Heather Moretzsohn has focused her practice on the field of Immigration Law. Born in Saipan and raised in Hawaii, she has had a variety of international experiences. Heather has lived and traveled extensively in Europe, Japan, Asia and Latin America. She was a former Fullbright Scholar to Japan, an International Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to Austria, and has worked at the U.S. Department of State both in Washington D.C. and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Heather is a former President of the Corpus Christi Sister City Committee where she set up a new Sister City between Corpus Christi, Texas and Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.
Education
2000 – 2004 Japan – Waseda University, School of International Law, Tokyo, Japan
2001 M.A. University of Hawaii at Manoa, International Law/PIS
1999 J.D., William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa
– M.A., University of Hawaii at Manoa, Political Science
1992 – 1993 Japan – Ryukyu University, Japan
1991 B.A., George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
1987 – 1988 Austria – University of Salzburg, Austria
1987 Mexico – Goethe Institute, Guadalajara, Mexico
Membership
2013 U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
2013 Corpus Christi Division Criminal Justice Act Panel
2010 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
2008 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Community Service Organizations
2010 – Present Corpus Christi Downtown Rotary Club
2005 – Present Corpus Christi Sister City Committee
Employment
2010 – Rodriguez & Moretzsohn, P.L.L.C.
2008 – 2010 Reina, Bates & Kowalski, P.C., Corpus Christi, Texas
2005 – 2008 Harris & Greenwell, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, Texas
2001 – 2004 Stanton, Clay, Tom, Chapman, Crumpton & Iwamura, Honolulu, Hawaii
2001 Nisihi Law Firm, Tokyo, Japan
1999 – 2000 The Honorable Gail Nakatani, Hawaii State Judge, Honolulu, Hawaii
1994 U.S. Consulate, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1991 U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Russian & Chinese Visa Section, Washington, D.C.
1988 – 1991 U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Washington, D.C.