of status
Herminia's admissions and training
Bar admissions
Texas
1994
Courts
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Education
J.D., The University of Texas School of Law
1994
B.A., University of Texas–Pan American
1990
Languages
Spanish
Native
English
Memberships
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Hidalgo County Bar Association
How Herminia works with a family
The first meeting is long on purpose. Herminia asks about every entry, every trip and every relative before she says what she thinks, because a family case can turn on a detail from twenty years ago.
Then she writes it down: what she'd file, in what order, what it costs and what could go wrong. You leave with that page, in Spanish or English.
Book a first meeting with Herminia
She sees new clients at the McAllen office, Monday through Saturday.