SHAREHOLDERS
Mary S. Axelrad (Shareholder) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 2, 1958; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: The Colorado College (B.A., 1980); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1988). Alpha Lambda Delta. Member: State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association; Texas Association of Bank Counsel. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Foundation. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Banking; Real Estate; General Business.Email: Mary S. Axelrad
Robert A. Axelrad (Shareholder) born Newark, New Jersey, March 4, 1952; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1974); University of Houston (J.D., 1979). Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation (Life Fellow); Houston Bar Foundation (Life Fellow). Member: State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Employment Law; Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy.Email: Robert A. Axelrad
Carmellia C. Boyer (Shareholder) born Mattoon, Illinois, January 2, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Rice University (B.A., cum laude, 1980); University of Texas (J.D., 1983). Articles Editor, Texas Law Review. Member: State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas; Houston and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Real Estate Litigation.Email: Carmellia C. Boyer
Albert H. Hiller (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, July 22, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas. Education: Washington University (B.A., 1972); Harvard University (J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas; Houston and American Bar Associations. (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Business Law.Email: Albert H. Hiller
Leonard J. Meyer (Shareholder) born Lockhart, Texas, February 7, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Southwest Texas State University (B.B.A., 1978); University of Houston (J.D., 1981). Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation; Securities Litigation; Securities Arbitration; Construction Law; Consumer Law.Email: Leonard J. Meyer
Neil M. Rosenstein (Shareholder) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December 26, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas; 1981, Florida. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 1976); South Texas College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1979); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1981). Member, Order of the Lytae. Member, South Texas Law Journal. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; The Florida Bar. (Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Taxation; Real Estate; Probate.Email: Neil M. Rosenstein
Irving C. Stern (Shareholder) born Brooklyn, New York, August 28, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: St. Mary's University of San Antonio (B.A., with honors, 1968); University of Texas (J.D., 1971). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Construction Law; Employment Law; Insurance Coverage; Products Liability.Email: Irving C. Stern
Mark E. Wise (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, June 11, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas. Education: George Washington University (B.A., 1971); University of Texas (J.D., 1974). Phi Delta Phi. Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston and American Bar Associations. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation Life Fellow; Houston Bar Foundation Life Fellow. Practice Areas: Corporate, Securities and Venture Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Alternative Dispute Resolution; General Business; Real Estate.Email: Mark E. Wise
Alvin L. Zimmerman (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, June 28, 1943; admitted to bar, 1967, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Houston (B.S., 1964; J.D., 1967). Phi Delta Phi. Managing Editor, Houston Law Review. Former President and Active Governor, International Academy of Mediators. Director, University of Houston Law Foundation. Former President, University of Houston Law Foundation. Certified Advanced Mediator. Former State District Judge of 269th (civil) and 309th (family). Former general counsel of NYSE company. Member: State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association (Outstanding Chair 1972-1973; Chair, Family Law Section 1993); American Bar Association. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Foundation (Former Vice President); American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. (Board Certified, Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Family; Civil Litigation.Email: Alvin L. Zimmerman
Brian W. Zimmerman (Shareholder) born Austin, Texas, January 9, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1990); University of Houston (J.D., 1993). Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment; Oil and Gas Litigation.Email: Brian W. Zimmerman
Gary J. Zimmerman (Shareholder) born Houston, Texas, May 29, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Claremont McKenna College (B.A., 1992); University of Texas (J.D., 1995). Certified Mediator in Civil and Family Law. Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Civil Litigation.Email: Gary J. Zimmerman
MEMBERS
Jon L. Tankersley (Member) born Dallas, Texas, May 17, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Arizona (B.A., with honors, 1982); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law.Email: Jon L. Tankersley
Anne Marie Finch (Member) born Hughes Springs, Texas; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas; 1992 Colorado (inactive); U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals, Third, Fifth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1986; J.D., cum laude, 1989). Member, Garland Walker Inn of Court, 2003-2008. Law Clerk to the Honorable Ruggero J. Aldisert, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Santa Barbara, CA, 1989-1991. Chair, State Bar of Texas, District IVG Grievance Committee, 2002-2004. Member: Houston (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment; Litigation) and Federal Bar Associations. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: MGE UPS Systems, Inc. v. Titan Specialized Services, Inc., et al., 2006 WL 3524502 (MD. Tenn. 2006); Parker v. Ryan, 960 F.2d 543 (5th Cir. 1992). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Law.Email: Anne Marie Finch
Kay Carnley Vickers (Member) born Fort Worth, Texas, April 25, 1954; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas; U.S. District Court Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas at Arlington (B.A., 1975); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1978). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Coverage.Email: Kay Carnley Vickers
ASSOCIATES
Leslie K. Hillendahl (Associate) born Houston, Texas, September 12, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., 1996; M.S., Accounting, 1997); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Law; Franchise Law.Email: Leslie K. Hillendahl
Michael A. Harvey (Associate) born Pasadena, Texas; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 2001); University of Oklahoma College of Law (J.D., with distinction, 2006). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment.Email: Michael A. Harvey
William E. Morfey (Associate) born Urbana, Illinois, September 28, 1970; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1997); South Texas College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Assistant Articles Editor, South Texas Law Review. Member: State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas; Houston and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Litigation; Construction Litigation.Email: William E. Morfey
Christopher M. Raney (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, August 15, 1981; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Florida (B.A., with highest honors, 2002); South Texas College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Order of the Lytae. Assistant Articles Editor, South Texas Law Review. Member, Currents International Trade Law Journal. Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime Law.
David A. Rassin (Associate) born Calgary, Canada, August 22, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Calgary (B.A., 2002); Tulane University (J.D., 2005). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: David A. Rassin
Nicholas J. Reisch (Associate) born Aberdeen, South Dakota, June 11, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Nebraska, Lincoln (B.S., Business Administration, 2001); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.Email: Nicholas J. Reisch
David M. Scott (Associate) born Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 1, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Ohio; 2004, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1997); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2001). Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International. Member: State Bar of Texas; State Bar of Ohio; Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation; Construction Law; Employment Law.Email: David M. Scott
Mark D. Thomas (Associate) born Houston, Texas, February 17, 1963; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.A., magna cum laude, 1997; J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Order of the Coif; Order of the Barons. Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law.Email: Mark D. Thomas
Jennifer S. Wilson (Associate) born Eagle Lake, Texas, November 20, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas; U.S. District Court Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: University of Houston (B.S., cum laude, 1974); University of Houston (J.D., 1976). Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Antitrust.Email: Jennifer S. Wilson