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| | Address | | 4544 Post Oak Place, Suite 378 | | Houston, Texas 77027-3104 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Stephenson Snokhous & Fournier practices in the following areas of law:
Business and Commercial Transactions, Real Estate, Taxation, Estate Planning, Trusts, Probate, Oil and Gas Law. | Firm Profile:
Stephenson Snokhous & Fournier provides clients with responsive legal services of the highest quality, tempered by sensitivity to each client's business concerns and budget. Our practice is broad based and business oriented, representing clients in domestic and international corporate and partnership transactions, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, commercial and residential real estate, securities transactions, oil and gas transactions, probate and estate planning. Individual lawyers in the firm are not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, unless so indicated. | | Firm Size: 4 | Representative Clients:
Bigler LP; Houston Hospital Services, Inc.; J.A. Billipp Company; Wallis State Bank; Empire Truck Lines; Seisgen Exploration; Ley/Wilson Development; Brazos Valley Water Alliance, L.P.; Leisure Concepts Management; Colt Services; Complete Rx; CleanServe; Grason Communities, Ltd.; COSCO Capital Management, LLC. | | PARTNERS | | James F. Stephenson, Jr. (Managing Partner) born Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, 1975, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University, College Station (B.B.A., Finance, 1970); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1974). Member: Moot Court; Order of the Barons. Weekly Family YMCA Board of Managers, 1982-1989, 2001—. Stella Link Redevelopment Association, 1988-1993. Director, Texas Youth Academy, 1989-1995. Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston and American Bar Associations. [Captain, U.S., Army Reserve, 1970-1978]. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Corporate; Partnership Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Estate Planning; Loans; Oil and Gas Acquisitions; International Trade; Taxation. | | Juliana Alger Fournier (Partner) born Stanford, California; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., with distinction, Political Science, 1983); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., with honors, 1986). Director: The PARC-non-profit recreational ministry, 2001-2006; Ricky Deci Memorial Foundation, 2001—; Interfaith Ministries Refugee Services, 1999-2006. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Contracts; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities. | | Jennifer M. Elskes (Partner) admitted to bar, 1979, Texas. Education: Carleton College (B.A., cum laude, 1976); University of Texas (J.D., 1979). Former Board Member of Attorneys in Tax and Probate, Rice University Business and Professional Women, Charter 100. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Business and Estate Planning Council. (Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate. | | ASSOCIATES | | Brad E. Porter (Associate) born Greeley, Colorado; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 2001); Temple University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member, Temple Law Political and Civil Rights Law Review; Temple Environmental Law Society; Outstanding Oral Advocate in the Temple Trial Advocacy Program; Houston, Texas and National Association of Realtors. Member: Houston Bar Association (Member, Real Estate Law Section); State Bar of Texas; Houston and Texas Young Lawyers Association. Languages: English. Practice Areas: Commercial and Residential Real Estate; Business Law; Commercial Loans; Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Contracts. | | Andrew Browning (Associate) born Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.S., Corporate Communication, 2002); South Texas College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Articles Editor, "Currents: International Trade Law Journal," Phi Delta Phi. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Taxation. | | RETIRED PARTNER | | Raymond J. Snokhous (Retired Partner) born West, Texas; admitted to bar, 1962, Texas. Education: Hill Junior College (A.A.); University of Houston (B.B.A., 1951); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1952). Honorary Consul, Czech Republic for the Southern Half of Texas, 1994— Advisory Panel, Energy and Environmental Technology Transfer to Central and Eastern Europe, 1993— Member: Texas Diabetes Council, 1993—; Board of Directors, Buffalo Bayou Partnership, 1995; Executive Committee Board, Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau, 1988-1991; President, Greater Houston Port Bureau, 1987-1989. Senior Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs, 1983-1995; Director of State Relations, Gulf Oil Corporation, U.S. Operations, 1952-1983. [U.S. Army, 101st Airborne Infantry Division, 1952-1954]. (Retired). |
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