Antonio Maldonado
Attorney
Maldonado Law Group PCGobernador Lugo #3
Colonia Davila
Tijuana 22010
Mexico
+52 (664) 200-2392
+52 (664) 290-0825
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Antonio Maldonado - Attorney, Tijuana, MexicoLawyer's Profile
Mr. Maldonado practices both U.S. and Mexican law, doing so with the highest proficiency on both sides of the border. He holds an American law degree from American University and a Mexican law degree from Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, a world-class university center whose law school ranks among the best in Mexico.Mr. Maldonado maintains a superb network of professional contacts in Mexico, particularly in Tijuana and Mexico City.
He performs commercial and real estate transactions that are governed by U.S. law, Mexican law or both. He thus handles transactions that take place on each side of the border or that straddle both sides of the border. He is able to grasp the different issues and problems that can arise in such transactions, addressing them skillfully before they involve his clients in unforeseen complications and expense.
Mr. Maldonado also has expertise in immigration and nationality law, and he can comprehensively address all immigration concerns that a client might have on either side of the border. Under his direct supervision, the firm handles visa and entry applications of every description for both countries, and he personally handles complex immigration and customs matters that require his expert attention. He has authored many articles on the law and writes a twice-weekly column on immigration law that appears in Frontera, the most widely circulated newspaper in Tijuana.
Mr. Maldonado is a member of the California Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the American Masters of Laws Association, the International Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the San Diego County Bar Association.
Mr. Maldonado, who is equally fluent in English and Spanish, is admitted to practice law in Mexico, California, New York, and various federal courts. You can contact him directly at am@maldonadomarkham.com.
Bar Admission
State of California, State of New York, United States District Court for the Southern District of California, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and MexicoAffiliations
California State Bar, New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association, International Bar Association, American Masters of Laws Association, American Immigration Lawyers Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, San Diego County Lawyers AssociationLawyer's Areas of Practice
Litigation Percentage 10%
Career
Professional Experience
Past solo practitioner, managing partner in small law firm, associate in a small law firm and general counsel for a private corporations.Publications
Vicios de la Voluntad (Problems with Assent), ITESM, Monterrey, Mexico, 1997Con el pie derecho para emprender o trabajar en Estados Unidos (Starting a business and working legally in the United States), Integratec, Monterrey, Mexico, 2005
Estructuración legal de una empresa en los Estados Unidos (Legal structures for businesses in the United States), www.maldonadomarkham.com, 2004
Twice weekly column on US immigration law in Frontera newspaper of Tijuana, Mexico
Seminars
Professional work visas, Asociacion Exatec Tijuana-San Diego, Tijuana, Mexico, 2004US immigration law, Colegio de Abogados Constitucionalistas AC, Tijuana, Mexico, 2004
Past Employment Positions
Managing partner at Maldonado Leyva y Asociados S.C., 2003-2005Solo Attorney, 2003
Associate attorney at Meggido Hurwitz PC, 2002-2003
General counsel at Trailers Tecnicos S.A. de C.V., 2001 - 2004
Assistant general counsel at Centro Educativo Heroes de Chapultepec, 2000 - 2001
Legal assistant at Tijuana Public Notary Num. 5, 1995
Education
American University, Washington, D.C., Master of Laws degree, 2002ITESM (Tec de Monterrey), Monterrey, Mexico, Licenciado en Derecho (JD), 2000
