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| | Address | | 3200 One Houston Center, 1221 McKinney Street | | Houston, Texas 77010-2009 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | | | |
| | | McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice, Trial and Appellate Practice, All State and Federal Courts, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Administrative and Legislative Practice, Business Law, Corporate and Securities Law, Banking Law, Telecommunications and Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Utility Law, Technology and Media Law, Creditors' Rights, Bankruptcy, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Negligence and Insurance Law, Oil and Gas, Hard Minerals, Federal and State Taxation, Pension Plans, Transportation, Water Rights and Environmental Law, Probate and Trust Law, Estate and Business Planning, Health Care Law, Labor and Employment Law, Education Law, Real Estate, Condemnation, Planning, Zoning and General Municipal Law. | | Firm Size: 67 | Representative Clients:
Exxon Mobil Corp.; International Business Machines Corp.; General Electric Capital Corp.; General Motors Acceptance Corp.; Spring Branch Independent School District; United Parcel Service. |
Other Office Locations of McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P.
Austin, Texas, U.S.A. (Main Office)
| | OF COUNSEL | | W. James McAnelly, Jr. (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1953, Texas; 1958, Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1951; J.D., 1954); Loyola University (J.D., 1959). Delta Theta Phi. Author: "Review of Poolwide Unitization Under Act 441 of 1960," Fifteenth Annual Institute for Mineral Law, Louisiana State University Law School, 1968. Instructor: "Meeting the Challenges," Advanced Corporate Counsel Institute, University of Houston, 1987; "Structuring a Successful Law Office," Houston Bar Association, 1986. Life Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation. Member: Houston, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Grievance Committee, 1988-1991); Bar Association of the Federal Circuit; Houston Bar Foundation; Louisiana Bar Foundation. Email: W. James McAnelly, Jr. | | Michael B. Silva (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1961, Oklahoma; 1973, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth and District of Columbia Circuits; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Oklahoma (LL.B., J.D., 1961). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Houston, Oklahoma, Federal Energy and American Bar Associations; American Gas Association; Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. [Naval Flight School, 1953; U.S. Marine Corp., 1954-1964; U.S. Air Force, 1964-1975, Retired]. Practice Areas: Royalty Owner Representation; Oil and Gas Litigation. Email: Michael B. Silva | | Bruce M. Kramer (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1985, Texas; 1972, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1972); University of Illinois College of Law (LL.M., 1975). Contributing Author, "General Practice Digest-Governmental Entities," 1988-1996. Member: Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (Trustee, 1989—); Energy and Mineral Law Foundation (Trustee, 1990—); State Bar of Texas (Member: Oil Gas and Mineral Law Section; Council Member, 1992-1994; Member and Chair, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Specialization Exam Committee, 1990-2001). | | Ernest C. Terry (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1991, Texas; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Tenth Circuits; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Southern University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1962); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1991). Member: American Bar Association; Texas Society of CPAs. Email: Ernest C. Terry | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Barry L. Wertz (Member) admitted to bar, 1967, Louisiana; 1973, Texas. Education: Birmingham Southern University (B.A., 1964); Tulane University (J.D., 1967). Member, Tulane Law Review, 1966-1967. Member: Houston, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Email: Barry L. Wertz | | Paul F. Simpson (Member) admitted to bar, 1984, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S . District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1976; B.S., 1977); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Member: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 1977—; Texas Professional Engineer, 1984—. Member: Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property. Email: Paul F. Simpson | | Steven J. Watkins (Member) admitted to bar, 1973, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1976, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Texas Christian University (B.B.A., 1970); South Texas College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1973). Phi Alpha Delta (Clerk, 1972-1973). Member, Order of the Lytae (Vice Praetor, 1973). Staff, South Texas Law Journal, 1971-1973. State Moot Court Team, 1972. Recipient: E.E. Townes Award for Scholarship, 1973. Co-Author, "Proposed: That Texas Adopt A Statute Giving The Prosecution The Right of Pre-Trial Notice of The Defense of Alibi", 14 South Texas Law Journal I, 1973. Member, 1992-2002 and Chairman, 1994-1999, Supreme Court of Texas Board of Disciplinary Appeals. State Bar of Texas, President's Special Recognition, 1993. Member: Houston Bar Association; Texas Bar Foundation (Sustaining Life Fellow); Houston Bar Foundation (Life Fellow and Sustaining Life Fellow); Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Defense Research Institute, International Association of Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Steven J. Watkins | | Jeffrey A. Davis (Member) admitted to bar, 1975, Texas; 1976, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Washington & Lee University and University of Texas (B.A., with honors, 1971); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1975). Order of the Coif. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Education Law; Insurance Law; Litigation. Email: Jeffrey A. Davis | | James M. Hall, Jr. (Member) admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio; 1999, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Trinity College (B.A., 1972); New York University (J.D., 1975). Member: Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability. Email: James M. Hall, Jr. | | Karan C. Ciotti (Member) admitted to bar, 1991, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., cum laude, 1986; M.A., 1988); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1991). Phi Kappa Phi. Associate Editor, Review of Litigation. Member: Houston Bar Association; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; College of the State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance; Labor and Employment. Email: Karan C. Ciotti | | Murphy S. Klasing (Member) admitted to bar, 1994, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1990); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1994). Champion, Advanced Civil Litigation Mock Trial Competition. Member: Texas Trial Lawyers Association; American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Murphy S. Klasing | | Jonathan D. Baughman (Member) admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana; 2001, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1988); Loyola University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Moot Court, 1994-1995. Managing Editor, Loyola Law Review, 1994-1995. Judicial Extern for Chief Justice Pascal Calogero, Louisiana Supreme Court, Spring, 1994. Certified Public Accountant: Texas; Louisiana. Member: Louisiana State, Houston, Fifth Federal Circuit and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation; Business Law. Email: Jonathan D. Baughman | | ASSOCIATES | | Deirdre Brown (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana; 2005, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Sixth Circuits. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1994); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., 1998). Law Clerk to the Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett, Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Feb. 1999 - June 2000. Former Member, Jefferson Parish Bar Association Young Lawyers. Member: Houston and New Orleans Bar Associations; New Orleans Association of Women Attorneys (Board Member, 2004-2005); American Bankruptcy Institute; Moller-Foltz Bankruptcy Inn of Court. | | Sarah W. Langlois (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Loyola Law Review Candidate, 2004-2005; Comments and Casenotes Editor, 2005-2006. Brief Writer and Oralist, Loyola National Moot Court Team, 2004-2005. Education: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (B.A., summa cum laude, 2003), Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 2006). Email: Sarah W. Langlois | | Kenneth J. Milne (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1999); South Texas College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Subrogation; Insurance Recovery. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Austin, Texas Office: 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2100. Telephone: 512-495-6000.
| (All lawyers are members of the State Bar of Texas). Member, State Capital Law Firm Group (Member firms of the State Capital Law Firm Group practice independently and not in a relationship for the joint practice of law). | (For Complete Biographical Data on all Personnel, See Professional Biographies at Austin, Texas) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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