SHAREHOLDERS
William K. Andrews (Shareholder) born 1951; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1974); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Member: American Arbitration Association; Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Complex Construction Claims; Complex Engineering Claims; Litigation; Arbitration.Email: William K. Andrews
Thomas W. Myers (Shareholder) born 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Texas Tech University (B.B.A., 1979; J.D., 1982). Member: American Arbitration Association (Member, Panel of Construction and Commercial Arbitrators); American Bar Association; Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Association; Associated General Contractors; Associated Builders and Contractors; Construction Financial Management Association. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Surety Law; Arbitration; Mediation.Email: Thomas W. Myers
Keith E. Coulter (Shareholder) born 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1982; J.D., 1985). Member: Texas Bar Foundation; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Civil Trial Advocacy; National Board of Trial Advocacy. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Personal Injury Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Civil Trials; Arbitration and Mediation; Commercial Disputes; Construction Contracts; Insurance Coverage; Personal Injury Claims; Defense of OSHA Citations.Email: Keith E. Coulter
Patrick O. Hayes (Shareholder) born 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1993); Texas Tech University (J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Corporate Transactions; Commercial Transactions.Email: Patrick O. Hayes
William W. Davidson (Shareholder) born 1959; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Southwest Texas State University (B.S.I.A., 1982); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Order of the Coif. Member: Houston Bar Association; Brazoria County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Complex Construction Claims; Complex Engineering Claims; Litigation; Arbitration.Email: William W. Davidson
W. Jason Walker (Shareholder) born 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Lamar University (B.S., with honors, 1992); Baylor University (J.D., 1997). Order of Barristers. Member: Houston Young Lawyers Association; Associated Builders and Contractors; American Subcontractors Association; Houston Bar Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association; National Association of Credit Management; Texas State-Wide Construction Credit Group. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Construction Contracts; Civil Trials; Arbitration; Mediation; Commercial Disputes.Email: W. Jason Walker
William B. Westcott (Shareholder) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 11, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., Business and Political Science, cum laude, 1997); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Formerly with: Greenberg Peden PC; Porter & Hedges, LLP. Chair, Legal Issues Committee, Associated Builders and Contractors. Member: Houston Bar Association (Past Chair, Construction Law Section, 2005); State Bar of Texas (Liaison, Young Lawyers Division; Member, Construction Law Section). Reported Cases: Boyer Inc. v. Benem Management and General Contracting, 198 SW3d 198 (TeeApp. Houston 14th Dist. 2005). Practice Areas: Construction Law(80%); Commercial Litigation(10%); Real Estate(10%).Email: William B. Westcott
SENIOR COUNSEL
Linda D. Emery (Senior Counsel) born 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1981); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1986). Order of the Barons. Member: Houston Bar Association; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Surety Law; Construction Disputes Arbitration; Construction Disputes Litigation.Email: Linda D. Emery
Jeff D. Lefkowitz (Senior Counsel) born 1957; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1978; J.D., cum laude, 1981). Member, Texas Law Review. Member: American Bar Association; Houston Bar Association; Houston Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Real Estate; Business Litigation; Dispute Resolution.Email: Jeff D. Lefkowitz
Robert A. Plessala (Senior Counsel) born St. Louis, Missouri, January 17, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Texas Tech University (B.A., History, 1980; J.D., 1983). Formerly with: Reynolds, Allen & Cook; Keck, Mahin & Cate; Cokinos, Bosien & Young. Member: Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Construction Law; Civil Appeals.Email: Robert A. Plessala
Jeffrey A. Shadwick (Senior Counsel) born 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas and Kansas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1978); Baylor University College of Law (J.D., 1981). Practice Areas: Litigation; Bankruptcy; Insolvency; Workouts; Receiverships.
Brad Michael Wilder (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 1999, Texas; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2004, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Southwest Texas State University (B.A., 1995); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law.Email: Brad Michael Wilder
ASSOCIATES
Susan Read George (Associate) born 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Southwestern University (B.A., 1996); Southern Methodist University School of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Transactions.Email: Susan Read George
Matthew S.C. Moore (Associate) born 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin; Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Construction Law.Email: Matthew S.C. Moore
Tracy E. Russell (Associate) born 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Texas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2005); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2008). Member: Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Construction Law.Email: Tracy E. Russell
David Andrew Van Buskirk (Associate) born 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 2002); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Commercial Transactions; Commercial Real Estate.Email: David Andrew Van Buskirk