Javier N. Maldonado is the principal shareholder of the Law Office of Javier N. Maldonado, P.C. Since 2001, Javier has specialized in representing individuals in complex deportation cases and represents clients before the Federal Courts of Appeals, Federal District Courts, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. His success in defending his clients is due in large part because of his prior experience as a criminal defense and civil rights attorney.

Javier has successfully represented hundreds of clients in federal civil, criminal and removal proceedings. Among his notable successes are: Sarmientos v. Holder, 742 F.3d 624 (5th Cir. 2014); United States v. Resendiz-Moreno, 705 F.3d 203 (5th Cir. 2013); Perez-Gonzalez v. Holder, 667 F.3d 622 (5th Cir. 2012); Davila v. Holder, 381 F. App’x 413 (5th Cir. 2010); Serna-Guerra v. Holder, 354 F. App’x 929 (5th Cir. 2009); Kerr v. Holder, 352 F. App’x 958 (5th Cir. 2009);  Martinez-Aguero v. Gonzalez, 459 F.3d 618 (5th Cir. 2006); Espinoza v. Pompeo, No. SA-19-CV-01363-XR, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71197 (W.D. Tex. Apr. 22, 2020); Zamora-Garcia v. Ridge, No. M-02-144, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 54296 (S.D. Tex. Jan. 4, 2005); Serrano v. Estrada, 201 F. Supp. 2d 714 (N.D. Tex. 2002). Javier regularly presents at state and national conferences on immigration law.

Javier was born in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico and grew up in Brownsville, Texas.  He attended Columbia University for both undergraduate and law school and then served as a judicial law clerk for the Hon. George P. Kazen in Laredo, Texas.  He began his legal career at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), later worked as a trial attorney with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and then became the executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of Texas where he litigated class action and individual civil rights cases on behalf of immigrants.

Javier is a member of the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Western District of Texas, the Southern District of Texas, the Northern District of Texas, the District Court for the District of Columbia, and Texas State courts.