Dan Montalvo, Attorney At Law

"Experienced and Intelligent Criminal Representation with Integrity and Justice"
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                            Dan Montalvo  is Of Counsel to the law firm of Burleson, Pate and Gibson, L.L.P.  For Over 35 years the Law firm of Burleson, Pate and Gibson has been a prominent law firm the the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex area.  They are committed to providing effective and aggressive representation of individuals and corporations. 

            Recently, Dan Montalvo was honored by his peers by being named a “Texas Rising Star.” The selections are made by Texas Monthly magazine, in cooperation with the publication Law and Politics. Mr. Montalvo, along with the other Rising Star honorees, will be featured in the July, 2005 issue of Texas Monthly magazine and the Texas Super Lawyers– Rising Star edition.

           For the Rising Star competition, fewer than 2.5 percent of attorneys in Texas have received this designation. Recipients are younger than 40 years of age or have been practicing law 10 years or less.

          Dan Montalvo has lead an active academic and professional life.  While attending the University of Dallas, Dan Montalvo studied in Rome, Italy and introduced a major presidential candidate at a rally held on campus.   He spent a summer working in Washington, D.C. (Summer 1990) as an intern with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.  He was one of nineteen selected from a pool of eight-hundred.  He  worked on Capitol Hill for the Chairman of the House Agricultural Committee and He was awarded the Southwestern Presidential Scholarship.

              At the Texas Tech University School of Law, Dan Montalvo single handedly revived the Volunteer Law Students and Lawyers, Inc.  and was its president for two years.  He also attended the Univeristy of Houston's Mexican Legal Studies Program in Mexico City (summer 1994).  He was awarded the Texas Tech Board of Regent's Scholarship.  He spent his summers clerking for Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc.  There he worked in both Federal And State Jurisdictions in such areas of law as Immigration, Family, Employment, Criminal, Workers Compensation, Environmental, Commercial and Contract Law.   

      Daniel Montalvo is an experienced Criminal Lawyer in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area.  He was a verteran prosecutor in the Dallas County District Attorney's Office achieving the rank of Number Two Felony Prosecutor.  As a former State Prosecutor from 1996 to 2004 he tried over 200 Bench and Jury Trials ranging from DWI, Domestic Violence, Criminal Mischief, Aggravated Assault, Drug Possession, Burglary, Kidnapping, Aggravated Robbery, Arson, Aggravated Sexual Assault, Murder and Capital Murder

       Dan Montalvo's experience has given him the ability to know the criminal justice system from inside and out.  He puts every bit of his experience and ability to communicate to provide the best representation possible.  He will take the time to explain all the options because he knows what they are and because he cares.  He knows and understands that your professional, academic or personal life may be at stake.  

 


Education:

Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock,  Texas

Doctor of Jurisprudence 1995

Texas Tech Board of Regents’ Scholarship 1992-1995

President, Volunteer Law Students & Lawyers 1993-1995              

University of Houston School Law Center, Mexico City, Mexico

Mexican Legal Studies Program, Summer 1994               

University of Dallas, Irving, Texas

B.A. Politics (Political Philosophy) 1992

Semester Abroad, Rome, Italy, Fall 1989

Southwestern Presidential Scholarship, 1988-1992

Bar Admissions:

State Bar of Texas

United States District Court, Northern District of Texas

United States District Court, Southern District of Texas

Memberships and Affiliations

Dallas County Defense Lawyers Association; Board Member

Born:  7 November 1969.

Hometown: McAllen, Texas

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