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About Alfonso Otero

Education 1995- J.D. in Law Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico ranked 8th. 1999- LLM Master in Laws American Legal Studies, St. Mary’s University School of Law 2001- Jurisprudence Doctorate St. Mary’s University School of Law Employment 2016- Founded Afonso Otero Attorney at Law, P.C. 2001- Founded Gonzalez & Otero, P.C. 2001- Present Attorney Consultant for the Mexican General Consulate in San Antonio, Texas Participated as an expert in Mexican and immigration law for the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Texas. Memberships: Texas Bar Association 2001 – Present Western District of Texas Southern District of Texas United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Admit to the practice of law in all 32 States of Mexico Awards: Santa Maria Award 2000 Green Award 2001 Advocacia sin Fronteras 2001 Named Best Lawyers in San Antonio, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2016 Named Top Criminal Attorney by San Antonio Scene Magazine in 2013 Honored for Excellence in Immigration Law in 2014 Cases Mercado v. Lynch Docket: 14-60539 Opinion Date: May 4, 2016 Areas of Law: Immigration Law Petitioner, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitioned for review of the BIA’s order of removal finding that his convictions for indecent exposure and making terroristic threats under Texas law are crimes involving moral turpitude (CIMT). The court concluded that the BIA incorrectly applied the realistic probability approach in analyzing whether petitioner’s convictions are CIMTs. There has not been an intervening change of law that would permit this panel to overturn prior precedent and adopt the realistic probability approach as applied to CIMTs. The court has persistently applied the “minimum reading” approach in this context. Accordingly, the court reversed and remanded for the BIA to analyze petitioner’s convictions under the correct approach. See Webpage for a complete list of relevant cases.