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Darren Tray Payne
LUBBOCK, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Real Estate and Business
Oklahoma City University School of Law
Tray Payne is an experienced, aggressive and dependable attorney that knows how to protect his client’s interests. If you are looking for a hard working attorney who values knowledge, honesty and integrity, call Tray Payne today.
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Kent Hale
Lubbock, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Real Estate and Business
Texas Tech University School of Law
I am an experienced Business and Real Estate lawyer serving the Lubbock area. I provide experienced representation and guidance to my clients. Contact me today to see how I can help you.
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Brad J. Davidson
Lubbock, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Real Estate, Business and Employment
Texas Tech University School of Law
Searching for an experienced business lawyer in Texas or New Mexico?
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Brad J. Davidson, a distinguished lawyer practicing in Lubbock, Texas does all of the above and much more in both states. Brad and everyone at his firm is committed to aggressive and responsive representation of its clients. The firm is founded on the principle of responsive representation of clients in litigation, appeals, and general business matters.
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Tanya Boucher Conn
Lubbock, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Real Estate and Business
Texas Tech University School of Law
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George Harrison Pigg
Lubbock, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Real Estate and Business
Texas Tech University School of Law
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Brian Wesley Farabough
Amarillo, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Real Estate and Business
SMU Dedman School of Law
Brian W. Farabough is a skilled attorney with Lovell, Lovell, Isern & Farabough, LLP. Brian is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law and focuses his practice on oil and gas matters, contract and business disputes, contractor representation, cattle transaction disputes, and landowner representation in all types of matters, including condemnation. His oil and gas practice covers everything from the review and drafting of industry contracts to representing clients in oil and gas disputes through trial and appeal. On behalf of his clients in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, he regularly seeks the...
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Adair Melinsky Buckner
Amarillo, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 48 years of experience
Real Estate, Business and Employment
Texas Tech School of Law
Adair M. Buckner, an experienced estate planning and probate attorney, can help you create an estate plan that will protect everything you’ve worked hard for and cherish. She understands that the death of a loved one is an emotional and stressful time for you and your family. During this time, you deserve to partner with a probate attorney you can rely on. Adair will make the process as easy as possible.
Adair can provide dependable legal guidance to advise you on business and commercial law matters such as incorporations, partnerships, contracts, financing, and more.
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Christopher D. Jones
Amarillo, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Real Estate, Business and Tax
Southern Methodist University
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Cristal Dawn Robinson
Amarillo, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Business and Consumer
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
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Alan Abergel
Fort Worth, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, Securities and Trademarks
Univ of Maryland School of Law
Alan Abergel is an attorney licensed by both the State Bar of California and the State Bar of Texas.
My firm’s concentration is in the representation of entrepreneurs and their businesses. My firm provides transactional, regulatory, and administrative litigation services. My firm often acts as outside general counsel for its clients’ businesses. My firm serves many business industries including, lending, financial services, equipment leasing and finance, real estate, technology startups, professional services, music/entertainment, new media, fitness/wellness, manufacturing, restaurants, and apparel. As a Texas and California, business law firm, my firm...
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Todd Alan Marquardt
San Antonio, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Business
St. Mary's University School of Law
I perform legal service the way I would want to receive it - in an honest and straight forward manner. I'm married with children, am active in my church and community, and enjoy playing golf and hunting when I'm not coaching youth athletics. Feel free to call me if you have a question. You and I might discover that your question is easier to answer than you thought or we might find that your question is just the tip of an iceberg. Schedule a meeting with me and you'll find that I'm fair and honest just like a friend or...
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Alisha Melvin
Allen, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate
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 49 years of experience
Real Estate and Arbitration & Mediation
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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Brian J Elliott
Cedar Park, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business, Communications and IP
University of Miami School of Law
Brian Elliott - Austin Business Lawyer - is an experienced business and technology attorney based in Austin, Texas. Brian focuses his law practice on business transactions, intellectual property, cybersecurity and data privacy, finance and real estate. In addition to private practice of law, Brian has spent many years as an in-house general counsel in private equity, software, cloud technology, eCommerce and fashion and apparel sectors. In addition, Brian has represented his in-house and private practice clients in offensive and defensive commercial and complex civil litigation matters, including patent infringement, patent misuse, misappropriation of trade secrets, anti-trust, deceptive trade...
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Aric J. Garza
San Antonio, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 25 years of experience
Real Estate, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
St. Mary's University School of Law
Aric J. Garza Law PLLC provides quality, results-oriented legal services to business and individual clients throughout Texas. Since 2002, we have provided worked hard to attain our clients' goals and zealously advocate for their interests.
We assist clients in general litigation, real estate law, probate/estate planning and commercial/business matters.
Aric is also a nationally recognized ADR expert, serving as a panelist for the American Arbitration Association (Commercial, Employment and Consumer Panels), FINRA, the CPR Institute and the AHLA. He is the Co-Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas ADR Section (Treasurer) and the San...
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Kate Thorne
Houston, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 7 years of experience
(713) 655-1200
One Allen Center
500 Dallas, Ste. 2800
Houston, TX 77002
Real Estate and Business
Baylor Law School
Kate Broussard Thorne is an attorney at MehaffyWeber, P.C. in the firm’s business practice group. Kate focuses her practice on estate planning, probate law, elder law, corporate law, real estate transactions, and oil and gas work. While at Baylor Law School, Kate was active in Baylor’s Public Service Program, receiving the distinction of Public Interest Scholar. She was especially involved in the Baylor Veteran’s Clinic and with the Baylor Pro Bono Transactional Team, which gave Kate a unique opportunity to speak with Veterans about their legal problems and gain valuable experience drafting estate planning and business organization documents. She practices...
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Ricardo Guerra
Leander,, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
(281) 760-4295
10824 E. Crystal Falls Pkwy Ste. 403
Leander,, TX 78641
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Bankruptcy, Business and Consumer
South Texas College of Law
With an education and professional background in computer information systems, accounting, business, and law Rick has devoted his time, energy, and resources in assisting clients (real estate brokers, agents, mortgage brokers, investors, homeowners) with their real estate needs.
His firm handles matters ranging from million dollar property disputes/litigation to owner-financing transactions. They have recently won 2 appeals at the Texas 1st Court of Appeals for representing a homeowner against fraudulent robo-signing (banks rubber stamping foreclosure documents without authority) and for a wrongful foreclosure case involving a loan modification.
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Mark Oxford
League City, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 11 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, Consumer and Immigration
Western Michigan University and Western Michigan University
Attorney Mark Oxford, founder of the Oxford Law Firm, is licensed to practice law in California, Texas and Minnesota. At the firm, our mission is to provide the highest quality legal representation to all of our clients. We handle all cases, no matter how small or large the business, corporation or legal problem. We offer our legal service in English, Arabic language and Russian language. Attorney Oxford, a former civilian employee of the United States Department of Defense, has J.D. degree in law with concentration on Administrative Law, an M.A. degree in National Security and Counter-Terrorism, and an LL.M.degree...
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Tammy L. Wincott
San Antonio, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Bankruptcy
I'm originally from the Thousand Islands region of New York or very near the Canadian border for those not familiar with that area (nowhere near NY City). I joined the Air Force in 1988 and during my time in the service, I was relocated to Austin, Texas. After spending my first 15 years in Texas living in Austin, I moved to San Antonio in 2003 in order to attend St. Mary's law school; once licensed, I established my own firm in San Antonio and remain here today.
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Richard D. Weaver
San Antonio, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, Insurance Claims and Trademarks
South Texas College Of Law
Board Certified attorney, certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Mr. Weaver has a focus on real estate law and complex business litigation, holding two board certifications: commercial real estate and residential real estate He has been engaged as an expert by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas. Businesses and families rely on him. Other Texas attorneys choose Mr. Weaver as their lawyer. He also built a real estate law firm where builders, developers, buyers, and sellers of real estate go when issues arise related to encroachment issues, easements, lien filing, lien removal, title disputes, and construction...
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Ryan Zapalac
Austin, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 7 years of experience
Real Estate and Business
The University of Texas School of Law
As a Texan with a large family, a passion for travel and entrepreneurship, familiarity with the ins and outs of moving and renting, and experience with the "dark side" of probate when family members pass without any estate plan, I built Zapalac Law Firm, PLLC, around my own history: we focus on landlord/tenant law, estate planning, probate, business creation and administration, and real estate transactions. In short: Family, Home, and Business.
These ideas are more closely related than they seem. People rent or own property, they operate businesses, they save wealth for the next generation and, inevitably, they pass away and...
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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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Matthew S Tadlock
Grapevine, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 11 years of experience
Real Estate and Business
University of Vienna, University of Tulsa College of Law and University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Matthew Tadlock was born in Dallas, but raised in Fort Worth. He studied political science at Baylor University and proceeded to the University of Tulsa College of Law, which was a natural fit. His love of learning and travel lead him to study abroad in Ireland and Austria, where he was taught by the United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy & studied European and International Business Law at the University of Vienna. Passionate about practicing law in Texas, Matt made is way back home so he could serve the community that had set him up so well...
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Brian Maverick
San Antonio, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Business
University of Houston Law Center
My name is Brian Maverick and I am an attorney in San Antonio, Texas. I attended the University of Notre Dame where I majored in Math and obtained a minor in Computer Science. I worked as an actuary for a year before attending law school. In 2003, I received my Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Houston Law School. After law school, I started working with my father, Chilton Maverick. In 2009, I became Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. In addition to helping...
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Stephen Lewis Townsend
Port Neches, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business, Consumer and Employment
South Texas College of Law
Stephen Townsend represents clients in a wide range of practice areas, including personal injury, employment law, wills, probates and estates, complex contract litigation, business litigation, and real estate.
Stephen Townsend has obtained justice for numerous personal injury victims and their families and fights alongside employees in their employment law battles against major corporations.
Born in Port Arthur, Texas, Stephen Townsend is proud to represent the people and organizations in the Jefferson County area. A graduate of Nederland High School, Stephen now resides in Port Neches, Texas with his wife, Melissa, and their two children.
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Joe E. Broussard
Beaumont, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Real Estate and Business
Baylor Law School
Joe Broussard, a member of one of the founding families of Jefferson County, Texas, joined MehaffyWeber in 1988 and became a shareholder in 1994. Joe is board certified in Estate Planning and Probate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and heads the firm’s Business Department. His experience includes work with numerous closely-held and family owned businesses, residential and commercial real estate developments, convenience stores, petroleum fuel jobbers, real estate transactions involving both surface and mineral interests, oil and gas transactions, wills, trusts, estate tax, gift tax and generation skipping tax planning. Joe is legal counsel and an executive board...
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Eleanor Curry
Houston, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Business
South Texas College of Law and Florida A&M University College of Law
Attorney Eleanor “Cori” Curry graduated from Florida A&M University where she earned her Master of Business Administration in five years. She later went on to earn her law degree from South Texas College of Law.
She is an entrepreneur by trade, as well as an attorney who has a passion for entrepreneurship and giving back to the community.
Her career started off by managing the ophthalmology practice of Florence Wooten M.D., PA, while simultaneously working as a commercial and residential real estate broker and marketing and education liaison at her family’s brokerage firm, Pathway Real Estate Advisors.
After earning her...
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Bill Lee Voss
The Woodlands, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Consumer and Insurance Claims
Bill Voss and the attorneys at The Voss Law Firm, P.C. have expertise in areas of commercial and business insurance litigation, business claim law, insurance fraud litigation, residential claims, commercial claims, church claims, apartment claims, and other first party insurance claims. If you need legal assistance and want results, contact The Voss Law Firm, P.C. toll free at 866-276-6179.
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Briseida M. Luna
The Woodlands, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
(713) 364-6510
1095 Evergreen Circle
Suite 200
The Woodlands, TX 77380
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Business
University of La Verne College of Law
At LaRochelle Luna P.C., we are here to solve your clients legal problems. We understand that there is a lot of uncertainty in our world right now so we have created new and better options for you all. We believe it is important to empathize with our clients so they feel safe and protected. We specialize in all types of cases ranging from Real Estate, Business Law, Wills & Trusts, and Probate. Our team is committed to serving the legal needs of our clients in three simple and amazing ways:
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Michael Baseluos
San Antonio, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business, Employment and Products Liability
The University of Texas School of Law
Michael Baseluos is licensed in Texas, New York, and New Jersey. He worked as a commercial and employment litigator for several well-known defense firms in the Northeast before starting the Baseluos Law Firm. He has been involved in complex environmental litigation, auto accident lawsuits, vaccine injury, and medical malpractice litigation. Mr. Baseluos is a West Point graduate and served for nine (9) years as a captain in the United States Army and Texas National Guard. Mr. Baseluos is conversational in Arabic, and he takes Spanish language lessons to serve the Hispanic community.
Mr. Baseluos has seen first hand the effects of...
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Benjamin E. Golden
San Antonio, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
(210) 802-9377
8503 NW Military Hwy
Suite 105-50
San Antonio, TX 78231
Free ConsultationReal Estate
Texas Tech University School of Law
Benjamin always had a deep desire to understand how things work and to help others. After gaining an understanding of the law through school, and an even more refined understanding through practice in and out of the courtroom for five years with matters relating to real estate, probate, and business, Benjamin is now able to help clients solve their legal challenges when it comes to taking care of a deceased loved one's estate, achieving their real estate goals, and bringing about business objectives.
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Turner Ford Gassaway
Georgetown, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Real Estate, Business and White Collar Crime
University of Tulsa College of Law
Trust, honesty, and integrity should be the foundation of every lawyer's practice. Unfortunately, these basic tenets are too often absent from the practice of law. We believe, however, that how one practices law is as important as the ultimate outcome.
When you hire our firm you will get an attorney who is not only honest and trustworthy, but one who is also competent and well versed in the practice area of law pertaining to your case. You will get an attorney who will be straight-forward with you and will tell you how it really is without...
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Myles Porter
Bonham, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Business
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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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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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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Douglas Scott Cain
Cleburne, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Real Estate, Appeals and Business
Voted Johnson County's #1 lawyer or law firm for 5 years, Scott is a general practice attorney with an emphasis on civil litigation, trial and appeals. He has handled many jury trials and appeals covering areas that include real estate, oil & gas and business transactions. Scott also currently serves as Mayor of Cleburne. In addition to litigation and trial, the attorneys at Cain & Associates handle transactional matters ranging from estate planning and wills to real estate transactions and corporate matters. The firm's areas of practice include real estate, probate, oil & gas, business and contract.
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Christopher B. Henry
Denton, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
Real Estate, Bankruptcy and Business
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law - Texas Wesleyan University
I was born and raised in Denton, Texas and graduated from Denton High School in 1998. My mother is and has been a physician in Denton since 1980. I feel that my educational background in science, business, and law gives me a unique perspective on any dispute including those involving complex business structures. Additionally, due to my experience with small businesses, I understands the issues and potential obstacles that affect them as well.
I received my law degree from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in 2008. Prior to law school, I received an undergraduate degree in Mechanical...
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David Andrew Rogers
Pflugerville, TX Real Estate Law Attorney with 21 years of experience
(512) 923-1836
821 Grand AVenue Parkway
Suite 401-B
Pflugerville, TX 78660
Real Estate, Administrative, Appeals and Business
I litigate and appeal in real estate and Constitutional law. I defend homeowners against HOAs, banks, and insurance companies. Foreclosure and foreclosure defense, eviction defense, and home equity loan litigation are most of what we do.
Prominent cases included Pangborn v. Burnet County over a bill of attainder limiting real estate development rights, Piatt v. City of Austin over racially discriminatory affirmative action in the Police Department, and Hendee v. Dewhurst over Texas constitutional spending limits.
Former clerk for Texas Supreme Court Justice Steven Wayne Smith.
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Ross B. Russell
Waco, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Real Estate, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Consumer
Texas A&M University School of Law
Ross Russell is an attorney focusing on arbitration, mediation and providing other ADR services, as well as business law, real estate law, and estate planning. Ross is licensed in multiple jurisdictions and is able to assist in any situation a client might have. Give him a call!
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David Sacks
Houston, TX Real Estate Law Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Real Estate, Appeals and Business
South Texas College Of Law
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For more than 30 years, Sacks Law Firm has helped people who couldn't help themselves to solve vexing legal problems. Civil appeals have made up a large portion of the law practice. Business litigation, business transactions and general litigation are also significant areas.
Attorney David J. Sacks, the founder and operator of the firm, is Board Certified in the area of Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Learn more about his background through this link:
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