Colvin Saenz Rodriguez & Kennamer

Colvin, Chaney, Saenz & Rodriguez, L.L.P., has a long history of service to Brownsville and the people of South Texas. In 1950, the General Solicitor for the Missouri Pacific Railroad suggested to two Brownsville attorneys that a merger of their firms would better enable them to represent the railroad. The firm of Sharpe, Cunningham & Garza was born, representing the people and business community of the Rio Grande Valley in civil litigation. The Missouri Pacific/Union Pacific Railroad has remained a major client of the firm since that time. The firm continued to grow and is now a major South Texas law firm. Founding partner Reynaldo G. Garza was appointed to the bench as the first Hispanic United States Federal District Court judge. T. Gilbert Sharpe joined forces with another established Brownsville attorney, Benjamin Hardy. The firm of Hardy & Sharpe became the firm of Hardy, Sharpe & Rodriguez when Eduardo Rodriguez became partner. In subsequent years, Norton A. Colvin, Mitchell C. Chaney and Jaime A. Saenz joined the firm and became named partners. With the most recent addition of Joseph A. Rodriguez as named partner, the firm became Colvin, Chaney, Saenz & Rodriguez, L.L.P.