Law, Snakard & Gambill,
A Professional Corporation

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Law Firm in Fort Worth, Texas
 
Address
1600 W. Seventh Street, Suite 500
Fort Worth, Texas 76102-2598
(Tarrant Co.)
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Contact Information
Phone: 817-335-7373  
Telecopier: 817-332-7473
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http://www.lawsnakard.com
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Law, Snakard & Gambill,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:

General Civil Practice. Banking, Insurance, Tax, Corporations, Securities, Partnerships, Real Estate, Estate Planning and Probate, Health, Labor and Employment Law, Trials and Appeals.
Year Established: 1892
Firm Profile:
The firm of Law, Snakard & Gambill began in 1892 with an office on Main Street in downtown Fort Worth opened by Morgan Bryan. After more than a century of the continuous practice of law, the firm has grown to become one of the most prominent law firms in the Metroplex.

As the Metroplex continues its remarkable growth, Law, Snakard & Gambill will continue to emphasize its modern management techniques and long-range planning to ensure that the firm provides its traditional highest quality legal services in accordance with its clients' needs.

Firm Size: 30
Representative Clients:
Hillwood Development; Wells Fargo Bank; PricewaterhouseCoopers, LL.P.; Alamo Title Insurance of Texas; Wm. Rigg Companies; The Woodmont Companies; First Command Financial Group; Harris Methodist Health System; Tarrant County College; Rattikin Title Company; Chicago Title Insurance Company; Old Republic National Title Insurance Co.; Huguley Health System; S. G. Payte Investments; Texas Wesleyan University; Supreme Industries, Inc.; Osteopathic Health System of Texas; Behr of America, Inc.; Employers Reinsurance Corporation; Reliance Insurance Company; Title Resources Guaranty Co.; Texas Bank; TGC Industries, Inc.; Holt Hickman Entities; Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation; Pecan Plantation Owners Association, Inc.; Commonwealth Land Title Company; Southwest Bank; Fidelity National Title Insurance Company; Security Union Title Ins. Co.; Stewart Title Guaranty Co.; First American Title Ins. Co.; Texas Packaging Co., Inc.; Millers American Group; W.E. Love and Associates; IWX Motor Freightways; Southwest Land Title Company; Mercantile Partners; Lancer Claims Services, Inc.; Texas Capital Bank; Associates Commercial Corporation; Mazda American Credit; Millers Mutual Fire Insurance Company; CIT Small Business Lending Corporation; Mercedes-Benz Credit Corporation; Omni American Credit Union; Westport Insurance Company; Bank of America; Chase Bank; Calsurance/Fireman's Fund Insurance Company.
Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
Thos. H. Law (1918-2006).
Robert F. Snakard (1910-1994).
Samuel A. Denny (1937-1995).
Harry Hopkins (1927-2004).
Robert F. Watson (Member) born Houston, Texas, January 9, 1936; admitted to bar, 1959, Colorado; 1973, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (A.B., 1957); University of Denver (J.D., 1959). Phi Delta Phi. Assistant Regional Administrator, 1968-1972 and Regional Administrator, Securities and Exchange Commission Region 5 (Fort Worth Regional Office), 1972-1975; Law, Snakard & Gambill, 1975-1998; Of Counsel, 1998—; General Counsel, First Command Financial Group, 1998—. Law Clerk, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 1960. Member: Tarrant County Bar Foundation (Charter Fellow); Texas Bar Foundation (Life Fellow). Email: Robert F. Watson
Walter S. Fortney (Member) born Fort Worth, Texas, February 11, 1939; admitted to bar, 1964, Texas; 1967, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1976, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1962; LL.B., 1964). Phi Delta Phi. Briefing Attorney, The Supreme Court of Texas, 1964-1965. President, Fort Worth-Tarrant County Bar Association, 1997-1998. Member: Committee for Institutes on Real Property, 1975; District Committee on Admissions, 1978-1981, State Bar of Texas. Speaker: Oklahoma Land Title Association, 1978; American Land Title Association, 1980. Associate Member, Texas Land Title Association. Member, Texas Board of Land Surveyors. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law and Land Title Litigation. Email: Walter S. Fortney
Dennis Swift (Member) born Norman, Oklahoma, November 14, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.B.A., 1969); University of Texas (J.D., 1972). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Loans; Financial Institutions Law. Email: Dennis Swift
Jay Spencer Garrett (Member) born Dallas, Texas, November 9, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas. Education: Baylor University and Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1969); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1973). Order of Barristers; Pi Sigma Alpha; Alpha Epsilon Rho; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Moot Court Board; Southwestern Law Journal, 1972-1973. Member: District Committee on Admissions to Bar, 1978, Planning Committee, Real Estate Institute Series, 1983; Advanced Real Estate Law Planning Committees, 1986, 1988, 1990; State Bar Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course Planning Committee; Past Co-Chairman, Fort Worth Real Estate and Commercial Law Council; Constitutional Revision Committee, State Bar of Texas. Member: Texas Academy of Real Estate, Probate and Trust Lawyers. Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Real Estate Transactions; Real Estate and Commercial Lending. Email: Jay Spencer Garrett
William F. McCann (Member) born Abilene, Texas, September 25, 1945; admitted to bar, 1975, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., with honors, 1968); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1975). Alpha Chi; Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Delta Phi (Exchequer, 1974-1975). Director, University of Texas Legal Research Board, 1974-1975. [Lt., U.S. Navy, 1969-1972]. Practice Areas: Commercial and Real Estate Lending; Business and Real Estate Transactions; Contracts. Email: William F. McCann
Ed Huddleston (Member) born Brownwood, Texas, October 31, 1946; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas. Education: Howard Payne College (B.A., cum laude, 1969); Texas Tech University (M.A., 1974); Texas Tech University (J.D., with honors, 1979). Phi Delta Phi; Alpha Chi; Blue Key; Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Texas Tech University Law Review, 1978-1979. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Professional Malpractice; Real Estate Litigation; Personal Injury. Email: Ed Huddleston
A. Burch Waldron, III (Member) born Fort Worth, Texas, July 28, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas; 1984, U.S. District Court, Nothern District of Texas; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas (B.A., with honors, 1976; J.D., with honors, 1979). Delta Theta Phi; Order of the Coif. Speaker: Texas Land Title Association; Colorado Land Title Association. Member: Texas Land Title Association (Associate Member). Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Farm and Ranch Real Estate Law and Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate Litigation; Land Title Law; Construction Litigation; Real Estate and Construction Transactions. Email: A. Burch Waldron, III
Larry C. Bracken (Member) born Dallas, Texas, June 8, 1946; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1968); North Texas State University (M.B.A., 1973); Texas Tech University (J.D., with honors, 1979). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Editorial Board, Texas Tech Law Review, 1978-1979. [Lt., U.S. Navy, 1968-1972]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice; Personal Injury. Email: Larry C. Bracken
Lynn M. Johnson (Member) born Dassel, Minnesota, September 24, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas. Education: Concordia College (B.A., with honors, 1981); University of Arizona; University of Minnesota (J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice; Personal Injury. Email: Lynn M. Johnson
B. Blake Cox (Member) born Slaton, Texas, January 6, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Texas Tech University (B.A., 1982; J.D., 1986). Speaker and Writer: "Recent Case Update," Texas Land Title School, 1995; "Liens," Texas Land Title Institute Regional Seminars, 1996-1997; "Duty of Disclosure and the DTPA," Texas Land Title Institute, 1993; "Recent Real Estate Cases," Texas Title Institute, 1997; "TREC Forms Update," Texas Title Institute, 1998; "Foreclosures," Texas Land Title Regional Seminars, 1998. Author: "Covenants Not to Compete: The Death of Common Calling?" 54 Tex. B.J. 167, 1991. Associate Member, Texas Land Title Association. Member, National Order of the Barristers. Practice Areas: Real Estate Litigation; Land Title Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense; DTPA Litigation. Email: B. Blake Cox
James H. Cheatham, IV (Member) born Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 1, 1958; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas. Education: Northeast Missouri State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1980); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1988). [Captain, U.S. Army Aviation, 1980-1985]. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Litigation; Land Entitlements; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Insurance Defense; DTPA Litigation. Email: James H. Cheatham, IV
Angela H. Robinson (Member) born Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 17, 1953; admitted to bar, 1981, South Carolina; 1982, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; 1998, Texas; 1999, U.S Supreme Court. Education: Georgia Baptist Nursing School (R.N., 1973); University of South Carolina (B.S., 1977; J.D., 1981). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Registered Nurse, State of South Carolina, 1974. Estate Administrator, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of South Carolina. Member: AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society; Board of Directors, YMCA, 1998-2000. Member: Defense Research Institute; Trucking Industry Defense Association; Practice Areas: Tort and Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Labor and Employment. Email: Angela H. Robinson
William H. Blair (Member) born Fort Worth, Texas, October 15, 1948; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; U.S. Tax Court. Education: North Texas State University (B.B.A., 1971); Baylor University (J.D., 1976); Southern Methodist University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1981). (Board Certified, Tax Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Languages: Spanish. Email: William H. Blair
ASSOCIATES
Jennifer M. Covington (Associate) born Savannah, Georgia, March 20, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas. Education: University of Tampa (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995); Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Civil Litigation. Email: Jennifer M. Covington
David Erik Littman (Associate) born Denver, Colorado, November 16, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Colorado; 1999, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: University of Denver (B.S.B.A., 1991); Oklahoma City University School of Law (J.D., 1995); Southern Methodist University School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 1997). Member: Tarrant County and Dallas County Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; American Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Domestic Relations; Business Transactions; Business Litigation; Securities Litigation; Securities Arbitration; Real Estate; Consumer Litigation; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Toxic Torts; General Practice. Email: David Erik Littman
C. Scott Settle (Associate) born Austin, Texas, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1993); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: Tarrant County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Litigation; General Practice; Labor and Employment; Real Estate. Email: C. Scott Settle
C. Davis Chapman (Associate) born Haskell, Texas, August 4, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.B.A., cum laude, 1994); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1996). Member: State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 2004—); Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association (President, 2004; Vice President and Treasurer, 2003). Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Litigation; General Practice; Labor and Employment. Email: C. Davis Chapman
OF COUNSEL
Lawton G. Gambill (Of Counsel) born Atwood, Kansas, August 27, 1924; admitted to bar, 1951, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1948; LL.B., 1951). Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation.
Robert M. Randolph (Of Counsel) born San Antonio, Texas, June 15, 1936; admitted to bar, 1961, Texas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., 1957); Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany on Fulbright Scholarship (1958); University of Texas (LL.B., 1961). Phi Alpha Delta. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Robert M. Randolph
C. Edward Fowler, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Clarksdale, Mississippi; admitted to bar, 1969, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1965); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1968).


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