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| | Address | | 400 Washington Building, 2228 Mechanic Street, P.O. Box 1943 | | Galveston, Texas 77553 | | (Galveston Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| | Year Established: 1846 | Firm Profile:
The Firm has offices in Galveston, Houston, San Antonio, and Clear Lake and provides a broad range of legal services. The areas of practice include all aspects of personal injury defense, commercial and business litigation, federal and state appellate work, toxic torts, products liability, industrial accidents, medical and legal malpractice, architects and engineering litigation, civil rights, maritime law, insurance defense, wills, trusts and estate planning, probate, guardianships, fiduciary litigation, commercial and residential real estate, business transactions and acquisitions, business formation, corporate law, partnership law, and limited liability company law. | | Firm Size: 20 | Clients:
GENERAL COUNSEL FOR: The United Fire Group; Southwest Shipyard, L.P.; Texas Molecular, LLC; The Sealy & Smith Foundation. |
COUNSEL FOR: CNA Insurance Group; Cambridge Professional Services; CenterPoint Energy, Inc.; Dow Chemical Company; Equistar Chemicals; Fiesta Mart, Inc.; Galveston College; Gulf Greyhound Partners, Ltd.; MI Windows & Doors, Inc.; Nova Chemcials; Panda Restaurant Group, Inc.; Park Board of Trustees of the City of Galveston; Sea Lion Chemicals; Sterling Chemicals, Inc. |
Other Office Locations of Mills Shirley L.L.P.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
| | Ballinger Mills, Jr. (1914-1992). | | Preston Shirley (1912-1990). | | PARTNERS OF FIRM | | John Eckel (Partner) born Houston, Texas, July 27, 1936; admitted to bar, 1962, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 1958); University of Texas (LL.B., 1961). Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation; American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Member: Galveston County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Director, 1972-1975; Chairman, Tort and Compensation Section, 1979-1980); Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; International Association of Defense Counsel. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Civil Trial and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense; Products Liability Defense; Civil Rights Litigation; Civil Practice. Email: John Eckel | | Jack C. Brock (Partner) born Beaumont, Texas, September 24, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas. Education: Lamar University (B.S., with honors, 1968); University of Houston (J.D., 1972). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Barons, Phi Alpha Delta. Chief Assistant District Attorney, Galveston County, 1972-1981. Chairman, State Bar Grievance Committee, District 5B, 1982-1986. Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Galveston County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; International Association of Defense Counsel; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Contracts; Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Toxic Torts. Email: Jack C. Brock | | Fred D. Raschke (Partner) born Houston, Texas, September 4, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., with honors, 1977); Texas Tech University (J.D., 1980). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, National Order of Barristers. Member: Galveston County (President, 1994-1995), Fifth Federal Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel (President Elect); Defense Research Institute; College of the State Bar of Texas; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Defense Litigation; Negligence Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Toxic Tort Defense; Premises Liability; Gas Utilities; Electric Utilities. Email: Fred D. Raschke | | Robert A. Davee (Partner) born Houston, Texas, April 4, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas. Education: Texas Tech University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); University of Texas (J.D., 1985). Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi. Briefing Attorney, U.S. District Judge Ross N. Sterling. Member and Chair, Board of Directors, Galveston Central Appraisal District, 2003-2005. Member, Board of Trustees, Clear Creek Independent School District, 2001—. Member: Galveston County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; National Fire Protection Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Admiralty Law; Personal Injury Defense; Products Liability Defense; Premises Liability; Contracts; Ad Valorem Tax. Email: Robert A. Davee | | Christopher S. Cahill (Partner) born Houston, Texas, August 18, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., cum laude, 1984); University of Houston (J.D., 1988). Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Galveston County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on Real Estate, Probate and Trust); Galveston County Young Lawyers Association. (Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Contracts; Business Transactions; Governmental Law; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates; Wills. Email: Christopher S. Cahill | | George W. Vie, III (Partner) born Tampa, Florida, March 21, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas, 2002, Hawaii; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Missouri; University of Houston (B.S., magna cum laude, 1985); University of Texas (J.D., 1988). Phi Kappa Phi. Author, "Federal Court Practice in Western District of Texas," 52 Texas Bar Journal 1070 (1989). Speaker: Texas Municipal League, 1999, 2006; Galveston County Bar, 2000-2001; Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Summer Seminar, 2001, Winter Seminar, 2002; Governmental Liability Seminar, Houston Bar Association, 1996; "Varying Perspectives on Regulations of Minors—Constitutionality of Non-Emergency Curfews," National Institute of Municipal Law Officers, Mid-Year Seminar. Listed in, Who's Who in the World, 17th-22nd Editions and Who's Who in American Law, 9th-14th Editions. Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Keeton Fellow, University of Texas Law School Foundation. Member: Galveston County, Houston, Fifth Circuit, Federal, Hawaii State and American (Member, Council of Appellate Lawyers) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Appellate Section); Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Amicus Committee). (Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Federal Civil Litigation. Email: George W. Vie, III | | Maureen Kuzik McCutchen (Partner) born Orange, New Jersey, February 16, 1962; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas. Education: Texas A&M University (B.S./Pet. Eng); University of Texas (M.B.A.); University of Houston (J.D., 1992). Tau Beta Pi; Phi Delta Phi. Briefing Attorney to Honorable Margaret Garner Mirabal, First Court of Appeals, 1992-1993. Adjunct Professor, South Texas College of Law, 1993-1994. Member: Galveston County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Wills; Trusts; Estate Planning; Probate and Estate Administration; Contested Wills; Fiduciary Litigation; Business Transactions; Real Estate; Litigation; Oil and Gas Law. Email: Maureen Kuzik McCutchen | | Christopher C. Garcia (Partner) born Texas City, Texas, March 19, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., 1994); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1997). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Galveston, Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Construction Law Section; Grievance Committee-Galveston County, 2005—); Galveston County Young Lawyers Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Professional Liability Defense; Electric Utilities Defense; Toxic Torts; Construction Law; Medical Malpractice; Consumer Rights. Email: Christopher C. Garcia | | ASSOCIATES | | Robert E. Booth (Associate) born Warren, Michigan, October 4, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 2000; J.D., 2003). Member: State Bar of Texas; Galveston County and American Bar Associations; Galveston County Young Lawyers Association (President-Elect, 2006); Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Chair, Young Lawyers Committee); Federalist Society. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Toxic Torts; Construction Law; Litigation; Contracts. Email: Robert E. Booth | | Jeffrey L. Larson (Associate) born Houston, Texas, November 30, 1967; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas; 1999, U. S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.B.A., Finance, magna cum laude, 1994); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1998). Member: State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Family Law. Email: Jeffrey L. Larson | | OF COUNSEL | | Juliann Karenko (Of Counsel) born Dearborn, Michigan, August 28, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1998, Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 2007, Texas. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1985); Detroit College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Assistant District Legal Counsel, State of California Department of Children and Family, 1998. Member: Brandon, Clearwater, Hillsborough and Washtenaw County Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Family Law Section); State Bar of Michigan (Member, Family Law Section); State Bar of Texas (Member, Family Law Section). Practice Areas: Family Law(100%). Email: Juliann Karenko | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Houston, Texas Office: 1021 Main Street, Suite 1950, One City Centre, 77002-6502. Telephone: 713-225-0547. Facsimile: 713-225-0844.
San Antonio, Texas Office: 2600 McCullough, 78212. Telephone: 210-733-9132. Facsimile: 210-733-9131.
Houston (Clear Lake) Office: 17225 El Camino Real, Suite 170, 77058. Telephone: 713-571-4270. Fax: 713-571-4271.
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