Board Certified, Immigration and Nationality Law-Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Maria Cordon | Attorney at Law
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Maria M. Cordon is licensed to practice law by the Texas Supreme Court since 1994 and admitted to all federal courts in Texas. She has been Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2003.

Ms. Cordon obtained her Juris Doctor degree from Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, in 1994 and her undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Trinity College, Duke University, in 1990.

Maria Cordon was the Legal Advisor to the Consulate General of Guatemala in Houston, Texas from 1996 to 2000.

Below is a list of some of her presentations on immigration and nationality law:

  • Maria Cordon, Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) in AILA Texas Chapter Fall Conference: Strategies for Family-Based Cases (Nov. 5, 2011).

  • Maria Cordon, Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) in AILA Texas Chapter Fall Conference: Approval of Petitions and Applications After the Death of a Qualifying Relative Under New Section 204(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (Nov. 5, 2011).

  • Maria Cordon, Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) in AILA Texas Spring Chapter Conference: H-1B Issues (Apr. 11, 2008).

  • Maria Cordon, Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) ILW Teleseminar: Beating the Cap. All About the H (2007).

  • Maria Cordon, Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) in AILA Texas Chapter Fall Conference: I-601 Practice in Houston (Nov. 4, 2005).

  • Maria Cordon, Presenter at the Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School Law, in Center for Continuing Legal Education: Citizenship and Naturalization (2005).

  • Maria Cordon, Presenter in Sterling Education Services: Labor Certification Processing Developments (Jan. 26, 2005).

  • Maria Cordon, Presenter in Sterling Education Services: H-1B Processing Developments (Jan. 26, 2005).

  • Maria Cordon, Lecturer at the University of Texas A&M University, College Station The MSC Wiley Lecture Series: Law and Borders. (Nov. 29, 2001).