About
Norberto Cardenas III has been a duly licensed Texas attorney since 2005. Norberto was trained to be a lawyer at the prestigious University of Texas School of Law. UT LAW taught Norberto to work hard, research client matters thoroughly, and develop creative and persuasive legal arguments. UT LAW also taught Norberto trial skills. Norberto is proud to be a Texas Longhorn lawyer (Class of 2005).
After graduating from law school, Norberto passed the State of Texas Bar Exam in 2005 and became a State of Texas licensed attorney. As a licensed attorney, Norberto can practice law in all State Courts of the State of Texas.
Fresh out of law school, Norberto became a prosecutor in Laredo, Texas, where he served for two and a half years. As a prosecutor, Norberto tried multiple cases as “first chair” to multiple juries in both misdemeanor and felony cases, obtaining significant results for the State of Texas. In one case, Norberto was able to obtain a life sentence. As a prosecutor, Norberto also handled several appeals, including one at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals—the highest appellate court in the State of Texas—which resulted in a published Court of Criminal Appeals opinion (see Lancon v. State, 253 S.W.3d 699, Tex.Crim.App. 2008).
After his stint at the prosecutor’s office, Norberto became a civil litigation associate attorney at a prestigious Laredo law firm, where he was able to try a civil case to a jury, as “first chair,” and again obtained significant results for the firm’s client.
In 2010, Norberto established his independent law practice in Laredo, Texas, where he now practices in the following legal areas:
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Immigration Cases
- Criminal Defense (Federal and State)
In 2010, Norberto was admitted to practice before the federal courts in the United States Southern District of Texas, where he has successfully brought civil lawsuits against big players such as the County of Webb and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
- (2021-present) Founding Attorney/Owner at Cardenas & Rodriguez
- (2010-2021) Solo-Practitioner at The Law Office of Norberto Cardenas III, PLLC
- (2007-2010) Associate Attorney at Person, Whitworth, Borchers & Morales, LLP in Laredo, Texas
- (2005-2007) Assistant District Attorney for Webb County, Texas
- (2005) Licensed by the State Bar of Texas to practice as an attorney
- (2005) Graduated from the University of Texas School of Law, obtaining a Doctor of Jurisprudence (law degree)
- (2001) Graduated from Texas A&M International University, obtaining a Bachelor’s of Business Administration with a major in Finance; graduated with honors (cum laude)
- (1996-2004) Honorable Discharge as a Corporal of Marines from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves
- (1994) United High School (Laredo, Texas)
