Business Court

Division 11A

Governor Greg Abbott appointed Sofia Adrogué as one of the inaugural judges of the Texas Business Court, Eleventh Business Court Division, effective September 1, 2024. The Eleventh Business Court Division is composed of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda, Montgomery, and Wharton Counties.  A native of Argentina, Sofia is a 10+ year Texas Super Lawyer, Best Lawyer, and Latino Leaders honoree, recognized among the “U.S. 25 Most Influential Hispanic Lawyers” and “Most Powerful Women in Law.”

She envisioned and serves as Editor of the Texas Business Litigation treatise (6th Edition) and has published and/or spoken on more than 300 occasions.  Sofia is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Owner/President Management Program and an alumna of Harvard Business School, where she served as the U.S. keynote graduation speaker for HBS OPM 37—ostensibly the first woman to do so—and as U.S. Class Representative. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Houston Law Center and from Rice University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, both on full academic scholarships.

Having handled matters arising throughout Texas, across the United States, and internationally in venues including Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and Puerto Rico, Sofia has obtained favorable judgments and settlements in state and federal courts as well as in alternative dispute resolution proceedings.  Sofia has served on The Advocate Editorial Board, the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee, and the CLE, Mentor, and Professionalism Committees of the State Bar of Texas. She has also served on the Houston Lawyer and Professionalism Committees of the Houston Bar Association, among others. She is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, the Texas Bar Foundation, and the Houston Bar Foundation. Additionally, she has served as a member of the Houston First Board of Directors and the City of Houston Mayor’s Hispanic Advisory Board.

She has received more than 40 accolades, including the 2026 Houston Bar Association Justice Ruby Kless Sondock Award; 2025 Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce Pioneering Leadership in Justice Award; 2025 Hispanic Bar Association Judge of the Year Award; 2024 L.I.F.E. Mother’s Day Award; 2023 University of Houston Law Center Hispanic Law Heritage Wall of Honor recognition; 2022 Top 30 Women in Houston Award; 2021 World Affairs Council of Greater Houston Global Leader of Influence Award;  2020 Comcast Hispanic Heroes Award; a Greater Houston Women’s Chamber Hall of Fame inductee; a Houston Chronicle/Channel 11 “Texas Legend”; one of the “10 Extraordinary Latinos” (inaugural list); a National Diversity Council “Most Powerful and Influential Woman of Texas” and “Top 50 Women Lawyers” honoree; a UH Law Center Immigration Clinic Arrival Award; a Houston Jaycees “Outstanding Houstonian” Award; a Texas Jaycees “Outstanding Texan” Award as well as  the U.S. Jaycees “Outstanding Young American” Award, among others.  The City of Houston has recognized her public service with  proclamations designating July 10, 2004, and December 18, 2018, as “Sofia Adrogué Day.”