Adriana M. Cortes

Adriana M. Cortes is a 2001 Honors graduate of St. Mary’s University and she received her law degree in 2006 from the University of Houston Law Center where she graduated cum laude. Ms. Cortes is licensed to practice before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and before the all state courts in Texas. Fluent in Spanish, Ms. Cortes practices in the area of litigation, focusing on business, real estate, and employment disputes. She also practices in probate, estate, and trust administration and related litigation, and has experience in personal injury and landlord tenant litigation, entertainment law, and probate law.

Ms. Cortes is the youngest member of the firm whose past experience includes:

• Assisting in a favorable settlement for an employee in a religious discrimination case who was terminated for not working on the day of the Sabbath.

• Assisting in a favorable settlement for surviving family members in a wrongful death suit against a bus company.

• Defending a tenant in a wrongful eviction and interruption of utilities case.

• Drafting pretrial litigation pleadings and attending pretrial hearings.

• Drafting probate administration documents and annual accounting for court ordered trusts.