Jose Manuel Banales

Background

Banales, Jose Manuel was born on September 17, 1950 in El Paso, Texas, United States. Son of Margarito and Consuelo Banales.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University Texas-El Paso, 1972. Juris Doctor, U. Houston, 1974.

Career

Bar: Texas 1975 (board certified specialist criminal law), United States District Court (southern district) Texas 1976, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit) 1976, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1983. Association Ramsey, Muniz, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1975, Huerta, Pena & Beckman, Corpus Christi, 1976-1978. Associate Daniel V. Alfaro, Corpus Christi, 1979.

Partner Banales & Cavada, Corpus Christi, 1980.

Sole practice, Corpus Christi, 1981-1987, judge 105th District Court, Nueces, Kleberg and Kenedy Counties, 1987.

Achievements

• Jose Manuel Banales has been listed as a reputable general, judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Junior League ofUnited Latin American Citizens, El Paso, 1966-1972, national president, 1968-1970. Member Mexican American Bar Association Texas (founder, treasurer since 1984), Chicano Bar Association of Southern Texas (founder, president 1979-1980), Corpus Christi BarAssn. (board directors 1978-1980), State Bar Texas (chairman of the section on concerns of spanish-speaking community Texas 1980-1981, judicial section 1987, administration of justic committee 1990-1993, penal code and criminal procedure committee 1994-1995), College State Bar Texas, Texas Center Judicial, Incorporated.

(curriculum committee 1994) Democrat.

Connections

Married Margaret Sandra Moreno, December 28, 1974. Children: Josemanuel Edmundo, Margarita Consuelo, Alejandro Xicotencatl, Juanmarcos Patrocinio, Analicia Dolores.

Father:

Margarito Banales

Mother:

Consuelo Banales

Spouse:

Margaret Sandra Moreno

child:

Juanmarcos Patrocinio Banales

child:

Margarita Consuelo Banales

child:

Josemanuel Edmundo Banales

child:

Analicia Dolores Banales

child:

Alejandro Xicotencatl Banales