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Pelin Uzay
Leander, TX Business Law Attorney with 4 years of experience
Business
Rutgers University - Newark
I am a solo practitioner and the founding attorney at Uzay Law, PLLC, where I provide legal services to individuals and businesses with a focus on contracts. I previously advised clients on immigration matters. I am licensed to practice law and based in Texas. Before practicing law, I spent two decades in New York, managing diverse projects and navigating business and creative challenges in the film and nonprofit sectors.
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Grover C Peters III
Austin, TX Business Law Lawyer with 5 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Estate Planning, Health Care and Probate
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Before opening a law practice, Grover "Pete" Peters served in the military and then served as a healthcare executive. He now offers legal services in several practice areas including Aviation Law, Business Law, Estate Planning, Personal Injury and more.
Pete is a retired U.S. Army Medical Service Corps officer and a former healthcare executive having served as a COO, CIO, and CEO of various healthcare organizations and systems across the United States. In addition to practicing law, Pete has extensive experience in business development. He regularly consults with providers and medical groups developing freestanding emergency departments and micro hospitals. In...
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David Morris
San Marcos, TX Business Law Attorney with 41 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Estate Planning, Personal Injury and Probate
South Texas College Of Law and Texas State University - Texas State University-San Marcos
Graduated from Texas State in 1979 with a degree in Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement Specialty. Doctorate of Jurisprudence from South Texas College of Law in 1983. Maintained an active Civil and Criminal Defense practice until 2007 when concentration was devoted to civil work including personal injury, probate, guardianship, real estate, corporate and business law, through the present.
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David L. Pybus
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Business, Energy, Maritime and Personal Injury
The University of Texas School of Law
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James M. Hall Jr.
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 50 years of experience
Business, Arbitration & Mediation and Products Liability
New York Law School
Jim Hall is a partner in the Houston office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2017 and focuses his practice on commercial, products, and premises liability litigation. An accomplished trial lawyer, he has handled numerous matters before state and federal appellate courts and the United States Supreme Court.
Jim is a certified mediator and was primary counsel in a nationwide “early look program” designed to resolve claims before suit was filed. He earned recognition from Thomson Reuters among the Texas Super Lawyers in civil litigation defense in 2006-2007. Jim is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubble.
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William Fulton Broemer
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Business, Employment, Estate Planning and Insurance Claims
University of Houston - Main Campus
A graduate of the University of Houston Law Center, Mr. Broemer practices almost exclusively in the areas of Labor and Employment Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Litigation and Plan Design/Compliance issues, and Risk Management. Mr. Broemer represents primarily self-insuring employers, employee welfare benefit plans, third party administrators, plan reinsurers, and local government plans.
Mr. Broemer is also a leading member of the ABA's Labor and Employment Law Section and Employee Benefits Committee ("ABA-EBC"), as well as a contributing member of Sub-Committees on Welfare Benefits Plans, Federal Civil Procedure, and ERISA Preemption.
Mr. Broemer has served in the past as the Management Chair of...
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Alasdair A. Roberts
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Business, Energy, Maritime and Personal Injury
South Texas College of Law
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Rodney Drinnon
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Business, Bankruptcy, Employment and Energy
Loyola University Chicago
Attorney Rodney L. Drinnon is an experienced litigator who handles complex civil litigation in cases in both federal & state courts and he is a partner in the McCathern Houston office. He has served as the lead trial lawyer on matters ranging from antitrust actions, contested corporate control disputes, director and officer liability, contract disputes, employment matters (including misappropriation of trade secrets, restrictive covenants, and Department of Labor investigations), insurance coverage questions, and oil and gas litigation. Mr. Drinnon is admitted to practice in Texas, Ohio, and Illinois and he has successfully tried cases in over ten jurisdictions throughout the...
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Courtney Donovan Scobie
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Business and Securities
Georgetown University Law Center
Courtney Scobie’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts, arbitration, and federal government investigations. Her experience includes a fraud and theft case on behalf of a large technology company, a breach of fiduciary duty and legal malpractice case on behalf of a real estate investment trust, copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation cases against a leading enterprise software company, an SEC investigation and a securities class action involving alleged accounting improprieties, several CFTC investigations involving the crude oil and natural gas liquids markets, contract and insurance disputes in the energy and petrochemical industries, product liability and...
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Gwendolyn Simpson
The Woodlands, TX Business Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationBusiness, Estate Planning, Personal Injury and Probate
Baylor Law School
Gwendolyn Simpson is a native Houstonian and is a graduate of Baylor Law School.
Licensed in 2007, Ms. Simpson founded a general practice civil firm and has been assisting clients with legal matters involving civil litigation, transactions, probate and personal injury ever since. In addition to her private practice, Ms. Simpson was the staff attorney to the Honorable Kathleen Hamilton in the 359th Judicial District Court in Montgomery County, Texas.
In 2012, she was voted in by the Board of Judges as a Master/Referee. In 2015, Ms. Simpson was tapped by Montgomery County to assist in the development and...
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Deborah Frances Ward Hubbs
The Woodlands, TX Business Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Energy
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Our lives our integrated, and work is no longer 9-5. Business is intertwined with family, and family is intertwined with work. A legal decision at work or at home doesn’t just effect you.
It’s important to have counsel that is present in your conversations, but futuristic in counseling so you can maximize the long-term goals of your company, your family, and your life.
it’s important to have counsel that understands that one sentence in a legal document can effect every other area of your company, your employees and/or your family.
Deborah understands the importance of words, of timing, and of the long...
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Lance Dion Leisure
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Business
University of Houston - Main Campus
Lance Leisure is a partner in Correro & Leisure, P.C. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Lance served in the U.S. Army doing military intelligence work from 1995 to 2001. Before founding Correro & Leisure with his partner Mark Correro, Lance practiced law at Blank Rome LLC, focusing on personal injury, mass tort, and complex litigation involving environmental and commercial law. In 2015, Lance was selected for inclusion in the list of Texas Super Lawyers®, an honor only given to less than 5% of practicing lawyers. Previously, Lance was listed in the Texas Super Lawyers® list consecutively from 2009 to 2014.
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Fredreck S Hudgens
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Business, Construction, Insurance Claims and Real Estate
South Texas College of Law
At The Hudgens Law Firm P.C., our accomplished and professional staff work quickly to overcome every hurdle our clients face. Attorney Fredreck S. “Field” Hudgens has nearly two decades of experience in the areas of litigation, mediation and arbitration, real estate and construction law, construction defects, business and corporate law, and a variety of other legal fields. No matter the legal struggle that you face, Mr. Hudgens and his staff will use their thorough understanding of the law to protect your interests decisively.
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Alberto Salinas
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Business, Immigration and Personal Injury
Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Alberto Salinas has dedicated his practice of law to the areas of immigration and business law. He has also been active in offering pro bono services to indigents in Texas.
Mr. Salinas has worked extensively in the areas of business, immigration and nationality law. He has successfully represented clients before the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), as well as through filings with U.S. Consulates around the world. Mr. Salinas has helped many companies and individuals handle an array of immigration cases with a variety of issues including nonimmigrant visas (H-1B, H-2B, E-2, E-3, L-1, P,...
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Mr Alejandro Luis Padua
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, IP, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Alejandro represents individuals and businesses, domestic and foreign legal services and also serves as general counsel for clients, providing transactional and business/corporate law advice. He experience as an attorney at law, as well as his experience as Officer and Director of businesses, provides him with a unique insight into the complexities of running a business and the ability to forecast challenges businesses constantly face. He is bicultural and bilingual which allow him to efficiently provide legal services to a varied and diverse client base.
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William T. "Bill" Sebesta
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Business, Construction, Insurance Defense and Products Liability
South Texas College of Law
William T. "Bill" Sebesta is an experienced and accomplished trial lawyer whose practice emphasizes insurance subrogation. After his initial training in insurance defense and bad faith litigation, he then spent 6-1/2 years with Cozen O’Connor’s Dallas office where he was trained in the art of large loss subrogation. In 2004, Bill returned to his hometown of Houston and continued his subrogation practice at a mid-size firm, focusing on energy-related losses.
In January 2007, Bill and Scot Doyen opened the doors of Doyen Sebesta Ltd. LLP, where Bill is in charge of the firm's subrogation practice group. Bill’s broad experience in subrogation...
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Hossain Arnold Shokouhi
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Business, Bankruptcy, Employment and Securities
Michigan State University
Arnold Shokouhi is an equity owner and the Managing Partner for McCathern. Arnold currently practices in the area of commercial, director and officer liability, and employment litigation. Arnold also heads McCathern's Banking and Mortgage section, and has extensive experience in the mortgage banking industry. His section handles everything from drafting mortgage documents to dealing with state and federal compliance matters for financial institutions and service providers. Additionally, his experience handling transactional matters has given him the ability to effectively filter through the intricacies of complex commercial litigation matters. Arnold has played a critical role in the litigation of multi-million dollar...
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Amanda Gordon
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Business, Arbitration & Mediation and Construction
South Texas College of Law
It’s no secret that litigation can be stressful, complicated and expensive. That’s why business owners appreciate Amanda’s candid, no nonsense approach to litigation. Always mindful of the big picture, Amanda tailors strategies specific to her client’s goals, and confidently navigates cases as efficiently as possible so her clients can get back to what is most important to them – running their business.
Amanda represents companies of all shapes and sizes in litigation involving contract claims, business torts, real estate disputes, residential and commercial defects, mechanic’s and materialman’s liens and bond claims, commercial and consumer collection, and foreclosures.
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Brandon Michael Barchus
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Energy, Insurance Claims and Personal Injury
Baylor Law School
Mr. Barchus is Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Mr. Barchus has extensive experience in the courtroom. He has obtained favorable verdicts and judgments for his clients in Harris, Jefferson, Tarrant and Bexar counties. No matter the type of litigation, he fights aggressively to obtain justice for his clients. Mr. Barchus has obtained substantial verdicts under DTPA, Fraud, Conversion and Breach of Contract causes of action, successfully defended clients accused of a litany of torts, argued many motions and hearings, has taken more than 50 depositions and has...
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Ned Gill III
Bellaire, TX Business Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Collections, Criminal Defense and Divorce
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Attorney Ned Gill III, is a reputed lawyer who has been committed to the field of family law for quite a handful of years. Belonging to a family associated with law and jurisdiction in Texas, Mr. Ned Gill III is undoubtedly a name with a high recall value amongst the people of Texas. Under his scope of work lies litigation/Mediation for divorce cases, arbitration and more. Being one of the most sought after professional lawyers in the arena of family law in United State, what distinguishes him is his intelligent and expert legal advice to all his customers seeking legal...
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Thomas J. Holmes III
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 11 years of experience
Business
South Texas College of Law
The Houston Business Lawyers can help with all your business related legal needs. We handle business formation, intellectual property law, oil and gas law, real estate law, and all corporate legal needs.
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David Siegel
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 35 years of experience
Business, Bankruptcy, Consumer and Securities
University of Houston - Main Campus
David Siegel has helped thousands of people obtain redress through our court system. He has over 30 years of experience advising businesses and individuals in commercial litigation, fiduciary duty and partnership litigation, liability suits, mass tort actions, consumer class actions, securities litigation, and bankruptcy litigation.
David’s cross-border work includes arguing on behalf of clients located in the Philippines and Latin America, among other regions. His successes include successfully representing thousands of agricultural workers in toxic pesticide litigation; successfully representing investors in arbitration claims against their investment advisers; successfully representing wrongful death claimants in a suit against a private prison company for...
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Shannon Lang
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Business, Employment and Securities
University of Virginia
Ms. Shannon A. Lang is a dedicated attorney with extensive experience in complex business and commercial litigation. Ms. Lang attended San Diego State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in both Sociology and Biology. Before attending law school, Ms. Lang earned Master’s Degree in Forensic Science from Marshall University. In 2007, Ms. Lang graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law with her Juris Doctor. Upon graduating law school, Ms. Lang worked as a law clerk for Judge Nancy Friedman Atlas in the Southern District of Texas before joining Covington & Burling. Ms. Lang honed...
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Matt Parks
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Business and Energy
University of Texas - Austin
Matt Parks is a dedicated trial attorney who has experience in business and commercial litigation, admiralty & maritime, energy, and personal injury. Matt attended the University of Texas Law School where he worked at the Environmental Law Clinic and on the Texas Environmental Law Journal. Matt also worked as a law clerk for the Texas Railroad Commission and a summer associate for Enbridge Energy. These hands on work experiences helped Matt hone the skills litigation skills that client have come to rely on him for. After graduation, Matt joined a Texas based litigation boutique where he focused...
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Michael Andrew Josephson
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 25 years of experience
Business and Employment
South Texas College of Law
As a named partner in Fibich, Leebron, Copeland, Briggs & Josephson, L.L.P, I serve as an employment attorney at one of the preeminent Plaintiff oriented law firms in the country. I am licensed in both Texas and Pennsylvania, as well as all U.S. District Courts throughout Texas and the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. I have also been admitted pro hac vice in courts located throughout Alabama, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas. I serve as the lead attorney of my firm’s wage and hour practice, focusing on...
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Louis Leichter
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Arbitration & Mediation, Criminal Defense and DUI & DWI
Drake University Law School
Louis Leichter practices administrative, health, and criminal law, focusing on the area of licensure and license defense. Mr. Leichter advises clients on disciplinary actions and misconduct allegations that may affect their professional licenses. Mr. Leichter also represents clients on related issues that are divergent from the receipt of a disciplinary order within a healthcare practice. Peer review and medical staff privileges, practitioner data bank disputes, network agreements, contract negotiations, and license renewal questionnaires are important to medical and other health care professionals who are involved in disciplinary action.
Prior to starting a private practice, Mr. Leichter prosecuted criminal cases as an...
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Howard Kahn
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Business, Collections, Construction and IP
My law firm was established in 1990, and I believe in giving customers personal attention. I work to answer your business questions so that you can better understand your rights and options. I am your Houston Business Attorney, Disputes, Litigation, Contracts. Convenient appointments are available to discuss your Business Law needs:
Business Ownership Divorce
Business and Employment Contracts
Collections
Commercial Real Estate Litigation
Confidentiality Agreements
Construction Disputes
Contract and Lease Negotiations
Conveyances and Deeds
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Adam Richard
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Business, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Estate Planning
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law - Texas Wesleyan University
Welcome to my profile. A little bit about me, I've been a licensed attorney for over 10 years where I have worked on estate planning, DWI, and real estate work during that period.
With my law firm, it is my purpose to help protect the rights of the community when encountering a DWI/DUI arrest as well as other. misdemeanors. Also, we strive to educate the community the importance of estate planning to create effective ways to transfer wealth to the next generation.
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Micajah Daniel "Caj" Boatright
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Business, Maritime and Personal Injury
University of Texas - Austin
Attorney Caj Boatright grew up in Sweetwater, a small town in west Texas. He attended Southwestern University of Georgetown, and graduated cum laude with Honors as a double major in Political Science and History. He earned his J.D. from the University of Texas Law School, where he also met and became friends with Kurt Arnold and Jason Itkin. Following law school, Attorney Boatright worked for the largest firm in Fort Worth, where he handled cases related to all types of litigation and appellate matters. In 2006, he joined Kurt and Jason at their small firm, Arnold & Itkin...
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Christopher Alfred Stevenson
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
Business, Collections, Employment and IP
South Texas College of Law
Chris Stevenson is an experienced attorney with more than 15 years of experience representing clients in commercial litigation. Chris specializes in breach of contracts, copyright infringement, employment disputes, partnership disputes, real estate, collections, and probate and estate administration.
Chris is a native Texan, born in Austin and raised in Victoria, Texas. He attended Nazareth Academy and St. Joseph High School. Chris received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from the University of Texas and went on to study law at South Texas College of Law where he earned his Juris Doctorate degree. While at South Texas College of Law,...
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Scott Daniel Smith
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Business, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Securities
Boston University School of Law and South Texas College of Law
Scott D. Smith is a seasoned trial lawyer who has obtained favorable verdicts for clients on both sides of the docket. Mr. Smith has experience in all phases of litigation in both state and federal courts throughout the United States, including resolving a broad array of business and commercial disputes, as well as having extensive experience representing financial advisers and financial institutions in financial services litigation in FINRA and AAA arbitration proceedings. He frequently represents financial advisers and financial institutions in employment disputes, securities enforcement actions, as well as regulatory and compliance matters, and assists his clients...
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Robert Burford
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
Business, Employment, Energy and Securities
University of Houston - Main Campus
With nearly 30 years of complex commercial litigation experience, Robert R. Burford has distinguished himself as an aggressive and successful attorney for his clients. Mr. Burford has handled business disputes of nearly every variety for both plaintiffs and defendants. Mr. Burford has skillfully handled nearly every type of high-stakes business disputes including litigation involving fiduciary duties, securities fraud, mergers and acquisitions, Director’s and Officers’ liability, legal malpractice, oil and gas matters, partnership disputes, intellectual property disputes, theft of trade secrets, healthcare related matters and complex contractual disputes. Mr. Burford graduated from the University of Houston in 1981...
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Michelle V. Friery
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 21 years of experience
Houston, TX 77002
Business, Bankruptcy and Securities
University of Houston Law Center
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Cristina I. Goulet
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 2 years of experience
(713) 844-3089
Pennzoil South Tower
711 Louisiana Street, Suite 1800
Houston, TX 77002
Business, Maritime and Personal Injury
South Texas College of Law and Texas A&M University - College Station
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Rachel T. Kubanda
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer
Business and Bankruptcy
South Texas College of Law
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Wallace Anthony Showman
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Business, Antitrust, Consumer and Securities
New York University School of Law
Mr. Showman has handled numerous complex commercial matters and securities class actions (for both plaintiffs and defendants). He has represented both claimants and respondents in FINRA securities arbitrations. He has also represented clients in FINRA investigations and has conducted internal corporate investigations. He has lectured on securities litigation at NYU and Fordham University. Mr. Showman is also an arbitrator for FINRA customer and employee arbitrations.
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James Alexander McCorquodale
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 41 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Appeals, Insurance Claims and Workers' Comp
University of Houston Law Center
A no-nonsense technician; a grinder’s mentality. Mr. McCorquodale handles trials and appeals. Sandy has been bringing his unique combination of experience, skill, humor, and attitude to clients in Texas for more than 40 years with a core belief that a straightforward, honest analysis and execution will always trump over tough talk and empty promises.
He represents clients throughout Texas in lawsuits involving personal injuries, wrongful death, traumatic brain injuries, financial disputes, insurance coverage, lawyers’ professional liability, accounting malpractice, contract claims, employment claims, hurricane claims, workers’ compensation claims, explosion claims, fraud and misrepresentation, fiduciary liability under ERISA, securities fraud, directors’ and officers’...
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Jamison Walters
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 9 years of experience
Business, Collections, Estate Planning and Tax
University of Houston - Main Campus
Jamison’s practice focuses on Commercial Transactions & Litigation, Tax, and Asset Protection. Jamison has handled numerous commercial contract enforcement and collections cases, resulting in dozens of successful judgments, settlements, and awards. While working with H&R Block, Jamison advised hundreds of business clients on a wide array of tax matters and has represented his own clients in IRS controversy matters such as Audits, Offshore Voluntary Disclosures (OVDP), and Offers in Compromise. His experience in Tax and IRS controversy, contract disputes, and collections provides him with the ability to advise clients on asset protection strategies, entity formation, and wills and trusts.
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Seth Hinkley
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 27 years of experience
Business, Construction and Estate Planning
South Texas College Of Law
Law practice specializing in business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, contract drafting, licensing, commercial leases, construction, real estate, business planning, entity formation, compliance issues, and litigation oversight. Additionally, I provide estate planning services.
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John Thomas McDowell
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Personal Injury
South Texas College of Law
John graduated with his Juris Doctor degree from South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas. He has experience handling a wide range of cases involving business and corporate law, estate planning, insurance litigation, personal injury litigation, and product defects. John is an experienced legal advocate who has a strong record of case successes. As an accomplished attorney, he has earned inclusion in the list of SuperLawyers, a distinction that only 5% of lawyers receive every year. John is admitted to practice in various federal and appeals courts all across Texas.