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Marcos G. Ronquillo practices in the areas of business and corporate law, commercial civil litigation and international public law. Mr. Ronquillo has over thirty years of trial experience representing governmental agencies, such as the Dallas Independent School District and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He also represents Fortune 500 companies in high-profile controversies where public policy and social concerns collide in the courtroom.
Mr. Ronquillo is the former President of the Dallas Mexican American Bar Association and former Chairman of the Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. He is the former National Chairman of the University of Notre Dame, Hispanic Alumni Association. He was honored in 2011 by Hispanic Business Magazine as one of the "100 Most Influential Hispanics" in the United States and by Latino Leaders Magazine with its prestigious "Maestro Award for Leadership." He also won the Outstanding Lawyer of the Year Award from the Texas Mexican Bar Association.
Mr. Ronquillo has also been awarded the national Spirit of Excellence Award by the American Bar Association, National Commission on Minority Leaders. He has been recognized nationally as an outstanding lawyer by the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Dallas Business Journal, Ernst & Young Texas Diversity Council and Texas Lawyer magazine. He has also been honored by Texas Monthly and was named a Texas “Super Lawyer” certified by Thomson Reuters from 2003 to 2014. Super Lawyers named him one of the top 100 lawyers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. He is a past recipient of the State Bar of Texas Presidents' Special Citation Award and was named to the 2013 list of the Best Lawyers in America.
Mr. Ronquillo received his law degree as a Dean Kramer scholar from the George Washington University National Law Center in Washington D.C. and his B.A. at the University of Notre Dame with a Holy Cross scholarship.
He currently serves on the Board of Advisors of the George Washington University Law School, Smithsonian National Latino Advisory Board; is a Board member of the United States/Mexico Bi-National Chamber of Commerce; and Co-Chair of the Callejo Memorial. He has also served on numerous civic and charitable boards and commissions including the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority (DART), Children's Medical Center, JP Morgan Chase, and the Dallas Arboretum to name a few.