Ruben O. Valadez | Governmental Law, School Law, Corporate and Business, Real Estate, Litigation

Ruben O. Valadez

Ruben O. Valadez is a Shareholder in Langley & Banack’s Eagle Pass office. He practices in the areas of governmental law, real estate, corporate, probate, and litigation. He has extensive experience representing municipalities and governmental bodies and boards throughout Central and South Texas as city attorney, municipal court prosecutor, and general counsel. He is also experienced in civil and personal injury litigation, having worked on behalf of injured clients and in insurance defense. Ruben has also served as local counsel for businesses outside of Maverick County.

Ruben is a former public school educator and administrator. He spent nearly ten years teaching journalism to high school students and serving as an assistant principal in the Eagle Pass Independent School District. He still enjoys visiting various campuses to speak at Career Day and other events. Ruben is passionate about promoting education in Maverick County and beyond.

Industries
Education

Sul Ross State University-Rio Grande College, M.Ed. Administration, 2013

St. Mary’s University School of Law, J.D., 2006

  • Research Assistant, Professor John Teeter
  • Teaching Assistant, Summer Skills Enhancement Program
  • San Antonio Federal Bar Association Moot-Court Tournament Champions and Best Brief
  • Center for Legal and Social Justice, Clinical Program

University of Missouri, B.J., 2001

  • McNair Scholar’s Program – Research Fellow
  • Recipient of five-year Diversity Award Scholarship
  • Minority Achievement Program – Award for Obtaining High Grade Point Average

Associations

  • Maverick County Bar Association
  • EPISD School Security and Safety Committee

Court Admissions
Bar Admissions

  • State Bar of Texas, 2016

Board Certifications
Awards
Accolades

  • 2020-Present, Member, University of Missouri Alumni Association Diversity & Inclusion Committee
  • 2012 ASNE Reynolds Institute for High School Journalism Teachers Fellow
  • 2005 San Antonio Federal Bar Association Moot Court Competition Champion
  • 2001 McNair Scholars Program Research Fellow-University of Missouri

Personal Information

Ruben spends his Friday evenings in the Fall bringing Friday Night Lights action to listeners across the county as a play-by-play broadcaster for high school football games. He is the play-by-play voice of Eagle Pass Sports Central, a digital sport media company that broadcasts Eagle Pass High School and CC Winn High School football games on Facebook, YouTube and local radio. He is joined in the booth by his long-time broadcasting partner and Eagle Pass sports legend Morris Libson, Jr. For the past three decades, Ruben has served, alongside his wife, Cristina, in music ministry at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Eagle Pass, where he sings and plays the piano.

Cases & Publications

  • “Con Amor (With Love): Preparing for Bilingual Wedding Liturgy” (2022) Pastoral Music, a publication of the National Pastoral Musicians Association.
  • Searchlights and Sunglasses: Field Notes From the Digital Age of Journalism
    (2013, Textbook Consultant/Editor)
  • Voices That Challenge: Social Media, The Supreme Court, and the First Amendment at a Crossroads (2012) ASNE Reynolds Institute for High School Journalism Teachers Magazine
  • “The Corps of Discovery Returns: Press Coverage of Sacagawea Upon the Return of the Lewis and Clark
    Expedition to St. Louis in 1806” (2001) McNair Scholars Program Research Presentation