Guillermo J. Chavez (Officer) born Piedras Negra, Mexico; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Dallas (B.S., magna cum laude, 1998); University of Arkansas (J.D., 2001). Member: Collin County Bar Association; Dallas Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Health Care; Collections; Debtor and Creditor; Family Law; Divorce; Probate; Administrative Law.
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Robert A. Navar (Senior Associate) born El Paso, Texas; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Dallas (Bachelors Degree, Political Science, magna cum laude, 1999); Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law (J.D., 2004). Born and raised in El Paso, Texas in 1975. Worked in the family business through High School until enrolled to the University of Texas at Dallas where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelors Degree in Political Science. He subsequently enrolled at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and received his Juris Doctorate in 2005. Member: Dallas, Collin County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Contracts; Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; Creditors Rights; Family Law; Collections; Commercial Collections; Unsecured Collections; Health Care Contracts; Health Care Reimbursement; Health Insurance Coverage; Managed Care; Hospital Collections; Wills; Guardianship and Conservatorship.
ASSOCIATES
Lindsey Shine (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A.); Southern Methodist University (J.D.). Lindsey Shine has been with G.J. Chavez & Associates since receiving her bar license in November 2007. Her practice focuses on provider reimbursement, commercial litigation and collections, and wills and trust matters. Ms. Shine is admitted to practice in United States District Courts in the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Dallas Bar Association. Ms. Shine received a B.A. with High Honors from the University of Texas at Austin with Special Honors in the Plan II Liberal Arts Honors Program and completed a dual major in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies and a minor in government. Prior to graduation, Ms. Shine was selected as an intern by the United States Department of State and served in the Bureau of European Affairs, South Central Europe Office, under Secretary Colin Powell. Ms. Shine was awarded the Lowell H. Lebermann Travel Grant for thesis research at Harvard University and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Golden Key honor societies. While an undergraduate, Ms. Shine worked as a legal library assistant for over 30 different law firms in Austin. After graduation she worked as a litigation paraclerk for Andrews Kurth in Dallas. Ms. Shine received her J.D. in 2007 from the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, where she was a member of the International Law Review Association from 2005 to 2007, and the Case Note Editor from 2006 to 2007. Ms. Shine was a Comment semi-finalist and was published in the Winter 2007 issue of Law and Business Review of the Americas. She was awarded Best Oral Advocate in her round of the Jackson Walker Moot Court Competition in 2004, studied comparative law at Oxford University in England in 2005, and made the Dean's List in 2006. Ms. Shine also served in SMU's Civil Clinic for two semesters where she practiced law with a student bar card for eight months and was named a chief counselor. Member: Dallas Bar Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; Litigation; Commercial Law; Collections.
Julie Fontenot (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A.); Southern Methodist University (J.D.). Practice Areas: Collections; Debtor and Creditor; Health Care.
Joan Ballard (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Texas. Education: Purdue University (B.S.B.A.); Southern Methodist University (J.D.). Member: Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial Collections; Criminal Defense; Divorce; Family Law.