AMERICAN AND COLOMBIAN ATTORNEYS

   Patricia Rodriguez, Esq.

Attorney  🇺🇸🇨🇴

    Dr. Rodríguez was trained as an American attorney and admitted to practice law by the Florida Supreme Court in the United States. She is also licensed attorney in Colombia. 

In Florida, she represented low-income individuals in the public defender office, and many of her clients faced criminal charges with an immigration hold. Upon immigrating to the United States, she earned a Master's in Public Administration at UCF and worked for federal agencies such as the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Social Security (SSA). She is a proud alumna of Professor Bruce Jacob, who participated in the case "Gideon v. Wainwright," which today upholds the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution's "Right to Counsel."  Ms. Rodríguez is fully bilingual in Spanish and English.

EDUCATION

J.D., Doctor of American Law

Nova Law School, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaUnited States

LLM., Master of International Law

Stetson Law School, Tampa Area Florida, United States

   Irene Pons, Esq. 

Attorney 🇺🇸

Mrs. Pons is a licensed American Attorney. She was admitted for the Supreme Court of the Florida in the United States to practice law since 2007.  Dr. Pons has been a professor at the department of Legal Studies of University of Central Florida during last  years.   Attorney Pons Meyers primary interests include: Florida family Law, United States Immigration Law and Adoption Law. She is confident and aggressive in her representation strategy, always keeping her clients’ best interests at heart. She is very committed to community outreach and she worked as one of the Mexican Consulate Attorneys. She provides guidance and legal advice to Mexican, Latino immigrants and LGBT community in the areas of family  law and immigration. Dr. Pons is fully bilingual in Spanish and English. 

EDUCATION 

J.D., Doctor of American Law

Nova University Law School, Florida United States 

 Laura Rios

Former Immigration Officer 🇺🇸

Mrs. Rios retired after 20 years working for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (U.S.C.I.S). She has been an immigration case manager. Laura's experience and professionalism have helped people navigate the immigration system. Her extensive experience includes family visas, naturalization, deportation cases, waivers, nonimmigrant visa asylum, and a broad understanding and background in the U.S. immigration system and policies. Her years of experience as a former immigration officer make her a high-profile immigration case manager. 

Officer Rios is fully bilingual in Spanish and English and a proud former U.S. military officer.

Luis LLoreda

Attorney 🇨🇴

Mr. Lloreda has been a criminal trial attorney since 2006. He represents foreign citizens facing criminal accusations and victims of crimes in Colombia. Dr. Lloreda has been a public defender and he has litigated cases ranging from murder, negligent homicide, sexual offenses, scheme fraud, mail and wire fraud, money laundering, trafficking, possession, narcotics, extortion, kidnapping, white collar, grant theft, identity theft.  Dr. Lloreda's private practice is focused on crimes where a foreign citizen is involved. As a criminal trial attorney for more than 18 years, his knowledge, skills, and proficiency makes him a high profile attorney. Dr. Lloreda has experienced in cases before Colombia's Supreme Court in the criminal hall.  

EDUCATION 

Postgraduate Specialization in Criminal law and Criminology

Universidad Libre, Bogotá, Colombia

Mauricio Ceballos

Attorney 🇨🇴

Mr. Ceballos is a Former Colombian prosecutor. Dr. Ceballos worked in local and sectional units of the Attorney General's Office in Colombia. As a prosecutor he led the exercise of criminal action in crimes of national significance such as homicides, sexual crimes, drug trafficking, computer crimes, crimes against public administration or white collar crimes, crimes against economic assets, among others. Dr. Ceballos is trained in ethical principles and values, capable of providing solutions to all types of legal problems raised in the management of judicial processes. Since 2008 he has dedicated himself to litigation in the criminal area, exercising not only the defense of national or foreign citizens accused of crimes committed in Colombian territory, but also as a representative of victims. His experience as a litigating lawyer in the criminal area for more than 16 years makes him a high-profile lawyer which has allowed him to take cases before the superior district courts and the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia in the Criminal Chamber.

EDUCATION

Postgraduate degree in Government 

Universidad de la Sabana, Colombia