Legal Services & Lawyers

Jerry Rios was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. He has lived and worked here in Austin for the last eight years. In this time, Jerry has been involved in a number of privately owned businesses including Blue Wave Capital, LLC, a commercial real estate brokerage that focuses on small and middle market debt and equity financing.

Prior to his career as a solo practicioner, Jerry worked in the areas of international business as a partner with the Rios & Wakefield firm, Jerry worked in the fields of hospitality, accounting and tax, securities and financial advising, and real estate finance. His background helps him to understand exactly what his client's situations are. In addition, his clients will find that their counsel has insight into a variety of business issues that help them meet their legal needs.

Attorney Martin Valko of Dallas immigration law firm of Chavez & Valko, LLP, represents individuals and families from around the world, private and publicly traded (also Fortune 100) companies in employment-based immigration, several international Olympic and professional athletes, car racers, artists, and musicians in various non-immigrant and immigrant matters. He also secures visas to foreign countries.

Martin Valko has a first hand knowledge about the U.S. immigration laws as he has been through the entire process – from being a high-school exchange student, college student to an H-1B worker to his permanent residency and dual citizenship. Martin's clients greatly appreciate his in-depth understanding of the complex immigration process. Among others, he is experienced in the areas of labor certifications (PERM), EB-1, EB-2, EB-3 immigrant visas, H-1B specialty occupation and H-2 visas, L-1A/B visas for intracompany transferees, E treaty investor and trader visas, F and J visas for foreign and exchange students, O and P visas for extraordinary ability aliens, athletes and performers. He also assists his clients with securing I-212 and I-601 waivers of inadmissibility, and represents clients in removal proceedings, and on appeal. Martin Valko has been a speaker for educational and business seminars on various immigration law topics.

Born in Levo?a, Slovakia, Martin Valko spent his childhood traveling and living in several countries due to his father’s career as a diplomat and Ambassador for Slovak Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia). He moved to the United States in 1991 to complete his high school studies, where he also obtained his college and law degrees.

Martin Valko is married to a 5-time Olympian (2-time Olympic silver medalist, World and European Champion) swimmer Martina Moravcova, and they reside in Dallas, Texas. Martin is fluent in Slovak, Czech, and English, and is conversant in Russian.

The Law Office of James Zier, P.C. is a full service law firm representing clients throughout Pearland, the Houston metropolitan area, Texas, and the world. Mr. Zier has broad experience in civil litigation, criminal litigation, and transactional matters.