Anton P. Montaño

amontano@wgclawfirm.com

“I had the pleasure of working with Anton several years ago on a large case involving numerous technical legal issues. At every step along the way, our team relied on Anton’s superb research and brief writing skills, which resulted in success after success. His grasp of subtle distinctions in the law, his excellent judgment, and his gifted writing style result in a product every judge loves to read.”

Dean Herms
Fort Collins, Colorado

Anton P. Montaño was born in the Philippines. As a young boy, Anton immigrated to the U.S. with his family, and was raised in Beaumont, Texas. In 1993, Anton graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Houston Honor’s College, where he was named Outstanding Graduating Senior in the U.H. Department of Political Science. In 1997, Anton earned his law degree from Cornell University Law School in Ithaca, New York, where he was a member of the Cornell Law Review and Cornell Moot Court Board. While in law school, Anton clerked for the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, and the Houston law firms of Porter Hedges LLP, and Sheinfeld, Maley & Kay P.C.

Following law school, Anton completed a two-year judicial clerkship for the Honorable Senior U.S. District Judge Lucius D. Bunton, III, of the Midland and Pecos Divisions of the U.S. Western District of Texas. After his clerkship, Anton successfully represented some of the nation’s largest companies in employment-related litigation at the trial and appellate levels for the national law firms of Littler Mendelson P.C. and Baker Hostetler LLP, and then represented both large private and public employers throughout the U.S. in federal and state administrative employment investigations for Bashen Corporation, a human resources company. In 2008, Anton launched his own practice to represent both companies and individuals in employment and business-related litigation and transactional issues.

In 2009, Anton joined the Austin Office of Watts Guerra Craft LLP where he works in the areas of commercial, product liability, and appellate law. Anton is a member of the Texas State Bar, Houston Bar Association, Austin Bar Association, and the Houston Asian Chamber of Commerce. Anton is licensed to practice in the state courts of Texas; the United States District Courts for the Western, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of Texas; the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; and the United States Supreme Court.