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Bradley S. Campbell
Mineola, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
University of Oklahoma, College of Law
Since 1987, Bradley Campbell has served as a trusted counselor for estate planning, business planning and formation, probate, real estate, and asset protection. He is committed to providing the individualized attention that each case deserves, helping people turn around stressful, complex situations. Today, he provides consultations throughout the week in his convenient offices located in Tyler and Mineola, Texas.
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Katrina Marie Pemberton
Greenville, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
Texas A&M University School of Law
Katrina has been practicing law since 2015 and is a member of the Texas Bar College. Additionally, she is a Certified Guardian Ad Litem and Certified Civil and Family Law Mediator. Katrina’s practice focuses on divorce, child custody, estate planning, guardianship, real estate transactions and mediation services.
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Alisha Melvin
Allen, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
Texas Southern University
I am Alisha Melvin, Esq., I have been a practicing attorney for more than 10 years, a licensed broker of real estate since 1998, and a minority woman-owned (MWBE) business owner of both law offices and real estate brokerages in four states. I am extremely proficient in real property, probate and estates law. In addition, I broker the sale and purchase of commercial and residential real estate. I have consistently been a multi-million dollar producer in real estate sales. I represent individuals, churches, schools, cities, counties and state entities. In my spare time, I teach Legal Update...
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Michael F. Pezzulli
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Real Estate, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
West Virginia University College of Law
Michael F. Pezzulli is a seasoned attorney with the experience and track record clients trust. He is a powerful advocate in court for clients facing high-conflict divorce, complex asset division, and every kind of civil trial matter. Pezzulli leverages deep knowledge of the law and decades of experience with judges and courts across Texas to fight for his clients. His passion for taking a strong case to court for a jury to decide, when settling would yield a fraction of its potential, has produced highly favorable results for many.
Pezzulli understands the emotional and financial toll of taking legal action...
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Charles Henry Peckham
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Real Estate, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Employment
South Texas College of Law
Attorney Charles H. Peckham was born in Farmers Branch, Texas, and raised in Dallas and Denton. In 1988, he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Three years later, in 1991, he would earn his law degree from the South Texas College of Law. A Board-Certified attorney in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is also an “AV” peer-reviewed attorney by Martindale-Hubbell and has a “Superb” AVVO rating of 10. Charles has authored many legal articles and seminar papers, and has been a speaker at many legal...
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LeDouglas Genator Johnson
dallas, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 25 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, IP and International
LeDouglas is an accomplished attorney who possesses a deep understanding of the business landscape, along with the foresight to proactively identify and address potential challenges. He demonstrates a unique blend of analytical thinking, composure, and strategic acumen. What truly distinguishes LeDouglas from his peers is his exceptional ability to swiftly align business objectives within the context of proactive risk management, complex commercial litigation, and innovative dispute resolution strategies.
Whether standing at the boardroom table or in the courtroom, LeDouglas exudes a composed demeanor that conceals a remarkable tenacity. This tenacity has propelled him through a diverse array of challenges throughout his...
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Myles Porter
Bonham, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business, Criminal Defense and Divorce
Myles Porter is a trial lawyer in northeast Texas. A 6th generation native of Fannin County, he is the former District and County Attorney whose main areas of practice are criminal defense, personal injury and corporate representation.
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Yuri Natasha Han
dallas, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 1 year of experience
Real Estate, Business, IP and International
Baylor Law School
Upon receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations from the Ohio State University, Yuri decided to pursue her law degree. Thereafter, she attended the Baylor University Law School. Yuri was raised in South Korea and speaks fluent Korean.
Yuri worked as a law clerk for our firm and after passing the 2023 Texas Uniform Bar Exam, she began practicing law as an associate attorney. She is a member of good standing of the State Bar of California and the State Bar of Texas.
When not practicing law, Yuri enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters, trying...
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Zachary Joseph Montgomery
Plano, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
University of Virginia School of Law
Mr. Montgomery is a multi-credentialed attorney, CPA, and CFE. He is the founder and managing member of Montgomery Legal, and he serves as an adjunct professor of estate planning at the University of North Texas. His primary practice areas include: wills, trusts, and estate planning; probate; federal tax planning, preparation, controversies, and litigation; business planning and structuring; business advising and litigation; outside CFO/counsel; real estate transactions; personal injury claims, and forensic investigations.
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Laura Starr
Plano, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
DePaul College of Law
Laura Starr joined the firm in 2014. Laura received her undergraduate degree from Texas Christian University, graduating with a B.S. in political science. Laura attended law school in Chicago, Illinois at DePaul University College of Law where she received a certificate in business law. During law school, Laura externed for the Honorable Michael F. Otto at the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois and was a member of the International Commercial Arbitration Moot Team. She was also a member of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. As a member of Starr Law Firm, P.C. Laura focuses in the areas of...
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Paul F. Wieneskie
Texarkana, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Real Estate, Appeals, Municipal and Probate
Baylor Law School and Baylor University
A native of Commerce and Temple, Texas, Attorney Paul F. Wieneskie brings over 30 years of practice experience to Bailey & Galyen, with an emphasis on civil appeals, municipal law (representing cities or private citizens), economic development concerns, and land use and planning. He has been board-certified in civil appellate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1994, an honor accorded to less than one in every ten lawyers in the state of Texas. He is also AV-rated by his colleagues in the legal profession under Martindale-Hubbell’s Peer Review Rating System®* (since 1997). Paul has successfully represented clients...
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Gregory Scott Cagle
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, Construction and Products Liability
Baylor Law School
Gregory Cagle is is one of the founding partners of Cagle Pugh.
Gregory concentrates his law practice in civil and complex litigation involving real estate, nonprofit and for-profit corporations, business disputes, construction defects, and residential and commercial community associations. Gregory has extensive litigation experience and has served as lead trial attorney in hundreds of trials in front of judges and juries.
Gregory also has extensive experience in representing community associations as general counsel on all aspects of issues involved in the operation and governance of association-governed communities, including management issues, compliance with federal and state laws, interpretation of...
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Diren Wickrema Singhe
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, Communications and IP
Cornell Law School
As the Managing Attorney at Sul Lee Law Firm. Diren Singhe instills a philosophy based on client-centric legal representation rooted in legal ethics, simple pragmatism, and Abraham Lincoln’s observation that the law is fundamentally the best reasoning of the wisest, applied over the ages “to the transactions and business of mankind.”
Following an early life spent all over the world from Europe to South America, California, and New York, Diren started his career as an executive at an energy industry startup in Houston before moving onto international commercial and intellectual property ligation, construction and design professional liability, fiduciary litigation, and then...
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Jian Micah De Jesus
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 1 year of experience
Real Estate, Business, Employment and IP
Southern Methodist University
Jian Micah P. De Jesus was born in the Philippines and grew up in Miami, Florida, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and minor in Chemistry from Florida International University. After taking a gap year to move and work at a local church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jian decided to pursue a law degree from SMU Dedman School of Law.
During law school, Jian took part in SMU's Corporate Counsel Externship Program and worked at an in-house legal department of an architecture firm, conducting legal research, contract drafting, and more. She also studied abroad in London through Southwestern...
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Hershel Chapin
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Bankruptcy, Collections and Consumer
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
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Aimee Hess
Streetman, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Energy
SMU Dedman School of Law
Aimee serves clients throughout all of Texas. She concentrates her practice in the areas of oil and gas law (exclusively representing land owners and mineral owners in connection with testing agreements, surface agreements, oil and gas leases and pipeline or access easements), commercial real estate and water law. “One of the things I am passionate about”, Aimee says, “is assisting mineral and surface owners to make informed decisions about the future of their land and mineral assets, and in being good stewards of their land, both for themselves and for their heirs”.
Aimee was born in Lincoln, Nebraska....
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Lisa R Wilcox
Pilot Point, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, Estate Planning and International
Stetson University College of Law and Stetson University College of Law
I have been practicing law since 2004. Prior to earning my law degree, I owned and operated a popular nightclub in South Tampa. I graduated from Stetson University College of Law in 2002 with my law degree. The following year, I earned a certificate in International Intellectual Property Law from Tulane Law School and graduated with honors with a Master of Law (LL.M.) in International and Business Law from Stetson University College of Law.
I am admitted to practice law in Texas and have taken an oath before the Texas Bar to uphold its Code of Ethics. Additionally, I am a...
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Michael W. Eaton
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business, Estate Planning and Tax
A 4th generation Texas lawyer with over 35 years of experience, I serve clients in throughout Texas. I have extensive experience in real estate, tax, and business formation, start-up, and operation. I have closed over 200 LIHTC projects in eight (8) different states, and more than 150 other affordable and market rate transactions. I have also advised hundreds of clients on personal and business real estate matters. I have taught at multiple colleges and universities as well over the last twenty plus years.
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David L. Leon
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business, Communications and Estate Planning
We are a Dallas, Texas based firm offering business (formation, franchises, contracts, buying and selling), real estate (deeds, title), estate planning (wills, trusts, powers of attorney), probate (letters testamentary, small estate affidavit, heirship affidavit), and immigration (family and business.) English, Spanish and German services offered.
David L. Leon graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1992, and SMU Law in 1996 and is licensed in Texas and New York.
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Sharon Almaguer
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 35 years of experience
(956) 451-3811
14902 Preston Rd., Suite 404-715
By Appointment
Dallas, TX 75254
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business, Elder and Family
An attorney with over twenty eight years of experience, Sharon helps individuals and companies resolve even the most difficult and complex cases in an efficient manner. Sharon has experience assisting clients in a variety of practice areas including estate planning, probate, guardianship law, elder law, wills and trusts, adoption law, special needs planning, qualified income trusts, medicaid eligibility, residential and commercial real estate, asset protection, corporate and business law, corporate and LLC formation, franchising, and ad valorem tax issues. Call to discuss your case or legal issue with us today.
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Stephen E Kaplan
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 47 years of experience
(214) 346-6048
10440 North Central Expressway
Suite 800
Dallas, TX 75231
Real Estate, Business, Employment and Estate Planning
SUNY Buffalo Law School
With over 44 years of experience, Stephen Kaplan is able to provide clients with comprehensive advice and counsel in a wide variety of areas of legal practice. Our entire firm is client-centered and strives to tailor the representation we offer to suit our clients' needs and goals. He is AV ® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Areas of Practice: Administrative Law Banking & Finance Law Business & Commercial Law Contracts Business Organizations Construction Law Employment Law -- Managerial and Executive Employees Employment Law -- Employer Estate Planning Government Agencies & Programs Labor Law Litigation & Appeals...
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J. Scott Novy
Longview, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Criminal Defense, Estate Planning and Probate
Twenty-nine years of legal experience.Raised in Longview, Texas. Criminal Law Probate/Wills.Baylor University.Former assistant District Attorney
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Darryl "D" Shaper
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, Securities and Tax
The University of Texas School of Law
Nimble Gravity - Co-founder and Partner in a super successful data science and digital transformation consulting firm. Over 100 employees and growing.
Ai4.Legal - Building a law practice that uses technology to save you time and money. Free up spend from legal to instead grow your business.
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Candace Meryl Murphy
Prosper, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, Collections and Landlord Tenant
Loyola University New Orleans
Candace received her Juris Doctorate from Loyola University and has been an attorney for over 20 years. She is admitted and licensed to practice in all Texas and Louisiana Courts and over 15 Federal Jurisdictions including the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Candace's practice areas include: Real Estate Law (including real estate investors), Landlord/Tenant Law, Business set-up and governance, Contracts, Collections, Creditor's Rights, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Probate and Successions. She is excited about helping her clients resolve legal matters as quickly as possible. Sometimes, all it takes is a phone call. Other times, may involve going to...
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Aman U. Khan
Plano, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 6 years of experience
Real Estate, Business and Immigration
Aman is a U.S. licensed immigration attorney based in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area and serves clients worldwide.
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Yolanda Castro-Dominguez
Irving, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Real Estate, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
Texas A&M University School of Law
It is often said that there is no time like the present. This could not be truer than when considering to prepare an estate plan. Doing so will it put your mind at ease by taking care of your family and loved ones. And it ensures your estate is distributed and protected according to your desires. Whether you need a Will, Trust, or Power of Attorney, Yolanda offers a variety of estate plans to suit your needs for the benefit of your loved ones.
Yolanda Castro-Dominguez is a native Texan who grew up in Irving, Texas. Her passion for helping others...
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Guillermo Ramos
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Consumer, Family and Foreclosure Defense
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law - Texas Wesleyan University
Even before founding The Ramos Law Firm, Guillermo Ramos has been devoted to advancing his client’s causes. First as a real estate agent then Real Estate Broker, Mr. Ramos, represented his clients in real estate transactions across North Texas. In 2004, he formed G R Realtors & Associates LLC a Texas real estate brokerage. He has taught agents in Texas the art of the real estate deal ever since. Desiring more out of his career he attended Texas A&M University School of Law. He graduated in December 2009 and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas as a...
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Julius Staev
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, Landlord Tenant and Probate
Whittier Law School
Attorney practices in the areas of Probate, Business, Real Estate, Commercial and Civil Litigation. Our practice emphasizes all aspects of business law, commercial and residential real estate, landlord- tenant law, construction, corporate matters, business start-ups, and wills and probate. We emphasize reasonable billing and each client is given responsive and individualized attention.
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Thomas P. Finley Jr.
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 38 years of experience
(214) 720-0101
Offices at Turtle Creek Village
3838 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 1000
Dallas, TX 75219
Real Estate, Business, Consumer and Insurance Claims
Baylor Law School
Thomas P Finley, Jr. Attorney at Law is a lawyer in Texas focusing on business law including formation, contracts and litigation.
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Jenna Zebrowski
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Business
Texas Tech University School of Law
The Law Office of Jenna Zebrowski, PLLC, helps real estate professionals and smart business owners protect their interest and prevent problems in their leases, purchases and sales, and contracts and legal documents.
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Benjamin Russell Palatiere
Plano, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, Construction and Consumer
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law - Texas Wesleyan University
ABOUT BEN
Dallas-based attorney Benjamin Palatiere is a courtroom veteran with over 10 years of experience helping individuals, families, and businesses in civil disputes.
Education
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, 2008
Texas State University, magna cum laude, 2005
Licensed/Admitted
Benjamin is admitted to the Texas Bar and licensed to practice in all district and county courts at law throughout the state.
Groups / Clubs
Dallas Young Lawyers Association
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
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Jeffrey Albert Yates
Plano, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, Construction and Estate Planning
Albin Yates Balius Roach believes in aggressively preserving the truth for our clients while advancing the integrity of the profession. We also recognize that we cannot successfully cast a positive vision for our clients’ futures without possessing one for ourselves. The attorneys, paralegals and support staff of Albin Yates Balius Roach have chosen to commit their time and talent to the firm because we believe in the firm’s priorities and its future.
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Max Murphy
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business, Personal Injury and Products Liability
South Texas College of Law
Max Murphy graduated from the South Texas College of Law.
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Drew Christman
Highland Village, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, Divorce and Family
Regent University School of Law
In 2009, Drew Christman founded a law firm where he practiced law with his partners for nine years. In 2018, he parted ways with his then partners and formed Christman Attorneys, PLLC, where he continued to provide clients with outstanding legal representation in a variety of practice areas. He was voted “Best Business Attorney” in Denton County in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.
Most recently, Christman Attorneys merged with another firm and is now Christman, Ramsey & Foster PC. The firm offers legal services in the practice areas of Business/Corporate, Family Law, Civil Litigation, Estate Planning, Real Estate, and Title...
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Andres Martinez
Irving, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer
Real Estate, Estate Planning, Family and Immigration
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My name is Andrés E. Martinez. I am a South Texas native, licensed to practice in the great State of Texas. I have a BBA in Finance and Management from Texas A&M University, an MBA from UT-Pan American, and a JD from Texas A&M University. My law practice includes Family Law, Estate Planning, Real Estate, as well as, Immigration. I practice primarily in the DFW metroplex for state law-related cases; however, for Immigration, I have clients from all over the world.
I am fluent in both English...
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Aaron Peacock
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Real Estate, Civil Rights, Patents and Trademarks
Franklin Pierce Law Center
Aaron P. Peacock is a registered patent attorney and associate at Gagnon, Peacock, & Vereeke, P.C. He has Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Business Administration. He received his Juris Doctorate degree in law from the Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hampshire. His practice focus is in intellectual property law, specifically patent, trademark and copyright law. He has prosecuted before the United States Patent and Trademark Office as well as the United States Copyright Office. Aaron is also an active member of the Dallas Bar Association and the Federalist Society. With his unique background in...
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Kelsey Mills Shofner
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, Employment and IP
University of Colorado Law School
I am a dynamic and highly strategic corporate attorney with over 9 years of commercial contract expertise and a proven track record of balancing legal and business priorities to facilitate purposeful growth. I work with owner operated businesses from start-up to sale. I guide businesses through entity formation, contract package formation, contract review and negotiation, employment policy formation, hiring practice formation, employee categorization, employee termination, and eventual sale.
I earned my Juris Doctorate degree in 2013 from The University of Colorado Law School and my Bachelor of Science degree in Corporate Communication, as well as a Business Foundation Certification, from The...
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Clint Davis
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 9 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
Texas A&M University School of Law
Clint Davis is Parvin Law Group's Lead Associate Attorney. Clint exemplifies nearly a decade of experience in estate planning, probate, and guardianship cases as well as both civil and business litigation. Fighting side-by-side with his clients for their justice, Clint prides himself on establishing deep relationships with those he represents. Clint has made it his goal to guarantee that individuals in Texas can depend on him to safeguard their families and their organizations.
With future planning, Clint understands that everybody's legacy is individually unique. Clint works with clients to create custom estate plans that best address people's issues. His objective...
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Charles Black McFarland
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
(972) 845-5922
One Arts Plaza
1722 Routh St., Suite 900
Dallas, TX 75201
Real Estate
University of Texas School of Law
Charles McFarland has extensive experience representing property owners whose private property has been taken by the government for public use. His primary area of practice focuses on highway and roadway widening projects that impact retail, commercial, industrial and special use properties. He also has successfully represented clients affected by pipelines, electric transmission lines, flood control, and other public-use projects.
An honors graduate of both the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas School of Law, Charles was a partner at Vinson & Elkins before forming McFarland PLLC, a boutique law firm focusing exclusively on condemnation and eminent domain...
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Ronald Chase McCallum
Dallas, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business, Consumer and Personal Injury
South Texas College Of Law
An associate attorney with Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, PC, Ron C. McCallum provides aggressive and zealous representation to his clients in Dallas, Texas, throughout the state and nationwide. Mr. McCallum focuses his practice of law in the area of personal injury litigation, representing clients who have been harmed by the negligence of others in matters including commercial truck and bus accidents, aviation accidents, aviation products liability, refinery explosions and dangerous pharmaceutical drugs. Prior to attending law school, Mr. McCallum first completed his undergraduate education at The University of Oklahoma in 1997. In addition to receiving a bachelor's degree, he...