Marco Vasquez Jr.

Attorney

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Marco Vasquez Jr. is an attorney with the Institute for Justice. During law school, Marco worked as a summer clerk in IJ’s Texas office.

Before re-joining IJ, Marco worked at Paul Hastings LLP in Dallas, where he tried multiple jury trials and worked on a number of appeals. Before his time at Paul Hastings, Marco clerked for three federal judges: L. Steven Grasz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Drew B. Tipton of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and Christine A. Nowak of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Marco received his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 2019 and his B.A. in Political Science with an emphasis in International Relations from the University of California, San Diego in 2014. He is originally from Arizona.

Marco is licensed to practice in Texas.

Marco's Cases

Immunity and Accountability | Private Property

McKinnon v. Hernandez

A Dallas bar owner asks the Supreme Court to deny immunity to the police detective who led a bogus investigation against him.

Economic Liberty | Food Freedom

Texas Cultivated Meat

Wildtype and UPSIDE Foods challenge Texas's ban on cultivated meat. Texas’ ban is about one thing: protecting in-state agricultural interest from innovative, out-of-state competition.

Immunity and Accountability | Other Property Rights Abuses | Private Property

Oklahoma Takings

Courts say Okay, Oklahoma owes Melisa Robinson for damaging her property. But the city won't pay. That violates her Fifth Amendment right to just compensation.

4th Amendment Project | Civil Forfeiture | Private Property

DEA and TSA Airport Forfeitures

Retired railroad engineer Terry Rolin’s life savings were seized by the government, but he hasn’t been charged with any crime. Now he and his daughter are working with IJ to get his money back and…