MEMBERS OF FIRM
Howard S. Hoover (1909-2000).
Joseph O. Slovacek (Member) born Enid, Oklahoma, June 2, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Houston (B.B.A., 1972; J.D., 1976). Delta Theta Phi (Dean, 1974-1975). Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member, Order of the Barons. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston building Owners and Manager Association; Houston Office Leasing Broker's Association (General Counsel, 1983); National Association of Industrial Office Property (Member, Board of Directors, 1994). Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Litigation; Appellate Practice; Real Estate; Lender Law; Secured Transactions; Mortgages; Foreclosures.Email: Joseph O. Slovacek
Robert T. Alexander, (P.C.) (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 2, 1951; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., with honors, 1977); University of Houston (J.D., 1978). Kappa Sigma. Recipient, Committee Chair of the Year Award Winner, Community Associations Institute, 1993. Title Examiner for Commercial Abstract & Title Company, San Antonio, Texas, 1975-1978. Member: Houston Bar Association (Member, Real Estate Law Section); State Bar of Texas (Member, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section); Property Owners Associations (Committee Member); Greater Houston Chapter of Community Association Institute (President, 1999); Senate Intergovernmental Subcommittee (Member, Attorney Task Force). (Board Certified, Residential Real Estate Law and Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Community Association Law; Litigation; General Business Practice.Email: Robert T. Alexander, (P.C.)
Hal G. Wolff (Member) born Arlington, Minnesota, June 30, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas; 1984, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Texas Lutheran University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1982). Member: Fifth Federal Circuit and Houston Bar Associations (Member, Section on Litigation); State Bar of Texas (Member, Section on Litigation). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Business Law; Commercial Law; Landlord and Tenant Law; Evictions; Insurance Law; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate.Email: Hal G. Wolff
Gregory A. Savage (Member) born Irvington, New Jersey, December 4, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Arlington (B.B.A., with high honors, 1980); University of Houston (M.B.A., with honors, 1983; J.D., 1983). Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Delta Phi; Alpha Chi; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Barons. Director, Pest Oak YMCA. Member, Board of Stewards, Memorial Drive United Methodist Church. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Residential Real Estate Law and Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Business Organization; Commercial Law; Business Litigation.Email: Gregory A. Savage
Howard M. Bookstaff, (P.C.) (Member) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 19, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.B.A., 1983); Georgetown University; University of Houston (J.D., 1986). Member, Law Student Liaison to the ABA Special Committee on Dispute Resolution, 1985-1986. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (President, JP Court Section); Houston Apartment Association (General Counsel). (Board Certified, Residential Real Estate Law and Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Business Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Mediation.Email: Howard M. Bookstaff, (P.C.)
Matthew A. Kornhauser (Member) born Mineola, N.Y., November 6, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Broward Community College (A.A., with highest honors, 1981); University of Texas (B.A., 1983); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1986). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Construction Law; Commercial Litigation; Arbitration; Mediation.Email: Matthew A. Kornhauser
G. Stephen Parrott, (P.C.) (Member) born Brownwood, Texas, November 10, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1970); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1974). Author, "Oil and Gas Drilling in and Around Cemeteries in Texas," Southwestern Legal Foundation, April, 1995. Member, National Association of Division Order Analysts, August, 2005. Member: Houston and American (Member, Section on Natural Resources Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas; Litigation.Email: G. Stephen Parrott, (P.C.)
Patrick D. Sullivan, (P.C.) (Member) born Houston, Texas, December 27, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas; 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1996, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1990); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1994). Publication, "Discharge, Exemptions and Other Filing Considerations; 4th Annual Bankruptcy Fundamentals For Lawyers and Legal Assistants." Previous Employment: Cage, Hill & Niehaus L.L.P. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Member, Litigation Section; Construction Law Section). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Bankruptcy; Construction Law.Email: Patrick D. Sullivan, (P.C.)
NON-EQUITY PARTNERS
Robert E. Bone (Non-Equity Partner) born Houston, Texas, March 18, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1992); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1996). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Landlord and Tenant Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Robert E. Bone
Frank B. Mapel III (Non-Equity Partner) born Dodge City, Kansas, September 15, 1949; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas; 1983, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Colorado (B.A., 1975); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1982). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Tax Law; Estate Planning and Probate.Email: Frank B. Mapel III
David N. Morrell, Jr. (Non-Equity Partner) born Waco, Texas, August 24, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Michigan; 1993, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1995, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 1998, Texas. Education: Wittenberg University (B.S., 1986); Wayne State University (J.D., 1991). Recipient, Deloitte-Touche Award for Best Paper Written in the Area of Taxation, 1991. Research Assistant to Editor, "Tax Notes International," 1990-1991. Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan; State Bar of Texas (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Sections); Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Property; Commercial Transactions.Email: David N. Morrell, Jr.
Thomas M. Pickford (Non-Equity Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, July 30, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas, 1989 U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., 1981); St. Mary's University of San Antonio (J.D., 1985). Phi Delta Phi. Symposium Editor, St. Mary' Law Journal, 1984. Author, "Actions For Damages Under Commercial Lease," Texas Landlord and Tenant Law Seminar, July 25, 2000. Co-Author, "Competitive Bidding: The Best for Less?" Texas School Administrators' Legal Digest, Vol. 7, No. 8, Sept. 1991; "Coping with Violent Disruptions in Texas Schools," University of Texas School of Law 10th Annual School Law Conf.; "Due Process and the Term Contract Nonrenewal Act," in University of Texas School of Law, 9th Annual School Law Conf., Tab 15 (1994). Co-Teacher: Texas Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law, Lorman Education Services, Houston, Texas, 2001; Exploring Premises Liability, Lorman Education Services, Houston, Texas, 2000. Teach: Landlord's Remedies Under Commercial Lease, HBA Real Estate Section, 2005. Member: Houston, San Antonio and Federal Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Thomas M. Pickford
Nina A. Tran (Non-Equity Partner) born Saigon, Vietnam, January 1, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1994); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1998). Harris County Condemnation Commissioner. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Real Estate; Construction Law; Creditors Rights; Corporate Law; Contracts.
ASSOCIATES
Jonathan H. Clark (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, September 14, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas; 2001, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 1992); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1995). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Consumer and Commercial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Landlord and Tenant Law; Real Estate Litigation; Construction Litigation.Email: Jonathan H. Clark
Ryan A. Cooper (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, March 14, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., Government, 2002); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas.Email: Ryan A. Cooper
Patrick G. Drake (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 8,1975; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas; 2007, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of North Texas (B.F.A., 2000); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Real Estate Litigation; Residential Real Estate; Landlord and Tenant Law.Email: Patrick G. Drake
Charles L. Daugherty (Associate) born Houston, Texas, May 13, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas; 2003, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., 1998); University of Houston (J.D., 2002). Executive Editor, Houston Business and Tax Law Journal. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Charles L. Daugherty
Michael V. Foster (Associate) born Longview, Texas, September 15, 1967; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.S., 2002); Southern Methodist University (M.Div., Theology, 1996; J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas; Litigation and Appeals; Real Estate Law.Email: Michael V. Foster
Michael J. Golebiowski (Associate) born Rochester, Michigan, July 1, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2007, District of Columbia. Education: Louisiana State University College of Law (B.A., 2001); Syracuse University (J.D., 2004). Dean's List. Recipient, Law Student Senate, University of Houston. Member: Houston Bar Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas.Email: Michael J. Golebiowski
D. Matthew Hadcock (Associate) born Houston, Texas, July 10, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.A., 2003); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas.Email: D. Matthew Hadcock
Fredreck S. "Field" Hudgens (Associate) born Texarkana, Texas, 1969; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas; 2003, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 1992); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2002). Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Varsity Mock Trial; Honors Appellate Advocacy; Corporate Counsel Review. Listed in Who's Who in American Law Students. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Texas A & M University Association of Former Students; Texas A & M University 12th Man Foundation; American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Business and Commercial Law; Business Organization; Construction Law; Litigation and Appeals; Personal Injury Defense; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Landlord and Tenant Law.Email: Fredreck S. "Field" Hudgens
Lewis S. Kasner (Associate) born Houston, Texas, August 22, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 2002); South Texas College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Member: Houston (Member, Real Property Section); Texas (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Probate and Trust) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business and Commercial Law; Real Estate.Email: Lewis S. Kasner
Mark K. Knop (Associate) born Houston, Texas, December 7, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1985); University of Houston (J.D., 1988). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial and Residential Real Estate; General Business Practice; Banking Law; Community Association Law.Email: Mark K. Knop
L. Joe Landry (Associate) born Okinawa, Japan, September 27, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., 1997); St. Mary's University of San Antonio (J.D., 2000). Clerk, The Honorable Karen K. Brown, Federal Bankruptcy Judge. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Creditors Rights.Email: L. Joe Landry
James H. Leeland (Associate) born Pottsville, Pennsylvania, January 14, 1950; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas; 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1973); South Texas College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Order of Lytae; Delta Theta Phi. Member, South Texas Law Journal, 1977. Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, Commercial Code Committee). Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice; Real Estate.Email: James H. Leeland
Neha V. Parekh (Associate) born Surat, Gujarat, India, December 19, 1971; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Texas State University-San Marcos (B.A., 2003); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2006). Editor, MIS, South Texas Law Review. Director, Board of Advocates. Life Member: Indian Community Center, Austin Texas; Gujarati Samaj. Member: Houston, Texas State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Business and Commercial Law; Litigation and Appeals; Real Estate Law.Email: Neha V. Parekh
Paul A. Pilibosian (Associate) born Boston, Massachusetts, July 21, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas; 1999, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.M., 1993); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1998). Member: Houston and Texas State Bar Associations; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation; Employment Litigation; Products Liability.Email: Paul A. Pilibosian
Magnus Rayos (Associate) born Corpus Christi, Texas, February 6, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.J., 2000); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2005). Intern: Honorable Eva Guzman, Fourteenth Court of Appeals, 2004; Honorable Marcia Crone, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2003. Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Business/Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation and Appeals; Real Estate Litigation; Landlord/Tenant Law.Email: Magnus Rayos
Dylan B. Russell (Associate) born Austin, Texas, December 20, 1973; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas; 2005, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 2007, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.M., 1996); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: Houston and Texas State and American Bar Associations; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Business/Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Government Entity; Employment Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Landlord/Tenant Law.Email: Dylan B. Russell
Sidney C. Watts (Associate) born Houston, Texas, August 19, 1969; admitted to bar, 2002, California, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2005, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1993); University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: Houston Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Section); State Bar of California (Member, Labor and Employment Section). Practice Areas: Employment Law.Email: Sidney C. Watts
OF COUNSEL
Jason C. Neal (Of Counsel) born Wichita, Kansas, August 27, 1974; admitted to bar, 1998, Kansas (inactive); 2003, Texas. Education: Washburn University of Topeka (B.A., 1995); Washburn University of Topeka, School of Law (J.D., 1998). Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, Taxation Section). Practice Areas: Ad Valorem Taxation.Email: Jason C. Neal
Sarah Ann Powers (Of Counsel) born Houston, Texas, May 9, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2000, Colorado. Education: University of St. Thomas (B.A., with honors, 1980); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1983). Member: Colorado and Houston (Member, Real Estate, Trust and Probate Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Real Estate, Trust and Probate Section); Greater Houston Builders Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Organization; Contracts; Lender Law; Secured Transactions.Email: Sarah Ann Powers