A senior trial attorney and CPA serving Texas families, landowners, businesses, and the accused since the early 2000s — with a practice grounded in probate, real property, criminal defense, tax, and federal court litigation.
From the courthouse in Val Verde County to the federal benches of the Fifth Circuit, the firm prepares each matter for trial — even when settlement, dismissal, or quiet resolution becomes the right outcome.
Independent administrations, dependent administrations, heirship determinations, will contests, guardianships, and complex chain-of-title disputes touching ranch and homestead property across the border counties.
Decades of representation in misdemeanor and felony matters across Val Verde, Maverick, Uvalde, and Kinney counties — and in federal court when the United States files charges.
The dual Attorney–CPA credential allows the firm to handle complex tax disputes from audit through Tax Court, where many practitioners never appear. Federal and state tax litigation, business structuring, and accounting matters.
Trial-ready civil practice. Plaintiffs and defendants alike receive a posture built for the courthouse — with discovery, motion practice, and trial preparation that anticipates every move opposing counsel may attempt.
Fourteen years of border-region immigration practice spanning roughly 1,380 matters. Removal defense, family-based petitions, naturalization, and consular processing for clients on both sides of the river.
Active federal-sector practice before the Merit Systems Protection Board, EEOC, and the Office of Personnel Management — with deep experience in suitability adjudications, removal appeals, and Stone v. FDIC due process challenges.
Jacques L. De La Mota holds the rare combination of a Juris Doctor from Texas Tech University School of Law and the credentials of a Certified Public Accountant — paired with an MBA from Angelo State University. The result: a practice equipped to handle matters where law and the numbers behind the law collide, from contested estates with disputed accountings to federal tax controversies that demand both bench advocacy and balance-sheet fluency.
The firm operates as a true solo practice. Every matter receives the attention of counsel personally — discovery drafted, motions argued, depositions taken, trials tried by the same hand. No associates pass the file along; no junior partner inherits the brief on the eve of hearing.
Twenty years of solo practice in Del Rio have produced a body of work covering civil litigation, federal tax controversy (including matters before the U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Bankruptcy Court), probate and estate administration, regulatory compliance, criminal defense, and immigration — roughly fourteen years of which have included a steady immigration docket totaling close to fourteen hundred matters.
Counsel also maintains active admission before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, the United States Tax Court, and the United States Bankruptcy Court — a posture that lets the firm follow a matter from the trial bench to appellate review without handing the file to outside counsel.
Excerpts drawn from public Google reviews. Past results offer no guarantee of future outcomes — every matter rises or falls on its own facts.
Professional. Thorough. Detail-oriented. Sympathetic. Dedicated. Jacques De La Mota has proven himself to be a winner in all avenues of litigation. He is the most willing to out work the opposing side.— Leonardo L.
I cannot say enough about this man. He has been the best attorney I have ever had — and I've had a few. He takes the time to explain everything and treats every client like the case matters.— Terry A.
My brother and I hired Mr. De La Mota to handle our father's estate when he passed away. He is doing a great job — patient, knowledgeable, and steady through a difficult process.— Debra D.S.
Very good attorney. He got my husband's case dismissed and my husband only had to appear once. So grateful.— Britney M.
Mr. De La Mota provided me guidance on a contractual agreement for my production company. Very professional and knowledgeable — exactly what I needed.— E.G.
If you want a showy lawyer who will get your case in the newspapers and make judges and prosecutors angry, this is not your man. If you want results, it is.— David N., Local Guide
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