JEFFREY D. ROERIG • Partner
EMAIL: jroerig@rofllp.com
After graduating with honors from the University Of Texas School Of Law in 1975, Jeff Roerig joined an established firm and helped his partners build a highly professional practice representing businesses, governmental units and other defendants in civil cases. Mr. Roerig is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Roerig is a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas and a Life Fellow of the State Bar of Texas Foundation. Mr. Roerig has been designated a Texas Super Lawyer for the last five years. MEMBER: Hidalgo County, Cameron County (Director, 1980-1982; Vice President, 1985; President, 1987-1988) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Director, 2000-2004); Association of Defense Trial Lawyers; Defense Research Institute; College of the State Bar of Texas. BAR FELLOWSHIPS: Texas Bar Foundation. PRACTICE AREAS: Personal Injury Defense, Insurance Litigation, General Litigation, Employment and Labor Law.
RENE O. OLIVEIRA • Partner
EMAIL: roliveira@rofllp.com
Born Brownsville, Texas, March 14, 1955; admitted to bar 1979, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. EDUCATION: University of Texas (B.A., 1976; J.D., 1979). Member, State House of Representatives, 1981 . MEMBER: Cameron County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. (Also at McAllen Office). LANGUAGES: Spanish. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Law; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Family Law; Criminal Law; Premises Liability.
W. MICHAEL FISHER • Partner
EMAIL: mfisher@rofllp.com
Born Sayre, Pennsylvania, March 14, 1951; admitted to bar 1980, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. EDUCATION: Grinnell College (B.A., 1973); University of Iowa and University of Houston (J.D., 1980). MEMBER: Cameron County (Director, 1987-1989), Fifth Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. PRACTICE AREAS: Personal Injury Law; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense Law; Medical Malpractice.
RICARDO MORADO • Partner
EMAIL: rmorado@rofllp.com
Ricardo Morado joined the precursor to this law firm in 1984 after obtaining his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin and his law degree from Harvard University. His practice focuses primarily in civil defense litigation and the representation of businesses and local governmental entities. Mr. Morado served as Mayor of the City of San Benito from 1998 to 2002 and as a member of its City Commission from 1987 to 1989. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, the Defense Research Institute, the Cameron County Bar Association and the Hidalgo County Bar Association. He is licensed to practice before all state courts in Texas, all federal courts in the Southern District of Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Primary areas of practice include personal injury defense, government law, business law, school law and employment law.
CRISANTA GUERRA LOZANO • Partner
EMAIL: clozano@rofllp.com
Born San Luis, Potosi, Mexico, May 16, 1954; admitted to bar 1981, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. EDUCATION: George Washington University (B.A., 1978; J.D., 1981). MEMBER: Cameron County, Hidalgo County, Fifth Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Defense Research Institute; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. LANGUAGES: Spanish. PRACTICE AREAS: Personal Injury Law; Premises Liability; Insurance Defense; Drug and Medical Device Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Construction Defects.
VICTOR V. VICINAIZ • Partner
EMAIL: vvicinaiz@rofllp.com
Born Brownsville, Texas, March 26, 1959; admitted to Texas bar 1987. Member: U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. EDUCATION: University of Texas (B.A., 1983); Creighton University (J.D., 1987) Creighton Law Review MEMBER: State Bar of Texas; Cameron and Hidalgo County Bar Associations; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit and Federal Bar Association, Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Bar Fellowships: Texas Bar Foundation: Life Fellow. Mr. Vicinaiz has extensive experience in many areas of defense litigation including personal injury, premises liability, products liability, construction defects, toxic torts, automobile, commercial disputes, insurance coverage disputes, and bad faith litigation. Mr. Vicinaiz has been Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law since 1994 and has, as lead counsel, tried over seventy-five jury trials to verdict. Additionally, he personally handles appellate cases and has argued cases before the Corpus Christi and San Antonio Courts of Appeals. Mr. Vicinaiz has litigated and tried cases in Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata, Jim Hogg, Brooks and Webb County. He has also litigated cases in other South Texas counties. (Resident, McAllen Office). LANGUAGES: Spanish.
DAVID G. OLIVEIRA • Partner
EMAIL: doliveira@rofllp.com
Born Brownsville, Texas, May 12, 1956; admitted to bar 1988, Texas; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. EDUCATION: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1978); Texas Tech University (J.D., 1988). Member: National Mock Trial Team; Board of Barristers. MEMBER: Cameron County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. LANGUAGES: Spanish. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Commercial Law; Products Liability; Drug and Medical Device Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Oil and Gas Law; Environmental Law.
D. ALAN ERWIN JR. • Partner
EMAIL: aerwin@rofllp.com
Born Chandler, Oklahoma, April 12, 1964; admitted to bar 1989, Oklahoma; 1990, Texas, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western, Southern and Northern Districts of Oklahoma. EDUCATION: Central State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1986); University of Oklahoma (J.D., with honors, 1989). Phi Delta Phi. MEMBER: Cameron County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Defense Research Institute. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense Law; Personal Injury Law; Civil Litigation; Premises Liability Defense; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense.
MICHAEL A. ZANCA • Partner
EMAIL: mzanca@rofllp.com
Born Kingsville, Texas, October 12, 1965; admitted to bar 1991, Texas; 1992, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. EDUCATION: University of Texas at Pan American(B.B.A., 1988); University of Texas (J.D., 1991). MEMBER: Cameron County and Hidalgo County Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. (Resident, McAllen Office). PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense Law; General Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Defense; Construction Law.
ROSEMARY CONRAD-SANDOVAL • Partner
EMAIL: rsandoval@rofllp.com
Born Mishawaka, Indiana, May 20, 1961; admitted to bar 1991, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. EDUCATION: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1983); University of Houston (J.D., with honors, 1991). Order of the Barons. MEMBER: Cameron County, Hidalgo County, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. (Resident, McAllen Office). PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Maritime Law.
LUCILA ALVARADO • Partner
EMAIL: lalvarado@rofllp.com
Born Edinburg, Texas, November 12, 1965; admitted to bar 1993, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. EDUCATION: Pan American University (B.B.A., 1989); University of Houston (J.D., 1992). MEMBER: Hidalgo County, Cameron County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. (Resident, McAllen Office). LANGUAGES: Spanish. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense Law; Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Premises Liability; Construction Law.
JESUS QUEZADA JR. • Partner
EMAIL: jquezada@rofllp.com
Born San Francisco, California, September 17, 1959; admitted to bar 1995, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. EDUCATION: Pan American University (B.B.A., 1981); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1994). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Trial Advocacy. MEMBER: Cameron County (Director), Hidalgo County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. LANGUAGES: Spanish. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation; Personal Injury.
LIZA VASQUEZ GARZA • Partner
EMAIL: lvgarza@rofllp.com
Originally from the Rio Grande Valley, Liza decided to return home upon completing law school in 1996 from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. She is also a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a double major in Government and History. After graduating law school, she joined Roerig, Oliveira & Fisher, L.L.P. as an associate and became a partner 5 1/2 years later. Liza is bilingual and practices in personal injury defense, general negligence defense, construction defense and employment law. She has been an active trial lawyer trying anywhere between 3 and 6 cases a year. She is a member of the Hidalgo County Bar Association, Cameron County Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute. She is a past member of the Hidalgo Coumty Young Lawyers Association and previously served as a Board member for both the Hidalgo County Bar Association and the Hidalgo County Young Lawyers Association. Liza is also active in other community activities including having served on the Edinburg Boys & Girls Club Board, and keeping active within her church.
ZULEIDA LOPEZ-HABBOUCHE • Associate
EMAIL: zlopez@rofllp.com
Born McAllen, Texas, March 10, 1980; admitted to bar 2005, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2006; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2011; U.S. Supreme Court, 2011. Education: St. Mary’s University (B.A., 2002); University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana (J.D., 2005). Member: State Bar of Texas (Committee Member 2011-present); Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Hidalgo County Bar Association (Director 2010-Present); Cameron County Bar Association; Hidalgo County Young Lawyers’ Association (Director 2008-2010). (Resident, McAllen Office). Language: Spanish. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Civil Litigation.
DAVID M. ROERIG • Associate
EMAIL: DRoerig@rofllp.com
Born Brownsville, Texas, February 8, 1980; admitted to bar 2007, Texas. EDUCATION: University of Colorado at Boulder (B.S., 2002); St. Mary's University of San Antonio (J.D., 2007). MEMBER: Cameron and Hidalgo County Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Federal Bar Association. (Resident, McAllen Office).
RENE O. OLIVEIRA JR • Associate
EMAIL: roliveirajr@rofllp.com
Born Brownsville, Texas, 1983; admitted to bar 2008, Texas. EDUCATION: Columbia University (B.A., Philosophy, 2005); The University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 2008). MEMBER: Cameron County Bar Association; Hidalgo County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense; Criminal Law; Family Law; Wills; General Practice; Civil Litigation.