Bunker Hill Village Employment Lawyers

Hugh A. Putman is a graduate from the University of Houston Law Center, where he served as a student attorney in the UHLC Civil Clinic. Prior to law school, Mr. Putman earned a Bachelor’s Degree, magna cum laude and with University Honors, from the University of Houston. Before becoming a lawyer, Mr. Putman opened and ran businesses providing him valuable experience in business formation, management, and franchise organizations. Mr. Putman’s practice is focused on labor & employment defense, commercial litigation, corporate law, and estate planning. Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Putman established and managed multiple businesses in the Houston...

Mr. Ricks was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and moved to Sugar Land, Texas in 1980. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Lamar University in 1988. Thereafter, he attended South Texas College of Law and received his Juris Doctorate in 1993.

He was a graduate of Leadership Montgomery County Class of 2014 and remains active in that organization. He served as the Team Lead of the Employment Law Update for The Woodlands Chamber of Commerce in 2014. In the past, he served as a Director of the Amarillo Area Young Lawyers Association in 1999-2000. He also served on...

Don Foty, partner at Kennedy Hodges, LLP, was born in Houston and raised in a small town in central Texas. In high school, he received numerous awards for his performance in the school military program and graduated summa cum laude. After high school, Mr. Foty attended the University of Texas at Austin where he studied finance and business honors--a program reserved for the top students. While working on his undergraduate degree, he also worked for a Fortune 500 company. He graduated with his B.B.A. in 2003. After graduation, Mr. Foty attended law school at the University of Houston Law Center. While...

Gabriel Assaad, Of Counsel at Kennedy Hodges, LLP, was born Rochester, New York. He attended the University of Florida and graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1996. After graduation, he accepted a position with a consulting firm. He then decided he wanted to attend law school, so he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to attend Vanderbilt University. Mr. Assaad graduated from Vanderbilt University with his J.D. in 2001 and accepted a position as an associate attorney at Dickstein Shapiro, LLP, in Washington, DC, where he focused on Patent Litigation. In 2004, he joined Paulson & Nace, a personal injury law...

Houston Attorney Pete Patterson has been practicing law in the state of Texas for over 25 years, with a focus on oil and gas law, business litigation, and personal injury cases. Mr. Patterson was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1990 after receiving his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center, where he was inducted into the prestigious Order of the Barristers. In his legal career, Mr. Patterson has amassed over $150 million in verdicts, settlements, judgments, and recoveries for his clients. He maintains membership in a number of respected associations, including the American Board of Trial...

Emma grew up in Houston, Texas. She later moved to San Marcos, Texas and received a Bachelor of Arts in English at Texas State University. In college, she discovered her passion for justice and advocacy. After graduating from college, Emma knew she wanted to return to her roots and practice law in Houston. Emma received her law degree from the University of Houston Law Center. At UH, she gained valuable courtroom experience while interning for the Honorable Nancy K. Johnson of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. As an intern, she received exposure to high-profile trials...

Mr.Gilman is licensed to practice law in the state of Texas (since May 2005), and the Southern Federal District of Texas (since October 2005). Mr. Gilman holds a Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation from Texas A&M University in 1996. He also possesses a United States Coast Guard Merchant Marine Officer’s License (Third Mate, Unlimited Tonnage). After graduating from Texas A&M, Mr. Gilman worked on the waterfront in the Port of Houston, where he served as in-house Port Captain and Stevedore Superintendent for Gulf Stream Marine, Inc., one of the largest break-bulk general cargo stevedores in the Gulf Coast Region....

Kevin M. Jones & Associates is a general practice law firm focused on the needs of small businesses and the individuals who run them. We are highly experienced in the specialized area of Intellectual Property concerns as well as contract negotiation and drafting. We aid and guide our clients in securing Intellectual Property (IP) protection, forming business structures to leverage their IP, brand their business and product lines, and handling contracts for sales, marketing and manufacturing of their products.

We are a Texas-based law firm with over thirty-three (33) years of experience providing professional legal services for Individuals and for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs). We offer Attorney Consultations via Videoconferencing (Video Chat) or Phone, and Serve All of Texas. We also offer Attorney House Calls--In-Person Attorney Consultations at your Location in and Around Katy, Texas. Consultations can be scheduled at your office, home, or a public meeting facility convenient to you (e.g., at local libraries and courthouses). A nearby conference room is also available for in-person consultations. Please contact us to see how we can help with your...

Dwain Capodice joined Fernelius Alvarez Simon PLLC in June 2011. Previously, Dwain was an associate at a well-respected labor and employment law litigation boutique. During his more than 14 years as an attorney, he has reviewed more than a million pages of complex documentation in some of the country’s most high-profile matters. Dwain has extensive litigation experience practicing before state and federal courts and administrative tribunals.

When you call me, you have a serious legal issue that a court will soon be taking action on, and at a time like this you need a courtroom advocate who will get the job done. When your fate lies in another's hands, you want your advocate to have the facts, the law, and the confidence to get the best possible results under the circumstances.

Colby is a seventh generation Texas native who specializes in civil litigation and trial advocacy. A graduate of UT-Austin and the University of Houston Law Center, Colby began his career working on a team that obtained billions of dollars for stockholders who lost money to securities fraud committed by firms all over the United States – including an energy company called Enron.

Rivaling Colby’s passion for justice is his in-depth and intimate knowledge of the strategies and tactics of those attorneys he faces. He has spent many years in the trenches defending clients against wrongful injury lawsuits. He successfully defended his...