First Admitted: 2006, Texas

Professional Webpage: https://www.spivaltx.com/soledadvalenciano

Bar/Professional Activity:

Blattman Elementary School, First Vice President, 2007 - 2008
San Antonio Young Lawyers Association, Director, 2007 - 2009
State of Texas, 2006
San Antonio Bar Association, Member
North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Lab, 2012
South Texas Property Rights Association, Member
Bexar County Women's Bar Association, Member
Federal Bar Association, San Antonio Chapter, President, 2019 - 2020
Federal Bar Association, San Antonio Chapter, Vice President, 2017 - 2018
Federal Bar Association, San Antonio Chapter, Treasurer, 2016 - 2017
Federal Bar Association, San Antonio Chapter, Secretary, 2015 - 2016
San Antonio Bar Association, Real Estate Section, Treasurer, 2022 - 2023
San Antonio Bar Association, Real Estate Section, Secretary, 2021 - 2022
Federal Bar Association, San Antonio Chapter, President Elect, 2018 - 2019
Bexar County Women's Bar Foundation LEAD Academy, Committee of the Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation (Steering Committee Member, 2020 - Present
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Special Licenses/Certifications:

Certified Texas Mediator

Pro bono/Community Service:

Bexar County Dispute Resolution Center, Volunteer Mediator, 2016 - 2018

Honors/Awards:

San Antonio’s Outstanding Women in Law 2022, 2023, as featured in Scene in S.A. Magazine
Top Lawyers in Eminent Domain 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 (5-15 years category), as featured in Scene in S.A. Magazine
Texas Super Lawyers – 2014, 2015, 2016 Texas Rising Star, a Thomson Reuters Service
Texas Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters Service, 2022
One of the Top Women Attorneys in Texas by Texas Monthly, 2023

Educational Background:

Texas State University, M.Ed. in Special Education, Honor: magna cum laude, 2000
Texas A&M University, B.B.A., Honor: magna cum laude, 1992

White Papers:

“Antitrust and Consumer Protection,” SMU Law Review, Volume 64 No. 1, A. Michael Ferrill, Leslie Sara Hyman and Soledad Valenciano (October 2011)

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Co-Author, Federal Court Update, San Antonio Lawyer Magazine (Bi-Monthly Publication; March 2011 - Present)
“Anatomy of a Civil Trial XII,” Panel Discussion, Bexar County Local Rules (April 2008)
“Antitrust and Consumer Protection,” SMU Law Review, Volume 63 No. 2, A. Michael Ferrill, Leslie Sara Hyman and Soledad Valenciano (March 2010)
“Recent Developments in Eminent Domain Proceedings: Shale Oil, CREZ, Senate Bill 18 and a Proposed Taking by the U.S. Army” (September 2011)
“Coming Soon to a Town Near You: Eminent Domain, the CREZ Project, the Shale Oil and Gas Boom and Other Takings” (with Jim Spivey to San Antonio Bar Association Natural Resources Section, September 2011)
“Recent Developments in Eminent Domain Proceedings” (with Jim Spivey at 10th Annual Gas and Power Institute, Houston, Texas, September 2011)
“Towers, Trenches and TxDot: Strategies from the Landowner’s Perspective” (with Jim Spivey to San Antonio Real Estate Discussion Group, January 2012)
Ethics Presentation to Del Rio Division Association of Federal Attorneys (January 2012)
“Antitrust and Consumer Protection,” SMU Law Review, Volume 65 No. 2, A. Michael Ferrill, Leslie Sara Hyman and Soledad Valenciano (March 2012)
Guest Speaker, San Antonio Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and the Paralegal Division of the State Bar of Texas, District 5, at 2014 Fox Tech Law and Research Magnet Program Mentoring Lunch (April 2014)
Proof Editor, The Federal Lawyer Magazine (Bi-Monthly Publication; August 2019 - Present)
Co-Editor, San Antonio Federal Bar Association’s Newsletter (2017 - Present)
“Where Property Owners Hit a Wall: A Push to Relax the Unity of Title Factor in Eminent Domain Actions" as published in the At Side Bar Column of the Federal Lawyer Magazine (Bi-Monthly Publication; May/June 2020 Issue)
“Nor is Condemnation a Trivial Affair" as published in the At Side Bar Column of the Federal Lawyer Magazine (Bi-Monthly Publication; Volume 68/Issue 4, 2021)
“Recognizing the Ever-Growing Presence of Women Owning Property” as published in the Legal Mojo Column of WALS Now, a publication by the Women and the Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (June 2022)
“Ethics and Conflicts of Interest,” Regular Presenter, Federal Bar Association Federal Court Practice Seminar, San Antonio Texas (February 2009 - Present)

Industry Groups:

Real estate development; farm and ranch; other

Soledad M. Valenciano