Francisco J. Ortega

In the area of business litigation, Francisco Ortega was recognized in the 2021 and 2022 Editions of The Best Lawyers in America© in the area of Commercial Litigation by BL Rankings. He has also been selected to the 2017, 2018, and 2019 Texas Rising Star list and the 2022 Texas Super Lawyers list by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters company. In this area of the law, Mr. Ortegas experience includes handling claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties, deceptive trade practices, fraud, usury, trade secrets, shareholder derivative claims, breach of partnership obligations, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, non-compete covenants, construction, RICO claims, tortious interference, labor and employment, and personal injury. Mr. Ortega has also been named an Abogado Consultor by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Government of Mexico to provide legal counsel to the Consulate General of Mexico in El Paso. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Ortega served as a law clerk to the Honorable David M. Medina of the Supreme Court of Texas and as a law clerk to the Honorable Philip R. Martinez of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. While attending law school, Mr. Ortega served as Lead Articles Editor for the Wisconsin Law Review, Note & Comment Editor for the Wisconsin International Law Journal, a staff member for the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society, and member and team coach of the Wisconsin Moot Court Board. Additionally, Mr. Ortega won First Place Brief and Second Place overall in the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) National Moot Court Competition and was a Midwest Regional Semifinalist in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Mr. Ortega is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the State Bar of New Mexico. He currently serves on the Admissions Committee for the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Texas and is a past board member of the El Paso Federal Bar Association. A graduate of the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce Leadership El Paso Class XXXIV, Mr. Ortega is active in the Borderplex community. He was appointed by Mayor Oscar Leeser and later re-appointed by Mayor Dee Margo to serve as a commissioner of the Housing Authority for the City of El Paso, where he was elected chairman. He previously served on the board of directors of El Paso Museum of Art, the El Paso Marathon Foundation, AVANCE-El Paso, and the Ethics Review Commission for the City of El Paso, the last two as vice-chairman.