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| | Address | | 1100 JPMorgan Chase Tower, 600 Travis Street | | Houston, Texas 77002 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | | | |
| | | Winstead PC practices in the following areas of law:
General Business Practice: Aviation, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Cable and Communications, Construction, Corporate, Emerging Business, Eminent Domain, Employee Benefits, Energy, Environmental, Estate Planning, Financial Institutions, Government Relations, Healthcare, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International, Labor and Employment, Legislative Relations, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Probate, Public Finance, Public Law, Public/Administrative, Real Estate, Sports and Entertainment, Surety, Taxation, Transportation and Zoning. | | Firm Size: 300 |
Other Office Locations of Winstead PC
Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A.
| | SHAREHOLDERS | | Claude B. Anello (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, August 30, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.S., Zoology, 1995; B.A., Psychology, 1993); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1998). Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Probate and Trust; Business). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Finance. Email: Claude B. Anello | | William G. (Bud) Arnot, III (Shareholder) born 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1972); Baylor University (J.D., 1975); University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M., 1992). Justice, 11th Court of Appeals of Texas, 1986-1995; Chief Justice, 11th Court of Appeals of Texas, 1995-2005. Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate. Email: William G. (Bud) Arnot, III | | Yasmin Islam Atasi (Shareholder) born Walton-on-Thames, England, June 6, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Houston Baptist University (B.A., 1986); University of Houston (J.D., 1990). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Yasmin Islam Atasi | | Nelson R. Block (Shareholder) born San Antonio, Texas, March 24, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1973); University of Texas (J.D., 1976). Briefing Attorney to the Honorable George E. Cire, Texas Court of Civil Appeals, 14th Supreme Judicial District, 1976-1977. Member, City of Houston, Mayor's Land Redevelopment Committee. Member: Houston and American (Member, Commercial Financial Services Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Chairman, Uniform Commercial Code Committee, 1981-1983; Opinion Letters Committee); Texas Association of Bank Counsel; Houston Commercial Finance Lawyers' Forum (Founder and Chairman); Selden Society (State Correspondent); American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers (Former Regent). Practice Areas: Commercial Finance; Secured Transactions; Corporate; Commercial Real Estate; Real Estate Finance. Email: Nelson R. Block | | Denis C. Braham (Chairman & CEO) born London, England, September 6, 1950; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas. Education: Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (B.Sc., 1974); Bates College of Law; University of Houston (J.D., 1979). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Barons. Associate Editor, Houston Law Review, 1978-1979. Member: Houston, American (Member, Entertainment and Sports Industries Law Section) and International Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law and Residential Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Sports; Real Estate; Corporate. Email: Denis C. Braham | | Jeffery J. Brashier (Shareholder) born September 27, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas. Education: Houston Baptist University (B.A., 1974); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Member: State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Commercial Loans; Real Estate Secured Lending; Mortgage Banking Law; Real Estate. Email: Jeffery J. Brashier | | Michael P. Cash (Shareholder) born Pueblo, Colorado, March 17, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas. Education: University of Northern Colorado (B.A., 1982); Baylor University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Phi Delta Phi; International Order of Barristers. Harvey M. Ritchey Moot Court Society. Author: "Bryant v. INA of Texas: A New Splinter From an Old Log," 37 Baylor Law Review, 1985; "TFEAA: A Step Into The Present," 36 Baylor Law Review, 1984. Faculty: National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Member: Houston and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: Arthur Andersen vs. Perry Equipment, 945 S.W. 2d 812 (Tex. 1997); Texas Commerce Bank, N.A.; Trustee vs. United Savings Association of Texas, et al 789 F. Supp. 848 (S.D. Tx. 1992). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation. Email: Michael P. Cash | | Melvin A. Dow (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, February 28, 1928; admitted to bar, 1951, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., with honors in Philosophy, 1948); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1951). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1950-1951. Member, Harvard Law School Visiting Committee, 1983-1988. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; American College of Real Estate Lawyers. [Officer, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Army, 1952-1954]. (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate. Email: Melvin A. Dow | | James W. Doyle (Shareholder) born Walton, New York, October 1, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1976); University of Houston (J.D., 1981). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Texas Association of Bank Counsel. Practice Areas: Financial Institutions. Email: James W. Doyle | | Henry L. Ehrlich (Shareholder) born Dallas, Texas, November 29, 1963; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana; 1994, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Texas Tech University (B.S., 1987); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1993). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Technology Law. Email: Henry L. Ehrlich | | Mark Eisenbraun (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, March 21, 1954; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas. Education: University of South Dakota (B.A., summa cum laude, 1976); Trinity College, Oxford University (B.A., 1979; M.A., 1983); University of Texas (J.D., 1982). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: Mark Eisenbraun | | Joseph G. Epstein (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1988, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1985); University of Houston (J.D., 1988). Member: Houston (Member, Bankruptcy Section) and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Business Law Section); American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Business Reorganization. Email: Joseph G. Epstein | | K. Gregory Erwin (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, May 19, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., with honors, 1970); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1974). Phi Beta Kappa. Student Works Editor, Texas International Law Journal, 1973-1974. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; American College of Real Estate Lawyers. (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law and Residential Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance. Email: K. Gregory Erwin | | Mark C. Guthrie (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, February 8, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas; Texas Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1983; J.D., 1985). Staff Member, Baylor Law Review, 1984-1985. Member, Gulf Coast Workforce Development Board. Member: Houston (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Construction Law), Fifth Circuit and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Construction Law; Business Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Construction Law); Texas Association of Bank Counsel; Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Mark C. Guthrie | | John L. Hill, Jr. (Shareholder) born Breckenridge, Texas; admitted to bar, 1947, Texas. Education: University of Texas (LL.B., with honors, 1947). Phi Delta Phi. Chancellors; Order of the Coif. Recipient: Jaworski Judicial Award; Thomas Jefferson Judicial Award. Secretary of State, Texas, 1966-1968. Attorney General of Texas, 1973-1978. Partner, Hughes and Hill, 1978-1984. Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court, 1984-1987. Recipient: Mr. South Texas Award, 1974; Herbert Harley Award; Leon Green Award; Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Texas; Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Texas Law School, 1997. Member: Travis County, Dallas County and Harris County Bar Associations; International Academy of Trial Lawyers: American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; International Society of Barristers. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Litigation. Email: John L. Hill, Jr. | | Warren A. Hoffman (Shareholder) born San Antonio, Texas, July 7, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., with honors, 1975); University of Houston (J.D., 1978). Delta Theta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Beta Alpha Psi. Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1978. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants; College of the State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Taxation; Corporate; Securities. Email: Warren A. Hoffman | | Wade T. Howard (Shareholder) born Del Rio, Texas, December 6, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2000, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: University of Arizona (B.S., cum laude, 1987); University of Houston (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Consumer Litigation; Employment Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation. Email: Wade T. Howard | | Thomas T. Hutcheson (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, October 14, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1970); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1973). Offshore Module Chair, Institute for Energy Law's 57th Annual Conference on Oil and Gas Law (2006). Member: Houston (Member, Litigation and Antitrust Sections) and American (Member, Litigation and Appellate Sections) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Litigation and Appellate Sections); Institute for Energy Law (Center for American and International Law); Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation; College of the State Bar of Texas. Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation; Dispute Resolution. Email: Thomas T. Hutcheson | | David R. Keyes (Shareholder) born New York, New York, January 9, 1940; admitted to bar, 1968, Texas. Education: Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (A.B., 1965); University of Texas School of Law (LL.B., with high honors, 1968). Chancellors; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Listed in: The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, Banking Law, 2005-2006; Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, Banking & Finance Law, 2003-2006; The Best Lawyers in America, Banking & Corporate Law, 2003-2007; Texas Super Lawyers, Banking Law, Texas Monthly, 2004-2005. Life Fellow: American, Texas and Houston Bar Foundations. Member: State Bar of Texas (Chair, Legal Opinions Committee, Business Law Section, 2003—; Member, Commercial Code and Commercial Financial Services Committees, Business Law Section); American Bar Association (Member, Uniform Commercial Code Committee, Business Law Section). Practice Areas: Banking and Credit Transactions; Financial Institutions; Asset Securitization; Creditors' and Debtors' Rights; Commercial Transactions. Email: David R. Keyes | | Edward T. Laborde, Jr. (Shareholder) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 11, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Louisiana; 1993, Texas. Education: Georgetown University (B.S., cum laude, 1986); Tulane University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Articles Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities; Finance. Email: Edward T. Laborde, Jr. | | James M. Lemond (Shareholder) born Leonville, Louisiana, October 14, 1943; admitted to bar, 1970, Texas; 1971, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1973, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Houston (B.S., 1968; J.D., 1970). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award-Conflicts of Law. [1st Lt., U.S. Army, 1971-1973]. Practice Areas: Public Law and Policy. Email: James M. Lemond | | Ross D. Margraves, Jr. (Shareholder) born Corpus Christi, Texas, October 21, 1941; admitted to bar, 1965, Texas; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court and Texas Supreme Court. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., 1963); University of Texas (J.D., 1965). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, 1989-1994 and Chairman, 1991-1994, Texas A & M University System Board of Regents. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Bank Counsel. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities; Financial Institutions. Email: Ross D. Margraves, Jr. | | Vincent L. Marino (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, April 29, 1944; admitted to bar, 1968, Texas; 1971, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Houston (B.A., with honors, 1966); Bates College of Law, University of Houston (J.D., with honors, 1968). Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Theta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; The Order of the Barons (Chancellor, 1967, Baron Sergeant, 1967 and Chief Baron, 1968). Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1970. Associate Justice, The Advocates (Moot Court Society), 1967. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. [USAF, Reserves, 1968-1974]. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate Law; Business Law; Taxation; Probate; Investments. Email: Vincent L. Marino | | Gail J. McDonald (Shareholder) born Port Arthur, Texas, November 18, 1945; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas. Education: Mount Holyoke College (B.A., 1967); Columbia University (M.A., 1968); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1974). Order of the Coif; Chancellors. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Gail J. McDonald | | W. Ted Minick (Shareholder) born Savannah, Georgia, September 20, 1940; admitted to bar, 1970, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and Western District of Oklahoma; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Eastern Washington State College (B.A., cum laude, 1965); Southern Methodist University (J.D., cum laude, 1970). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif; Order of the Barristers. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Former Chairman, Grievance Committee for Sixth Bar District). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: W. Ted Minick | | Barry E. Putterman (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, November 30, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1977); University of Houston (J.D., 1980). Phi Eta Sigma; Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Order of the Barons. Comment and Note Research Editor, Houston Law Review, 1979-1980. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Leasing; Commercial Transactions; Loans. Email: Barry E. Putterman | | Graciela Saenz (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1986, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.A., Spanish, 1984); Universidad Panamericana, Mexico (D.F., Mexican Legal Studies Program, 1984); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1986). Member: State Bar of Texas. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Government Relations; Public Finance. Email: Graciela Saenz | | Teresa Letson Schneider (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, June 24, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 1986); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1989). Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Teresa Letson Schneider | | Stephen W. Schueler (Shareholder) born Baltimore, Maryland, February 7, 1944; admitted to bar, 1968, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., 1965); University of Texas (J.D., 1968). Phi Alpha Delta; Moot Court Board. Member: Houston (Founding Member, Construction Litigation Section) and American (Member, Litigation Section, Construction Litigation Subcommittee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Stephen W. Schueler | | Robert C. Shaddox (Shareholder) born Searcy, Arkansas, September 14, 1954; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas; 1990, Colorado; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Federal Circuits; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Supreme Court; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Rice University (B.S.C.E., 1981); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1987). Member: Houston, Colorado and Federal Circuit Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section); American Intellectual Property Law Association; Houston Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Robert C. Shaddox | | Cristina Portela Solomon (Shareholder) born Havana, Cuba, March 26, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Loyola University of Chicago (B.A., cum laude, 1981); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1984). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Employment Law. Email: Cristina Portela Solomon | | Louis M. Stoler (Shareholder) born St. Louis, Missouri, September 20, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1976); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1979). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Banking and Finance; Commercial Restructuring and Bankruptcy. Email: Louis M. Stoler | | Thomas L. Taylor III (Shareholder) born April 15, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas; 1977, New York; 1982, California. Education: Cornell University (A.B., 1968); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1972). Attorney, Office of General Counsel, 1973-1976 and Head of Houston Branch Office, 1980-1982, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1973-1976. Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1978. Member: State Bar of Texas; State Bar of California. (Co-Chair, Securities Industry and Corporate Regulatory and Enforcement Practice). | | Frederick J. Tuthill (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas; 1980, District of Columbia. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1974); University of Texas (J.D., 1977). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Bar Association of the District of Columbia; American Bar Association; The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Tax Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Taxation. Email: Frederick J. Tuthill | | Frank S. Wu (Shareholder) born 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1993); University of Texas (J.D., 1996). Member: Houston Bar Association; Asian American Chinese Professional Foundation; Yale Alumni Association. Languages: Taiwanese, Chinese (Mandarin). Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities. Email: Frank S. Wu | | STAFF ATTORNEY | | Katherine A. Willyard (Staff Attorney) born October 12, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., Philosophy, 2000; M.A., Philosophy, 2003); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Energy; Environmental Law. Email: Katherine A. Willyard | | ASSOCIATES | | Kathryn E. Blackney (Associate) born Austin, Texas; admitted to bar, 2008, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.B.A., Finance and Marketing, 2003); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2008). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Investment. Email: Kathryn E. Blackney | | Nathan Block (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, March 2, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: Texas State University-San Marcos (B.A., Political Science, 1994); Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, Environmental and Natural Resources Section). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Real Estate; Real Estate Finance. Email: Nathan Block | | Polin Chieu (Associate) born Tainan, Taiwan, June 24, 1976; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.S.M.E., 2000); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Polin Chieu | | Kathy M. Connelly (Associate) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 6, 1972; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas. Education: Southwestern University (B.A., 1994); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2001); University of Washington School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 2002). Member: Houston Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Probate; Trust and Estate); State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Probate; Trust Law). Practice Areas: Wealth Preservation. Email: Kathy M. Connelly | | Carolyn A. DeClue (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 2000); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2005). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Credit Law. Email: Carolyn A. DeClue | | Harry B. Dollar (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, March 12, 1960; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas. Education: University of Houston-Clear Lake (B.S., Business and Legal Studies, 1996); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: State Bar of Texas (Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section); Houston Bar Association (Real Estate and Construction Law Section). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Finance. Email: Harry B. Dollar | | Ira Domnitz (Associate) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 27, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Massachusetts; 2002, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: Massachusetts Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Ira Domnitz | | Joseph Kilian B. Fonlon (Associate) born London, England, March 1, 1971; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: Columbia Union College (B.S., Biochemistry, 1997); College of William & Mary, Mason School of Business (M.B.A., 2007); College of William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Intellectual Property Law Association (HIPLA). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Joseph Kilian B. Fonlon | | Emily M. Herbster (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.S., Communication Studies, 2003; Spanish, 2003); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2008). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Emily M. Herbster | | Joshua L. Lebar (Associate) born Queens, New York, May 15, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1998; J.D., 2001). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Joshua L. Lebar | | James S. Lloyd (Associate) born Flagstaff, Arizona, March 14, 1969; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., magna cum laude, 1991); University of Texas (M.L.I.S., with honors, 1997); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Finance. Email: James S. Lloyd | | Robert J. Montoya (Associate) born Norfolk, Virginia, May 10, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas. Education: Trinity University (B.A., 1993); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1996). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; State Bar College; Texas Young Lawyers Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Robert J. Montoya | | Carmen Ng (Associate) born Hong Kong, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.S., Biology, 1999; M.S., Biology, 2002); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2005). Member: State Bar of Texas. Languages: Chinese Mandarin; Chinese Cantonese. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Carmen Ng | | Justin J. Presnal (Associate) admitted to bar, 1993, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1990); Baylor University (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Justin J. Presnal | | Andrew J. Schumacher (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1997); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Andrew J. Schumacher | | Karl W. Seelbach (Associate) born Houston, Texas, December 16, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Stephen F. Austin State University (B.B.A., 2003); South Texas College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Karl W. Seelbach | | Sunita P. Shirodkar (Associate) born Bolton, England, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., English, 2005); Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 2008). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Immigration Law. Email: Sunita P. Shirodkar | | Lindsey E. Simmons (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., Political Science, 2002); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2005). Member: State Bar of Texas. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Lindsey E. Simmons | | Nickolas G. Spiliotis (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, August 2, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas; 2003, New York; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas.. Education: Tulane University (B.A., Economics and History, 1998); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: State Bar of Texas; New York State Bar Association. Languages: Greek. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Nickolas G. Spiliotis | | David F. Staas (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., with high honors, 1998); Texas A & M University (M.S., 1996); University of Texas (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Finance. Email: David F. Staas | | Khannan Suntharam (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, Texas; 2002, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Harvey Mudd College (B.S., Engineering, 1995); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1998). Member: State Bar of Texas; State Bar of California; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Khannan Suntharam | | Tom Van Arsdel (Associate) born Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1994); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Litigation. Email: Tom Van Arsdel | | Erick Wang (Associate) born Santa Clara, California, April 1, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., Political Science, 2002); Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of Texas. Languages: Chinese. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Erick Wang | | Benjamin C. Wickert (Associate) born Columbus, Ohio, November 19, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Texas. Education: Ohio University (B.S., Journalism, 2005); Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 2008). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Benjamin C. Wickert | | Norasha Lynn Williams (Associate) born Houston, Texas, December 22, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Houston (B.B.A., cum laude, 1993); Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Norasha Lynn Williams | | OF COUNSEL | | Herbert D. Simons (Of Counsel) born Houston, Texas, 1935; admitted to bar, 1961, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1957); Harvard University (J.D., 1960). Phi Beta Kappa. Certified Public Accountant. Practice Areas: Taxation. Email: Herbert D. Simons | | Walter H. Walne, III (Of Counsel) born Houston, Texas, February 15, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas. Education: Princeton University (A.B., English, 1969); The University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1973). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Energy; Environmental Law. Email: Walter H. Walne, III | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Austin, Texas Office: 401 Congress Avenue, Suite 2100. Telephone: 512-370-2800. Telex: 73-0051. Fax: 512-370-2850.
Dallas, Texas Office: 5400 Renaissance Tower, 1201 Elm Street. Telephone: 214-745-5400. Telex: 73-0051. Fax: 214-745-5390.
Fort Worth, Texas Office: 1100 Carter Burgess Plaza, 777 Main Street. Telephone: 817-420-8200. Fax: 817-420-8201.
San Antonio, Texas Office: 700 North St. Mary's Street, Suite 1900. Telephone: 210-277-6800. Fax: 210-277-6810.
The Woodlands, Texas Office: 24 Waterway Avenue, Suite 500. Telephone: 281-681-5900. Fax: 281-681-5901.
Washington, D.C. Office: 1120 20th Street, N.W., Suite 700 North. Telephone: 202-572-8000. Fax: 202-572-8001.
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