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| | Address | | 1000 Louisiana, Suite 1800 | | Houston, Texas 77002 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 713-374-3500 | | Facsimile: 713-374-3505 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.gtlaw.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| | Greenberg Traurig, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative Law, Admiralty Law, Agricultural Law, Aircraft Finance and Leasing, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Americans with Disabilities Act, Antitrust, Appellate Practice, Arbitration, Aviation Law, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Biotechnology, Broadcasting Law, Brownfields Redevelopment, Business Immigration, Business Law, Class Action Defense, Commercial Litigation, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Construction Law, Consumer Finance, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Customs and International Trade, Education Law, Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, Energy, Entertainment Law, Environmental Law, ERISA, FCC Licensing, FCC Regulation, Federal Government Law, Federal Legislative Law, Finance, Financial Institutions Law, Franchises and Franchising, Gaming Law, Government Affairs, Government Contracts, Governmental Law, Health Care, Immigration Law, Indians and Native Populations, Information Technology, Insurance Coverage, Intellectual Property, International Business Law, International Trade, Joint Ventures, Labor and Employment, Land Use, Legislative Practice, Litigation, Lobbying, Maritime Law, Mediation, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Mining Law, Motion Pictures and Television, Multimedia Law, Music Law, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Oil and Gas Law, Partnership Law, Patents, Privatization, Probate, Public Finance, Public Infrastructure, Public Utility Law, Railroad Law, Real Estate, Regulatory Law, Resorts and Leisure, Securities, Sports Law, Strategic Alliances, Structured Finance, Sweepstakes, Taxation, Telecommunications Law, Trade Regulation, Trademarks, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, White Collar Criminal Defense, Wills, Workouts, Zoning Law. | | Year Established: 1967 | Firm Profile:
For more than three decades, Greenberg Traurig has delivered practical, business-focused solutions for clients, from emerging companies to Fortune 500 corporations. Our international network of offices provides a multi-disciplinary team with the strategic business, legal, and political experience required to solve the increasingly complex needs of regional, national, and global companies. | | Firm Size: 1800 | Rate Information:
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Other Office Locations of Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Miami, Florida, U.S.A. (Main Office)
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East Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.
Irvine, California, U.S.A.
Sacramento, California, U.S.A.
Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.
Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.A.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A.
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A.
Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.
Florham Park, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Albany, New York, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
White Plains, New York, U.S.A.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
McLean, Virginia, U.S.A.
Shanghai, China
Tokyo, Japan
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Zürich, Switzerland
| | Edward E. Abels, Jr. (Shareholder) born 1957; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana; 1994, Texas; 1996, Colorado. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Petroleum Engineering, 1981; J.D., 1993). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Member: Louisiana State and Colorado Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Energy. Email: Edward E. Abels, Jr. | | Douglas C. Atnipp (Shareholder) born Midland, Texas, November 2, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1982); Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., 1985). Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Energy Finance; Energy Acquisitions; Energy Contracts; Energy Project Development; Corporate and Securities. Email: Douglas C. Atnipp | | K. B. Battaglini (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1982, Texas; 1988, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. Court of International Trade; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: State University of New York College at Potsdam (B.A., 1974); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1981). Distinguished Honor Graduate, Department of Defense Information School; Panel of Arbitrators, National Association of Securities Dealers; Member, Houston Committee on Foreign Relations; Graduate, Leadership Houston. Liftetime Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation; Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Fifth Circuit Bar Association; American Bar Association; College of the State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Director). [U.S. Army, 1975-1977]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Arbitration; Securities Litigation; Securities Class Actions; Securities Fraud; Securities Arbitration; Shareholder Derivative Actions; SEC Enforcement; NASD Arbitration; Broker-Dealer Arbitration; Complex Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation; Oil and Gas Arbitration; Franchise Distribution. Email: K. B. Battaglini | | Francis R. Bradley, III (Shareholder) born Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, 1968; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., with honors, 1989); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Bank Counsel. Transactions: Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $1 billion Global Syndicated Secured Credit Facility for NYSE-listed large independent exploration and production company and its various subsidiaries - including US Credit Agreement and Canadian Credit Agreement - used for acquisition financing; Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $2.1 billion Syndicated Credit Facility for NYSE-listed large independent exploration and production company; Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $1.5 billion Syndicated Credit Facility for NYSE-listed large independent exploration and production company; Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $2.03 billion Syndicated Credit Facility for private conglomerate; Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $1.3 billion Syndicated Secured Credit Facility for NYSE-listed large independent exploration and production company used for acquisition financing; Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $1 billion Syndicated Credit Facility for NYSE-listed large independent exploration and production Company in connection with acquisition; Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $750 million Global Syndicated Credit Facility for NYSE-listed large independent exploration and production company and various subsidiaries - including US Credit Agreement, Australian Credit Agreement and Canadian Credit Agreement; Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $700 million Syndicated Credit Facility for private oil and gas producer; Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $300 million Global Syndicated Secured Credit Facility for NYSE-listed mid-size independent exploration and production company and various subsidiaries - including US Credit Agreement and Canadian Credit Agreement; Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $75 million Secured Credit Facility for private oil and gas producer; Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $50 million five-year Term Loan for natural gas utility; Represented money center bank as agent for bank syndicate in connection with $40 million Syndicated Credit Facility for private oil and gas producer; Representation of energy subsidiary of large mutual insurance company and various of its subsidiaries in connection with substantially all of their legal work; Representation of private oil and gas producer in connection with its formation, its initial bank financing, the negotiation of various ISDA Master Agreements and its acquisition of $340 million oil and gas producing properties in South Louisiana; Representation of NYSE-listed oilfield services company in connection with negotiation of $75 million Secured Revolving Credit Facility with a money center bank as agent; Representation of private television station conglomerate in connection with acquisitions of numerous "low power" television stations and $30 million Secured Working Capital and Acquisition Credit Facility from a money center bank used to finance such acquisitions; Representation of private medical device manufacturer in connection with various transactions, including $20 million Secured Revolving Credit facility from a money center bank; Representation of national/international real estate developer in connection with the negotiation and closing of construction loans for multiple office buildings in Texas and California with various lender syndicates; Representation of energy investment fund in connection with the sale of oil and gas properties located in West Virginia to newly formed master limited partnership. Practice Areas: Finance; Natural Resources; Banks and Banking; Corporate Law. Email: Francis R. Bradley, III | | Gregory J. Casas (Shareholder) born Jersey City, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1997, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Fifth Circuits; 2004, U.S. Court of International Trade; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Boston University (B.A., English and Economics, magna cum laude, 1990); Duke University School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1993). Member: The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association (Member, Antitrust Section). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Antitrust Class Actions; International Antitrust; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; International Litigation; Federal Litigation; Climate Change; Energy; Alternative Energy; Wind Energy; Energy Marketing. Email: Gregory J. Casas | | Roland Garcia, Jr. (Shareholder) born Corpus Christi, Texas, December 26, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., cum laude, Honors Program with distinction, 1981); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1986). Phi Delta Phi; Beta Alpha Psi; Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Eta Sigma. Assistant Editor, South Texas Law Review, 1985-1986. Briefing Attorney to the Hon. Raul A. Gonzalez, Supreme Court of Texas, 1986-1987. Recipient: Texas Legends Award, 2005; AAMA Hero Award, 2004; Texas Monthly Super Lawyer Award, 2003; Savvy Award, 2003; March of Dimes Honorary Family Award, 2002; United Way Leadership Award, 2002; NAACP Alex Award in Legal Excellence, 2002; Center for Houston's Future Leadership Award, 2001; Baylor University Outstanding Young Alumni Award, 1998; Texas House of Representatives Certificate of Citation, 1993; Five Outstanding Young Houstonians Award, 1993; State Bar of Texas Presidential Citation, 1992; Houston Bar Association President's Award, 1990. Speaker, American Bar Association. Member, Texas Supreme Court Judicial Selection Task Force, 1995-1996. Member, Texas Supreme Court Gender Bias Task Force, 2002-2003. Member, Texas Supreme Court Rules Advisory Committee, 2006-2007. Trustee, Harris County Hospital District Foundation, 2001-2007. Trustee, Memorial Hermann Hospital Foundation, 1997-2005. Board Member, Memorial Hermann Continuing Care Corp. 2006-2008. Board Member, Greater Houston Partnership 2005-2007. Director, Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, 2005-2007. Former Director, American Leadership Forum, 1997-1999. Former Director, Downtown Houston Association, 1997-2002. Chairman, Aspiring Youth of Houston, 1999-2001. Member, Houston Independent School District Task Force, 1997-2002; Member, HISD Foundation, 2004-2005; Chair, Super Bowl Host Subcommittee, 2003-2004; President, Houston YET Center, Inc., 2004-2006; Honorary Co-Chair, Anti-Defamation League, 2004; Member: Houston Community College System Task Force, 2001-2004; Advisory Board, Girls, Inc., 2004-2005; Steering Committee, City of Houston, Houston Challenge 2000, 1999-2000. Member, National Conference of Bar Presidents, 2001. Past President, Dispute Resolution Center. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation (Past Trustee). Member: Houston (Past President) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Past Director); Hispanic Bar Association (Past President); Texas Young Lawyers Association (Past President). Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Foundation; Houston Young Lawyers Foundation. [U.S. Marine Corps, Reserves, 1978-1981; U.S. Marine Corps, OCS/PLC Graduate, 1978]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice; Government Relations. Email: Roland Garcia, Jr. | | L. Bradley Hancock (Shareholder) born Manassas, Virginia; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas; 2000, District of Columbia; 2001, Louisiana. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., History, 1993); Texas Tech University (J.D., 1996). Phi Alpha Delta; Member, Board of Barristers. Recipient: CALI Award; American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Corporations and Products Liability; Texas Tech Commencement Speaker, 1996. Speaker: National Business Institute, CLE "Litigating Commercial Leases," 2004; "Restrictive Covenants," 2005; "Litigating Title to Real Property," 2006 and 2007; "Issues Regarding Commercial Leases," Association of Women Attorneys Seminar; In-House Seminars "Commercial Transactions and Litigation"; "Professional Liability"; and compliance related matters. Member: State Bar of Texas (Panel Chair, Grievance Committee, 2007—); State Bar of Louisiana; District of Columbia Bar; Houston Bar Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association (Director, 2002-2007; Chair, Arts and Entertainment Committee, 2002-2003; Chair, Leadership Academy, 2003-2004; Member, CLE Committee); Houston Young Lawyers Foundation (Director, 2004—). Reported Cases: In re Rapid Settlements, Ltd., 2007 WL 925698 (Tex. App. -- Houston 14th Dist., 2007). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment; Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; ERISA; Health Care. Email: L. Bradley Hancock | | Shari L. Heyen (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1990, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Oklahoma Christian College (B.S., cum laude, 1984); University of Oklahoma (J.D., 1990). Phi Delta Phi. Texas Super Lawyer 2004-2007. Law Clerk: Honorable R. F. Wheless, Chief Judge, Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas, 1990-1991; Honorable Manuel D. Leal, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Southern District of Texas, 1990-1991; Honorable Karen K. Brown, Bankruptcy Judge, Southern District of Texas, 1991. Certified Public Accountant, Oklahoma, 1987. Member: Houston Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy Section); Fifth Federal Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation; Association of Women Attorneys; American Bankruptcy Institute. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Litigation; Corporate Reorganization; Business; Corporate. Email: Shari L. Heyen | | Franklin D.R. Jones Jr. (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.B.A., 1984); University of Houston (J.D., 1995). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; National Association of Bond Lawyers; Houston Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Public Finance. Email: Franklin D.R. Jones Jr. | | Mary-Olga Lovett (Shareholder) born Los Angeles, California, February 13, 1969; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Stephen F. Austin State University (B.A., 1990); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1993). Order of Barristers. Recipient: Lewis F. Powell National Award for Excellence in Advocacy; National Champion and Best Brief, National Moot Court Competition, 1993-1994; National Champion and Best Brief, American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition, 1993. Listed: Texas Super Lawyer 2005-2007; Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star, 2004; H Texas Magazine Top Lawyers in Houston, 2005-2007. Adjunct Professor of Advocacy, South Texas College of Law, 1997-2002. Elected Member, American Board of Trial Advocates. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas; Bar Association of the Federal Fifth Circuit. Languages: Spanish and American Sign Language. Practice Areas: Health Care Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Fraud; Commercial Torts; Complex Commercial Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Business Litigation; Unfair Competition; Appellate Practice; Civil Appeals. Email: Mary-Olga Lovett | | Kent Newsome (Shareholder) born Cheraw, South Carolina, October 9, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1982); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1985). Listed: Best Lawyers in America; Chambers USA America's Leading Business Lawyers; Texas Monthly's Texas Super Lawyers. Adjunct Professor, University of Houston Law Center. Texas Qualified Mediator. Member: Houston Bar Association (Past Chair, Sections on: Real Estate; Entertainment and Sports Law); State Bar of Texas; Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (Member, Board of Directors); National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (Voting Member); American College of Real Estate Lawyers; Houston Real Estate Lawyers Council. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Real Estate Development; Leases and Leasing; Finance. Email: Kent Newsome | | Jeffrey J. Nichols (Shareholder) born Chicago, Illinois, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas. Education: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.A., 1992); Southern Methodist University School of Law (J.D., 1996); Cox School of Business, Dallas (M.B.A., 1996). Member: State Bar of Texas. Transactions: Represented a hedge fund with the investment in a gas compressor company consisting of warrants, subordinated debt, term loans and revolving loans, which refinanced numerous lease financing vehicles for gas compression equipment. Represented a large commercial bank with a term and revolving loan to an oil & gas exploration and production company secured by oil & gas reserves; Represented a hedge fund with the investment in a seismic gathering company consisting of term loans and warrants, acting as a bridge financing until the initial public offering of the company; Represented a large chemical company with the securitization of its receivables financed by a commercial paper conduit; Represented a large, international company with the acquisition of the premier provider of special purpose entity and structured finance services, which required extensive collaboration with accountants concerning generally accepted accounting principals (GAAP) and international accounting standards (IAS) relating to the non-consolidation rules, including FASB Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (FASB 46), and the IAS 27, Consolidated Financial Statements and Accounting for Investments in Subsidiaries, for special purpose entities holding billions of dollars of assets; Represented venture capital investors with the acquisition and restructuring of the equity and debt of a refining and waste processing facility used to extract metals from heavy oil waste from refineries; Represented a large, natural gas power plant project with the outage and refurbishment of its turbine and transformers, which involved the extensive negotiation of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreements and master service agreements (MSAs); Represented a large, coal-fired power plant project with contracts relating to the re-processing of bituminous coal ash; Represented a Hong Kong company with the acquisition from a Japanese venture capital fund of debt and warrants in a US company holding Chinese oil & gas concession rights, and subsequent restructuring of the investment; Represented a large real estate management company in negotiating an electricity purchase contract from a retail electricity provider (REP), lowering the cost of power for its properties by less than half; Represented an investor in an alternative energy project that will use renewable biogas energy sources to sell natural gas and carbon credits; Represented a hedge fund in a combined loan and purchase of mineral interests to fund an oil & gas development program. Practice Areas: Finance; Real Estate; Venture Capital; Energy; Corporate Law; Corporate Finance; Natural Resources; Securities. Email: Jeffrey J. Nichols | | John Stanley Rainey (Shareholder) born El Paso, Texas, May 31, 1958; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1980); University of Houston (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993). Order of Barons; Order of the Coif. Member, Houston Law Review. Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1982. Practice Areas: Technology Transactions; International; Derivative Securities; Intellectual Property; Banking; Computer Law. Email: John Stanley Rainey | | David L. Ronn (Shareholder) born Westwood, New Jersey, December 31, 1961; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1983); Tulane University (M.B.A., 1985); University of Houston (J.D., 1990). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: David L. Ronn | | J. Scott Sheehan (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1976, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., Political Science, cum laude, 1972); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1976). Member: State Bar of Texas (Chair: Consumer Law Section, 1985; Business Law Section, 1997-1998; Contract Law Committee, Business Law Section, 2003-2005); American Bar Association (Member, Consumer Financial Services Committee, Business Law Section); Payday Loan Bar Association. Practice Areas: Financial Institutions Law; Financial Institutions Litigation; Corporate Law. Email: J. Scott Sheehan | | William H. Sultemeier, IV (Shareholder) born El Paso, Texas, 1967; admitted to bar, 1996, Missouri; 1998, Kansas; 1999, Texas. Education: Brigham Young University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1993); St. Louis University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Member: The Missouri Bar; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Energy; Natural Resources. Email: William H. Sultemeier, IV | | Ben D. Tobor (Shareholder) born Chicago, Illinois, April 4, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas; 1976, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Fifth and Federal Circuits; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.S.M.E., 1969); Georgetown University (J.D., 1973). Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation (Life Fellow) and Texas Bar Foundation (Life Fellow); Houston Young Lawyers Foundation (Charter Fellow). Member: State Bar of Texas; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Licensing Executive Society. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Ben D. Tobor | | G. Allan Van Fleet (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1978, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Eleventh, District of Columbia and Federal Circuits; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., Behavioral Science and Political Science, summa cum laude, 1976); Columbia University School of Law (J.D., first in class, 1977). Recognized in the Best Lawyers in America, Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Competition and Antitrust Lawyers and The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers. Listed: Chambers and Partners' Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business; Top 25 Highly Recommended Litigators in Texas, PLC Which Lawyer?; Texas Super Lawyer in Antitrust Litigation, Texas Monthly; Top 100 lawyers in Texas (Top 3 in 2006), Texas Monthly. Frequent Author and Speaker: Litigation, Antitrust and Legal Ethics. Featured in "Van Fleet's Grand Feats," Texas Monthly/Super Lawyers, October 2007. Member: American Bar Association (Former Member, House of Delegates; Officer, Section of Antitrust Law); State Bar of Texas (Director); Houston Bar Association (Former Chair, Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section); United States-Mexico Bar Association (Former President). Fellow: Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation; Life Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation. Special Agencies: Texas Access to Justice Commission; Texas Appleseed Center; Appleseed Foundation; MacGregor Area Community Development Corporation. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; International Arbitration. Email: G. Allan Van Fleet | | OF COUNSEL | | Gerald P. Lance (Of Counsel) born Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas. Education: Haverford College (B.A., Economics, 1981); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1984). Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1982-1984. Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Construction Contracts; Leases and Leasing; Commercial Mortgages. Email: Gerald P. Lance | | Christi D. Quinn (Of Counsel) born Edinburg, Texas, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.S., 1980); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1985). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Lytae. Member: State Bar of Texas. Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Energy; Litigation. Email: Christi D. Quinn | | Eric C. Rose (Of Counsel) born Bucharest, Romania, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Iowa and Illinois; 2005, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois and U.S. Supreme Court. (Not admitted in Texas). Education: Universitatea Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania; University of Iowa (B.B.A., Economics, 1982; M.A., Political Science, 1985; J.D., 1985); Université de Bordeaux I, Bordeaux, France. President, Iowa Society of International Law and Affairs, 1983-1985. Recipient, Iowa Law School Foundation Scholarship, 1983-1985. Associate Editor: International Law Students Association Journal of International Law, 1983-1984; Iowa Law Review, 1984-1985. Author: "The Granting and Suspension of Most-Favored-Nation Status to Non-Market Economy States: Policy and Consequences," 25 Harv. Int'l L.J. 329 (1984); "The Japanese Industrial Policy Complex: An Appropriate Legal Model for the United States?" 11 Brooklyn Int'l L.J. 239 (1985); "Third World Agricultural Development: A Proposal," 19 N.Y.U. Int'l L. & Pol. 63 (1986); "International Contractual Developments in Product Liability," 371 PLI/Lit 175 (1989). Former Senior Corporate Counsel: Deere & Company; Tyco Toys, Inc.; American Standard, Inc.; CyberTel, Inc. Managing Director, Parkwood Partners LLC, 2003-2005. Of Counsel, Klett, Rooney Leiber & Schorling, 2005-2006. Member: American (Chair, International TIPS Committee, 1989-1990) and International Bar Associations. Transactions: Acquisitions for stock and/or cash in the following countries: United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Russia, Lebanon, Egypt, Israel. Divestitures in the following countries: United States, Canada, Brazil, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, United Kingdom, Turkey. Negotiated with government entities/private parties the rights to establish subsidiaries, including supervising the building of "greenfield" factories, in the following countries: United States, Mexico, Bulgaria, Poland, Egypt, Vietnam, Thailand, China. Acquisition through privatization, including the use of Brady bonds and debt-to-equity swaps, in Bulgaria. In contested bid for the sale of 600 combines to the Ukraine, prepared and implemented offset requirements which resulted in the first in a series of transactions which followed, establishing client as the leading Western seller of farm equipment in the Ukraine. Offset involved investment in state-owned farms by third parties, as well as a requirement to buy Ukrainian grain. In contested auction in the medical diagnostics field, acquired for $250 million U.S. dollars Sorin Biomedica (Italy) diagnostics business and INCSTAR (U.S.), two business units with operations in seven countries. In contested auction, divested medical diagnostics business. Organized a Southeast Asian subsidiary that, while it received substantial tax incentives for having a majority of its equity from domestic capital sources, maintained the foreign investor's control of the subsidiary, resulting in USD 2.5 million tax savings. Languages: French and Romanian. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; International Commercial Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Antitrust. Email: Eric C. Rose | | Carey R. Troell (Of Counsel) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., Accounting, 1991); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1996). Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Email: Carey R. Troell | | ASSOCIATES | | Robert Bell (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Texas. Education: Baylor University; South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Robert Bell | | Robert Dennis Brannon (Associate) born Conroe, Texas; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., Industrial Distribution, cum laude, 2002); Texas Tech University (M.S., Personal Financial Planning, 2005); Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2005). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, Texas Tech Law Review, 2003-2005. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Energy. Email: Robert Dennis Brannon | | Paul Jonathan Brown (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1993); Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin (M.P.A., 1998); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1998). Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation. Email: Paul Jonathan Brown | | Mark G. Chretien (Associate) born 1972; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas. Education: University of Southwestern Louisiana (B.S., 1995); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., with honors, 2002). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Mark G. Chretien | | Mark A. Correro (Associate) born Monroe, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas; 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: East Texas Baptist University (B.A., 1995); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2004). Member, Editorial Board, Houston Bar Journal, 2003—. Author: "The Lopez/Morrison Limitation on the Commerce Clause - Fact or Fabrication?" 13 The Digest ___, forthcoming 2006; "Criminal Violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," White Collar Crime, 2d ed., 2004; "Get a Divorce - Become a Felon: United States v. Emerson," 270 F.3d 203 (5th Cir. 2001), 45 South Texas Law Review 419, 2004; "Whistleblower and Federal Qui Tam Litigation - Suing the Corporation for Fraud," 45 S. Tex. L. Rev. 410, 2003. Co-Author: "The Perils of Off-Label Marketing - Navigating the FDA's Regulatory Minefield," 148 Script Magazine 43, September 2005; "Federal Qui Tam (False Claims) Litigation: The Government's Watchdog," 42 Houston Lawyer No. 4, 2005. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: White Collar Crime; Antitrust; Complex Litigation. Email: Mark A. Correro | | Pamela A. Ferguson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.S., Human and Organizational Development, cum laude, 2001; M.Ed., Human Development Counseling, 2003); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Health Care Litigation. Email: Pamela A. Ferguson | | Debra F. Guajardo (Associate) born San Antonio, Texas; admitted to bar, 1999, Republic of Mexico; 2003, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1992; B.S., 1992); University of Houston Law Center (Mexican Legal Studies Program on NAFTA, 1993); The Hague Academy of International Law (Permanent Conference on International Private Law, 1997); Universidad de las Américas-Puebla, Mexico (J.D., Mexican Law, with a minor in International Law, magna cum laude, with highest honors, 1998); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2003). Editor-in-Chief, Currents International Trade Law Journal. Was published in the South Texas Law Review. Member, Advisory Board, South Texas College of Law. Member, Universidad de las Americas Ex Students' Association. Life Member, University of Texas at Austin Ex Students' Association. Member: Houston and The Woodlands Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Bar Association of Puebla, Mexico; U.S.-Mexico Bar Association (Chair, Project Finance Committee, 2007); Empresarias Hispanas The Woodlands; International Centre for Dispute Resolution (Member, Young and International Group). Transactions: Focuses her practice on international corporate and securities matters, and concentrates particularly on Latin America; Advises domestic and cross border clients on various types of corporate transactions including acquisitions, finance related issues such as secured and unsecured credit facilities and project finance, and real estate matters; Worked as an intern for the national bank of foreign commerce and subsequently had a general litigation and business practice as an associate attorney with a Mexican firm; Assisted in the representation of a large, natural gas power plant project with the outage and refurbishment of its turbine and transformers, which involved the extensive negotiation of engineering, procurement and construction agreements and master service agreements; Represented a seismic data marketing company with the negotiation of various master agreements for the licensing of seismic data; Represented a U.S. company with the purchase of spent catalysts from a Mexican company; Represented a TSD facility with a consultant services agreement for a Mexican company hired to dispose of hazardous waste material; Assisted a worldwide marine construction company with the review of various procurement contracts and the preparation of master subcontractors and services agreements relating to work to be performed in Mexico; Assisted in the representation of a Hong Kong company with the acquisition from a Japanese venture capital fund of debt and warrants in a U.S. company holding Chinese oil and gas concession rights; Represented an international provider of specialized oilfield services and equipment with the purchase and sale of several commercial properties, including a tract of land which involved the negotiation of a construction contract to build an office/warehouse building, detention easement, and declaration of protective covenants and easements. Languages: Spanish and French. Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities; Energy and Natural Resources; International Law; Latin America Law. Email: Debra F. Guajardo | | Dianna R. Jones (Associate) born Fort Smith, Arkansas, December 22, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.B.A., 1999); Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 2003). Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity; 2001 Vanderbilt Mock Trial Competition, Octofinalist; Moot Court Competition, 2001; Vanderbilt University School of Law, Law and Business Certificate, 2003; University of Oklahoma - Dean's Honor Roll; President's Leadership Class Scholarship; Vice President's Student Advisory Council; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Midwestern Region Undergraduate Chapter President of the Year; Big Man/Big Woman on Campus. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association (Member, Section on: Business Law); Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities. Email: Dianna R. Jones | | Lionel Martin (Associate) born Boston, Massachusetts, September 8, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Colorado; 2002, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (B.A., 1996); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1999). Member: Houston Bar Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Hispanic Bar Association of Houston. [Captain, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1999-2002]. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment; ERISA. Email: Lionel Martin | | Anthony F. Matheny (Associate) born Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., 1991); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1997). Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Member, Intellectual Property Section); American Intellectual Property Bar Association; Houston Intellectual Property Law Association; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Licensing; Intellectual Property Litigation; Patent Litigation; Patent Prosecution; Copyright Protection; Copyright Litigation; Trademark Litigation; Trademark Prosecution; Trade Secrets; Civil Litigation. Email: Anthony F. Matheny | | Christopher C. Miller (Associate) born Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.S., with honors, 1996; J.D., 1999). Order of the Barristers. Chairman, Board of Advocates, UH Law Center, 1998-1999. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Associations; Greater Houston Partnership. [U.S. Navy QM3 1993-1995; Hon. Discharge; Unit Commendation]. Reported Cases: Mokkala v. Mead, 2005 WL 1377766 (Tex.App.-Hous. (14 Dist.) 2005, writ denied); Caesar v. Bohacek, 176 S.W.3d 282 (Tex. App.-Hous. (1st Dist.) 2004, no writ). Practice Areas: Health Care Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Business Litigation. Email: Christopher C. Miller | | D. Dewayne Nichols (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., International Relations, magna cum laude, 1998); Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 2003). Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Energy; Banking Law. Email: D. Dewayne Nichols | | Christopher B. Payne (Associate) born Victoria, Texas, September 10, 1973; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., Interdisciplinary Technology, 1996); Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Chief Committee Clerk, Financial Institutions Committee, Texas House of Representatives, 2005; Legislative Aide, Texas House of Representatives, 2003; D.O.T. Office of Pipeline Safety, 1999-2001; Texas Railroad Commission, 1996-1999. Certified Mediator, Texas. Member: State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Bank Counsel. Practice Areas: Financial Institutions Law; Government Affairs; Energy. Email: Christopher B. Payne | | Pamela Lynn Reyburn (Associate) born Torrance, California, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania. (Not admitted in Texas). Education: University of Georgia (A.B., 2001); Duke University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Securities; Energy; Corporate Law. Email: Pamela Lynn Reyburn | | Thomas W. Rogers (Associate) born Longview, Texas; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas. Education: University of North Texas (B.A., 1998); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Energy. Email: Thomas W. Rogers | | Brooke A. Spence (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., cum laude, 1998; B.S., cum laude, 1999); Texas Tech University (J.D., 2002).. Member, Texas Tech Board of Barristers, 2001-2002. Member, Texas Tech Law Review, 2000-2001, 2001-2002. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Energy; Energy Finance; Corporate Law. Email: Brooke A. Spence | | Jana K. Terry (Associate) born Colorado Springs, Colorado; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., English, summa cum laude, 1993); University of Chicago (J.D., with honors, 1996); Regent College (M.C.S., 2002). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyer's Association; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Business; Bankruptcy; Creditors' Rights; Litigation. Email: Jana K. Terry | | John L. Tobin, III (Associate) born Lansing, Michigan; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas; 2004, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., Public Administration, with high honors, 1996); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Corporate Counsel); Houston Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Corporate Counsel; Mergers and Acquisitions); American Bar Association (Negotiated Acquisitions Committee, Business Law Section); State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Energy; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities Offerings; Securities Regulation. Email: John L. Tobin, III | | Brian Truby (Associate) born Steubenville, Ohio, January 12, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.S., 2000); University of Chicago (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Real Estate. 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