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| | Address | | 1001 McKinney Street, Suite 1800 | | Houston, Texas 77002-6417 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 713-222-6025 | | Fax: 713-222-0938 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.fcj.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Franklin, Cardwell & Jones, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Civil Trial Law specializing in Medical Malpractice Defense, Commercial and Personal Injury Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Commercial Real Estate and Title Closings. | Firm Profile:
Most law firms talk about being the best, but when it comes down to it, they may be just another good law firm. At Franklin, Cardwell & Jones, we believe that being the best demands more than talk, and that being good in some areas, but not so good at others, simply isn't good enough. Leading the field requires bringing senior lawyers to the table in every practice area, and it means delivering that expertise to you in an efficient and economical manner. It means we offer the advantages of a large firm, without the limitations of a small firm. And, most importantly, it demands superior results. For the past thirty years, Franklin, Cardwell & Jones has been proving we're the best you can hire. Franklin, Cardwell & Jones. Best in the Courtroom. Best in the Boardroom. | | Firm Size: 25 | Languages:
Spanish and Italian. | Representative Clients:
Texas Medical Liability Trust; Professional Risk Management Services; Texas Children's Hospital; St. Paul Insurance Co.; Caronia Corp.; University of Texas Health Science Center; Betz Realty Investors, Inc.; GeoSouthern Energy Corp.; Scana Industrier, ASA; Hitec Vision Private Equity Fund IV; International Logging, Inc.; Griswold Energy Partners, LLC; Blendstar, LLC; Carolina Polymers, LLC; Carolina BioFuels, LLC; Dunhill Terminals, LP; Accumarine Transportation, LP; Wachovia Bank, N.A.; Sterling Bank, N.A.; Rampart Builders, LP. |
Other Office Locations of Franklin, Cardwell & Jones, P.C.
Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
| | PRINCIPALS | | Ronald G. Franklin (Principal) born New Castle, Indiana, July 13, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas; 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1973; J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi Eta Sigma. Member, Friar Society. Outstanding Student, University of Texas, 1972. President, Texas Student Publication, 1972-1973. Recipient, Best Brief Award, Texas State Moot Court Competition, 1976; Member, University of Texas State Moot Court Team, 1976. Member, Board of Trustees, 1990-1998, President, 1995, Houston Independent School District. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury. Email: Ronald G. Franklin | | Suzan K. Cardwell (Principal) born Nocona, Texas, November 30, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1980, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Arlington (B.A., 1973); Baylor University (J.D., 1976). Member, Baylor Barrister Society. Recipient, Nathan Burken Award, 1976. Symposium Editor, Baylor Law Review, 1976. Author: "Discovery and Release of Mental Health Records After Article 5561h," Texas Bar Journal, Vol. 44, No. 9, October, 1981; "Discovery and Release of Mental Health Records," The Houston Lawyer, 1981 (Received Houston Bar President's Award for Outstanding Article published 1980-1981); "Motions for Production and Medical Examinations," Civil Trial Practice Institute Manual, published by Houston Bar Association, March, 1980. Assistant Attorney General of Texas, 1976-1978; "Dealing with the Rambo Lawyer." Texas Bar Association, 1997; "Use of Evidence," 2001 Harris County Bench Bar Conference. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Member: Section on Health Law); National Health Lawyer's Association; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice. Email: Suzan K. Cardwell | | Gregory N. Jones (Principal) born Ft. Worth, Texas, November 2, 1948; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S Supreme Court; 2006, Mississippi. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1971); University of Texas (M.B.A., 1974); St. Mary's University (J.D., 1977). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Remedies and Criminal Law. Staff Member, 1976 and Senior Associate Editor, 1977, St. Mary's Law Journal. Author: Note, "Uniform Commercial Code - Secured Transactions - A Bank's Equitable Right of Set-Off is Subordinate to a Perfected Security Interest in an Instrument," 7 St. Mary's Law Journal 895, 1976; Comment, "Antitrust Malaise in the Newspaper Industry: The Chains Continue to Grow," 8 St. Mary's Law Journal 160, 1976. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Texas Trial Lawyers Association. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury. Email: Gregory N. Jones | | A. Scott Alford (Principal) born Houston, Texas, February 16, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., Political Science and Economics, 1987); Baylor University (J.D., 1990). Phi Delta Phi. Order of Barristers. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Medical Research Negligence; Commercial Litigation; Civil Practice; Personal Injury. Email: A. Scott Alford | | LaVerne Chang (Principal) born Ponca City, Oklahoma, March 23, 1968; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., Economics, Managerial Studies, 1989); Columbia University (J.D., 1992). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice. Email: LaVerne Chang | | Timothy Horan, Jr. (Principal) born Youngstown, Ohio, November 4, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas; 1975, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1970); University of Houston (J.D., 1974). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Barons (Scholastic Honorary). City Council Member, Piney Point Village, 1997—. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Mortgage Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Timothy Horan, Jr. | | Shay E. Johanson (Principal) born Phoenix, Arizona, January 24, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., English, 1995); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1998). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Sports Law. Email: Shay E. Johanson | | Vidal G. Martinez (Principal) born Bogota, Colombia, 1954; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Eleventh and D.C. Circuits, U.S. District Court, Southern, Western and Northern Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1975); University of Houston (J.D., 1977). Assistant U.S. Attorney, Department of Justice, 1978-1981. State Bar of Texas: Chairman of the Board (2001-2002), Director (1999-2003). Port of Houston Authority, Commissioner (1996-2002); University of Houston, Board of Regents (1989-1995); Texas Department of Commerce: Director (1995-1997), Vice-Chairman (1996-1997). Texas-Mexico Authority, Director (1987-1991); Houston Housing Authority, Commissioner (1985-1991); Harris County Health Facilities Development Corporation, Director (1992-2002); US/Mexico Chamber of Commerce, Southwest Region: Director (1988-1994), President (1992), Chairman (1993), Emeritus Director (1994—). University of Houston Center for Public Policy: Director (1995), Chairman (1999-present). Five Outstanding Young Houstonians, Houston Jaycees (1992); Five Outstanding Young Texans, Texas Jaycees (1992); 1990 Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations, Host Committee, Vice-Chairman. American Arbitration Association: Arbitrator; Member, Complex-Large Case Committee. Member: Houston and International Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Director, 1999-2003; Chairman of the Board, 2002-2002); Texas-Mexico Bar Association; National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD Licenses: Series 7, 3 and 63). Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation (Board, 1987-1989); Texas Bar Foundation. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: International Law; Commercial Dispute Resolution; Mergers and Acquisitions. | | Anthony F. Newton (Principal) born Los Angeles, California, May 25, 1968; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Texas A & M University (1992); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1999); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., Taxation, with distinction, 2000). Recipient, Tax Executives Institute Scholarship, 1999; Order of the Barons, 1998; O'Quinn Foundation Award, Outstanding Student Writing in Constitutional Law, 1998. Listed, Rising Stars Edition, Texas Super Lawyers, 2004. Author: The "Stat" Notice in the New Millennium - Shouldn't the Notice Be User Friendly? 91 TAX NOTES 1139 (2001); Robert Kinney & Anthony Newton, Electronic Commerce, in THE LAW OF THE INTERNET IN TEXAS (NBI 2001); Note, Lessons Unlearned: The Supreme Court Expands the Definition of Public Employee in Board of County Commissioners v. Umbehr, 35 HOUSTON LAW REV. 921 (1998). Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Tax); Houston Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Mergers & Acquisitions; Tax). Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Federal Income Tax; Ad Valorem Tax; Local Taxation; Corporate Law; Corporate Income Tax; Corporate Organization; Corporate Planning; Corporate Reorganization; Corporate Taxation; S Corporations; Small Business Corporations; Energy; Alternative Energy; Energy Acquisitions; Partnership Law; Partnership Taxation. Email: Anthony F. Newton | | Lawrence E. Wilson (Principal) born Houston, Texas, August 6, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas. Education: Texas Tech University (B.B.A., 1974); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1977). Order of the Barons. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Corporations and Taxation. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Corporate; Commercial Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities Regulation; Corporate Finance. Email: Lawrence E. Wilson | | ASSOCIATES | | Erin K. Baker (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Texas; 2005, District of Columbia and Massachusetts. Education: University of Houston (B.A., 1996); Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001). Member, Pepperdine Law Review. Member: State Bar of Texas; The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association; Massachusetts Bar Association; Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Erin K. Baker | | Derek D. Bauman (Associate) born Tehran, Iran, August 16, 1972; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.S., 1995; B.A., 1996); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2005). Recipient: University of Houston Law Center, Lex Award, Constitutional Law. Member, Houston Journal of International Law, 2003-2005. Briefing Attorney, Justice Laura Carter Higley, First Court of Appeals, Houston, 2005-2006. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Email: Derek D. Bauman | | Erin J. Brown (Associate) born Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 2000; B.B.A., 2000); University of Texas at Austin School of Law (J.D., with high honors, 2003). Order of the Coif. Selected for inclusion in listing of Texas Rising Stars; Texas Monthly, 2007. Notes Editor, Texas Law Review, 2002-2003. Law Clerk to the Hon. Edith H. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Erin J. Brown | | Randy J. Bruchmiller (Associate) born San Angelo, Texas, February 14, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2006, Mississippi. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 1997); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2001). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice. Email: Randy J. Bruchmiller | | Emma Canales-Mata (Associate) born June 29, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Houston, Downtown (B.S., 1998); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2000). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: General Practice; Health Care Litigation; Health Care Liability; Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Medical Disciplinary Proceedings; Medical Malpractice Defense; Probate; Probate Administration. Email: Emma Canales-Mata | | Franco Perone (Associate) born Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: St. Edward's University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2004); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Negligence Defense; Medical Malpractice; Hospital Liability Defense; General Practice. Email: Franco Perone | | Edgar Saldivar (Associate) born Pasadena, Texas, March 12, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas. Education: Harvard University (B.A., Philosophy, 1999); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2002). Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Hispanic National Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Lawyers Guild. Languages: Spanish, Portuguese and German. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; International Law. Email: Edgar Saldivar | | Sheila Wollam (Associate) born Washington, D.C., June 5, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1990); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Civil Practice. Email: Sheila Wollam | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Dallas, Texas Office: 1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 1610, 75201. Telephone: 214-999-1324. Fax: 214-999-1326.
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