Mediator | Arbitrator

Sara Padua Cordúa

Sara Padua Cordúa

Texas Justice Center

4900 Fournace Place, Suite 200
Bellaire, Texas 77401

Tel: 1-888-852-3010

 

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Biographical

Sara Padua Cordúa is a Member at Padua Law Firm, PLLC and has been with the firm since 2014. At Padua Law Firm, Ms. Padua provides transactional and corporate law advice to diverse domestic and foreign clients. She enjoys advising entrepreneurs with their startup businesses –including choosing and forming the right entity or joint venture, intellectual property matters, real estate, financing, and employment agreements, among others. Ms. Padua has also represented established companies with complex corporate and financing transactions. When she is not practicing corporate law, Ms. Padua focuses much of her time on immigration matters ranging from family, to employment, to investor visas. One of her concentrations within immigration law is representing foreign entrepreneurs from diverse countries (including many from Mexico and throughout Latin America) who would like to invest in the U.S. on an L-1, E-2, or EB-5 investor visa.

Before joining PLF, Ms. Padua exceled at a New York-based international law firm in one of the world’s premier energy practices representing project developers, financial institutions, and private equity and other investors in multi-million and billion dollar development, acquisition, and financing deals. While there, she represented renewable energy and oil & gas clients from myriad locations including Mexico, Chile, Korea, Cayman Islands, Japan, India, Israel, and France, in addition to the U.S.

Ms. Padua received her A.B. in Psychology from Harvard University and her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law with honors. Ms. Padua, a native of Mexico City, speaks Spanish and French, is learning Arabic, and has enjoyed living in several countries, which translates into a deeper understanding and compassionate drive when advising and advocating for her diverse clients. Importantly, Sara is passionate about helping victims with humanitarian immigration and other legal matters on a pro bono basis.

Practice Areas

  • Corporate & Business
  • Eminent Domain
  • Mineral Rights
  • Insurance Claims
  • Property Damage
  • Personal Injury
  • Mexico Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • U.S. Investment Visas
  • Environmental Commodity Law

Education

  • MANOUSSO MEDIATION TRAINING & ADR SERVICES in Houston, Texas.
    • Forty (40) hours of Basic Mediation Training, designed to satisfy and exceed the interactive requirements and professional training
    required to mediate any and all civil cases. Skill training included transformative mediation and problem-solving. (2016)
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF LAW, Austin, TX
    J.D., 2011
    GPA: 3.60
    • Member of TEXAS INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL
    • Founder of Law Students for the Arts
    • Member of Chicano/Hispanic Law Students Association
    • Recipient of the Dean’s Achievement Award
  • HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA
    A.B. in Psychology, 2006
    GPA: 3.60
    • Writer for Diversity and Distinction Magazine
    • Member of Fuerza Latina and Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business

Memberships, Affiliations & Licenses

  • Padua Law Firm (Oct 2014- Present)
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (2011-2014)
  • Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (2009, 2010)
  • Shearman & Sterling LLP (2006-2008)

Local Areas Served

  • Houston, TX

Languages

  • English