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| | Address | | 2500 Fannin Street | | Houston, Texas 77002 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 713-222-9000 | | Facsimile: 713-229-8824 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.wcglaw.net | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Wilson, Cribbs & Goren,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Real Estate, Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy, Construction, Estate and Probate, Commercial Real Estate and Construction Litigation in all Courts. | | Year Established: 1985 | Firm Profile:
Since its inception twenty years ago, Wilson, Cribbs & Goren has evolved into a full-service law firm offering specialized services. Currently, the Firm maintains a sophisticated business practice with emphasis on real estate, commercial transactions, bankruptcy, banking, business litigation, construction transactions and litigation, acquisitions, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, estate planning, probate and creditor's rights. The Firm employs 13 attorneys, 7 of whom are Shareholders, and handles matters not only in Houston, but across Texas. | | Firm Size: 13 | Representative Clients:
AmREIT; Assessment Technologies; Caldwell Watson Real Estate; Christus Healthcare System; Commercial Metals Co.; Davis Bros.; Fairfield Financial Group; Frey Development; Frost Bank; Forest City Residential Development, Inc.; Hartman Management; Macfarlan Real Estate Services; Gables Residential; J.A.M. Distributing Co.; KSA Industries, Inc.; Lowe's Home Centers, Inc.; MetroBank, N.A.; National Life Insurance Co.; North Houston Bank; Retail Properties Group; SABIC Americas, Inc.; SMS Financial; Sundance Construction; Trammell Crow; Vollmer Public Relations; W.T. Byler L.P.; Whiteco Industries, Inc.; Aurich Insurance. | Office Hours:
Monday: By Appointment Only: 08:30 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: By Appointment Only: 08:30 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: By Appointment Only: 08:30 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: By Appointment Only: 08:30 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: By Appointment Only: 08:30 AM - 06:00 PM
Saturday: By Appointment Only
Sunday: By Appointment Only
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard | | Reid C. Wilson (Managing Shareholder) born San Antonio, Texas, October 14, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1975; J.D., 1979). Omicron Delta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi. Author: Comment, "Real Estate Development, the U.C.C. and Interests in Real Property", 2 Urban Law Review 126,1978, "The Z Word-What Does It Mean?" (A Primer on Zoning Law), The Houston Lawyer, Volume 28, Number 6, Nov/Dec 1990, "Houston's Central Business District: How Will Its Future Affect Yours?" The Houston Lawyer, Volume 29, Number 2, Sept/Oct 1991; "Central Business District Update" The Houston Lawyer, Volume 30, Number 29, May/June, 1992; "Questions and Answers on 'Houston Style' Zoning," Centrifocus, April 1993; "Houston Land Use Regulation Without Zoning," Houston Economics, February 1994; "Where to Put a Pipe - Common Land Use Law Considerations," Landman, May/June 2000; "Commercial Letters of Intent" Tierra Grande Journal of the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, July 2003; "Texas Subdivision Platting Law" Appendix to Texas Municipal Zoning Law, Lexis Publishing (2003). Chaired: State Bar, Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course, 2001; Texas A&M Texas Real Estate Center and South Texas College of Law, Commercial Real Estate Course, 1998-2002; South Texas College of Law, Real Estate Law Conference, 1997. Charter Commission, City of West University Place, 1982, 1988. Chairman, Planning and Zoning Commission, City of West University Place, 1985-1991. Director, BancNet, Inc., 1986-1989. Member, Board of Managers, Southwest YMCA, 1988-1991. Member: Houston Bar Association (City Liaison, 1990-1991; Director, Real Estate Section, 1991-1994); State Bar of Texas (Member, Section on Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law); College of the State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Bank Counsel (Director, 1992-1995); Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas; Texas College of Real Estate Attorneys; College of the State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Land Use; Lender Law. Email: Reid C. Wilson | | Ferdinand P. Cribbs, Jr. (Shareholder) born Marks, Mississippi, May 25, 1940; admitted to bar, 1970, Mississippi; 1971, Tennessee; 1973, U.S. Tax Court; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Circuits; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court; 1978, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Louisiana College (B.S., 1962); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1970). Member, College of the State Bar of Texas. Member: Houston Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy Section); State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Probate; Trust Law; Bankruptcy Law); College of the State Bar of Texas; Houston Bankruptcy Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute. [Lieut., U.S. Navy, 1962-1966]. (Board Certified, Business Bankruptcy Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Estate Planning; Probate. Email: Ferdinand P. Cribbs, Jr. | | Abe S. Goren (Shareholder) born San Angelo, Texas, March 23, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas; 1979, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1975); University of Houston (J.D., 1978). Author, "Foreclosing the Wraparound Mortgage: Practical Considerations and the Emergence of Texas Case Law," 51 Texas Bar Journal 1051 (November 1988). Lecturer: "Foreclosures of Loans Secured by Real Property: Basic Real Estate, Financing, Foreclosure Terms and Concepts," Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, Houston Chapter; "The Top Ten Issues in Negotiating Securitized Loans, From a Borrower's Perspective," 14th Annual Real Estate Law Conference (1998). Member: Houston (Member, Sections on: Real Estate Law; Environmental Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Natural Resources Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Real Estate, Probate and Trust; Environmental and Natural Resources Law); Texas College of Real Estate Attorneys. (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Abe S. Goren | | H. Fred Cook (Shareholder) born Panama City, Florida, March 24, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas; 1984, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Wabash College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1979); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1982). Delta Sigma Rho; Tau Kappa Alpha. Certified Mediator, Attorney Mediators Institute, 1996. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation. Email: H. Fred Cook | | Cynthia S. Olsen (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, November 5, 1961; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1983; J.D., cum laude, 1985). Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, National Merit Scholarship. Member, Baylor Law Review. Author: "Teaching By Example" 32 The Houston Lawyer 4, January-February, 1995; "Keeping Up With Landlord/Tenant Law" 26 The Houston Lawyer 2, October-November, 1988; "Is the New Texas Drunk Driving Statute Unconstitutional?" 36 Baylor L. Rev. 565 (1984). Member, Texas Banking Code Task Force, 1994-1995. Member: Houston Bar Association (Member, Real Estate Section); State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Probate and Trust Law); Texas State Board of Law Examiners; Texas Association of Bank Counsel. (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Lender Law. Email: Cynthia S. Olsen | | Tiffany DeMangin (Shareholder) born Smithtown, New York, July 18, 1967; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1989); University of Houston (J.D., 1996). Member, Order of the Barons. Associate Editor, Houston Law Review, 1995-1996. Member: Houston Bar Association (Member, Real Estate Law Section); State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Probate and Trust Law). (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Lender Law. Email: Tiffany DeMangin | | David C. Groff (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, October 7, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1988); University of Houston (J.D., 1992). Phi Delta Phi. Member: State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Transactions. Email: David C. Groff | | —————————— | | Peggy J. Felder (Associate) born East Bernard, Texas, August 17, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas; 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Southwest Texas State University (B.S., with highest honors, 1974); University of Houston; Bates School of Law (J.D., 1977). Member: Houston Bar Association (Member, Real Estate Section); State Bar of Texas (Member, Real Estate Section). (Board Certified, Commercial and Residential Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Lender Law; Land Use. Email: Peggy J. Felder | | Randal Lerner (Associate) born La Marque, Texas, September 2, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., with highest honors, 1981; J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Eta Sigma; Delta Theta Phi. Certified Mediator, Attorney Mediators Institute, 2002. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association. (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Real Estate; Lender Law; Commercial Transactions. Email: Randal Lerner | | Brandon Hedblom (Associate) born Houston, Texas, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas. Education: Southwestern University (B.A., 1999); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Construction Contracts; Bankruptcy. | | Leann Karim (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 2003); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Lending. Email: Leann Karim | | Anthony L. Marre' (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., 2003); University of Houston (J.D., 2006). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Urban Land Institute. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Lending and Land Use. Email: Anthony L. Marre' |
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