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| | Address | | 900 Washington Avenue, Suite 700, P.O. Box 1470 | | Waco, Texas 76703-1470 | | (McLennan Co.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
General civil and trial practice, administrative, appellate practice, banking and finance, bankruptcy, civil rights, commercial, corporate, criminal, employment, energy, environment, estate planning, family, government (local government), health, insurance, intellectual property, patent law, litigation, malpractice, mediation/arbitration, municipal bonds, personal injury, probate, trusts and estates, products liability, public utilities, real property, securities, taxation, telecommunication, transportation. | | Year Established: 1917 | Firm Profile:
The firm, with offices in Austin, Ft. Worth, Harker Heights, Temple and Waco, is the largest firm between Austin and the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and is one of the oldest, being established 1917. With a total of 50 lawyers, the firm serves clients in many areas of law. Sixteen of its attorneys are certified in one or more fields by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Some of its lawyers are Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Eight members have taught or presently teach courses at the Baylor Law School's faculty. One of the firm's members is a Past President of the State Bar of Texas. To learn more about the firm, its lawyers and practice areas, please visit our website at www.namanhowell.com. | | Firm Size: 50 | Representative Clients:
Compass Bank; Baylor University; Extraco Corporation; Methodist Children's Home; Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center; American International Group, Inc.; Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool; Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.; Cord Communication; Spenco Medical Corp.; Time Manufacturing Company; Texas Hydraulic (a subsidiary of Dover Industries); Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc.; Utica National Insurance Group; City of Waco. | Rate Information:
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Temple, Texas, U.S.A.
| | Wilford W. Naman (1887-1978). | | Hilton E. Howell (1897-1968). | | Hilton H. Howell (1928-1986). | | J. Rodney Lee (1930-2000). | | Jim D. Bowmer (1919-2006). | | P. Clark Aspy (Member) (Resident Member, Austin, Texas Office) (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). | | Mack Bryon Barnhill, IV (Member) (Resident Partner, Harker Height, Texas Office). | | Roy L. Barrett (Member) born Waco, Texas, January 7, 1945; admitted to bar, 1969, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1967; J.D., cum laude, 1969). Phi Delta Phi. Editor-in-Chief, Baylor Law Review, 1969. Member: Waco-McLennan County (President, 1987-1988; President, Junior Bar, 1975-1976) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Director, 1980-1983; President, Texas Young Lawyers Association, 1981-1982); Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Director, 1976-1978; Vice-President, 1988-1989). Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates. Master, The Judge Abner V. McCall Inn of the American Inns of Court. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (Texas State Chair, 2001, 2002). Life Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Municipal Defense; Professional Liability; Real Estate Litigation; College and University Law. Email: Roy L. Barrett | | Charles K. Barrow (Member) born Houston, Texas, June 26, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1967); University of Texas (J.D., 1970). Member: Waco-McLennan County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law, Farm and Ranch Real Estate Law and Residential Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Banking; Finance; Commercial Law. Email: Charles K. Barrow | | William C. "Cliff" Blount (Member) (Resident Member, Austin, Texas Office). | | Nick R. Bray (Member) admitted to bar, 1987, Texas, U.S. District Court, Western, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Angelo State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1975); Texas Tech University (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Alpha Chi. Member: Waco-McLennan County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Consumer Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Personal Injury; Product Liability; Workers' Compensation; Federal Civil Practice. Email: Nick R. Bray | | Jerry P. Campbell (Member) born Dallas, Texas, September 9, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1972; J.D., 1974). Phi Delta Phi. Member: State Moot Court Teams, 1973-1974; National Moot Court Team, 1974. Briefing Attorney, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1974-1975. Member: Waco-McLennan County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Vice-President, Legislative Affairs, 1998-1999; Nominating Committee; Legislative Committee; District Director, 1993); Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Employer Liability Law; Toxic Torts; Environmental Litigation; Environmental Law; Class Action Defense. Email: Jerry P. Campbell | | John P. Cunningham, Jr. (Member) (Resident Member, Temple, Texas Office). | | Dennis W. Donley, Jr. (Member) (Resident Member, Austin, Texas Office). | | Wesley J. Filer (Member) born Waco, Texas, October 17, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1967); Baylor University (J.D., 1969); George Washington University (LL.M., Taxation, 1974). Adjunct Professor, Family Business Planning, Baylor Law School. Trial Attorney, Department of Justice (Tax Division), 1970-1975. Member: Waco-McLennan County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, 1984-1988 and Chairman, 1987-1988, Continuing Legal Education Committee, Tax Section). (Board Certified, Tax Law and Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Law; Estate Planning Law; Probate; Trust; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Wills. Email: Wesley J. Filer | | L. Hayes Fuller, III (Member) born Corsicana, Texas, March 15, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas. Education: Richmond College, London, England; Baylor University (B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, 1976; J.D., 1979). Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi; Phi Gamma Delta; Alpha Chi. Adjunct Professor, Insurance and Discovery, Baylor School of Law, 1998-2003. ADR Panel Member, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Member, Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Waco-McLennan County (Secretary, 1981-1982) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Chair, Court Rules Committee, 2005-2006); Texas Association of Defense Counsel (President, 2005-2006); Defense Research Institute; American Board of Trial Advocacy. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Personal Injury and Civil Trial Law; Toxic/Environmental Torts; Asbestos; Product Liability; Motor Vehicle Accident Claims; Insurance Claims; Intentional Torts; Business Torts; Premises Liability; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: L. Hayes Fuller, III | | Keith E. Gamel (Member) (Resident Member, Austin, Texas Office). | | Kerry L. Haliburton (Member) born Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 31, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas. Education: Texas Tech University (B.B.A., Accounting, 1983; J.D., 1987). Member: Waco-McLennan County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Environmental Administrative Law; Environmental Litigation; Environmental Compliance; Environmental Insurance Coverage; Business Transactions. Email: Kerry L. Haliburton | | John T. Hawkins (Member) born St. Joseph, Missouri, November 8, 1950; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Oklahoma Baptist University (B.A., 1971); University of Missouri at Kansas City (M.A., 1974); Baylor University (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Phi Alpha Delta. Notes and Comments Editor, Baylor Law Review, 1976-1977. Member: Waco-McLennan County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Employment Discrimination; Employment Practices Liability Insurance; Wrongful Termination Defense. Email: John T. Hawkins | | Jordan A. Mayfield (Member) born Waco, Texas, August 3, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas; 2005, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 2000; J.D., 2002). Phi Delta Phi; Delta Theta Phi; Order of the Barristers. ATLA Mock Trial Team. Recipient: Mock Trial Award; Trial Advocacy Award, 2002. Member: Waco-McLennan County and American Bar Associations; Waco-McLennan County Young Lawyers Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Environmental Law; Toxic Torts; Premises Liability; Mass Torts; Business Litigation; Construction Law. Email: Jordan A. Mayfield | | C. Patrick Nunley (Member) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, February 25, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas; 1987, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1981; J.D., 1984). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Waco-McLennan County Bar Association; Waco-McLennan County Young Lawyers (President, 1992-1993) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Construction Law Section); Central Texas Bankruptcy Bar Association (Treasurer, 1999-2000). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Law; Construction Law. Email: C. Patrick Nunley | | John P. Palmer (Member) born Dallas, Texas, April 18, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas (B.A., Psychology, 1985); St. Mary's University of San Antonio (J.D., 1988). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Responsibility Award, Bancroft-Whitney Publishing, 1986. Senior Associate Editor, St. Mary's Law Journal, 1986-1988. Co-Author: "A Speaking Analysis for the Divorce Neutral," 31 St. Mary's L.J., 871 (2000); Recent Development, "An Overview of the Texas Bar Association Symposium on Cost Control in the Courthouse Held September 30, 1987, Corpus Christi, Texas," 19 St. Mary's L.J. 507, 1987. Briefing Attorney, Hon. Walter S. Smith, Jr., U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 1988-1989. Trained Mediator, State of Texas. Member: Waco-McLennan County, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Chair, 1997-1998); Texas Association of Mediators (President, 2001-2002); Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Approved ADR Neutral, U.S. District Court Waco. Fellow, University of Texas School of Law Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution 2002. Practice Areas: Federal Civil Litigation; Civil Litigation; Mediation; Family Law; Federal Practice; Arbitration; Divorce Mediation; Family Mediation; Federal Litigation; Personal Injury Defense; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: John P. Palmer | | Raymond C. Palmer, Jr. (Member) born Wharton, Texas, February 24, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas, U.S. District Court, Western and Northern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Baylor University (B.A., with honors, 1984; J.D., 1989). Member, Order of Barristers. Author: "Insurance Coverage Law in Texas," National Business Institute, July, 1997. Member: Waco-McLennan County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Professional Liability; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Asbestos Litigation; Toxic Torts; First Party Insurance; Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Raymond C. Palmer, Jr. | | Neal E. Pirkle (Member) born Waco, Texas, October 6, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1992; J.D., cum laude, 1995). Phi Delta Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma; Alpha Chi. Recipient, McLennan County Young Lawyer of the Year Award, Waco-McLennan County Bar Association, 2006. Editor-in-Chief, Baylor Law Review, 1995. Author: "Maintaining Public Access to Texas Coastal Beaches: The Past and the Future," 46 Baylor Law Review 1093, 1994. Adjunct Professor, Tort, Baylor School of Law, 2008—. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: State Bar of Texas; Waco-McLennan County Young Lawyers Association (President, 2006-2007); Texas Association Defense Counsel (Director, District 11, 2007— Present); Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Business Litigation. Email: Neal E. Pirkle | | James Daniel "Dan" Pleitz (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas, July 17, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1972); Duke University (J.D., 1975). Member: Waco-McLennan County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Municipal Bonds; Public Finance; Business Law. Email: James Daniel "Dan" Pleitz | | John A. "Andy" Powell (Member) born Waco, Texas, September 22, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas; 2003, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., Chemistry and English, cum laude, 1997); Baylor University (J.D., 2001). Assistant Managing Editor, Baylor Law Review, 2000-2001. Order of Barristers. Member: Waco-McLennan County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Trademarks; Copyrights; Civil Litigation; Civil Appeals; Medical Malpractice Defense. Email: John A. "Andy" Powell | | F. Ben Selman, Jr. (Member) born Beaumont, Texas, March 3, 1949; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas; 1989, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1973). Adjunct Professor, Baylor University School of Law, 1991—. Member, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists. Former Member, 1995-2001, Former Chairman, 2006, Board of Disciplinary Appeals, Supreme Court of Texas. Member: Waco-McLennan County (President, 1989-1990) Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Member, District 8B Grievance Committee, 1986-1995; Former Chairman; Vice-Chairman, 2004-2005 and Former Member, Commission for Lawyer Discipline; Budget/Long Range Planning Chairman, 2003-2006; Vice Chairman, 2004-2006) College of the State Bar of Texas. Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Matrimonial Law; Family Law; Civil Litigation. Email: F. Ben Selman, Jr. | | Stuart Smith (Member) born San Diego, California, July 19, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern, Western, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1982); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1985). Beta Alpha Psi; Alpha Chi; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Advocates. Member, Editorial Board, The Review of Litigation, 1984-1985. Law Clerk to the Hon. Robert M. Hill, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1985-1986. Member: Waco-McLennan County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Business Litigation; Local Government Defense; Civil Rights Defense. Email: Stuart Smith | | Thomas D. Swann (Member) born Tyler, Texas, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., cum laude, 1974); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1977). Phi Eta Sigma; Order of the Coif. Member: Waco-McLennan County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Probate; Wills; Trusts and Estates; Taxation; Business Law. Email: Thomas D. Swann | | Vicky Trompler (Member) born Sulphur, Oklahoma, February, 10, 1954; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., 1975); University of Miami (M.D., 1979); Baylor University (J.D., 1994). Alpha Omega Alpha. Co-Author, "Liability Immunity as a Legal Defense for Recent Emergency Medical Service System Litigation," Pre Hospital and Disaster Medicine, April 1995; "Good Samaritan Statutes" Emergency Medicine Risk Management A Comprehensive Review, Second Edition, October 1997. Member: Waco-McLennan County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Medical Administrative Law. Email: Vicky Trompler | | Enid A. Wade (Member) born Charleston, South Carolina, August 17, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern and Western Districts of Texas; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2001, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1988); University of Texas (J.D., 1992). Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Waco-McLennan County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Civil Rights; General Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: Enid A. Wade | | —————————— | | Jeffrey A. Armstrong (Associate) born Snyder, Texas, March 24, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas; U.S. District Court, Western and Northern Districts of Texas; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1998; M.Tax., 1999; J.D., 2003). Executive Editor, Baylor Law Review, 2001-2003. Member: Waco-McLennan Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association (Officer); Heart of Texas Estate Planning Council (Director). Practice Areas: Business Law; Family Law; Foreclosures; Estate Planning; Probate; Probate Litigation; Construction Law; Real Estate; Taxation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Jeffrey A. Armstrong | | Clifton R. Bowling (Associate) (Resident Associate, Austin, Texas Office). | | Marcus J. Brooks (Associate) born Waco, Texas, December 26, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas; 2005, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 2000); University of Texas (J.D., with highest honors, 2003). Beta Gamma Sigma; Order of the Coif. Vice Chancellor, University of Texas Law, 2002. Judicial Clerk for The Honorable James L. Dennis, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2003-2004. Attorney, Vinson & Elkins LLP, 2004-2008. Member: Waco-McLennan County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Tax Litigation; Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Contested Trusts and Estates; Probate; Probate Litigation. Email: Marcus J. Brooks | | Cara M. Chase (Associate) born Mobile, Alabama, September 24, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Georgia; 1994, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1990); University of Georgia (J.D., 1993). Member: Waco-McLennan County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; National Association of Elder Law Attorneys. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Guardianship; Probate; Medicaid Planning. Email: Cara M. Chase | | Mr. Samuel C. "Sam" Fulcher (Associate) (Resident Associate, Harker Heights and Temple, Texas Offices). | | James Walter Goldsmith, Jr. (Associate) (Resident Associate, Austin, Texas Office). | | Trenton Hood (Associate) born West Monroe, Louisiana, November 22, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2000; J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Phi Beta Kappa. Technical Editor, Baylor Law Review, 2002-2003. Member: Waco-McLennan County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Waco-McLennan County Young Lawyers. Reported Cases: It's Ten O'Clock: Do You Know Where Your Vice-Principal Is? The Effect of GTE Southwest, Inc. v. Bruce on Vice-Principal Liability in Texas, Baylor Law Review, Spring 2003. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Partnership Law. Email: Trenton Hood | | Angela D. Koke (Associate) (Resident Associate, Austin, Texas Office). | | Robert R. Little (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, July 23, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., cum laude, 2002; J.D., 2005). National and Regional Champion, 2005 Association of Trial Lawyers of America Mock Trial Tournament. Participant: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Mock Trial Team; Texas Administrative Law Moot Court Team; American Bar Association Moot Court Team. Member: State Bar of Texas; McLennan County Young Lawyers Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Robert R. Little | | Wesley D. Lloyd (Associate) born Sweetwater, Texas, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: Texas A&M University (B.S. in Agricultural Economics, Resource Economics Emphasis, 2001); Texas Tech University (J.D., Certificate of Law and Science in Environmental Law, 2005). Law Clerk for the Texas Attorney General's Office Natural Resource Division, 2004. Listed in Who's Who in American Law Students. Member: McLennan County and American (Member, Environmental, Energy and Resources Section, 2005) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Environmental and Natural Resource Law; Construction Law); Texas Young Lawyers Association; American Water Works Association (AWWA); Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT); Texas A&M Association of Former Students; 12th Man Foundation; Texas Aggie Bar Association; Greater Waco A&M Club; Associated General Contractors. Practice Areas: Environmental; Water; Oil and Gas Law; Construction. Email: Wesley D. Lloyd | | OF COUNSEL | | Bob Burleson (Of Counsel) (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization)(Resident Member, Temple, Texas Office). | | George M. Cowden (Of Counsel) (Resident, Of Counsel, Austin, Texas Office). | | Paul H. Hubbard (Of Counsel) born Wills Point, Texas, January 10, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Texas and U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: University of North Texas (B.A., 1965); University of Texas (LL.B., with honors, 1968). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Texas Law Review, 1967-1968. Briefing Attorney, The Supreme Court of Texas, 1968-1969. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Waco-McLennan County Bar Association (President, 1995-1996); State Bar of Texas (Director, Texas Young Lawyers Association, 1973-1977); Texas Association of Bank Counsel; Central Texas Bankruptcy Bar Association. Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Bankruptcy; Commercial Law; Real Estate Law. Email: Paul H. Hubbard | | Nancy Napier Morrison (Of Counsel) born Montgomery, Alabama, September 30, 1953; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas, U.S. District Court, Western, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Third Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1974; M.A., 1976; J.D., cum laude, 1989). Sigma Tau Delta; Order of Barristers. Lead Articles Editor, Baylor Law Review, 1988-1989. Bankston Wright & Greenhill Torts Award, 1989; Ness Flores Constitutional Law Award, 1989. Regional First Place, Jessup International Law Moot Court Team, 1989. Member: Waco-McLennan County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Director, District 11, 2005-2007; Publications Vice President, 2007—). Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Health Law; Hospital Liability Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury Defense. Email: Nancy Napier Morrison | | Tom Normand (Of Counsel) (Resident Member, Temple, Texas Office). | | Cullen Smith (Of Counsel) born Waco, Texas, 1925; admitted to bar, 1950, Texas. Education: Duke University; Baylor University (B.B.A., 1948; J.D., 1950). Order of the Coif, Honorary, Texas Tech Law School. Lecturer in Law, Baylor Law School, 1964-1973. Vice-Chair, 1994-1999, Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism. Member: Waco-McLennan County (President, 1956-1957) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1974-1981; Chairman: General Practice Section, 1973-1974; Special Committee on Law Book Publishing Practices, 1970-1972; Standing Committee on Economics of Law Practice, now Law Practice Management Section, 1973-1974) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (President, 1978-1979); Texas Young Lawyers Association (Recipient, Outstanding Mentoring Award, 2007). Practice Areas: Negotiations; General Business Practice. Email: Cullen Smith | | Laura Raymond Swann (Of Counsel) born Kansas City, Kansas, March 17, 1961; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., Business & Psychology, 1983; J.D., 1991). Baylor Order of Barristers Award. Member: Waco-McLennan County (Board Member, 2006-2007), Bell-Lampasas-Mill Counties (President, 1999-2000) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; National Association of Elder Law Attorneys; Texas Association of Elder Law Attorneys. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning; Elder Law; Probate Administration; Medicaid Planning; Aged and Aging; Elder Care; Elder Guardianship; Conservatorship; Guardianship; Guardianship Administration; Guardian Ad Litem; Probate Litigation; Family Trust; Living Trust; Contested Will; Inheritance; Living Will; Succession; Contested Trust and Estates; Decedents Estate; Estate Administration; Estate Planning for the Elderly. Email: Laura Raymond Swann | | Steven G. White (Of Counsel) born Dallas, Texas, July 11, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas; 1984, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit; 1986, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1988, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas and U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: Baylor University; Baylor University School of Law (J.D., 1982). Selected, Texas Super Lawyer, Appellate Law, 2003—. Founding Member, Judge Abner V. McCall American Inn of Court, 2002-2004. Member: Waco-McLennan County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; American Board of Trial Attorneys. (Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Appeals; Torts; Tort Defense; Civil Liability; Tort Liability; Mass Torts; Intentional Torts; Civil Rights; Civil Rights Defense; Eminent Domain; Education Law. Email: Steven G. White | | Albert Witcher (Of Counsel) born Burnet County, Texas, 1936; admitted to bar, 1962, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.S., 1959; J.D., cum laude, 1962). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Waco-McLennan County Junior (President, 1971-1972) and Waco-McLennan County (President, 1983-1984) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Vice Chairman, General Practice Section, 1984-1985); Texas Mineral Land Association (Director, 1985-1999); Texas Board of Law Examiners (Member appointed by Texas Supreme Court, 1998-2007). (Board Certified, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Real Estate; General Practice; Eminent Domain. Email: Albert Witcher | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Austin, Texas Office: 8310 Capital of Texas Highway, North, Suite 490. Telephone: 512-479-0300. Fax: 512-474-1901.
Ft. Worth, Texas Office: 100 E. 15th Street, Suite 320. Telephone: 817-870-1996. Fax: 817-878-2573.
Harker Heights, Texas Office: 331 Indian Trail, Suite 101. Telephone: 254-690-4003. Fax: 254-690-4411.
Temple, Texas Office: 18 South Main Street, Suite 600, P.O. Box 844. Telephone: 254-778-1354. Fax: 254-774-7254.
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