Pena Law Firm

03/03/2022

My firm and my client have been fighting this corruption for many years now. My client, who served the District without a single complaint, had to make a choice of letting this corruption stand in hopes of continuing her contract under the thumb of corruption or refusing to bow to the demands of corruption. She chose to stand. It cost her the contract with La Joya ISD, but saved her character.
It takes people like Mrs. Ruth Villarreal to stand up to these corrupt bullies to pave the way for the rest of us to stand up as well.
If we all follow Mrs. Villarreal’s example, refuse to back down, and continue to fight for what is right, never surrendering we can one day see the end of the corruption that plagues all of us and finally get a government as it should be.

We must continue to fight for what is right in order to end corruption.

A 48-year-old Sullivan City man has admitted to threatening to cancel a contract if he did not receive increased monetary payments

12/06/2019

Whether you are for a wall or against the wall, no one has the right to damage other people’s private property just to make a profit.

If the group uses crowdfunded donations to build a "water wall" near the banks of the Rio Grande, a judge ruled that a nearby preserve could be ruined.

08/02/2019

Vindication for a falsely accused educator!

Earlier this year we were hired to help a long time educator that had been accused of taking money from students and parents. There was no evidence of theft and no strident or parent had complained about missing money. An internal audit showed that approximately 18k in cash was missing. Although these findings were supposed to be confidential, anonymous pages on Facebook started spread the false rumors about my client stealing money. The ISD noticed my clients termination regardless of the lack of evidence.
We were able to get the auditor to admit that he failed to use proper accounting methods and that he had simply added duplicate receipts as originals. When all the facts came out it was clear that my client was innocent and the auditor for the ISD failed to properly audit and failed to correct his errors when made aware of the errors.
After months of discover and a trial, the ISD withdrew their termination of my client.

The anonymous pages have failed to correct their pages, but few few of those guys actually care about the truth anyway.

05/29/2019

If you try to lie, cheat, or steal to win an election, you are not fit for office and will be called to task.

A judge granted a temporary restraining order against Place 5 San Juan City Commissioner Pete Garcia on Tuesday after his political opponent alleged that Garcia has spread defamatory statements against him in order to affect the outcome of the ongoing runoff election. Marco “Markie” Villegas is ...

04/22/2017

EDINBURG — The Agua Special Utility District wants to set the record straight about what is happening at the district and they are doing so by bringing on an attorney to conduct an internal audit.

08/12/2016

Trying to shed light on yet another example of greed and misuse of tax payer money by our "honorable elected officials."

Lopez denied the allegations. Salinas couldn’t be reached for comment. The credibility of the allegations remains unclear.

02/20/2016

Godfrey Garza and his company, Integ Corporation, must face a deposition, a judge ruled on Wednesday.

01/31/2016

Settlements can be bittersweet but let's hope it opens eyes and the students and parents, in the school district, get the representation they need.

A Sharyland ISD employee is claiming she has been getting pushed out of the district for unveiling inappropriate spending.
Administrators have reached an agreement on what to do.
http://bit.ly/1KLC2O8

10/12/2015

You know you're on the right side of a fight when you don't even realize you've been working for hours on a Sunday...

09/06/2015

Interestingly enough the lawyers for the City requested a "stay" in discovery this past week.

Officer Angel de la Mora squatted on the dirty floor, picking through stray bits of ma*****na.

06/09/2015

Tx Supreme Ct denied La Joya ISD's appeal. Corruption/Pay to Play insurance contract civil lawsuit moves forward.

05/19/2015

TEA launched an investigation of Sharyland ISD earlier this year. The district's superintendent said the district is still looking into hiring.