Credentials

AV Preeminent®

Monty & Ramirez’s Jacob M. Monty, Daniel N. Ramirez, Ruth Willars, and Sarah Monty are all recognized as AV Preeminent®, a significant rating accomplishment, and a testament to the fact their peers recognize and rank them with the highest level of professional excellence. The AV Preeminent® rating signifies to colleagues and clients the lawyer has reached the highest levels of skill and integrity in their professional career. To obtain an AV rating lawyers must be admitted to the Bar for 10 or more years.

Super Lawyers®

Super Lawyers is a rating of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

The multiphase selection process includes peer nominations and evaluations combined with independent research. The evaluation is based on 12 indicators of professional achievement and peer recognition:

• Verdicts/settlements
• Transactions
• Representative clients
• Experience
• Honors/Awards
• Special licenses/certifications
• Position within law firm
• Bar and/or professional activity
• Pro bono and community service
• Scholarly lectures/writings
• Education/employment background
• Other outstanding achievements

Partner, Jacob M. Monty has been regarded as a Super Lawyer 2008 – Present.

Partner, Daniel N. Ramirez has been regarded as a Super Lawyer 2014 – Present.

Board Certified Difference

Board Certified Lawyers – Experienced, Respected, and Tested.

The Texas Board of Legal Specialization certifies lawyers and paralegals that have substantial, relevant experience in selected areas of law, completed continuing legal education hours in the specialty area, and passed a rigorous exam. Consumers and organizations get the highest quality of legal services when working with Board Certified lawyers and paralegals.

Partners, Daniel N. Ramirez and Jacob M. Monty are Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law.

Partners, Sarah D. Monty-Arnoni and Carolina Ortuzar-Diaz are Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law.

Best Lawyers®

This publication is one of the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the legal profession. Recognition in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers.

Labor & Employment partner, Ruth Willars, Jacob M. Monty, and Daniel N. Ramirez are recognized as Best Lawyer in The Best Lawyers in America©.

Inmigration Partners, Carolina Ortuzar-Diaz and Maricela Alvarado, are also recognized as Best Lawyer in The Best Lawyers in America©.