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Mr Alejandro Luis Padua
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Environmental, IP 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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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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Randall S Perrier
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Business, Real Estate and Tax
University of Idaho College of Law
Originally from Provo, Utah, Randall Perrier has practiced law in Texas since 2002. Mr. Perrier earned his law degree from the University of Idaho School of Law and furthered his legal education at New York University School of Law, where he obtained a post-law degree in taxation. Upon graduating from NYU, Mr. Perrier was recruited by Baker Botts, LLP to work for their Houston office in the Business and Estate Planning group (renamed the Private Clients group). Mr. Perrier is certified by the State Bar of Texas in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
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Rodney Drinnon
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Business, Bankruptcy, Employment and Real Estate
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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Micajah Daniel "Caj" Boatright
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Business
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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Louis Leichter
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Administrative, Arbitration & Mediation and Insurance Defense
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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Ned Gill III
Bellaire, TX Business Law Attorney with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Employment
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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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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William Fulton Broemer
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Business, Employment 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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William T. "Bill" Sebesta
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Business, 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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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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Adam Richard
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Business
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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Deborah Frances Ward Hubbs
The Woodlands, TX Business Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
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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Christopher Alfred Stevenson
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
Business, Employment, IP and Real Estate
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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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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David F Murphy
Tomball, TX Business Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationBusiness and Real Estate
South Texas College of Law
With 20+ years in the real estate industry, David uses this experience to deliver multiple perspectives and solutions to his clients problems. The Law Offices of Murphy & Associates, PLLC was formed in 2015 with the goal of helping clients resolve traditional legal issues in a less conventional, more personal setting.
He prides himself on being an accessible, knowledgeable partner for clients that uses a liberal sprinkling of humor to alleviate stress during high-pressure situations. It’s this friendly, family-oriented culture that lets them routinely achieve client goals and exceed expectations. David encourages clients to contact him with the small issues,...
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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
South Texas College of Law and Texas A&M University - College Station
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Jamison Walters
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 9 years of experience
Business 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.
Jamison graduated...
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Rachel T. Kubanda
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer
Business and Bankruptcy
South Texas College of Law
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Kevin A. Baker
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney
Business and Tax
Texas Tech University School of Law
I focus my practice on tax and tax controversy matters. My background includes serving as an attorney for the IRS, which has equipped me with a comprehensive understanding of various tax issues. I have experience in preparing and reviewing a range of legal documents, including memoranda, letters, discovery materials, motions, and briefs. I offer informed guidance on intricate legal matters such as transfer-pricing, fuel credits and excise taxes, conservation easements, and deductions for worthless partnership interests.
I assist businesses in navigating the complexities of tax litigation, audits, and corporate transactions. Leveraging my experience from the IRS, I provide strategic advice on...
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Carolyn D. Roch
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Business and Employment
The University of Texas School 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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Robert Burford
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
Business, Employment, Real Estate 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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James Daniel Woodall
The Woodlands, TX Business Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Business, Employment, Insurance Claims and Insurance Defense
Mr. Woodall is a trial attorney with experience in insurance subrogation, coverage and defense litigation, construction law, commercial litigation, labor and employment, and real estate. In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Woodall also provides special counsel services to small and mid-size businesses in a variety of industries such as construction, roofing, manufacturing, and distribution. He is fully dedicated to understanding his clients’ businesses and helping them achieve their goals and objectives through risk management, contract negotiations, reviewing, negotiating and documenting real estate and business transactions, and resolving labor and employment issues.
After graduating from Baylor University in Waco Texas in...
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John Thomas McDowell
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
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.
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Seth Hinkley
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Business
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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James Alexander McCorquodale
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 42 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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Olayinka E. Oladele
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer
(888) 855-1276
Ext. 122
55 Waugh
Ste# 150
Houston, TX 77007
Business, IP, Patents and Trademarks
Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
I bring a distinctive combination of legal and scientific knowledge to my practice, primarily focusing on but not limited to intellectual property and corporate transactions for clients in the technology, life sciences, and healthcare industries. With a Master of Science in Biotechnology and a Juris Doctor, I am well-prepared to guide clients through complex IP strategies and business development issues, utilizing my dual background in law and science.
In my current position, I assist clients in understanding the complexities of intellectual property protection and corporate transactions. I help with filings at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and advise...
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Misty Hataway-Cone
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Business, Appeals, Bankruptcy and Consumer
South Texas College of Law
Over my eighteen years of practice, I have worked in all areas of business and commercial litigation at both the trial and appellate levels. This experience includes mass toxic tort litigation, products liability, admiralty, first-party and third-party insurance litigation, multi-million dollar commercial litigation disputes, personal injury suits and public law matters. My appellate practice includes representing plaintiffs and defendants throughout the Texas intermediate courts of appeals, the Texas Supreme Court, the Southern District of Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
My representative experience includes attending to various commercial litigation matters; representing plaintiffs and defendants...
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Terence C. McCarthy
Houston, TX Business Law Attorney with 10 years of experience
Business and Insurance Defense
South Texas College of Law
Mr. McCarthy concentrates primarily on first-party litigation but has also represented clients in a variety of business and commercial matters and litigation.
Prior to joining Doyen Sebesta & Poelma, LLLP, Mr. McCarthy practiced commercial litigation, qui tam litigation, and white-collar defense at Berg and Androphy. He then worked for a boutique firm focusing mainly on health care liability defense.
Mr. McCarthy earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from The University of Texas. After graduating, he spent several years running a successful restaurant in the Austin area. He then attended South Texas College of Law Houston where he graduated cum laude in...
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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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Mary Kathryn Brown
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 5 years of experience
Business and Arbitration & Mediation
St. Mary's University School of Law
Mary Kate Brown is a dedicated attorney committed to providing exceptional legal representation and advocating for her client's best interests. She earned her undergraduate degree from Concordia University in Austin, Texas. Her passion for the law led her to pursue her Juris Doctor from St. Mary's School of Law in San Antonio, where she honed her legal analysis and advocacy skills. While at St. Mary’s she served as a Staff Writer and an Executive Board Member for the Law Review. During her studies, she gained valuable experience by interning at the Hays County District Attorney’s Office and the Third Court...
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Jeffrey J. "Jeff" Barnett
Austin, TX Business Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Jeff is licensed to practice in all state courts, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. He currently is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Austin Bar Association, Austin Business Executives League (ABEL), and Business Networking International (BNI). Jeff’s legal practice focusses primarily on business & commercial litigation, collections, business transactional law, business entity formations, mergers & acquisitions, contracts, wills, trusts, estate planning, and probate. Jeff is also a certified Mediator. He mediates legal disputes in family, business, and civil law.
Jeff graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA...
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Will Stafford
Houston, TX Business Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Business, Real Estate and Securities
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Will Stafford is Of Counsel in Crain Caton’s Corporate, Business Transactions and Tax Group. With over a decade of legal experience, Will has developed a broad corporate practice, with an emphasis on securities offerings, business transactions, and general corporate governance. He has extensive experience representing individuals, public and private companies, financial institutions and local governments in a wide variety of matters including capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, early-stage and venture capital investments, technology transactions, commercial contracts, securities regulation and compliance, corporate structuring and formation, and general corporate matters.
Will has represented corporations in the issuance of debt, equity and convertible...
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Stephen L. Baker
Austin, TX Business Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Real Estate
South Texas College of Law
I bring an unusually wide range of both legal and business experience that bring a unique depth and breadth the services that I provide, including, but not limited to, real estate, contracts, commercial law, and banking. My business background prior to law school provided me with many unique insights and a greater appreciation of the many interrelationships between the law and business.
My career actually began in community banks and savings and loans in Arlington and Houston. I ultimately served as the president of a newly-chartered national bank during its organization and start-up phases.
After fifteen years in business, I...
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Zachary Kamykowski
Austin, TX Business Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
American University Washington College of Law and Northeastern University School of Law
My job is to help each client achieve their life and legacy goals. I help you protect your family’s current and future financial security through careful planning.
I care about this work because so many people either fail to plan or make simple mistakes that endanger their financial stability.
As an estate planning attorney, I help clients plan for both the inevitable and the unexpected by:
1) helping clients achieve their personal, family, and business goals;
2) reduce potential risks and expenses; and
3) providing clients with increased peace of mind.
Bringing the experience of managing hundreds of millions of dollars from one generation...
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W. Todd VerWeire
Georgetown, TX Business Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
University of Arkansas School of Law and University of Richmond School of Law
Helping individuals navigate the criminal justice system.
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Mr. Ali A. Akhtar
Austin, TX Business Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
(512) 879-1935
7500 Rialto Boulevard
Building I, Suite 250
Austin, TX 78735
Business, Consumer and IP
University of Michigan Law School
I represent both individuals and businesses, in areas such as: - Personal injury (car/truck accidents, DWI, motorcycle, slip-and-fall cases, on-the-job injuries, etc.). - Businesses needing help with corporate formation, protection of intellectual property, contract review, etc. - Litigation on behalf of both businesses and consumers in all types of disputes.
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Thomas Joseph O'Meara Jr.
Austin, TX Business Law Attorney with 47 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
The University of Texas School of Law
I have been practicing law in Austin since 1977. After many years of a litigation-focused practice I have changed that focus to Estate Planning and Probate. I am no longer maintaining a downtown office, so I frequently meet at clients’ homes or offices or at other places convenient for the client. I am able to offer services for much less than I did in the past. I hope that my clients will continue to consult me about the important issues in their lives. If I unable to personally assist them I will recommend appropriate professionals.
Tom is married since 1971 to...
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Zach Mathis
The Woodlands, TX Business Law Lawyer
(832) 263-3616
1400 Woodloch Forest Drive, Suite 400
The Woodlands, TX 77380
Business, Employment and Insurance Claims
Texas Tech University School of Law