Jose Antonio Venero
Chief Operating Officer and Legal Consultant
Jose Antonio "Tom" Venero, is a second generation lawyer, following in the footsteps of his father, Dr. Jose Antonio Venero-Dominguez, a respected retired judge and Professor of Law. Jose Antonio is originally from Venezuela. He is a senior lawyer with a solid international business background and more than 30 years practicing law, including 19 years in the US, where he has worked for local law firms in Austin and also as in house counsel in Fortune 500 Corporations (Apple Inc. and Diebold Inc.). Jose Antonio obtained his law degree from the Universidad de Carabobo in Venezuela in 1994. He also graduated with a Specialist Fellowship degree in Civil Procedure Law from the Andres Bello Catholic University (UCAB) in Caracas, Venezuela. While in Venezuela Jose Antonio practiced as a trial attorney, arguing many cases in District Courts, Courts of Appeals and the Nation's Supreme Court. He worked as an Of Counsel Associate in Villalba y Asociados for many years. Jose Antonio was also appointed as a Municipal Judge in 1999. Later on Jose Antonio was a founding partner of Pimentel & Venero in the year 2000. After relocating to the US in 2004, Jose Antonio obtained his LL.M degree in US Law from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas in 2005.
He is admitted to the Venezuelan Bar (1994) and he has also been designated by the State Bar of Texas as a Certified Foreign Legal Consultant since 2008 and he is Currently certificated. Mr. Venero is not licensed to practice law by the State of Texas. As a Foreign Legal Consultant, Mr. Venero is able to assist the U.S. Licensed attorneys at Venero Law, PLLC in the Firm's representation of domestic clients. He is fluent in English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.
Settled in Austin since 2006, Jose Antonio developed a strong connection with the city and its people, adopting Austin with love as his new hometown along with his beloved Valencia. In order to sharpen his business knowledge, Jose Antonio attended an Executive Program in Global Negotiations at Harvard Business School in 2011. In 2016 Jose Antonio reached a new career goal by opening a Law Firm in Austin, Texas, offering legal services mainly in the International law arena but also in human rights. Now he is leading Venero Law PLLC, which is a fast-growing law firm in Austin, still a family oriented practice, but committed to supporting the vibrant immigrant community across the USA. In his spare time, Jose Antonio enjoys golfing, reading about politics and economy, as well as traveling and spending time with his family and friends.
