Victoria Soto, JD is lead counsel of the Law Office of Victoria Soto and concentrates her practice in defending physicians before the Texas Medical Board. She graduated from Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and was admitted to the Louisiana Bar in 1995 and the Texas Bar in 2001.
Beginning in 2001, Victoria served as a prosecuting attorney for the Texas Medical Board. During her tenure with the Board, she resolved a record number of cases, becoming a leader among her peers in case resolution and Agreed Orders resulting from administrative disciplinary proceedings such as Informal Settlement Conferences, Show Compliance Proceedings, License Committee hearings and State Office of Administrative Hearings/Mediations.
Since leaving the Texas Medical Board in 2005, Victoria has represented several hundred physicians before the Texas Medical Board. Her experience and extensive knowledge of medical board rules, procedures and policies coupled with her experience in working closely with board administrators, staff attorneys, affords her clients a seasoned and experienced representative before the Texas Medical Board.
Victoria speaks frequently to hospitals and medical groups within the State of Texas regarding the Texas Medical Board and its disciplinary process. She is a regular speaker and presenter for the Texas Medical Association at their annual TexMed conferences and other continuing medical education seminars throughout the state.
Victoria is also Special Counsel at law firm Lucas | Compton in Washington, DC.