Henri E. Nicolas, Jr.

Henri Nicolas graduated from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland. After traveling and working abroad, he then returned to Texas and graduated from The University of Texas School of Law with Honors in 1999. While in law school, he was a member of The Texas Law Review and the Legal Research Board. Directly after law school, Mr. Nicolas served as a law clerk to the Honorable Hilda G. Tagle, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas in Brownsville.

After his federal judicial clerkship, Mr. Nicolas became an associate in the Los Angeles office of Susman Godfrey L.L.P., a Houston-based law firm with a nationwide complex litigation practice.

In 2002, Mr. Nicolas returned to Brownsville to serve as Judge Tagle’s permanent clerk, which he did prior to forming Rodriguez & Nicolas, L.L.P. Mr. Nicolas focuses his practice on complex litigation, commercial litigation, and construction law. Mr. Nicolas represents both plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state court in South Texas.

EDUCATION

St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD (B.A. Philosophy and History of Mathematics and Science, 1993)
The University of Texas School of Law (J.D. with Honors, 1999)

HONORS and DISTINCTIONS

Texas Law Review (1997-1999)
Texas Legal Research Board (1997-1999)

LICENSED

Texas 1999
United States District Court, Southern District of Texas
Unites States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

State Bar of Texas (1999)
State Bar of California (2001 Inactive)
The College of the State Bar of Texas
Cameron County Bar Association
Cameron County Young Lawyers Association
American Bar Association, Litigation Section
Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit
Federal Bar Association
American Association for Justice
Former Federal Law Clerk Society
Litigation Counsel of America

COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
      Attorney Admissions Fund Committee, Member 11/2007 – 8/2010
Cameron County Bar Association, Board of Directors
Leadership of Brownsville Class XX (Class of 2004-2005)
Community Development Corporation of Brownsville, Vice-Chair (2006 – present)

SPEECHES, PAPERS AND ARTICLES

The University of Texas Law School: What All Good Law Firms Have in Common, Life In a One- or Two-Lawyer Firm: Small-Town and Big-City Perspectives (2007 & 2008)

Cameron County Bar Association: Constitution Day Speaker (2007)

Cameron County Bar Association: CLE Luncheon, E-filing for Cameron County Courts – Policies and Procedures (2007)

The University of Texas Brownsville/Texas Southmost College Judge Filemon B. Vela Pre Law Academy, Speaker (2006 & 2007)

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