Rigoberto C. Rodriguez

Rigoberto C. Rodriguez

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Rating: 7.0

Licensed for 33 years

Criminal defense Lawyer at Houston, TX
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Appeals

2120 S Wayside Dr Ste J, Houston, TX

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Licenses

Licensed in Texas for 33 years

State: Texas

Acquired: 1992

Eligible to Practice in Texas

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Law Offices of Rigoberto C. Rodriguez

2120 S Wayside Dr Ste J, Houston, TX, 77023-3900

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Showing 1 - 5 of 7 reviews | Recommendation

Posted by Emma | November 07, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

Great Attorney

We hired Mr. Rodriguez for a family member who was facing a very serious Felony charge, Mr. Rodriguez handled the case and was able to get the charges dismissed. He kept the family updated and talked with me the entire time. He is reasonable and fair and will do all he can to help you and your fami...ly in the time of need. I recommend his services to everyone.

Posted by anonymous | October 08, 2020 | Criminal Defense

Un abogado que promete justicia y no cumple su palabra

Cuando contratamos al abogado Rodriguez nos prometio que ayudaria a nuestro familiar con su caso criminal. Nos dijo que el iva a demostrar su inocencia que era un caso facil.Cada que nos citaba o pediamos cita con el nos decia que iva a ser esto aquello y cuando llegabamos a la corte no hacia nada de... lo que nos habia dicho.Esto ocurrio durante casi un ano y medio .Para esto el le decia a mi familiar que se declarara culpable que eso haria mas facil el caso pero lo que el queria era acabar con el caso por que el ya no sabia que hacer y en realidad nunca lo supo solo nos quito nuestro dinero y nunca hizo nada por nuestro familiar .Por eso yo no recomiendo al abogado Riodriguez y no quiero que personas como nosotros tengan que pasar lo que nosotros pasamos como familia al depositar nuestras esperanzas en el y el nunca nos ayudo y solo se aprovecho de nuestra desesperacion por defender a nuestro familiar.

Rigoberto Rodriguez

Replied last October 08, 2020

Señora, nuestra investigación revela que usted es la esposa del asesino convicto. Su esposo mato a una persona inocente. Sus comentarios son contrarios a la evidencia que puede ser proporcionada por cientos de clientes satisfechos de numerosos despidos en casos estatales y federales, mociones para suprimir otorgadas, órdenes judiciales otorgadas, veredictos dirigidos otorgados, así como y no limitado a veredictos de no culpabilidad entre otros. En otras palabras, estos cientos de casos los he ganado. Yo peleo para ganar casos, y hubiera ganado el caso de ustedes también. Yo no recuerdo haberle dicho a usted ni a nadie de su familia que este era un caso fácil. Al contrario, le fui muy claro cuando le dije que yo quería pelear el caso de su esposo para exonerar los cargos, que la ley que aplicaba la primer vez de la entrevista por los oficiales cuando no se presentaron cargos estaba a favor del caso de su esposo. Este caso duró más de un año y medio en mi defensa tratando de quitarle los cargos a su esposo. Nunca le aconsejé a su esposo que se declarara culpable. Yo le sugerí y animé a usted, a su esposo y a su familia llevar este caso a un juicio. Él y ustedes expresaron miedo y dijeron que no. Ustedes contrataron a otro abogado con menos experiencia que yo. Es obvio que ustedes no saben esto, pero ese nuevo abogado me llamó a mi para hablar con él acerca del caso. Yo le informé que él podría obtener 15 años de sentencia en este caso. Y fue exactamente lo que él hizo; avisarle al reo que aceptara la sentencia de 15 años. Yo estoy convencido de que si me hubieran dejado terminar mi trabajo, yo hubiera despedido los cargos de homicidio contra el acusado. Sí, los cité a ustedes varias veces en mi oficina para informarles lo que estaba haciendo en el caso. Ustedes obviamente se desesperaron, no me dejaron completar mi trabajo de despedir los cargos, contrataron a otro abogado con menos experiencia, quien envió al acusado a la prisión por 15 años. Así que contrario a lo que usted tenga que decir, no se queje por la imprudente decisión que ustedes tomaron.

Posted by anonymous | October 05, 2020 | Criminal Defense

Rigoberto Rodriguez is an incompetent attorney he lacks in all Areas of Practice!

Rigoberto represented my family member for a 1yr ½. We had to seek for a new attorney after seeing that his intentions weren’t to help. He lacks in all Areas of Practice! He showed no interest toward the case nor did he ever approach the DA to negotiate an outcome for our relative. The DA instead cal...led him out on his mistakes in front of us. He is incompetent to handle a criminal case. We knew that we had to find a new attorney. Because, leaving our family members life in his hands would have been the biggest mistake. He took the easy way out. He was unprofessional, rude and started ignoring our calls, because he knew that he had most of the retainer. We wanted our money back and tried to give him a chance to explain what direction he was taking in the case. HE did not care nor did he want to speak to us. He is taking on cases that he is not prepared to handle in court. He tells his clients to take the blame and settle just to close his case. That is how he makes his money. Before you hire an attorney, please look for reviews, it will save you a lot of frustration and tears,money. I do not recommend for anyone to hire Rigoberto Rodriguez! We want to alert everyone about this lawyer.

Rigoberto Rodriguez

Replied last October 05, 2020

Dear Anonymous, you are not. Your statement that I am incompetent to handle a criminal case is based on the following: Your family hired me to represent your relative in a murder charge. Your family member was arrested for murder. I explained the case to you, your family members and the defendant different times. His case dealt with the previous application of the "Aguilar-Spinelli" law which much favored him at the time that he was previously interviewed for the same murder investigation, charges were not filed at that time. Subsequent to the change of law and the new application of Illinois vs Gates, overruling Aguilar-Spinelli; the Supreme Court established the "Total Circumstances Test" as the new application of Probable Cause Standard. Law enforcement re-interviewed your family member and he confessed to the murder. I defended your family member very diligently to secure a dismissal of his murder case. He benefited from the application of the previous Aguilar-Spinelli initial police investigation as well as some of the new existing Law. Furthermore, to challenge the legality of his confession for murder and work towards a dismissal. Halfway into my efforts to obtain a dismissal for your family member; you all decided to go and hire a less experienced attorney that resulted in your family member pleading guilty to murder and accepted the offer that I informed the new lawyer that he could get of 15 years. I am sure you don't know, but that lawyer called me to discuss the case with me and I informed him that he could get your family member 15 years. You state in your review that the ADA kept telling me that I was making mistakes. Your reference relates to an event when all the files were stacked in the same area and I accidentally grabbed a different file that on top of your relative's file and handed it over to the ADA. I later explained that to you, specifically and your response was clear: "Yes, that can happen to anybody", indicating that it was an honest mistake relating to grabbing the different file. This action had no relevance with the quality of the extensive legal strategical and experienced legal representation that I was providing to your family member. I am convinced that given the opportunity to have concluded my legal representation of your family member, I would have been successful in securing the dismissal of the murder charges against your family member. Nevertheless, part of your review deals with a call that I received from your family asking for money back, to which I asked how much. The brief conversation concluded with no specific amount. After this conversation, you all decided to file a meritless complaint with the State Bar of Texas. Such meritless complaint promptly ended in a dismissal with no participation on my part; only a notification from the State Bar of the dismissal. In conclusion, you all sought my legal representation on a murder case that your relative confessed to. I made every aggressive and diligent experienced strategic effort to secure a dismissal for your now convicted relative. You all decided to hire a new less experienced lawyer that made it impracticable to conclude my efforts to secure the dismissal for your relative of the murder charge. You asked for money back, filed a meritless complaint with the State Bar of Texas that resulted in a prompt dismissal, ultimately you all decided to write a negative review as your choice. I promptly returned all calls, even if calls are made to my cell when I am at court. I was very specific on which direction I was taking the defense, in this case, a dismissal, and you all did not want to wait. I insisted on trying this case to trial and you and your relative did not want that. I try cases and I would have tried this one if the client desired so as he did not. This one negative review is part of all minimally 6 different posted reviews on different websites (Yelp, Avvo, Google) that relate to the same one murder case.

Posted by Attorney Oscar Favela | February 25, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

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I Attorney Favela sought the expertise from Attorney Rodriguez on a client who was charged with Aggravated Robbery with a Deadly Weapon. The client was just out of jail and he did not want to go back to jail. Mr Rodriguez based on his extensive experience. was successful in presenting evidence and... the Grand Jury no Billed the case. In other words CASE DISMISSED. Excellent, Great , Awesome Job Mr. Rodriguez. you are indeed the best of the best . Our client's family was excitedly happy. ******

Posted by Ms. Ramon | October 04, 2013 | Criminal Defense

Excellent Job Mr. Rodriguez!!!

. I hired Mr. Rodriguez to handle my sons case my son was facing a serious 1st degree Felony Aggravated Armed Robbery charge. Mr. Rodriquez took my Son's case and handled it with the upmost professionalism. My son’s charges were dropped to a class A misdemeanor. I would totally recommend Attorney ...Rodriguez. He was always there to answer my calls and answer any questions and concerns I had. The case was resolved quickly. He was referred to me by another satisfied client of his. Good Job Mr. Rodriguez.

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Experience

Rating:  7.0 (Very Good)

Education

1991

Thurgood Marshall School of Law

Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)

1991

Texas Southern University

Languages

Spanish

French

English

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