Liz has been practicing law since 1999 and has handled the litigation of civil suits, including cases involving personal and catastrophic injury, commercial litigation and insurance defense. Liz received her law degree from the St. Mary’s University School of Law in 1999. She practiced law with Willette & Guerra in McAllen from 1999 to 2008 and then joined her husband’s practice at the Law Office of Richard A. Cantu, P.C. from 2009 to 2014. She worked at Atlas, Hall & Rodriguez L.L.P. for three years before joining Ramón Worthington Nicolas & Cantu, P.L.L.C. as a member in 2017.
Her professional licenses include the State Bar of Texas and U.S. District Courts (Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas). She’s been named a “Texas Rising Star” by Thomson Reuters 2007-2010, been published by Super Lawyers/Texas Monthly magazine, and has a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating.
Liz is currently a State Bar of Texas At Large Director, a member of the Board of Editors for the Texas Bar Journal, Immediate Past Chair of the State Bar of Texas Women in the Law Section, co-chair of the Cross-Marketing Committee for NAMWOLF, a Texas Bar Foundation fellow, a member of the Texas Bar College, Committee Member for the 2024 Advanced Civil Trial CLE, serves on the Building Planning Special Committee, serves on the Executive Committee of the State Bar of Texas, serves as the Chair of the New Director Orientation Committee, is a member of the Hispanic Issues and Insurance Law Section, and co-chaired the State Bar of Texas Women and the Law International Women’s Day and CLE. She was a past liaison to the State Bar of Texas Insurance Law Section, having also served on the nominating committee for the Texas Association of Defense Counsel (TADC), and as Website and Social Media Chair for the Women and the Law Section.
Liz served several terms as an Officer for the Hidalgo County Young Lawyers, was a board member of Avance-RGV and served six years as a Girl Scout Troop Leader and volunteer for the Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas. She served as Secretary and Treasurer for the Hidalgo County Bar Association (H.C.B.A.) and was President of the Women’s Bar Section of the H.C.B.A. Liz was the President of the South Texas Independent School District Science Academy Parent Student Teacher Organization and was a founding member of the National Charity League Organization- South Texas RGV Chapter.
Liz was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Irving, Texas. She graduated from Santa Clara University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology in 1996. She has lived in Hidalgo County for more than twenty-four years and is raising her three children, with her husband of twenty-four years, real estate attorney Richie Cantu.
Areas of Practice:
Litigation of Civil Suits
Personal Injury
Commercial Litigation
Insurance Defense
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Texas, 1999
U.S. District Court-Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court-Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court-Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court-Eastern District of Texas
Education:
Santa Clara University, B.S., Psychology 1992-1996
St. Mary’s University School of Law, J.D. 1996 – 1999
Honors and Awards:
2007 – 2009, Named a Texas Rising Star as awarded by Thomson Reuters and published by Super Lawyers/Texas Monthly magazine
Languages:
Spanish
Areas of Practice:
General Litigation
Education:
St. Mary’s School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, May 1999. J.D.
Honors Fraternity: Phi Delta Phi.
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA June 1996
B.S. – Psychology
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Licensed to practice law in the State of Texas, 1999-present
Admitted to practice before Southern, Western, Eastern, and Northern Districts of Texas
Member of the State Bar of Texas; 1999-present
Texas Super Lawyer- 2023
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rated
State Bar of Texas At Large Director for District 12; 2022-2025
Chair of the State Bar Women and the Law Section; 2023-2024
Chair of the Cross-Marketing Committee for NAMWOLF- 2024-2025
State Bar of Texas Executive Committee Member; 2023-2024
State Bar of Texas Policy Manual Committee Member; 2023-2024
State Bar of Texas New Directors Orientation Chair; 2023-2024
State Bar of Texas Advisor to the Computer & Technology Section; 2023-2024
47th Annual Advanced Civil Trial CLE Course Planning Committee member
Texas Bar College Member- 2022 to present
State Bar of Texas Alternate Advisor/Liaison to the School Law Section and Member; 2023-2024
Member of the Texas Bar Journal Board of Editors; 2022-2024
Social Chair of the Hidalgo County Bar Association Women’s Bar Section; 2022-2023
Member and Alternate Liaison of the State Bar of Texas Asian Pacific Interest Section; 2022-2023
Member and Liaison of the State Bar of Texas Insurance Law Section; 2022-2023
Member of the State Bar of Texas Computer & Technology Section; 2022-present
Founding member of the RGV Chapter of National Charity League, Inc.; 2022-present
Member of the Texas Association of Defense Counsel-Nominating Committee; 2020-2023
Member of the State Bar of Texas Insurance Litigation Section; 2020-present
Member of the Cross Marketing Committee for NAMWOLF; 2020-present
Member of the State Bar of Texas- Hispanic Issues Section; 2019-present
Member of the Texas Bar Foundation; 2018-present
Member of the Defense Research Institute; 2017-present
Member of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms, Inc. (NAMWOLF)- 2017-present
Social Media and Website chair for the State Bar of Texas Women in the Law Section; 2021-2022
Texas Women Lawyers, Committee Member for the 2020 Annual CLE
Past President of the Hidalgo County Bar Association-Women’s Bar Section; 2018-2019
Past Secretary of the Hidalgo County Bar Association/Hidalgo County Bar Foundation; 2016-2017
Texas Rising Star (2007, 2008, 2009)
Speaking and Writing:
Better Billing Habits-Presented to the Texas Association of Defense Counsel Members-March 8, 2022.
Cybersecurity-Co-author and presenter for the Texas Association of Defense Counsel Spring Meeting in Ashville, North Carolina-May 6, 2022.
Cybersecurity-The Lawyer Edition– Co-author and presenter for the Texas Association of Defense Counsel Fall Meeting in New York, New York-September 21, 2023
Cybersecurity for the Trial Lawyer- Co-author and presenter for the Texas Bar Litigation Update Institute and Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas- January 19, 2024
Past Employment Positions:
Law Office of Richard A. Cantu, P.C.- Jan. 2009-August 2014
Willette & Guerra L.L.P.-October 1999-December 2008
Atlas, Hall & Rodriguez L.L.P.-August 2014-June 2017
