County
Hidalgo County
- Population served
- Approximately 900,000 residents across the McAllen metro
- Distance
- Approximately 50 minutes from our Rio Grande City office
Hidalgo County is the most populous county in the Rio Grande Valley and home to many of our personal injury and immigration clients.
We appear regularly in district courts in Edinburg and represent clients throughout the McAllen metro area, including Mission, Pharr, San Juan, Alamo, and Donna.
Hidalgo County combines the volume of a major metro with the same family-court and immigration concerns that shape our entire South Texas practice.
In this area
Common matters we handle here
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Multi-vehicle collisions on Expressway 83
Expressway 83 from McAllen to Mission produces some of the most serious injury cases we see.
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Federal criminal indictments
Federal court in McAllen handles cases out of the Southern District of Texas. We represent clients in pre-indictment, indictment, and post-conviction proceedings.
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Adjustment of status and naturalization
Family-based and employment-based immigration petitions filed through the USCIS McAllen office.
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Family-court enforcement
Custody, child-support, and protective-order enforcement in Hidalgo County family courts.
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Practices
Practices we cover in Hidalgo County
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Criminal Defense
State and federal criminal defense from arraignment through trial, available in English and Spanish.
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Family Law
Divorce, custody, and child support handled with care for the people and children involved.
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Immigration
Family-based immigration, removal defense, and naturalization, with bilingual representation.
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Personal Injury
Representation for South Texans hurt in car wrecks, 18-wheeler collisions, and on-the-job accidents.
Why hire us
Why Hidalgo County residents choose the firm
The attorney is in Edinburg or McAllen for hearings nearly every week, on civil dockets in the 92nd, 93rd, 139th, 206th, 275th, 332nd, 370th, 389th, 398th, and 430th District Courts, on family dockets in the Hidalgo County family courts, and on federal dockets in the McAllen Division. If your case is in Hidalgo County, the firm is already there.
Most McAllen-metro firms operate on a call-center model: a billboard, a 1-800 number, an intake screener, then a different lawyer when the file moves. The Law Office of J.M. Chema Garza is the opposite. The attorney handles the case from intake through trial or final hearing, in English or Spanish, with the same direct phone line throughout.
For Hidalgo County families weighing a large McAllen firm against a smaller bilingual office, the choice is between volume and personal attention. The firm is built for the second.
Direct consultation
Ready to talk about your case?
Call the firm or schedule a consultation. We speak Spanish and English. Initial consultations are confidential.