Raed Gonzalez

Raed González was born in Puerto Rico. He earned his bachelor's degree Cum Laude in 1992 and his doctorate Cum Laude in 1996 at the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico in San Juan, where he was associate editor of the school's law journal. As part of his legal studies, in 1995 he studied comparative constitutional law at the University of Barcelona in Spain, where he received instruction from United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Later, Attorney González obtained his L.L.M. in Health Law from the University of Houston Law Center in 1998. He has practiced as an immigration attorney for almost twenty-five years and is licensed to practice in the Federal Courts of the Southern District of Texas, as well as the 1st Courts of Appeals. , 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 9th and 11th Circuit of the United States, as well as in the Supreme Court of the United States. Attorney González is recognized as a prominent litigator and advocate for immigration in the United States, and his Opinions are respected and trusted in the legal community. Recently, he won a groundbreaking victory in the Fifth Circuit in Rodríguez v. Garland, 15 F. 4th 351 (5th Cir. 2021), where the Court recognized for the first time that a noncitizen who is issued a Notice to Appear that does not contain the date and time of the hearing cannot be ordered removed in absentia, since such individual never received valid legal notice under United States immigration law. The Fifth Circuit's decision in Rodriguez has been heralded by immigration advocates across the country as a substantial victory for noncitizens seeking to legalize their status so they can remain in the United States with their families.