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Herrera Law Firm: A Mexico City-Born Founder Whose Board-Certified Colleague Was Born in Nairobi

Hector Herrera was born in Mexico City and has lived in the United States for most of his life; his colleague at the firm, Matilda Rhoda Matiru, was born in Nairobi, Kenya, holds degrees from a Kenyan university, and is independently Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization — a genuinely international team profile for a Houston firm that has represented clients from more than 100 countries.

At a Glance

Origin and Background

Hector Herrera founded the firm in 2007 and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Matilda Rhoda Matiru, who joined the firm in May 2020, was born in Nairobi, Kenya, earned a double major in Zoology and Business Administration/Management from the University of Eastern Africa in Baraton, Kenya, and is licensed to practice in Texas and independently Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization — a credential independently verifiable through the TBLS attorney directory.

Practice Concentration

The firm handles both individual immigration matters — family-based petitions, green cards, naturalization, DACA, and deportation defense — and business-side immigration including E-2 treaty investor and L-1 intracompany transferee visas, alongside a documented corporate-law practice serving clients across industries including oil and gas, food, retail, manufacturing, and information technology. See this Houston Immigration directory for how this bilingual, board-certified-staffed firm compares to other Harris County immigration practices.

Track Record

As is typical for an immigration and corporate-law practice, the firm does not publish a table of case outcomes with dollar figures, and Awesome Attorneys did not identify one. What is independently verifiable is the firm’s nearly two-decade operating history since its 2007 founding, its documented representation of clients across more than 100 countries and multiple named industries, and Matiru’s TBLS board certification.

Client Voice

The firm holds a 4.9-star aggregate rating on Trustanalytica, with dozens of specific reviews in both English and Spanish describing successful E-2 visa, L-1 visa, LLC-registration, and multi-year green card and citizenship processes; staff members Sofia and Andrea are specifically praised by name across multiple reviews for documentation support and communication. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a pattern of negative or unresolved reviews warranting disclosure for this firm.

Beyond the Courtroom

Hector Herrera’s membership in the American Immigration Lawyers Association reflects ongoing engagement with the broader immigration bar. Awesome Attorneys did not identify separate documented civic or nonprofit board service for the firm’s attorneys distinct from their professional practice.

Recognition for This Houston Immigration Attorney

Matilda Rhoda Matiru’s Board Certification in Immigration and Nationality Law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization is the state’s official specialty credential, independently verifiable via the TBLS directory — the basis for this profile’s use of “board-certified” language as applied specifically to her. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a separate TBLS certification for founder Hector Herrera and discloses that distinction directly rather than implying firm-wide certification that could not be confirmed for both named attorneys.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Immigration law is federally governed, so Texas attorneys in this practice area work primarily before USCIS, the immigration courts (EOIR), and U.S. consulates rather than Texas state courts. E-2 treaty investor visas, a named part of this firm’s practice, require the investor’s home country to have a qualifying treaty of commerce with the United States and a substantial, at-risk investment in a genuine, operating U.S. business — eligibility questions that vary significantly by applicant nationality and investment structure. None of this is legal advice; a specific immigration or corporate matter should be evaluated by a licensed attorney based on the actual facts involved.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Herrera Law Firm’s clearest, most checkable differentiator is pairing founder Hector Herrera’s nearly two-decade Houston practice with Rhoda Matiru’s independent TBLS board certification, giving the firm a verifiable specialist credential alongside a large volume of specific, dual-language positive client reviews spanning both individual and business immigration categories. The honest trade-off: the firm’s own certification claim applies specifically to Matiru rather than firm-wide, and this research found no published case-results data to independently benchmark outcomes, consistent with standard practice in this field. For a Harris County client seeking a bilingual firm with both broad individual-immigration experience and a board-certified specialist on staff, this firm is a genuine, well-reviewed option.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from Herrera Law Firm’s official website (herrerafirm.com), including its team and reviews pages, and third-party directory listings on Trustanalytica, Lawful.com, and Lawyer.com documenting client reviews and attorney backgrounds.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by the Law Offices of Herrera & Associates, PLLC prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placement products to attorneys and firms, including this one, but sponsorship has no bearing on the editorial content, inclusion, or findings of this profile.