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| | Address | | 600 Travis, Suite 4200 | | Houston, Texas 77002 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Andrews Kurth LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Appellate Practice, Banking Law, Bankruptcy, Business Law, Commercial Law, Construction Law, Contracts, Corporate Compliance, Investigations and Defense (CCID), Corporate Law, Debtor and Creditor, Education Law, Eminent Domain, Employee Benefits, Energy, Entertainment and Sports, Environmental Law, Finance, Government, Government Contracts, Health Care, Insurance, Intellectual Property International Law, International Trade, Investments, Labor and Employment, Leases and Leasing, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Natural Resources, Occupational Safety and Health, Patents, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Project Finance, Public Finance, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Technology and Science, Torts, Toxic Torts, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, Utility Law, White Collar Crime, Wills and Probates, Zoning, Planning and Land Use. | | Year Established: 1902 | Firm Profile:
Andrews Kurth LLP is a national law firm with approximately 415 attorneys. Founded in 1902 in Houston, Texas, the firm is one of the oldest and largest law firms in Texas. The firm represents a wide variety of local, national and international concerns from its offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, The Woodlands, Austin, London and Beijing. Many of the attorneys of Andrews Kurth LLP have national and international reputations as leaders in their respective practice areas. Proud of the firm's tradition, Andrews Kurth LLP is strongly committed to providing quality legal services with individual attention and personal concern. | | Firm Size: 421 |
Other Office Locations of Andrews Kurth LLP
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A.
Beijing, China
London, England
| | PARTNERS | | Mark B. Arnold (Partner) born Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas. Education: Cornell University (A.B., with distinction, 1988); Columbia University (J.D., 1991). Phi Beta Kappa. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Public Finance. Email: Mark B. Arnold | | Howard T. Ayers (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1966); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 1969). Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Kappa Phi; Member, Order of the Barons. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Real Estate Lawyers Council; Texas College of Real Estate Attorneys. Practice Areas: Commercial; Real Estate; Investment Law; Banking. Email: Howard T. Ayers | | Thomas G. Bateman, Jr. (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1978); University of Texas (J.D., 1981). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Oil and Gas Acquisitions; Oil and Gas Contracts; Oil and Gas Exploration; Oil and Gas Finance; Oil and Gas Law. Email: Thomas G. Bateman, Jr. | | Lawrence L. Bellatti (Partner) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Oklahoma; 1974, Texas. Education: Oklahoma State University (B.S., 1966); University of Oklahoma (J.D., 1969). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Houston, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation; Banking Litigation; Condemnation. Email: Lawrence L. Bellatti | | Roy E. Bertolatus (Partner) born Jersey City, New Jersey, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with high distinction, 1974); University of Munich; Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Investments; International Law. Email: Roy E. Bertolatus | | Christopher T. Boehler (Partner) born 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., Finance, with honors, 1995); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Order of the Coif. Executive Editor, Houston Law Review. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Commercial Leasing; Construction Law. Email: Christopher T. Boehler | | Paul M. Bohannon (Partner) born Cushing, Oklahoma, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Texas; 1976, New Mexico. Education: Oklahoma State University (B.A., 1972); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1975). Delta Theta Phi; Order of the Coif. Author: "Superfund and the Banking Industry," Texas Bar Journal, December, 1987; "Bohannon's New Mexico Environmental Handbook" (Butterworths Legal Publishers, 560 pg). Panelist, "Topical Conference on Traditional and Non-Traditional Air Contaminants," Lovelace Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute, 1987. Chairman, Environmental Affairs Committee, New Mexico Oil & Gas Association, 1988-1991. Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, Environmental Law Committee); State Bar of New Mexico; American Bar Association (Member, Environmental Law Committee, 1980). (Also at The Woodlands Office). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Regulatory Law. Email: Paul M. Bohannon | | Michael A. Boyd (Partner) born Corpus Christi, Texas, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1985); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1988). Phi Delta Phi. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law. Email: Michael A. Boyd | | Gerald L. Bracht (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., with highest honors, 1973; J.D., with honors, 1976). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Advocates. Life Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Foundation. Member: Federal and American Bar Associations; Houston Lawyer Referral Service (Board Member, 1998-1999); Texas Association of Defense Counsel; American Judicature Society; Garland R. Walker Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Litigation; Aviation; Products Liability Defense; Securities Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation. Email: Gerald L. Bracht | | J. Mark Breeding (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1978); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1981). Member, Order of Lytae. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Condemnation; Real Estate Litigation. Email: J. Mark Breeding | | Tammy W. Brennig (Partner) born Fort Worth, Texas, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas. Education: Lamar University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1990); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1992). Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Iota Epsilon. Order of the Lytae. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance. Email: Tammy W. Brennig | | Todd Brewer (Partner) born Bristol, Tennessee, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1993, District of Columbia. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., cum laude, 1983; J.D., 1986). Member: Houston and American (Member, State and Local Government Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; The District of Columbia Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Public Law. Email: Todd Brewer | | Melinda Held Brunger (Partner) born Lincoln, Nebraska, 1952; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., 1973); University of Texas at Arlington (M.B.A., 1986); University of Houston (J.D., 1990). Order of the Barristers. Chief Research Editor, Houston Law Review, 1989-1990. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities Law. Email: Melinda Held Brunger | | David Clyde Buck (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 1990); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1994). Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review. Author: "Property in The Fifth Amendment: A Quest for Common Ground in The Maze of Regulatory Takings," 46 Vanderbilt Law Review 1283 (Oct. 1994). Member: State Bar of Texas. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Buying and Selling of Businesses; International Corporate Finance; Debt and Equity Finance; Securities Offerings. Email: David Clyde Buck | | Gary L. Bush (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1939; admitted to bar, 1974, New Jersey; 1975, New York; 1982, Texas; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Texas Tech University (B.S.E.E., 1961); Yale University (M.Eng., 1962; Ph.D., 1966); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1974). Eta Kappa Nu; Tau Beta Pi. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Houston, 1983-1992. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; Houston Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1989-1990); American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Gary L. Bush | | John T. Cabaniss (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1963); University of Texas (LL.B., 1966). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Chancellors. Comments Editor, Texas Law Review, 1965-1966. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Contract Law; Corporate; Securities Law; Energy Law; Finance Law. Email: John T. Cabaniss | | Richard H. Caldwell (Partner) born Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1939; admitted to bar, 1963, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.S., 1960); Harvard University (LL.B., 1963). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Litigation; Aviation; Products Liability Defense; Securities Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation. Email: Richard H. Caldwell | | Elizabeth A. Campbell (Partner and Chief Diversity Officer) born Trenton, New Jersey, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, District of Columbia; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, New York; 2006, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. (Not admitted in Texas). Education: The American University (B.A., cum laude, with honors in Government, 1975); University of Michigan (J.D., 1978). Member: American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section). | | David W. Childress (Partner) born San Angelo, Texas, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1972). Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Midland Young Lawyers Association (Member, Midland County Chapter). Practice Areas: Energy. Email: David W. Childress | | Douglas E. Clarke (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1970); University of Houston (J.D., 1973). Associate Editor, Houston Law Review, 1972-1973. Probate Editor, for the Texas State Bar News for the Real Estate Probate and Trust Section, 1986—. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Probate Administration; Contested Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Planning; Trust Law. Email: Douglas E. Clarke | | John B. Clutterbuck (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., with high honors, 1985); Yale University (J.D., 1988). Notes Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1987-1988. Author: Note, "Karl Llewellyn and the Intellectual Foundations of Enterprise Liability Theory," 97 Yale Law Journal 1131, 1988. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Business Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: John B. Clutterbuck | | Robert M. Collie, Jr. (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., with honors and special honors, 1968; J.D., with honors, 1972). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Comments Editor, Texas Law Review, 1971-1972. City Attorney, Houston, Texas, 1978-1980. (Also at Austin Office). Practice Areas: Public Law. Email: Robert M. Collie, Jr. | | John P. Courtney (Partner) born Temple, Texas, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1980); Baylor University (J.D., 1983). Phi Delta Phi. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Business Litigation. Email: John P. Courtney | | David B. Denechaud (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 2000, New York. (Not admitted in Texas). Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1994); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Securities. | | Douglas J. Dillon (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.S., 1975); University of Houston (J.D., 1978). Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Secured Finance; Unsecured Finance; Commercial Finance; Financial Restructuring; Debt and Equity Finance. Email: Douglas J. Dillon | | Jeff C. Dodd (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976; J.D., summa cum laude, 1979). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Order of the Barons. Editor, Houston Law Review, 1978-1979. Author: "Rights in Information: Conversion and Misappropriate Causes of Action in Intellectual Property Cases," 32 Houston Law Review 459, 1965; "Liability of Texas Officials for Their Tortious Acts," 16 Houston Law Review 100, 1978. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Houston, 1981. Member, Advisory Board, Honors College of the University of Houston. Member: Houston (Member: Business Law Section; Subcommittee on Electronic Commerce) and American (Member: Forum Committee on Franchising; Sections on: Business Law; Taxation; Science and Technology) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Electronic Subcommittee, Business Law Section; Chairman, Computer Contracts Committee and Liaison, Uniform Commercial Code Article 2 Revision Committee, Computer Law Section). (Also at Austin Office). Practice Areas: Corporate; Information Technology; Electronic Commerce. Email: Jeff C. Dodd | | Linda Ingols Dole (Partner) born Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1939; admitted to bar, 1978, Iowa; 1979, Texas. Education: Marietta College (A.B., 1960); Cornell University; University of Iowa (J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, Iowa Law Review, 1977-1978. Member: State Bar of Texas; Iowa State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Law; Creditor's Rights Law. Email: Linda Ingols Dole | | James Donnell (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Fifth Circuits. Education: Rice University (B.S., 1983); University of Texas (J.D., 1986). Phi Beta Kappa; Tau Beta Pi; Phi Delta Phi. Chairman, Indenture Trustee Subcommittee, American Bar Association's Business Bankruptcy Section. Master of the Bench, American Inns of Court, The Honorable Arthur L. Moller/David F. Foltz, Jr. Branch. Member: State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Business Bankruptcy, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) (Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law. Email: James Donnell | | Gislar R. Donnenberg (Partner) born Salzburg, Austria, 1961; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas. Education: University of Innsbruck (Magister der Philosphie, 1987; Ph.D., 1990); University of Texas (J.D., 1993). Member: State Bar of Texas. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Law; Energy; Limited Partnerships. Email: Gislar R. Donnenberg | | J. Wesley Dorman, Jr. (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas. Education: Texas Tech University (B.B.A., 1989); University of Texas (J.D./M.B.A., Sor d Scholar, 1994). Certified Public Accountant, 1990. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Placements; Initial Public Offerings; Health Care. Email: J. Wesley Dorman, Jr. | | Christopher R. Fenelon (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas; 1986, New York; 1988, Connecticut. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., with honors, magna cum laude, 1978); Emory University (J.D., 1981); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1982). Practice Areas: ERISA; Equity Compensation; Employee Benefits. Email: Christopher R. Fenelon | | Dillon J. Ferguson (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1970); South Texas College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1973). Member, Order of Lytae. Assistant-Editor-in-Chief, Law Journal, 1972-1973. (Also at Austin Office). Practice Areas: Energy; Litigation; Administrative Law. Email: Dillon J. Ferguson | | Jack E. Fields (Partner) born Roswell, New Mexico, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1975); University of Texas (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Order of the Coif. Member, Legal Opinion Committee. Member, Houston Real Estate Lawyer's Breakfast Council. Speaker, State Bar of Texas Advanced Real Estate Course. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Council Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Probate and Trust Law; Chairman, Title Insurance Section). (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate, Farm and Ranch Real Estate, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Banking Law; Environmental Law; Commercial Real Estate. Email: Jack E. Fields | | Thomas W. Ford, Jr. (Partner) born Austin, Texas, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1978); University of Houston (J.D., 1981). Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta Alpha Psi; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Order of the Barons. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Taxation. Email: Thomas W. Ford, Jr. | | Lori Meghan Gallagher (Partner) born Raton, New Mexico, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas. Education: University of New Mexico (B.A., 1980; J.D., 1984); University of Dublin, Ireland (Diploma, 1981). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor-in-Chief, New Mexico Law Review, 1983-1984. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Lori Meghan Gallagher | | Kathryn V. Garner (Partner) born Waco, Texas, 1954; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.S., 1976; M.S., 1978); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1986). Member: Houston (Member, Tax Section) and American (Member, Tax Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Past Chair, Tax Exempt Finance Committee, Tax Section); National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Federal Income Tax; Public Finance; Public Law. Email: Kathryn V. Garner | | J. Wiley George (Partner) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., with honors, 1983; J.D., cum laude, 1986). Notes and Comments Editor, Baylor Law Review, 1986. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: J. Wiley George | | Robert S. Godlewski (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1981); University of Texas (J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Litigation; Aviation Law; Products Liability Defense; Toxic Tort Defense. Email: Robert S. Godlewski | | Alexis J. Gómez (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., 1991); Baylor University (J.D., 1994). Phi Delta Phi. Notes and Comments Editor, Baylor Law Review. Member, Bench Book Committee, 1995-1996. Member: State Bar of Texas. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort; Commercial Litigation. Email: Alexis J. Gómez | | Kendall M. Gray (Partner) born Jackson, Mississippi, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas. Education: University of Wisconsin (B. Mus., with distinction, 1989); Baylor University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1994). National Order of the Barristers. Lead Articles Editor, Baylor Law Review, 1994. Member, Baylor Law School State and National Mock Trial Teams, 1993-1994. Author: "Treading the Mine Field: Suing and Defending Non-Residents in Texas State Courts," 46 Baylor L. Rev. 581 (1994)(with Louis S. Muldrow). Briefing Attorney to Hon. Jack Hightower, Texas Supreme Court, 1994-1995. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Appeals. Email: Kendall M. Gray | | David P. Griffith (Partner) born Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1959; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas. Education: Duke University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1989). Order of the Coif. Member, University of Texas Law Review, 1988-1989. Author: "Products Liability--Negligence Presumed: An Evolution," 67 Texas Law Review 851, 1989. Practice Areas: Business Arbitration; Business Litigation; Business Torts; Complex Business Litigation; Federal Civil Practice; Commercial Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Breach of Contract; Contract Litigation; Copyright Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Defamation; Libel and Slander; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Defense Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Federal Litigation; Long-Arm Litigation; Trial Practice; Patent Litigation; Personal Injury; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Trademark Litigation; Unfair Competition. Email: David P. Griffith | | Hal V. Haltom, Jr. (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 1982); University of Houston (J.D., 1985). Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law; Joint Ventures; Electric Power; Construction and Design Law; Natural Gas. Email: Hal V. Haltom, Jr. | | Charles B. Hampton (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, 1966; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., cum laude, 1988); University of Texas (J.D., with high honors, 1995). Chancellor; Order of the Coif. Member, University of Texas Law Review, 1993-1995. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Charles B. Hampton | | Henry Havre (Partner) born Brownsville, Texas, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas; 1999, California. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., I.En., magna cum laude, 1986); Stanford University (J.D., 1989). Practice Areas: Finance; Corporate Law; Investments; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities. Email: Henry Havre | | James A. Hernandez (Partner) born San Antonio, Texas, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., magna cum laude, 1991); Columbia University (J.D., 1995). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Hispanic Bar Association. Practice Areas: Public Law; Public Finance. Email: James A. Hernandez | | James D. Higgason, Jr. (Partner) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, New York; 1991, District of Columbia; 1996, Texas. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1984; J.D., 1989). Articles Editor, Washington & Lee Law Review. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: James D. Higgason, Jr. | | Mark C. Hodges (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1971); South Texas College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1975). Member, Order of the Lytae. Assistant Editor in Chief, South Texas Law Journal, 1974-1975. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate Development; Real Estate Partnerships; Real Estate Leasing; Commercial Mortgages; Limited Partnerships. Email: Mark C. Hodges | | Matthew L. Hoeg (Partner) born Oceanside, New York, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas. Education: College of William and Mary (A.B., with honors, 1982); University of Houston (J.D., 1985). Order of the Barons. Editor, Houston Law Review, 1984-1985. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Matthew L. Hoeg | | Stuart C. Hollimon (Partner) admitted to bar, 1975, Texas. Education: St. Olaf College (B.A., cum laude, 1972); Southern Methodist University (J.D., with honors, 1975). Member: American Bar Association. (Also at Dallas Office). Practice Areas: Litigation; Energy. Email: Stuart C. Hollimon | | Joe C. Holzer (P.C.) (Partner) born Los Angeles, California, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1973); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1976). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Joe C. Holzer (P.C.) | | Donald J. Horton (Partner) born Palestine, Texas, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.B.A., 1969; J.D., 1971); New York University (LL.M., Labor Law, 1973). Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Barons. Associate Editor, Houston Law Review, 1971. Assistant Professor of Law, Loyola University of Chicago Law School, 1973-1977. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; National Employment Law Institute. (Board Certified, Labor Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Labor Law; Employment Law. Email: Donald J. Horton | | Diana M. Hudson (Partner) born Bay City, Texas, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1973); University of Texas (J.D., with high honors, 1976). Order of the Coif. Member, Texas Law Review, 1974-1975. Chair and Member of Steering Committee, United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast Women's Initiative. Secretary, Member of Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Alexis de Tocqueville Society. Member of Steering Committee, Lawndale Art Center, Harris County Cultural Impact Study. Member: Houston and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate Law; Business Law; Venture Capital; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: Diana M. Hudson | | George Humphrey (Partner) born Florida, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Florida; 1998, Texas. Education: University of Florida (B.A., with honors, 1991; J.D., 1994). Senior Research Editor, Florida Journal of International Law. Member: The Florida Bar; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: International Law; Business Law); Texas-Mexico Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Foreign Investment; Corporate; Corporate Finance; Project Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: George Humphrey | | Darren Scott Inoff (Partner) born Washington, D.C., 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., summa cum laude, 1990; J.D., with honors, 1993). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Business Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Formation; Limited Partnerships; Limited Liability Companies. Email: Darren Scott Inoff | | Robert V. Jewell (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1954; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1975); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1978). Phi Delta Phi. Editor, Southwestern Law Journal, 1978. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Securities Offerings; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Finance; Real Estate Investment Trusts; Limited Partnerships; Business Law; Corporate Law; Securities; Finance. Email: Robert V. Jewell | | Gregg H. Jones (Partner) admitted to bar, 1976, Texas. Education: Duke University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1973); University of Michigan (J.D., 1976). Member: State Bar of Texas; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Taxation; Tax Exempt Bonds; Tax Exempt Finance; Municipal Bonds Taxation; Municipal Derivative Products; Industrial Development Bonds. | | Frederick D. Junkin (Partner) born Liestal, Switzerland, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: Austin College (B.A., 1986); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1989). Alpha Chi. Order of the Coif. Member, 1987-1989 and Managing Editor, 1988-1989, Texas Law Review. Author: "The Right to Counsel in 'Frivolous' Criminal Appeals: A Reevaluation of the Guarantees of Anders v. California," 67 Tex. L. Rev. 181, 1988. Practice Areas: Litigation; Condemnation; Construction Litigation. Email: Frederick D. Junkin | | Neil D. Kelly (Partner) born Lexington, Kentucky, 1960; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.S.M., 1988; J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Neil D. Kelly | | Melvin E. Kurth (deceased). | | Terri Lacy (Partner) born Dillon, Montana, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1975; J.D., 1978). Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Southwestern Law Journal, 1977-1978. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. (Also at Austin Office). Practice Areas: Estate; Tax Planning; Government Law. Email: Terri Lacy | | Timothy C. Langenkamp (Partner) born Austin, Texas, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas. Education: University of St. Thomas (B.B.A., Accounting, cum laude, 1993); University of Houston (J.D., 1997); University of Houston Law Center (LL.M., Intellectual Property, 2002). Practice Areas: Technology Law; Internet Law; E-Commerce; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Law; Securities; Intellectual Property; Business Law. Email: Timothy C. Langenkamp | | John Lee (Partner) born Kansas City, Kansas, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1982); University of Texas (J.D., 1985). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Litigation. Email: John Lee | | W. Scott Locher (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1988); University of Houston (J.D., 1991). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, University of Houston Law Review, 1990-1991. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: W. Scott Locher | | Gene L. Locke (Partner) born Conroe, Texas, 1947; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.A., 1965); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1981). Recipient, Outstanding Alumnus Award, South Texas College of Law, 1996. City Attorney, Houston, Texas, 1995-1998. Member: Houston Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1993—); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Litigation; Local Government Law; Government Contracts. Email: Gene L. Locke | | Jeffrey B. McClure (Partner) born Columbus, Ohio, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas and California. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1974); The Ohio State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1977). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk, Honorable John V. Singleton, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1977-1978. Member: Defense Research Institute; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; National Health Lawyers Association; American Society of Healthcare Risk Management; Greater Houston Society for Healthcare Risk Management. Practice Areas: Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Health Care; Products Liability Defense; Insurance Bad Faith. Email: Jeffrey B. McClure | | Daniel E. McCormick (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.B.A., 1975); University of Houston (J.D., with honors, 1979). Order of the Barons. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Hotels and Resort Development; Business Law. Email: Daniel E. McCormick | | Chanse L. McLeod (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1988); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1991). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, Houston Law Review, 1989-1991. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Acquisitions; Residential Real Estate Development; Real Estate Secured Lending. Email: Chanse L. McLeod | | L. Lee McMurtry III (Partner) born Temple, Texas, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas. Education: Texas Lutheran College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1975); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1978); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1983). Co-Recipient, Harry J. Rudick Tax Prize. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section); National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits. Email: L. Lee McMurtry III | | Robert J. McNamara (Partner) born New York, N.Y., 1966; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1989; M.P.A., 1989); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1991. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Business Taxation; Corporate Tax Planning; Partnership Taxation; Federal Income Tax. Email: Robert J. McNamara | | Gail Merel (Partner) born Syracuse, New York, 1947; admitted to bar, 1978, New York; 1988, Texas. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1969); Harvard University (Ph.D., 1974; J.D., magna cum laude, 1977). Author: "The Protection of Individual Choice: A Consistent Understanding of Religion Under the First Amendment," The University of Chicago Law Review, 1978. Assistant Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University, Department of Political Science, 1974. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Committee on Federal Legislation, 1981-1983; Committee on Banking Law, 1984-1987); American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section, Investment Securities Subcommittee of the Uniform Commercial Code Committee); Texas Association of Bank Counsel. Fellow, National Science Foundation. Member, Houston Commercial Finance Lawyers Forum. Practice Areas: Finance; Commercial Law; Banks and Banking; Business Law; Corporate Law; Debtor and Creditor. Email: Gail Merel | | Jeff D. Migit (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, 1967; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.S., summa cum laude, 1992); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1995). Phi Kappa Phi; Mortarboard; Order of the Lytae. Note and Comments Editor, South Texas Law Review, 1994. Author: Casenote, "Texas Refuses to Adopt the Loss of Chance Doctrine," 35 South Texas Law Review 365 (1994). Judicial Clerkship, Brief Attorney for Chief Justice Paul C. Murphy, Fourteenth Court of Appeals. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Jeff D. Migit | | Gary C. Miller (Partner) born Little Rock, Arkansas, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1980). Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi; Order of the Coif. Fellow of Hanszen College. Member, Texas Law Review, 1978-1980. Author, "The Timbers Decision Revisited," 2 Distressed Business and Real Estate Newsletter, No. 4, 1988. Member, Houston Bankruptcy Conference. Member, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee. Member: Houston (Board Member, Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program) and American (Member, Business Litigation and Business Bankruptcy Subcommittee, Business Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Business Law Section). Practice Areas: Litigation; Bankruptcy. Email: Gary C. Miller | | Ralph Kenneth Miller, Jr. (Partner) born Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas. Education: The University of Texas (B.A., Government, 1971); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1974). Order of the Barons, Phi Delta Phi, Admissions Committee, Houston Law Review, Editor. Member: Houston Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law; Environmental and Natural Resources; International Law); State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Oil, Gas and Mineral Law; Environmental and Natural Resources). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities. Email: Ralph Kenneth Miller, Jr. | | William T. Miller (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Texas. Education: Princeton University (B.S., 1965); University of Texas (J.D., 1969). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Chancellors. Member, Texas Law Review, 1968-1969. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Contested Trusts and Estates; Estate Litigation; Estate Settlements; Civil Litigation; General Liability. Email: William T. Miller | | Christy Milner (Partner) born Fort Worth, Texas, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., with honors, 1974; J.D., with honors, 1978); University of Houston, Bates College of Law (LL.M., in Taxation, 1987). Member: Houston and American (Member, Taxation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Taxation Section); Tax Law Advisory Commission; ERISA Industry Group; College of the State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Tax Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits. Email: Christy Milner | | Paul L. Mitchell (Partner) born Monrovia, Liberia, March 16, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982); University of Houston (J.D., summa cum laude, 1986). Order of the Coif; Order of the Barons. Associate Editor, Houston Law Review, 1985-1986. Law Clerk to the Honorable Carolyn Dineen King, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1986-1987. Member: State Bar of Texas; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Paul D. Moak (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1992; J.D., magna cum laude, 1995). Order of the Coif. Notes and Comments Editor, The Houston Law Review. Member: State Bar of Texas. Email: Paul D. Moak | | Michael D. Morfey (Partner) born Urbana, Illinois, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1994); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1998). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Michael D. Morfey | | Meredith Steinfeld Mouer (Partner) born New York, N.Y., 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1991); University of Texas (J.D., 1995). Phi Beta Kappa. Articles Editor, The Review of Litigation. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Meredith Steinfeld Mouer | | G. Michael O'Leary (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1977); University of Houston (J.D., 1980). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Business Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Corporate Finance; Corporate Fiduciary Law; Energy; Private Placement; Corporate Control Contests; Corporate Governance; Securities; Corporate Partnerships; Corporate Planning; Mergers and Acquisitions; Shareholder Agreements; Hostile Takeovers. Email: G. Michael O'Leary | | Scott L. Olson (Partner) born Walnut Creek, California, 1974; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: University of North Dakota (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1995); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Phi Alpha Delta; Beta Gamma Sigma; Order of the Coif. Author: Articles, "The Case Against Affirmative Action in the Admissions Process," 58 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 991, 1997; "The Potential Liabilities Faced by In-House Counsel," 7 U. Miami Bus. L. Rev., 1998; "Betting No End to Internet Gambling," 4 J. Tech. L. & Pol'y 2, 1999. Member: Houston (Member, Corporate Counsel Section) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Corporate Counsel); Texas Young Lawyers Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Securities; Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Law; Corporate Law. Email: Scott L. Olson | | Thomas J. Perich (Partner) born Galveston, Texas, 1945; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.F.S., 1967); University of Texas (M.A., 1971; J.D., 1975). Member, Texas Law Review, 1974-1975. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Loans; Banking Law; Commercial Workouts; Interest and Usury; Lender Liability. Email: Thomas J. Perich | | Jason M. Peters (Partner) born New York, N.Y., 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1993); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1996). Member: Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Energy. Email: Jason M. Peters | | Cheryl S. Phillips (Partner) born Louisville, Kentucky, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1985); University of Houston (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Member: Order of the Coif; Order of the Barons. Research Editor, Houston Law Review, 1988-1989. Author: "Wheeler v. Main Hurdman: Partners are not Protected Under Title VII or the ADEA," 25 Houston Law Review 1179, 1988. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Energy; Environmental Law. Email: Cheryl S. Phillips | | Hugh M. Ray (Partner) born Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1943; admitted to bar, 1967, Texas; 1991, District of Columbia; 1992, New York. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1965; LL.B., 1967). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Houston and American (Member, Standing Committee on Judicial Selection, Tenure and Compensation, 1996-1997; Chair, Business Bankruptcy Committee, 1992-1996; Chair, Committee on Trust Indentures and Indenture Trustees, 1995-1997; Member Council, 1997—, Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Bankruptcy Court Structure, Business Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Chairman, Bankruptcy Committee, 1986-1989); American Law Institute. Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy. (Board Certified, Business Bankruptcy Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) (Certified Specialist, Business Bankruptcy Law, American Bankruptcy Board of Certification). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Chapter 11; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Workouts; Commercial Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy Litigation; Fraudulent Conveyance; Out of Court Debt Restructuring; Creditor Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor Reorganization; Debtor and Creditor Rights; Debtor and Creditor Workouts; Secured Creditors Rights; Unsecured Creditors Rights. Email: Hugh M. Ray | | Greg W. Rayford (Partner) born Neenah, Wisconsin; admitted to bar, 1998, Wisconsin and Illinois; 2003, California. (Not admitted in Texas). Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.B.A., 1989; J.D., 1998). Phi Eta Sigma; Beta Gamma Sigma; Order of the Coif. Member, Golden Key. Daniel B. Grady Scholar. Member, Wisconsin Law Review. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. | | Kent W. Robinson (Partner) born Aurora, Illinois, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas. Education: Ripon College (B.A., 1974); Southern Methodist University (M.B.A., 1978; J.D., 1978). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Kent W. Robinson | | Doris Rodríguez (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1949; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.A., summa cum laude, 1971; J.D., cum laude, 1980). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Barons. Editor, Houston Law Review, 1979-1980. Practice Areas: Business Law; Finance; International Law. Email: Doris Rodríguez | | Eddy J. Rogers, Jr. (Partner) born Belleville, Illinois, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Texas. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1962; LL.B., cum laude, 1965). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1964-1965. Author: "Has Your Firm Thought of Incorporating?" Texas Bar Journal, December, 1987. Co-Author: "New Possibilities for Texas Business Organizations: Limited Liability Companies," Texas Bar Journal, July, 1992; "Personal Liability of Officers, Directors and Employers for State Tax Collections," The Houston Lawyer, July/Aug, 1993. Former Director and Chair, Compensation Committee, Living Centers of America, Inc. Member: Board of Governors, The Houston Forum, 2000—; Board of Directors, U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc., 2001—; Harvard Club of Houston; Harvard Alumni Association. Member, Board of Directors and Member, Executive Committee, 2001—, Young Audiences of Houston. Member: Houston (Member, Corporate Counsel Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Law Practice Management) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Subcommittee on Venture Capital Law and Subcommittee on Conflict of Law, Business Law Section). (Also at Austin Office). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Investments; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities; Business Law. Email: Eddy J. Rogers, Jr. | | A. Ross Rommel, Jr. (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1969); University of Houston (J.D., 1973). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Order of the Barons. President, Board of Directors, A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute, 1996-1997. Commissioner, Harris County Civil Service Commission, 1990-1998. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation; Torts; Contracts; Products Liability; Criminal Law. Email: A. Ross Rommel, Jr. | | Douglas W. Rommelmann (Partner) born Centralia, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., Civil Engineering, 1979); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1988). Order of Lytae. Registered Engineer, Louisiana, 1986. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Society of Civil Engineers. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights. | | Cheryl K. Rosenberg (Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., summa cum laude, 1984); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1987). Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, Murphy Prize in Political Economy. Member: National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Finance; Municipal Bonds. Email: Cheryl K. Rosenberg | | David G. Runnels (Partner) born Woodbridge, England, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., with high honors, 1983; J.D., with honors, 1986). Phi Delta Phi. Member: State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Energy; Natural Resources; Finance; Real Estate. Email: David G. Runnels | | Robin Russell (Partner) born San Antonio, Texas, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1992, Massachusetts. Education: Texas Tech University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1983); Baylor University (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Editor-in-Chief, Baylor Law Review, 1985-1986. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Contract Law; Corporate Law; Litigation. Email: Robin Russell | | Lawrence Bernard Schreve (Partner) born Los Angeles, California, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1975); South Texas College of Law (1980). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of Lytae. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Lawrence Bernard Schreve | | W. Lance Schuler (Partner) born Wilmington, Delaware; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., Finance and Management, with honors, 1983); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1986). Member: Houston Bar Association (Board of Directors, Corporate Counsel Section, 1998-2003); State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: W. Lance Schuler | | Michael R. Shaw (Partner) born Atlanta, Georgia, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1992); University of Houston (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997). Member, University of Houston Law Review, 1995-1997. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Real Estate Acquisition; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Leasing. Email: Michael R. Shaw | | Russell C. Shaw (Partner) born Jackson, Mississippi, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.S.M.E., with highest honors, 1977; J.D., 1980). Tau Beta Pi; Pi Tau Sigma. Member, Board of Advocates. Member: Federal Energy Bar Association (President, Houston Chapter, 1987-1988). Practice Areas: Energy; Administrative Law. Email: Russell C. Shaw | | John B. Shely (Partner) born Detroit, Michigan, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas. Education: Albion College (B.A., 1980); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1986). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Member Houston Law Review, 1985-1986. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Managed Care Liability; ERISA; Managed Care; Federal Civil Litigation. Email: John B. Shely | | Martha Lee Smith (Partner) born Austin, Texas, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas. Education: Washington and Lee University; University of Texas (J.D., 1993). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance. Email: Martha Lee Smith | | John J. Sparacino (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1985); University of Houston (J.D., 1990). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, Houston Law Review, 1989-1990. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law. Email: John J. Sparacino | | Jeffrey E. Spiers (Partner) born Richmond, Virginia, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.S.E.E., 1983); University of Texas (J.D., 1986). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Bankruptcy; Out of Court Debt Restructuring; Commercial Workouts; Bankruptcy Litigation; Workouts. Email: Jeffrey E. Spiers | | Craig L. Stahl (Partner) born Riverside, New Jersey, January 14, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Princeton University (B.A., cum laude, 1981); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1984). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Craig L. Stahl | | Cassie B. Stinson (Partner) born Pasadena, Texas, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas; 1982, California. Education: University of Texas (B.A., with honors, 1974; J.D., with honors, 1978). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Vice Chair, Programs, Houston District Council, Urban Land Institute. Member: Houston (Chair, 1996-1997, Real Estate Law Section) and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Development; Government Land Use. Email: Cassie B. Stinson | | Gregory M. Sullivan (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, California; 1987, Texas. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., cum laude, 1974); University of California - San Francisco, Hastings College of Law (J.D., 1977). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Thurston Scholastic Society. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability Defense; Complex and Multi-District Litigation. Email: Gregory M. Sullivan | | Thomas W. Taylor (Partner) born San Antonio, Texas, 1958; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., magna cum laude, Political Science, 1979); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1982). Order of Barristers; Pi Sigma Alpha; Pi Kappa Delta. Member: House of Student Representatives; Intercollegiate Debate Team. Winnner and Best Oral Advocate, Hildebrand Moot Court Competition, 1982. Member, Board of Advocates. Recipient, Dave C. Reed Scholarship for Academic Achievement. Member: Houston Bar Association (Member, Environmental Law Section, 1992—); State Bar of Texas; Texas Bar Foundation; Defense Research Institute; Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Member, 1985—). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Thomas W. Taylor | | W. Roberts Taylor, Jr. (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, New York; 1994, District of Columbia; 1996, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1985; J.D., 1989). Member: The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities; Project Finance; Energy Finance; Infrastructure Development; Energy Project Development; International Finance. Email: W. Roberts Taylor, Jr. | | Darrell G. Thomas (Partner) born Hamilton, Texas, 1959; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., 1982); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1989). Member, South Texas Law Review, 1988-1989. Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1984. Member: Houston and American (Member, Real Estate Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Commercial Law. Email: Darrell G. Thomas | | Dahl C. Thompson (Partner) born Preston, Idaho, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: Utah State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1987); Columbia University (J.D., 1990). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Practice Areas: Project Finance; Corporate Finance; Business Law; Contracts; Energy; Finance. Email: Dahl C. Thompson | | Mark J. Thurber (Partner) born Provo, Utah, 1955; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas. Education: Brigham Young University (B.S., with high honors, 1980; M.B.A., 1981); Columbia University (J.D., 1989). Articles Editor, Columbia Business Law Review. Member: State Bar of Texas; Japan America Society of Houston. Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Project Finance; Finance; Energy; Oil and Gas Law. Email: Mark J. Thurber | | W. Earl Touchstone (Partner) born Meridian, Mississippi, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., with honors, 1984; J.D., cum laude, 1987). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Order of the Barristers. Member, Baylor Law Review, 1986-1987. Member: Houston Volunteer Lawyers Pro Bono Program, 1991—; College of the State Bar of Texas, 1995. Member: Houston Bar Association (Member: Litigation Section; Scholarship Committee); State Bar of Texas (Chairman, Grievance Committee); Texas Bar Foundation; Texas Young Lawyers Association (Member: Legislative Committee, 1995-1996; Minority Involvement Committee, 1995-1997; Member, 1996-1998 and Vice Chairman, 1996-1998, State Moot Court Competition Committee); Houston Bar Foundation; Houston Young Lawyers Association (Co-Chair, Task Force Houston); Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Litigation; Toxic Tort Defense; Insurance. Email: W. Earl Touchstone | | Laura Trenaman (Partner) born Vancouver, British Columbia, 1955; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas. Education: Vancouver General Hospital (R.N., 1977); University of Texas (B.S.N., cum laude, 1988); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1993); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Member, Houston Law Review, 1995-1996. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; British Columbia Bar; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Laura Trenaman | | Timothy J. Unger (Partner) born Niagara Falls, New York, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas. Education: Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Angers, France; University of Notre Dame (A.B., 1969); University of Texas (J.D., 1974). Member, Order of the Coif. Member: State Bar of Texas. (Also at Beijing, China Office). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Law; Energy Law. Email: Timothy J. Unger | | Rex D. VanMiddlesworth (Partner) born Richmond, Indiana, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Education: Indiana University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1977); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Beta Gamma Sigma. Harvard University Teaching Fellowship, Constitutional Law, 1979-1980. Member: Travis County and American Bar Associations. (Also at Austin Office). Practice Areas: Litigation; Administrative Law; Civil Rights Section 1983; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Rex D. VanMiddlesworth | | T. Griffin Vincent (Partner) born Nashville, Tennessee, 1966; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1987; J.D., cum laude, 1990). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Order of the Barristers. Research and Topics Editor, Baylor Law Review, 1989-1990. Author, "Toward A Better Theory of General Jurisdiction," Baylor Law Review, 1990. Member, Greater Houston Society of Healthcare Risk Management. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Defense Research Institute; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Litigation; Medical Malpractice. Email: T. Griffin Vincent | | Geoffrey K. Walker (Partner) born New Haven, Connecticut, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas. Education: Yale University (B.A., Scholar of the House, 1969; J.D., 1974). Sigma Delta Psi. Author: "Application of New Texas Disciplinary Rules to Lawyers Rendering Legal Opinions to Third Parties in Business Transactions," 27 Bulletin of the Business Law Section, State Bar of Texas, September 1990; "Stock Pledges and the Federal Securities Law Minefield," VII Banking and Commercial Lending Law, American Law Institute-American Bar Association, 1986. Member, Advisory Board: International and Comparative Law Center, The Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1987-1994; Houston Committee, U.S. Council on Foreign Relations. Member: Houston (Member, Business Law Section, Interprofessional Relations/CPAs Committee, 1995-1996) and American (Member: Business Law Section, Legal Opinions Committee, 1993—; Committee on Counsel Responsibility, 1995—) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Business Law Section, Securities and Investment Banking Law Committee, 1981-1994; Legal Opinions Committee, 1989—, Vice-Chairman, 1993-1996). Practice Areas: |
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