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| | Address | | 1000 Louisiana, Suite 3400 | | Houston, Texas 77002-5007 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | | | |
| | | Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Admiralty, Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts. Financial Services and Reorganization, Corporate and Securities, Tax, Employee Benefits/ERISA, Health Care, International Trade, Employment, Energy, Environmental, Labor, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Commercial, Tort, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs. | Firm Profile:
Gardere is one of the preeminent full service law firms in the Southwest. With more than 290 lawyers and over 35 practice areas to serve our clients, Gardere is strong and diverse, combining the comprehensive resources of a large firm with an interdisciplinary approach to providing our clients with effective counsel, in terms of time, cost, and results. This approach creates a professional service environment in which attorneys experienced in specific areas of law and particular industries are available to provide effective, timely counsel according to specific client needs. We provide solutions to complicated legal matters and achieve our client's goals - our primary objective. | | Firm Size: 290 |
Other Office Locations of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Mexico, D.F., Mexico
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | George P. Gardere (1899-1973). | | Michael A. Abbott (Partner) born Flint, Michigan, August 24, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas; 1983, Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.S., Journalism, 1976); University of Houston (J.D., 1980); University of Florida (LL.M. in Taxation, 1983). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; The Florida Bar; Employee Stock Ownership Plan Association. (Resident). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ESOPs; Estate Planning; Tax Law. Email: Michael A. Abbott | | David Bates (Partner) born Colorado Springs, Colorado, October 30, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas; 1988, Colorado; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Tenth Circuits; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: Knox College (B.A., 1978); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1981). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Foundation. (Resident). Practice Areas: Litigation; Environmental; Construction Law; Class Action Defense; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: David Bates | | José A. Berlanga (Partner) born Corpus Christi, Texas, November 20, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Michigan; 1977, Texas; 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; 1987, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan. Education: Yale University (B.S., 1972); University of Michigan (J.D., 1975). Member: State Bar of Michigan; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. (Resident). Practice Areas: Environmental. Email: José A. Berlanga | | Eric A. Blumrosen (Partner) born Lubbock, Texas, September 12, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1981; J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: Eric A. Blumrosen | | Geoffrey H. Bracken (Partner) born Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, April 15, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern, Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., cum laude, 1981); Washington and Lee University; University of Houston (J.D., 1984). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Resident). Practice Areas: Commercial; Products Liability; Personal Injury Litigation. Email: Geoffrey H. Bracken | | Robert W. Bramlette (Partner) born Billings, Montana, February 9, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1969); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1972). Phi Delta Phi. Teaching Quizmaster, University of Texas Law School, 1971-1972. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Resident). Practice Areas: Banking; Real Estate; Business Law. Email: Robert W. Bramlette | | Alexander C. Chae (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio, September 19, 1961; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.S., 1984); University of Missouri (J.D., 1990). Order of the Barristers. Missouri Law Review, Note and Comment Editor, 1989-1990; Board of Advocates, 1987-1990. Author: "Is Advertising Necessarily the Death of a Profession?" 54 Missouri Law Review 175 (1989). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Asian American Bar Association; National Asian Pacific Bar Association. Fellow, State Bar of Texas Foundation. (Resident). Practice Areas: Trial. Email: Alexander C. Chae | | Merritt B. Chastain III (Partner) admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 1991); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1995). | | Daniel L. Cohen (Partner) born San Diego, California, June 5, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981); University of Texas (J.D., with high honors, 1985). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Chancellors. Member, 1983-1985 and Associate Editor, 1984-1985, Texas Law Review. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Resident). Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: Daniel L. Cohen | | J. James Cooper (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, October 12, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Wabash College (B.A., 1981); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Managing Editor, The Maritime Lawyer, 1983-1984. Author: Note, "Attorney's Fees are Governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(c) in an Action for Willful and Arbitrary Failure to Pay Maintenance and Cure—Holmes v. J. Ray McDermott & Co.," 7 Maritime Lawyer 328 (1982). Co-Author: "Weathering the Storm: International Loss of Hire Policies and the Problem of Unchartered Rigs," 17 Houston Journal International Law 203 (1994); "Recovery of Economic Damages for Delayed Offshore Productions," 28 Journal Marine Law & Commerce 323 (1997). Member: Houston and American (Co-Chair, Products Liability Insurance Subcommittee, Litigation Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Maritime Law Association of the United States, Proctor. (Resident). Practice Areas: Trial Practice. Email: J. James Cooper | | Allen B. Craig, III (Partner) born New York, N.Y., September 17, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Texas. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.S., 1968); University of Houston and University of Texas (J.D., 1970). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Houston and American (Council Member, Taxation Section; Editor, Proposal for amendment to attribution rules of Internal Revenue Code) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Officer, Taxation Section; Editor, State Bar of Taxation Newsletter; Former Vice-Chair, Corporate Section of the Section of Taxation). (Board Certified, Tax Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) (Resident). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Tax Law; Probate Law. Email: Allen B. Craig, III | | Jeffrey S. Davis (Partner) born San Benito, Texas, March 9, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas; 1993, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas - Austin (B.B.A., 1989); University of Houston (J.D., 1992). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, Houston Law Review. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Jeffrey S. Davis | | Barbara de Marigny (Partner) born Rochester, Minnesota, November 12, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, California; 1983, Illinois; 1999, Texas. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1978); University of Virginia (J.D., 1981); IIT Chicago Kent School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 1986). Member: Houston and American (Tax, Council Director, 2005-2008) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Tax section); American College of Tax Counsel. (Board Certified, Tax Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Tax; Federal Income Tax; Joint Ventures; Partnerships; Limited Liability Companies. Email: Barbara de Marigny | | Jerry A. DeVault (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, March 24, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1971; J.D., with honors, 1974). Omicron Delta Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi. Author: Casenote, 9 Texas International Law Journal 118, 1974. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) (Resident). Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Taxation; Real Estate; Partnerships; Business Law. Email: Jerry A. DeVault | | Amy C. Dinn (Partner) born Memphis, Tennessee, January 25, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1997; J.D., 2000). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Trial Practice. Email: Amy C. Dinn | | David S. Elder (Partner) born Houston, Texas, October 5, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1972); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1975). Order of the Coif. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Financial Services Law. Email: David S. Elder | | Stephen D. Elison (Partner) born Blackfoot, Idaho, September 5, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A. in International Relations, magna cum laude, 1989); Drake University School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1992). Senior Staff, Drake Law Review. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate; International. Email: Stephen D. Elison | | Douglas Eyberg (Partner) admitted to bar, 1976, Texas. Education: Duke University (A.B., cum laude, 1973); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1976). Fellow, Texas Business Law Foundation. Member: Houston Museum of Fine Arts; Houston Museum of Natural Science; Shepherd Society. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Energy; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities. Email: Douglas Eyberg | | Richard O. Faulk (Partner) born Orange, Texas, November 13, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Ninth Circuits, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: North Texas State University (B.A., 1974); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1977). Leading Articles Editor, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1976-1977. Recipient, William Burton Award of Legal Achievement, 2003. Invited speaker, National Academy of Sciences, 2004. Co-Chair, International Mass Torts Subcommittee, American Bar Association. Author: "Getting the Lead Out: The Misuse of Public Nuisance Litigation by Public Authorities and Private Counsel," 21 Toxics L. Rptr. 1071, 2006; "Dispelling the Myths of Asbestos Litigation: Solutions for Common Law Courts," 44 S. Tex. L. Rev. 945, 2003; "Armageddon Through Aggregation: The Use and Abuse of Class Actions in International Dispute Resolution," 10 SU-DCL J. Int'l L. 205, 2001; "Building a Better Mousetrap: A New Approach to Trying Mass Tort Cases," 29 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 779 (1998). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists. (Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) (Resident). Practice Areas: Toxic Tort Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Appellate Practice; Trial Practice. Email: Richard O. Faulk | | John S. Gray (Partner) born Fairmont, West Virginia, June 3, 1959; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.E.M., 1981); University of Notre Dame (M.B.A., magna cum laude, 1990); Southern Methodist University (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Phi Delta Phi. Member, SMU Law Review Association, 1994-1995. Licensed Professional Engineer. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort Law; Environmental Law; Litigation. Email: John S. Gray | | Anthony M. Guerino, II (Partner) born 1963; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., with honors, 1986); University of Houston (J.D., 1994). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Anthony M. Guerino, II | | Thomas A. Hagemann (Partner) born Montgomery, Alabama, 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas; 1985, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Ninth Circuits, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Rice University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); Yale University (J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, California, 1985-1991. Adjunct Professor: USC Law Center, 1989, 1991; University of Houston Law Center, 1994. Life Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Trial; White Collar Criminal Defense. Email: Thomas A. Hagemann | | Jane Kessler Hammond (Partner) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October 4, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., with honors, 1991); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Barons. Member, Mexican Legal Studies Program. Articles Editor, Houston Journal of International Law. Recognized: Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine (2004); Houston Professionals on the Fast Track, H Texas Magazine (2005). Co-Author: with Gregory Sergesketter, "Document Retention Policies," Inside the Minds: Updating Your Company's Corporate Governance Policies (2008); with Kevin L. Colbert, John Melko, Eunice Song, Tim Spear, and Lloyd S. van Oostenrijk, "Avoiding Mass Tort Liability in Acquisitions: Practical Tips and Techniques," Analysis & Perspective, 10 Mergers & Acquisitions (BNA) No. 34 (September 3, 2007) at 701; with Gregory Sergesketter, "Is SOX Shifting Management Responsibility from Managers to the Board?" M World: The Journal of the American Management Association, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Summer 2003); with Gregory Sergesketter, "Act's Proposed 'Noisy Withdrawal' Aspect Brings Disturbing Changes," Houston Business Journal, Vol. 33 No. 39 (February 7-13, 2003); with Edward Rhyne and Gregory Sergesketter, "Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002," Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law, Texas State Section Report, Vol. 27, No. 2 (December 2002). Author: "Document Retention Policies: You Can't Afford to Be Caught without One," Gardere Client Alert (November 2002); "Taking Money Out of the Business ¿ Dividends, Distributions, Loans, Etc.," Advising Small and Mid-Size Businesses Seminar, University of Houston Law Foundation (September 22, 2006 - Houston and September 29, 2006 - Dallas); "Legislative Update: Refineries," Gardere's Impact on Our World: Chemical Industry Conference (March 30, 2006); "Document Retention Policies," Association of Records Managers and Administrators (February 10, 2006); "Document Retention Policies in the New Millennium," Advising Mid-Sized Corporations Seminar, University of Houston Law Foundation (September 23, 2005 - Houston and September 30, 2005 - Dallas); "Document Retention Policies in the New Era," Corporate, Partnership and Business Law Seminar, University of Houston Law Foundation (June 11, 2004 - Houston and June 18, 2004 - Dallas). Presentations: "Taking Money Out of the Business - Dividends, Distributions, Loans, Etc.," Advising Small and Mid-Size Businesses Seminar, University of Houston Law Foundation (June 13, 2008 - Houston and June 20, 2008 - Dallas); "Avoiding Unexpected Liabilities in M&A Transactions," Gardere's Chemical & Refining Group Seminar (January 31, 2008). Member: Houston Bar Association (Member, Section on: International Law); State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Business Law, Forms Subcommittee, Corporation Law Committee); Women's Energy Network, Houston. Practice Areas: Securities; Energy and Energy Services; International Projects; Corporate Governance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Electronic Discovery and Document Retention. Email: Jane Kessler Hammond | | Elizabeth Howard (Partner) born Waco, Texas, October 20, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1976); University of Houston (J.D., 1979). Articles Research Editor, Houston Law Review, 1978-1979. Memebr, Executive Women's Partnership of the Greater Houston Partnership. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Bank Counsel; Houston Commercial Finance Lawyers' Forum. Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Elizabeth Howard | | John Palmer Hutcheson (Partner) born Houston, Texas, October 14, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 1970); University of Texas (J.D., 1973). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; The Texas Land Title Association. (Resident). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Medical Devices; Insurance Defense; Toxic Tort; Title Company Litigation. Email: John Palmer Hutcheson | | Randall Lee Jones (Partner) born Houston, Texas, July 3, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1980); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1983). Order of the Coif. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Bank Counsel. (Resident). Practice Areas: Banking. Email: Randall Lee Jones | | J. Michael Jordan (Partner) born Laurinburg, North Carolina, December 5, 1948; admitted to bar, 1978, South Carolina; 1986, North Carolina; 1992, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas, District of South Carolina and Middle District of North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1971); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1978). Order of Wig and Robe. Member, Board of Visitors, Warren Wilson College. Member: Houston, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; State Bar of Texas; North Carolina State Bar. (Resident). Practice Areas: Trial Practice. Email: J. Michael Jordan | | David Jungman (Partner) born New York, N.Y., March 13, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1983, Texas; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 1971) Phi Beta Kappa; Cornell Law School (J.D., 1974). Articles Editor, Cornell International Law Journal. Member: State Bar of Texas; New York State Bar Association; Maritime Law Association of the United States. (Resident). Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: David Jungman | | Diana P. Larson (Partner) born Glendale, California, July 28, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 1995); South Texas College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1998). Order of the Lytae. Articles Editor, South Texas Law Review, 1997-1998. Co-Author: "Successfully Discharging Medical Liens in Personal Injury Cases," 32 Cumb. L. Rev. 349, 2002. Briefing Attorney, Justice Sam Nuchia, Texas Court of Appeals, First District, 1998-1999. Member: Houston Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Reported Cases: Owens v. American Home Products Corp., et al., 203 F. Supp.2d 762 (S.D. Tex. 2002); Liu v. Aventis Pasteur, Inc., et al., 219 F. Supp.2d 762 (W.D. Tex. 2002); O'Connell v. American Home Products Corp., et al., 2002 WL 31455729 (S.D. Tex. 2002). Practice Areas: Environmental. Email: Diana P. Larson | | Daniel Leightman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1968, Texas. Education: The University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1966); Boston University School of Law (LL.M., 1968); Harvard University, Advanced Management Program, 1996. Practice Areas: International Corporate Taxation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Taxation; Transfer Pricing. Email: Daniel Leightman | | Latosha Lewis (Partner) born Boynton Beach, Florida, May 15, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1996); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Environmental. Email: Latosha Lewis | | Orin H. Lewis (Partner) born Boulder, Colorado, August 24, 1964; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.S., 1991); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1994). Order of the Coif. Member, Texas Law Review, 1992-1994. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Orin H. Lewis | | Mark R. Martin (Partner) born Seattle, Washington, September 9, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Ohio; 1995, U. S. Tax Court; 2001, Texas. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., 1989); University of Toledo College of Law (J.D., 1992); Washington University School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 1993). Practice Areas: Tax. Email: Mark R. Martin | | Neil Martin (Partner) born Centralia, Illinois, October 9, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Texas; 1970, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1972, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1964; J.D., 1967). Phi Alpha Delta. Contributing Editor, Developing Labor Law publication of the American Bar Association. Member, OFCCP/ABA Liaison Committee. Member, Former Special Agents of the FBI. Member: Houston and American (Member, Labor Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Labor Law Section, former Council Member); Houston Labor/Employment Lawyers Bar Association. Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Association (Council, Texas Labor Law Section). (Board Certified, Labor Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Neil Martin | | William E. Matthews (Partner) born Houston, Texas, September 14, 1939; admitted to bar, 1963, Texas. Education: University of Texas (J.D., 1963). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates (National Director, 1993-1996; President, Houston Chapter, 1996-1997). Chairman, Federal Practice Section, 1961-1963. Member: Houston (Treasurer, 1974-1975) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association (Director, 1968-1973). Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) (Resident). Practice Areas: Civil Trial; Commercial; Legal and Accounting Malpractice Defense; Insurance Law. Email: William E. Matthews | | JoAnn Matthiesen (Partner) born Englewood, New Jersey, April 3, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1980); University of Texas (J.D., 1983); University of Houston (LL.M. in Environmental Law, 1997). Author: "What Now For the Texas Colonies?" 27 New Mexico Law Review No. 1, Winter 1997. Co-Author: "Legal Issues Attendant to Negative Amortization," 38 Consumer Finance Law Quarterly, Report Number 3, Summer, 1984. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; National Association of Bond Lawyers. (Resident). Practice Areas: Financial Services Law. Email: JoAnn Matthiesen | | Steven J. McNamara (Partner) born Houston, Texas, August 4, 1960; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.S., 1982; J.D., with honors, 1990). Chancellor. Order of the Coif. Member, Texas Law Review, 1988-1990. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Resident). Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: Steven J. McNamara | | Charles Edward Meacham (Partner) born Caracas, Venezuela, July 29, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., with high honors, 1985; J.D., 1988). Phi Beta Kappa. Teaching Quizmaster, University of Texas School of Law, 1987-1988. Former Director, Texas/Argentine Chamber of Commerce. Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, International Business Section). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: International. Email: Charles Edward Meacham | | John P. Melko (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1955; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas; 1988, Delaware; 1991, Maryland; 1993, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana; 1997, Indiana; 1998, Oklahoma and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma; 2001, Oregon; 2003, California and U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of California; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Widener University (B.S.B.A., 1976); Temple University; South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1984). Certified Public Accountant: Pennsylvania, 1979; Texas, 1983. Member: Houston and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation and Business) Bar Associations; Federal Communications Bar Association; American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Financial Services Law; Bankruptcy; Telecommunications Law. Email: John P. Melko | | Stephen L. Moll (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, October 5, 1960; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1983); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Order of the Barons. Associate Editor, Houston Law Review, 1989-1990. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; American Inns of Court. (Resident). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage Disputes; Bad Faith Insurance Litigation; Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation. Email: Stephen L. Moll | | James G. Munisteri (Partner) born White Plains, New York, March 8, 1962; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1983); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1986). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, Southwestern Law Journal, 1985-1986. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Resident). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance. Email: James G. Munisteri | | John R. Pearson (Partner) born Houston, Texas, November 20, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.E., 1965); University of Texas (J.D., 1968). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Maritime Law Association of the United States. (Resident). Practice Areas: Admiralty Law; Insurance Law; Litigation. Email: John R. Pearson | | Chris P. Perque (Partner) born Thibodaux, Louisiana, January 23, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana; 1995, California; 1998, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1985); Tulane University Law School (J.D., 1991). Member: State Bar of California; Louisiana State Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Litigation; Patents; Trademarks; Trade Secrets. Email: Chris P. Perque | | Lawrence J. Pirtle (Partner) born Houston, Texas, May 6, 1939; admitted to bar, 1966, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.B.A., 1962; J.D., summa cum laude, 1966); University of St. Thomas (M.L.A., 1992). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Barons. Associate Editor, Houston Law Review, 1965-1966. Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1967. Lecturer in Law, University of Houston, Bates College of Law, 1967-1968. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. (Resident). Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Wills and Trusts; Probate Administration; Estate Administration; Property; Business Law; Charitable Organizations. Email: Lawrence J. Pirtle | | Marla Thompson Poirot (Partner) born Houston, Texas, April 13, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas; 1999, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Texas A&M University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1992); Columbia University (J.D., 1995). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Member, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law. Member, Columbia Journal of Gender and Law. Chair, Associates Hiring Committee, Columbia University. Member: Houston (Member, Criminal Law and Procedure Section) and American (Member, White Collar Committee; Houston Chair, ABA White Collar Committee, Young Lawyer Subcommittee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association (Chair, Advocacy for Children Committee, 2001); Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense; Antitrust; Environmental Law. Email: Marla Thompson Poirot | | Frank Putman (Partner) born Fort Smith, Arkansas, January 8, 1938; admitted to bar, 1965, Texas. Education: University of Virginia and University of Texas (B.S., 1962); University of Texas (J.D., 1965). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: International Transactions; Corporate; Securities; Business Law. Email: Frank Putman | | Michael F. Rogers (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, December 30, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., cum laude, 1980); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1983). Order of the Coif. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Resident). Practice Areas: Corporate; Partnership; Real Estate; Business Law. Email: Michael F. Rogers | | Michael R. Rooke (Partner) born Fort Worth, Texas, May 24, 1942; admitted to bar, 1966, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1964; J.D., 1966). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. [Marine Corp. Reserve, 1967-1970; Lt., JAGC, U.S. Navy Reserve, 1970-1975]. Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: Michael R. Rooke | | Peter Scaff (Partner) born Longview, Texas, February 27, 1970; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1997); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2000). Articles Editor, Houston Law Review, 1999-2000. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Trial Practice. Email: Peter Scaff | | James J. Sentner, Jr. (Partner) born Passaic, New Jersey, 1939; admitted to bar, 1965, New York; 1975, New Jersey; 1982, Texas. Education: St. Francis College (B.A., 1961); Fordham University (LL.B., 1965). Member: State Bar of Texas. (Resident). Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability; Aviation; Admiralty. Email: James J. Sentner, Jr. | | Gregory J. Sergesketter (Partner) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, November 2, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Indiana; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court; 1986, Texas. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1978; J.D., 1981). Certified Public Accountant, Maryland, 1984. Member: Houston and Indiana State Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. [Capt., U.S. Army, JAG Corps, 1981-1985]. (Resident). Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: Gregory J. Sergesketter | | Jennifer S. Sickler (Partner) born Beaumont, Texas, June 2, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Federal Circuits; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Rice University (B.A., Biochemistry, 1983); Tulane University (J.D., 1988). Co-Editor, Tulane University Environmental Law Journal, 1988. Law Clerk, Honorable Sim Lake, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1988-1989. Co-Author: "A Radioimmunoassay for 5-Methyltetrahydrohomofolate - The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics," Vol. 218, 344-47, 1981; Chapter 8, "NAFTA and Beyond-A New Framework for Doing Business in the Americas," Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1995. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section); Houston Intellectual Property Law Association (Board of Directors, 1994-1996); American Intellectual Property Law Association. (Resident). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Jennifer S. Sickler | | Timothy Spear (Partner) born Marshalltown, Iowa, September 23, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, Missouri; 2000, Texas. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., History, 1993); Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 1997). Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association; Association of International Petroleum Negotiators. Practice Areas: Energy; Oil and Gas Law; Construction Law. Email: Timothy Spear | | Rachel Powitzky Steely (Partner) born Houston, Texas, August 13, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 1991); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1994). Recipient, Dean's Award. Order of Barristers; Order of Lytae. President-Elect, Young Friends of Ronald McDonald House. Member: Houston Bar Association; Lawyers in Public Schools (Chairman). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Rachel Powitzky Steely | | Norman Lawrence Stevens III (Partner) born South Haven, Michigan, December 6, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas; 1977, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.B.A., 1972; J.D., 1976); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1977). Adjunct Professor, University of Houston College of Law, 1986-1988. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Former Chairman, Partnership and Real Estate Tax Problems Committee, 1985-1986; Council, Section of Taxation, 1986-1989). (Resident). Practice Areas: Corporate; Partnership; Business Law. Email: Norman Lawrence Stevens III | | Claude R. Treece (Partner) born San Antonio, Texas, November 1, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1973); University of Texas School of Law (1973-1976). Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1975-1976. Chancellors. Adjunct Professor, University of Houston Law School, 1988-1989. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Trial Practice. Email: Claude R. Treece | | T. Michael Wall (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, September 7, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas; 1979, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., cum laude, 1975); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1978). Phi Delta Phi. Adjunct Professor, University of Houston Law School. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Litigation and Intellectual Property Law Sections). Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Trial. Email: T. Michael Wall | | Wayne A. Yaffee (Partner) born Syracuse, New York, March 7, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1987, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 1983); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1986). Internship with District Court Judge Wiseman, Middle District of Tennessee. Author: "Perfecting a Security Interest in a Security Held By a Financial Intermediary," U.C.C. Bulletin (August 1993). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; The District of Columbia Bar. (Resident). Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Real Estate Transactions; Lending Law. Email: Wayne A. Yaffee | | ASSOCIATES | | Kathlyn G. Coulter (Associate) born February 13, 1981; (Admission pending). Education: University of Dallas (B.A., cum laude, 2003); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Tax Law. Email: Kathlyn G. Coulter | | Scott D. Ellis (Associate) born Stoughton, Massachusetts, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: American University (B.A., 2003); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2006). Member: Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association of Greater Houston; Henry David Thoreau Alumni Association. Member: State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Trial Practice. Email: Scott D. Ellis | | Jess C. Frey (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 18, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1998); University of Mississippi (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Contracts; Corporate Law; Energy; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities. Email: Jess C. Frey | | Laura Jeanne Goodson (Associate) born Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 23, 1976; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas. Education: Southwestern University (B.A., 1999); Queen's University (M.A., history, 2000); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2004). Practice Areas: Trial Practice. Email: Laura Jeanne Goodson | | David C. Grant (Director of Electronic Discovery) born Henderson, Texas, October 22, 1950; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.S., with honors, 1977); The University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1980). Associate Editor, The Review of Litigation, 1979-1980. Assistant District Attorney, Special Crimes Bureau, Harris County, Texas, 1986-1989. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. [USN, 1969-1973]. Practice Areas: Electronic Discovery. Email: David C. Grant | | Mark Horowitz (Associate) born Burlington, Vermont, August 3, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: Harvard University (B.A. in History, cum laude, 2002); University of Virginia (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; State Taxation; International Taxation; Taxation; Transfer Tax. Email: Mark Horowitz | | Khurram Jiwani (Associate) born Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 29, 1981; admitted to bar, 2008, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.B.A., cum laude, 2004); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Khurram Jiwani | | Nikeyla Johnson (Associate) born Alton, Illinois, July 17, 1979; (Admission pending). Education: Spelman College (B.A., 2001); Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2008). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Nikeyla Johnson | | Cuong M. Le (Associate) born Vietnam, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: Univeristy of Southern California (B.A., 1999); University of Houston (J.D., 2005). Member: Asian American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Cuong M. Le | | Jessica G. Mason (Associate) born Neptune, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1999); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Jessica G. Mason | | Greg Meeks (Associate) born La Grange, Illinois, April 25, 1970; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1992); The University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: Greg Meeks | | Christina L. Miller (Associate) born February 9, 1982; (Admission pending). Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2004); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Banking Law. Email: Christina L. Miller | | Audrey Momanaee (Associate) born Houston, Texas, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., Economics, 2002); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Trial Practice. Email: Audrey Momanaee | | Anamaria Rubinstein Palla (Associate) born Cooperstown, New York, January 3, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1993, Texas. Education: Barnard College; Columbia University (A.B., English, 1986); Fordham University (J.D., 1989). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Anamaria Rubinstein Palla | | Tracy Penn (Associate) born Kosciusko, Mississippi, August 15, 1970; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: Mississippi State University (B.B.A.); Prairie View A & M University (Masters of Counseling); Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Tracy Penn | | Rhonda Reed Weiner (Associate) born Illinois, May 5, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: Knox College (Biology, with honors, magna cum laude, 2000); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Rhonda Reed Weiner | | Elizabeth Reza (Associate) born San Benito, Texas, September 18, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., Computer Science, magna cum laude, 2002); Duke University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Elizabeth Reza | | Darren T. Rose (Associate) born July 3, 1978; (Admission pending). Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 2000); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Darren T. Rose | | Reuben D. Rosof (Associate) born Englewood, New Jersey, November 24, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1997); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 2000). Phi Delta Phi (President). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Financial Services Law. Email: Reuben D. Rosof | | Felisa Sanchez (Associate) born Amarillo, Texas, October 10, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1998); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: State Bar of Texas. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: Felisa Sanchez | | C. Michael Seely (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2008, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 1998; M.L.E.R.E., 2000); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: C. Michael Seely | | Clinton R. Snow (Associate) born Midland, Texas, May 28, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: Brigham Young University (B.S., 2004); Texas Tech University, Rawls College of Business (M.B.A, 2007); Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Member: State Bar of Texas. Languages: Thai. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy. Email: Clinton R. Snow | | Eunice Song (Associate) born Houston, Texas, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., cum laude, 2001); Washington University, St. Louis (J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Asian American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Eunice Song | | Khatidja Soofi (Associate) born August 31, 1981; (Admission pending). Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 2003); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Banking Law. Email: Khatidja Soofi | | Samantha Trahan (Associate) born New Iberia, Louisiana, July 11, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas. Education: University of St. Thomas (B.S., 1996); University of Texas (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Trial Practice. Email: Samantha Trahan | | STAFF ATTORNEY | | Teresa Lechner-Fish (Staff Attorney) admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: University of North Dakota (B.S., 1982); Oklahoma State University (M.S., 1992); University of Tulsa (M.S., 1996); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2005). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Teresa Lechner-Fish | | OF COUNSEL | | Robert S. Blanc (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., September 22, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, New York; 1971, U.S. Tax Court; 1978, Illinois; 1981, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Fifth and Seventh Circuits; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, Northern District of Illinois and Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1965); Columbia University (LL.B., 1968). Author: "Putting a Limit on Unlimited Creditors' Committee Liability," 13 Bankruptcy Developments Journal 359 (1997). Co-Author, with Randy D. Gordon, "Reforming the Unbargained Contract: Avoiding Bondholder Claims for Surprise Par Calls," 55 The Business Lawyer 317 (1999). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Business Bankruptcy Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) (Resident). Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy; Securities Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Robert S. Blanc | | SENIOR ATTORNEYS | | Nancy Jean Hoffman Brown (Senior Attorney) born Mercedes, Texas, September 30, 1946; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.A., magna cum laude, 1973; M.A., 1975; J.D., magna cum laude, 1988). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Barons; Order of the Coif. Chief Research Editor, Houston Law Review, 1987-1988. Author: Note, "Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson: Clarifying the Standards of Hostile Working Environment Sexual Harassment," 25 Houston Law Review 441, 1988. Life Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Trial Practice. Email: Nancy Jean Hoffman Brown | | Steven E. Lane (Senior Attorney) born 1950; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas. Education: University of Tennessee at Martin (B.S., 1972); University of Memphis (J.D., 1974). Licensed, State of Tennessee. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Litigation; Construction Law; Regulatory Law. Email: Steven E. Lane | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Austin, Texas Office: 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 3000. Telephone: 512-542-7000. Fax: 512-542-7100.
Dallas, Texas Office: Thanksgiving Tower, 1601 Elm Street, Suite 3000. Telephone: 214-999-3000. Fax: 214-999-4667. Cable Address: "Garwyn Dallas". Telex: 73-0197.
Mexico City, Mexico Office: Gardere, Arena y Robles, S.C., Torre Esmeralda II, Boulevard Manuel A. Camacho No. 36-1802, Lomas de Chapultepec, 11000 Mexico, D.F. Mexico. Telephone: 011 (52) 55 5-284-8540. Fax: 011 (52) 55 5-284-8569.
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