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Rene Ordoņez
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Rene Ordoņez, a lifelong Texas resident, was born and raised in El Paso. He attended El Paso public schools and graduated from Bel Air High School in 1980. He graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with a Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts, with a major in Social Science and a minor in History in 1984. After graduating from UTEP, he earned a full tuition scholarship to Drake University, and was granted a Doctorate of Jurisprudence in 1987. While attending law school at Drake University, he was awarded the Distinguished Deans Service Award, the Drake Scholar Award, served as President of the Hispanic American Law Students Association (HALSA), and was a recipient of a merit scholar award and scholarship from the Law Student National Civil Rights Research Council. Mr. Ordoņez is also a graduate of the United States Attorney Generals Criminal Trial Advocacy Institute and of the United States Attorney Generals Civil Forfeiture Trial Advocacy Institute. He is licensed to practice law before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Tax Court, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas, and the Texas Supreme Court. He is a current member of Phi Alpha Delta, the American Bar Association, El Paso Probate Bar Association, Hispanic National Bar Association, Mexican-American Bar Association, the College of the State Bar of Texas, the Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee, and the Defense Research Institute. Mr. Ordoņez has also served on numerous occasions as a lecturer on a variety of topics before the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the El Paso County Sheriffs Department, and the El Paso Community College.
After receiving his juris doctorate, Mr. Ordoņez was named General Counsel for the El Paso International Airport, where he was responsible for handling aviation and litigation-related matters. After serving as General Counsel for the El Paso International Airport, Mr. Ordoņez was appointed to serve as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of El Paso, Texas, where he was responsible for litigating civil rights, construction, and commercial matters. Mr. Ordoņez was then appointed to serve as Assistant United States Attorney by the United States Attorney General under the George Bush administration, where he prosecuted narcotics, organized crime, and white collar crime cases. After serving as an Assistant United States Attorney for several years, Mr Ordoņez joined the law firm of Delgado, Acosta, Braden & Jones, P.C. (DABJ) as a senior partner.
Mr. Ordoņez served as a trial lawyer in DABJs litigation department for approximately ten years, where he represented businesses, public utilities and individuals based in the United States and abroad. He also represented foreign and American clients related to probate matters, defense of law enforcement officials in civil rights cases, and defense of school districts in labor and civil rights cases.
In 2007, Mr. Ordoņez was a founding partner of the law firm of Blanco Ordoņez & Wallace, P.C. Mr. Ordoņez practices in the Firms Litigation and Local Government & School Practice Groups, where he manages a docket comprised primarily of complex international commercial, and probate litigation matters. Mr. Ordoņez also presides as Court Master over bench trials in select cases related to mental health commitment petitions filed by the State of Texas.
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