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| | Address | | 4 Houston Center, 1221 Lamar Street, Suite 1000 | | Houston, Texas 77010 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 713-652-2525 | | Telecopier: 713-652-5130 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.jdkklaw.com | | |
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| Johnson DeLuca Kennedy & Kurisky,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Commercial Litigation, Insurance Defense, Oil and Gas/Energy, Insurance Coverage, Land Use, Labor and Employment Law, Corporate Transactions/Mergers and Acquisitions, Bankruptcy/Creditors' Rights, Class/Mass Action Litigation, Appeals, Commercial and Residential Real Estate, Common Carrier/Transportation, Floor-Planning Litigation and Complex Financial Arrangements, Environmental Litigation, Insurance Guaranty Association Representation. | | Year Established: 1995 | Firm Profile:
The attorneys at Johnson DeLuca Kennedy & Kurisky have expertise in handling virtually every type of civil litigation in Texas State Courts, all Federal Trial and Appellate Courts, including the United States Supreme Court, arbitration, and pre-litigation mediation. | | Firm Size: 18 | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | Millard A. Johnson (Member) born Beaumont, Texas, June 6, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. Education: University of Houston (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980; J.D., cum laude, 1983). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Barons; Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award. Associate Justice, Board of Advocates, 1982-1983. Co-Author: "Strategies and Pitfalls in Jury Charge Conference," Houston Bar Association, January 1993. Speaker: "Strategies at the Charge Conference," Panel Discussion, Houston Bar Association, January 1993. Member: Houston Bar Association (Member, Litigation and Consumer Law Sections); State Bar of Texas; International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Errors and Omissions Defense; Land Use Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith. Email: Millard A. Johnson | | Bradley Lane DeLuca (Member) born Tacoma, Washington, March 19, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas and 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: Stephen F. Austin State University (B.A., 1985); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1989). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Mass Torts; Litigation; Creditors Rights; Transportation; Common Carrier Law; Products Liability; Personal Injury Defense. Email: Bradley Lane DeLuca | | Thomas D. Kennedy (Member) born Houston, Texas, August 24, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1986); University of Houston (J.D., 1989). Author: "Parental Liability for Claims Against a Subsidiary or Affiliate;" "Creditors Rights and Wrongful Collection Claims;" "Texas Consumer Protection for Franchisees." Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Consumer Law); Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Probate Litigation; Creditors Rights; Insurance Coverage Disputes; Bad Faith; Employment Disputes; Toxic Torts. Email: Thomas D. Kennedy | | Daniel J. Kasprzak (Member) born Niles, Michigan, July 23, 1957; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas; 1982, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Hillsdale College (B.S., magna cum laude, 1978); University of Houston (J.D., 1981). Faculty: National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Southern Regional Deposition Program, 1991-2000. Member: Houston, American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Intellectual Property Law; Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law) and Federal (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Corporate Law); College of State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation; Mediation and Arbitration; Environmental Litigation; Energy Law. Email: Daniel J. Kasprzak | | George A. Kurisky, Jr. (Member) born Baltimore, Maryland, August 5, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1993, U.S. District Court, Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas; 1995, Maryland. Education: College of William and Mary (B.A., 1985); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1989). Editor in Chief, Houston Journal of International Law, 1988-1989. Author: Comment, "Civil Forfeiture of Assets: A Final Solution to International Drug Trafficking?" Houston Journal of International Law, x:11 (1988). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation. Email: George A. Kurisky, Jr. | | Donald W. Gould II (Member) born Richmond, Virginia, December 16, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., Finance/Economics, 1988); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1991). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment and Labor Litigation; Commercial Collection; Creditor Representation. Email: Donald W. Gould II | | Brent L. Vannoy (Member) born Houston, Texas, December 30, 1965; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., 1988); Thomas Aquinas College; University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1995). Publications Editor, Houston Journal of International Law, 1994-1995. Author: "Mexican Telecommunications: Privatization and NAFTA Open the Door for U.S. Expansion Into Mexican Markets," 17 Houston Journal of International Law 309 (1994). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Brent L. Vannoy | | —————————— | | Mark Allan Bankston (Associate) born Waxahachie, Texas, May 29, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas; 1998, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Lamar University (B.A., 1993); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1997). Recipient: Phi Delta Phi Award for Highest Grade in Product Liability; Fred A. Lange Memorial Writing Award. Member, South Texas Law Review, 1996-1997. Author: Note, Criminal Law Appellate Review, "Forty Nuns Can't Be Wrong: Reviewing Factual Sufficiency of Evidence without the Light Most Favorable to the Prosecution," 38 S. Tex. L Rev. 263, 1997. Member, Downtown Houston Association Emerging Leaders, 2000—. Member: Houston Bar Association and State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Mark Allan Bankston | | David Deiss (Associate) born Wharton, Texas, November, 27, 1972; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., 1996); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Labor and Employment. Email: David Deiss | | Adrian Guerra-Paz (Associate) born Houston, Texas, May 27, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., Zoology, 2000); South Texas College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Lytae. Member, South Texas College of Law Law Review. Judicial Law Clerk/Briefing Attorney to Justice Elsa Alcala, First Court of Appeals, Houston, 2004-2005. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Adrian Guerra-Paz | | Pamela B. Linberg (Associate) born Victoria, Texas, April 28, 1966; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.S., 1988); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Articles Editor, Houston Law Review, 1994-1995. Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association; Texas Women Lawyers' Association (Board Member). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Pamela B. Linberg | | Omar K. Mason (Associate) born May 13, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana; 2000, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2006, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University and A& M College (B.A., English, 1996); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 1999). Golden Key National Honor Society. American Inns of Court - St. Thomas More Inn. Recipient, Richard Cooper Legal Scholarship. Member: Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, 1999-2005; New Orleans Bar Association, 2004-2005; Federal Bar Association, 2000-2004. Adjunct Faculty Member, Trial Advocacy Program, Tulane School of Law, 2004-2005. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Languages: English. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation; Premises Liability; Personal Injury; Personal Injury Defense; Plaintiffs Personal Injury. Email: Omar K. Mason | | Andrew H. Sharenson (Associate) born Boston, Massachusetts, October 15, 1970; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.M., 1993); University of Houston (J.D., 2003). Articles Editor, Houston Law Review. Recipient, Buck J. Wynne Environmental Law Scholarship. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. | | Anthony G. Stergio (Associate) born Uncasville, Connecticut, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A, magna cum laude, 1987); University of Kansas (J.D., 1990). Member, Kansas Law Review. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Fair Labor Standards; Employment Discrimination; Employer Rights; Civil Litigation; Wrongful Termination. Email: Anthony G. Stergio | | Mary L. Frederiksen (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, December 21, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 2003); University of Houston (J.D., 2006). Email: Mary L. Frederiksen | | Allison R. Edwards (Associate) born Houston, Texas, May 17, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.S., 2003; J.D., 2006). Email: Allison R. Edwards | | Jeffrey B. Lawson (Associate) born New Braunfels, Texas, September 26, 1977; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., 2001); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Jeffrey B. Lawson | | OF COUNSEL | | Brigid Dolan Ashcraft (Of Counsel) born South Bend, Indiana, March 7, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., with honors, 1984); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1987). Order of Lytae. Lead Articles Editor and Member, South Texas Law Review, 1986-1987. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Brigid Dolan Ashcraft | | Richard L. Spencer (Of Counsel) born Amarillo, Texas, April 2, 1952; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., Finance and Accounting, 1975; M.B.A., 1976); University of Houston (J.D., 1981). Named: "Super Lawyer" by Texas Monthly Magazine, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006; "Top Lawyer" by H-Texas Magazine, 2004 and 2005. Licensed Real Estate Broker, Texas. Author and Speaker: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Reporter, Spring 2003; Mortgage Lending Institute, University of Texas, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006; Advanced Real Estate Law, State Bar of Texas, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006; Advanced Real Estate Drafting, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002; Real Estate Law Program, South Texas College of Law, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; Houston SBA Advisory Council, 1992; Gulf Coast Legal Foundation, 1986; U-T Leasing Institute, 2004-2005. Course Director: Advanced Real Estate Law, State Bar of Texas, 2000; Real Estate Course, South Texas College of Law, 2002. Course Director, 2001 and Moderator, 2003, University of Texas Mortgage Lending Institute. Creator and Director, U-T Leasing Institute, 2004 and 2005. Member, 4D-10 Grievance Committee, 1994-2000. Briefing Attorney, Hon. Richard N. Countiss, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th Judicial Dist., 1981-1982. Member: State Bar of Texas (Council Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, 2000-2004; Chair, Ethics and Professionalism Subcommittee; Member, Real Estate Forms Committee, 1991—); American Bar Association (Member, Committee on Brokers and Brokerage); American College of Real Estate Lawyers; Texas College of Real Estate Attorneys (Chairman, 2004—; Vice-Chair, 2003-2004); American Inns of Court (Master). Fellow, College of the State Bar. (Board Certified, Commercial and Residential Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Leasing; Banking Law; Foreclosures; Workouts; Asset Sales; Corporate Formation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Ad Valorem Tax; Commercial Law; Contracts. Email: Richard L. Spencer | | Scott L. Franck (Of Counsel) born Geneseo, Illinois, October 31, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois; 1984, Texas. Education: Western Illinois University (B.A., with honors, 1980); University of Illinois (J.D., 1983). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Contracts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Antitrust; Real Estate. Email: Scott L. Franck | Other Office Addresses:
Austin, Texas Office: 901 South Mopac Expressway, Suite 308, Barton Oaks Plaza One, 78746. Telephone: 521-327-1700. Fax: 512-327-1040.
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