Florentino A. Ramirez joined Ramirez & Associates in upon being admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1995. He is an experienced immigration attorney and is also skilled in issues of international transactions and all aspects of doing business abroad. He directs the firm’s immigration practice, where focus areas include employment and investment immigration, as well as representing primary, secondary and higher educational institutions with their immigration and employment compliance issues. Mr. Ramirez also focuses his practice on corporate and business entities, international transactions and business formation, employment law and family-based immigration. Florentino practices a broad range of international business, leading the firm’s Latin American practice. Florentino also counsels on the establishment of business entities both domestic and abroad, related labor issues, cross-border trade and transactions, distributorships and marketing relationships. As managing partner for the firm’s Mexico office, Florentino manages the work on foreign investment, domestic and international transactions, intellectual property and corporate matters handled by that office. Florentino served on the Board of Directors for the State Bar of Texas from 2013 – 2016, and presently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Texas Bar Foundation. He has also served as Secretary/Treasurer and Member of the Board of Directors of the Dallas Bar Association, where he has also Chaired the International Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association.

Barrister, Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court

Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation, Fellow

Dallas Bar Foundation, Fellow

Outstanding Minority Bar Leader Award from the Dallas Bar Association, 2001

Sustaining Life Fellow Texas Bar Foundation

State Bar of Texas

Member, Board of Director, District 6 (Dallas), Place 1 (2013-2016)

Member, Executive Committee, Board of Directors, 2015-2016

Member, State Bar of Texas Committee on Laws Relating to Immigration & Nationality (2009-present)

Member, State Bar of Texas International Law Section

Texas Bar Foundation

Member, Board of Trustees (2016-2019)

Dallas Bar Association

Secretary/Treasurer (2006)

Board of Directors (2007-2009)

Chair, International Law Section (2009-2012)

Chaired the following DBA Committees:

Legal Line Committee

Summer Law Intern Committee

Law Day Committee

Admissions & Membership Committee

Community Symposium for Justice in Education Planning Committee

Judicial Investiture Committee

Speakers Committee

Judiciary Committee

Minority Participation Committee

Continuing Legal Education Committee

American Immigration Lawyers Association

American Bar Association

“Essentials of Immigration Law” State Bar of Texas, Solo and Small Firm Program, Frisco, Texas January, 2016

“Agency and Distribution in the United States”, Presented to the International Chamber of Commerce, Milan, Italy, June 22, 2016

“Essentials of Immigration Law” State Bar of Texas, Solo and Small Firm Program, The Woodlands, Texas September, 2015

“Visa Options for International Entertainers and Athletes.” Dallas Bar Association Headnotes, 2010.

“The I-9 Form: Walking the Employment Verification Tightrope” present to the Dallas Bar Association, June 8, 2012

“Aspectos Legales Y Prácticos En Relación con El Desarrollo de Oportunidades De Negocio En Los Estados Unidos” presented to ProMexico trade mission group, Dallas, Texas April 23, 2012.

“Immigration Fundamentals: Immigration and Related Employment Law Issues” presented to the Dallas Area Paralegals Association, May 14, 2010.

“Intellectual Property Issues for Manufacturers’ Representatives Working in the United States” presented to the IUCAB Legal Working Group, Birmingham, England, November 13, 2009.

“Immigration Fundamentals: Immigration and Related Employment Law Issues” presented to the Dallas Area Paralegals Association, September 23, 2009.

“Good News in Public Education”, presented at the 7th Annual DBA Symposium for Justice in Education, October 9, 2009.

“Developing a Law Practice”, presented to the Dallas Bar Association, February 28, 2008

Dallas Independent School District’s Alternative Certification Program, Advisory Committee, 2006-2008, Committee Secretary, 2006-2008

Board Member, Friend of Fair Park, 2011-2014

President, St. Patrick Church Parish Council 2014-2015

University of Arkansas Alumni Association, President of Dallas Chapter, 1996-2000

Red Cross, Dallas Chapter, Board of Directors, 1996-1997

Business and Investment Based Immigration

International Transactions and Business Formation

Representing Entrepreneurs and Startup Businesses

State Bar of Texas, 1995

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, J.D., 1995

University of Arkansas, B.A., 1990