Managing Director

Professional Profile

Odilisa Gutiérrez Mendoza, PhD in Law, is one of the most renowned jurists in Mexico in the field of Agrarian Law and social property. She served as Presiding Magistrate of the Superior Agrarian Tribunal and has held several key positions within the national agrarian legal system. She is currently the General Director of Odilisa Gutiérrez Mendoza & Asociados, a law firm specialized in litigation, legal advisory, and strategic support in matters related to ejidos, agrarian communities, and infrastructure projects on ejido land.

Her career spans more than two decades of institutional experience, the management of highly complex legal cases, and the legitimacy gained from having served in the country’s highest agrarian judicial bodies. This background has positioned her as a national authority in Agrarian Law, recognized by institutions, companies, and communities that rely on her expertise to secure legal certainty and social legitimacy for projects involving ejidal and communal lands.

Academic Background

Gutiérrez Mendoza holds a PhD in Law from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, with honors Cum Laude, and an Honorary Doctorate from the Universidad de España y México. She also earned a Master’s in Public Law and postgraduate specializations in Civil and Commercial Procedural Law and Constitutional Law from the Universidad Panamericana.

Additionally, she completed executive programs at IPADE Business School, including a Diploma in Negotiation and a program in Senior Business Management. She began her career at the Universidad de Guadalajara, where she obtained her Law degree.

Her academic background has provided her with both a solid legal foundation and a strategic perspective that bridges law, public policy, and business management. This combination allows her to approach agrarian law from a technical and judicial standpoint.

Recognitions

Throughout her career, Gutiérrez Mendoza has received numerous distinctions. In 2019, she was named among the “Most Influential Women Lawyers in Mexico” by Foro Jurídico magazine. In 2015, she received the “Carlos R. Moreno Judicial Excellence Award” from the Mexican American Bar Association (MABA) in Los Angeles, California, for her outstanding judicial work.In 2005, she was awarded first place at the national level as Federal Delegate of the Agrarian Registry, in recognition of her exemplary performance in management and user service.

Publications

Odilisa Gutiérrez Mendoza has made significant contributions to the development of legal scholarship. She is the author of the book “El juicio político y la declaración de procedencia en el derecho mexicano” (MAPorrúa, 2017), and has published academic articles in journals such as Dialnet in Spain.

She has also collaborated on major collective works of national relevance, including “El centenario de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos” (UNAM, 2017) and the “Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, edición comentada”, coordinated by Dr. Luis Felipe Guerrero Agripino, Rector of the Universidad de Guanajuato.