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Hector Lee Sandoval
Harris County, TX Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability and Workers' Comp
South Texas College of Law
For the first 12 years of my legal career, I represented injured railroad workers from various parts of the country. From 2015 until 2019, I worked with or was associated with the law firm that handled various types of personal injury cases including work injury cases, car crashes, premises liability and slip and fall cases. I am fully bilingual (English-Spanish) and so is my staff. We take great pride in being accessible to our clients at anytime that they need us.
Durante los primeros 12 años de mi carrera legal, representé a trabajadores ferroviarios lesionados de varias partes del país....
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Ahmad Gassan Azam
Fort Bend County, TX Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Business, Consumer and Employment
Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Attorney Azam graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso, with a B.A. in Political Science, and a minor in Legal Reasoning in 2006. Before attending law school, he served as Director of Operations for an international corporation.
He graduated from Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 2012 and has been licensed with the Texas Bar since then. He is also fluent in Arabic.
Mr. Azam's philosophy is always to prepare every case as though it is going to trial. He is a zealous advocate and trial attorney, he is experienced in contract negotiations and drafting, business formation and all...
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Gary ILAGAN
Harris County, TX Attorney with 29 years of experience
AV-rated, Board Certified, experienced immigration lawyer providing innovative solutions to companies of all sizes and their employees in the healthcare, oil & gas services, engineering, biomedical research, financial services, media, telecommunications, education, entertainment, information technology, industrial services and other industries. Strong emphasis on hospitals, healthcare systems, assisted living centers, home health companies, foreign healthcare recruiters, and their employees, including Physicians, Registered Nurses, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Medical Technologists. Handle Form I-9 Audits. Represent foreign investors as well as individuals in family-based immigration, Naturalization and complex U.S. citizenship cases.
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Michael Glynn Busby Jr
Harris County, TX Attorney with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy and Consumer
South Texas College Of Law
I have served 4 years as a field artillery cannoneer in the United States Marine Corps and another 4 years in the militias of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and North Carolina. I am a family law and bankruptcy attorney who practices family law in Harris and Fort Bend County, Texas. Bankruptcy cases (Chapter 13 and Chapter 7) are filed in the Houston or Galveston divisions of the Southern Division of Texas, for residents of the following counties, Austin, Brazos, Colorado, Fayette, Fort Bend, Grimes, Harris, Madison, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker, Waller, Wharton, Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, and Matagorda....
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Kevin Richard Michaels
Harris County, TX Lawyer with 32 years of experience
(281) 496-9889
888 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. S.
Suite 226
Houston, TX 77042
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Business and Insurance Claims
South Texas College Of Law
Kevin graduated from the University of Houston- Downtown Campus after serving in the U.S. Army where he received several decorations and awards. While working full time at O'Quinn & Laminack, a major plaintiff's law firm, Kevin attended South Texas College of Law, graduating in May 1992. After being licensed in November 1992, Kevin practiced law at O'Quinn & Laminack for over 5 1/2 years, focusing on consumer and commercial disputes, wrongful termination, medical malpractice, personal injury, premise liability and toxic tort cases. In July 1997, Kevin joined Davis & Shank, P.C., a well-respected defense firm. At Davis & Shank, Kevin's...
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Richard Jason Griffin
Harris County, TX Attorney with 19 years of experience
I am an attorney that focuses in estate planning and business planning from cradle to grave, i.e., starting or buying a business; capitalizing your business; optimizing your business with tax, corporate and asset protection planning; strategizing business succession; and selling your business. I believe two things differentiate me from other lawyers: I understand the numbers, and I personally have business experience. These characteristics make me acutely aware of my client's needs and goals. PRACTICE FOCUS: Commercial Real Estate Business Planning Tax Planning U.S. & State Income, Gift & Estate/Inheritance Taxes Trust Creation: Simple & Complex Estate Planning...
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ADRIANA ELENA BELLO ROOSEN
Harris County, TX Attorney with 9 years of experience
Ms. Adriana Bello focuses her immigration work on business immigration matters, such as Employment Based Extraordinary Abilities or National Interest Waiver residence petitions, E2 Investors Visas, L1 Intracompany Transferee visas, among others. Due to her strong business background, Ms. Bello has developed a niche in assisting foreign highly qualified professionals and reviewing their business and work opportunities in the United States. As an immigration lawyer she believes that “you’re really trying to tell a person’s story and explain why that person seeks an opportunity to permanently stay in the United States. I’ve always liked the fact that everybody has their...
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Lloyd A. Lim
Harris County, TX Lawyer with 19 years of experience
(713) 844-3070
1400 Woodloch Forest Drive
Suite 400
The Woodlands, TX 77380
Bankruptcy and Business
SMU Dedman School of Law
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Leona Evdokia Filis
Harris County, TX Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Real Estate
South Texas College Of Law
Let the professionals at The Filis Law Firm work with you to properly plan for the life events of a loved one with a disability. Owner, Leona E. Filis, is an attorney, licensed in Texas in 2002, who is also a mother of a child diagnosed with autism. "After receiving the confirmation that my son is on the Autism Spectrum, I made many new friends with other parents of children with disabilities. Over the years we had many conversations, and I naturally focused on legal topics. It become more and more apparent that many legal documents and court filings of...
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Jess Bailey
Harris County, TX Attorney with 16 years of experience
(832) 510-2900
2203 Timberloch Place
Suite 215
The Woodlands, TX 77380
Free ConsultationBusiness and Real Estate
South Texas College of Law
Unparalleled Transactional and Compliance Counsel -
I feel a responsibility to serve not only as an advocate, but also as an educator to my clients. I stress the importance of building a team of trusted advisors, an attorney being just one member of that team. I offer clients a unique combination of high quality legal services in multiple areas of transactional & compliance law including: business general counsel, banking & finance, compliance plans, contract & agreement drafting & negotiation, energy law, entity formation & restructuring, healthcare law, international law, mergers & acquisitions, business succession planning, real estate transactions & finance.
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Dustin Webber
Fort Bend County, TX Lawyer
Free ConsultationBusiness, Real Estate, Securities and Tax
New York University School of Law and University of Houston Law Center
Dustin advises clients about their business-related matters at the federal, state, and international levels with experience in corporate, tax, securities, and related issues. Dustin has experience providing tax and business services, including the reformation and restructuring of large multi-national businesses to achieve strategic tax and business objectives. Dustin works with business owners, corporate officers, and other advisors in structuring acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, and corporate financing arrangements to provide efficient solutions to tax and business issues across a variety of industries.
In addition to his business and tax planning experience, Dustin has experience resolving taxpayer issues during IRS examination or collection status,...
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Joel Brandon Pardo
Harris County, TX Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Business, Consumer and Real Estate
South Texas College of Law
Joel B. Pardo has dedicated his career to helping those who have suffered, particularly at the hands of a corporation. He joined Ramsey Law Group in 2015, and has successfully tried multiple cases to verdict. He is extremely proud of his role assisting the firm in achieving its landmark $43,600,000.00 verdict in Price v. Walmart Stores of Texas, LLC et. al.
Mr. Pardo began his legal career as the supervising attorney of a class action docket at a personal injury law firm in Houston, Texas. He oversaw a team of twenty lawyers and paralegals and traveled throughout the Gulf Coast, representing...
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Ivan Crespo
Montgomery County, TX Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals and Immigration
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico
Abogado Hispano con mas de 20 años de experiencia y autorizado a litigar casos Estatales y Federales. Atendemos principalmente casos Criminales, Inmigración, Familia y Apelaciones. Tenemos gran experiencia defendiendo casos de alcohol, abuso sexual y defensa de insanidad mental, entre otros. Bilingual attorney admitted to practice Law in Texas, the U.S. Federal Southern District of Texas, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. For the past years, I have been litigating and providing advice in the areas of Criminal law, Immigration, Appellate, and family law. I have strong experience litigating DWI, mental...
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Mr William David Weber
Harris County, TX Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
University of Houston Law Center
Houston bankruptcy lawyer attorney represents small businesses, consumers and creditors in chapter 7, Chapter 11, Chapter 12 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases, and bankruptcy litigation. 28 years experience. Board certified. Free consultation. Reasonable fees. All cases handled personally by attorney.
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Kunal Patel
Harris County, TX Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Tax
University of Houston - Main Campus
Kunal Patel is an experienced tax attorney, having worked at the IRS, law firm, and public accounting before starting his practice. He represents individuals and business in tax matters before the Internal Revenue Service.
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Karalynn Candace Bac Cromeens
Harris County, TX Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Consumer and Real Estate
South Texas College Of Law
As Managing Partner for The Cromeens Law Firm, PLLC, Karalynn holds more than 10 years of experience practicing construction, real estate, lien and business law. Within her professional career, Karalynn has successfully filed more than a thousand lawsuits to foreclose or remove mechanic's liens, with 10 to 15 of those being tried to a jury.
Karalynn graduated with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Carroll College, before attending the South Texas College of Law, where she received her juris doctorate in 2004. With her extensive experience within the construction and real estate industries, Karalynn goes the extra mile,...
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Miguel Barrios
Harris County, TX Attorney
21 Waterway
Suite 300
The Woodlands, TX 77380
Immigration
American University Washington College of Law
Miguel Barrios is an attorney and the founding partner of US Visa LATAM, PLLC, where he assists clients worldwide in achieving their business growth, securing employment opportunities, improving quality of life, and reuniting families. With a deep commitment to personalized immigration solutions, Miguel supports businesses and individuals in obtaining temporary visas, permanent residency, and citizenship in the United States.
At US Visa LATAM, Miguel and his team specialize in a broad array of immigration services, including family petitions and guiding families through the complex processes involved in reuniting with loved ones following deportation. His expertise spans various visa categories, such as...
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Robert Kalish
Harris County, TX Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Business
South Texas College Of Law
Bob Kalish grew up on Long Island, New York. After earning a B.A. in Psychology, he moved to Texas to continue his education. He obtained a Master's degree in Psychology and worked as Director of behavioral unit in a state program for persons with disabilities. He is a graduate of South Texas College of Law. He founded the Kalish Law Firm in The Woodlands, Texas in 1984.
Bob practices in the areas of family law, divorce, complex assets division, estate planning, business law and real estate.
Bob and his firm are dedicated to making the legal process understandable and providing...
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Richard Todd Fass
Harris County, TX Attorney with 34 years of experience
Products Liability
South Texas College Of Law
Richard Fass joined Perdue & Kidd, bringing with him over 20 years of legal experience. His practice focuses on personal injury, including transportation and maritime litigation, and medical malpractice. He has been named a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. In his spare time, Mr. Fass enjoys playing golf and volunteers at the Shell Houston Open. He is also the Director of the Gulf Coast Chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and a member of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Barbecue...
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Johnny Brown
Grayson County, TX Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims and Products Liability
University of Houston - Main Campus
Brown University 1985 BA with Honors.
Bates College of Law (Houston) 1988.
After thirty years of hammering insurance companies in Texas, I chose to live the dream and move to Maui, Hawaii. Texas is tough, and so are the court systems. But I was a winner there, and I'll bring a sharply honed set of skills to bear on your case here in Hawaii. I'm a tough, smart trial lawyer with the resources to file your case and win it. I'll hire experts on liability and damages. I'll cross examine the hell out of the opposing witnesses....
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Lance Lubel
Harris County, TX Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, IP, Products Liability and Tax
University of Houston - Main Campus
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James Reid Perry II
Harris County, TX Attorney with 22 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports
South Texas College of Law
J. Reid Perry, Attorney at Law, has been providing legal representation services for over 17 years as a solo practitioner. Serving Northwest Houston/Harris County, Montgomery County and Waller County; Reid is dedicated to helping his neighbors find solutions to their legal matters, whether this includes informal or formal mediation, a collaborative approach, or litigation. Reid's number one goal is to provide high-quality affordable legal representation while treating all his clients with dignity and respect. Reid believes most of his clients are best served by finding collaborative solutions to their family law issues, but is willing and able to...
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Yovanna Vargas
Dallas County, TX Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Immigration
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge
Attorney Yovanna Vargas provides legal services in matters of immigration and nationality law. She earned her Master of Laws from Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University in 2012, and received his first Juris Doctor from the Catholic University of Peru in 1989. She is originally from Lima, Peru, early in her career she specialized in tax law, public policy and international law for over 15 years.
Attorney Vargas contributed to the consolidation of improvements in quality of custom services to taxpayers to stimulate voluntary compliance, and strengthened tax auditing action. She was a legal counsel under the International Agreement...
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Klint Rybicki
Collin County, TX Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
Texas A&M University School of Law
Klint focuses his practice in the area of family law, business law, and other areas. Klint has helped hundreds of clients with family and domestic needs.
In addition, Klint assisted clients with complex business contractual matters and aiding in corporate structuring and prevailed in many mid to large scale civil lawsuits in the areas of franchise, consumer issues, and failed business ventures.
Klint received his J.D. from Texas A&M University School of Law. While in law school, Klint interned for the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Klint earned a Bachelor of Business Administration...
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Jessie Thomas
Dallas County, TX Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration
Touro College
If you are seeking to bring a loved one to the United States and you live in the United States, you have come to the right place. Jessie M. Thomas is dedicated to immigration matters, especially those involving bringing couples and families together. Jessie graduated from the Touro Law Center in 2001. Since then she has represented hundreds of families and individuals in immigration, green card, permanent residence and citizenship cases. Jessie entered private practice after graduation where she continued to focus on family immigration. In 2008, Jessie founded the Law Office of Jessie M. Thomas where she...
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Israel Garcia Jr
Harris County, TX Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration and Insurance Claims
Judge Garcia served on the bench from January 01, 2021 to December 31, 2024. Judge Garcia now practices law and is authorized to officiate weddings by the State of Texas. Please feel free to contact Judge Garcia directly. Judge Garcia can officiate your wedding at the venue of your choosing and on any day. Judge Garcia is fluent in Spanish. Judge Garcia has officiated hundreds of weddings in different settings. Judge Garcia has two offices in Houston, Texas.
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Craig M. Patrick
Dallas County, TX Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationConsumer
Baylor Law School
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Metcalf
Dallas County, TX Attorney with 59 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, Consumer and Employment
Michael P. “Mike” Metcalf doing business as Metcalf Mediation & Arbitration Services is engaged in the practice of law that centers on the mediation and arbitration of civil disputes. Judge Metcalf has more than 40 years of legal experience that includes service in the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corp, as a District Attorney, District Judge and trial lawyer. Mike, a trial lawyer, is board-certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law.
Judge Metcalf was a judicial pioneer who recognized the need for litigants to seek a resolution to their case...
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Stephen E Kaplan
Dallas County, TX Lawyer with 48 years of experience
(214) 346-6048
10440 North Central Expressway
Suite 800
Dallas, TX 75231
Free ConsultationBusiness and Employment
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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Darryl "D" Shaper
Dallas County, TX Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
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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Jim Goff
Dallas County, TX Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
Texas Tech University School of Law
Before opening Goff Law, PLLC, Mr. Goff practiced with a prominent personal injury defense litigation firm in Dallas. In his time fighting on behalf of the biggest insurance companies in Texas, Mr. Goff learned what insurance adjusters value most: giving you as little as you deserve until they are forced to. Mr. Goff has the unique perspective of knowing how the insurance companies value your doctors, your injuries, their risk, and your future. Let us handle your past and work with you on your future.
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James Mills III
Dallas County, TX Lawyer with 51 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Products Liability
Highly motivated litigation lawyer with broad-based experience in both entrepreneurial and law firm environments. Extensive experience in civil litigation involving plaintiff and defense catastrophic personal injury and death, business-to-business disputes, employment and commercial claims involving individuals. Accomplished leader known for his organization, focus, ability to work well with people of every level within a firm and for getting the best possible result for his clients.
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The Mills Law Firm 1985-present
Dallas, Texas
Represents clients in matters involving civil claims and litigation including those areas of personal injury and wrongful death consisting of auto, motorcycle and truck, construction, medical malpractice, premises liability...
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Leslie H. Youssef
Dallas County, TX Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Immigration
The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law and The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Donald Edward Uloth
Dallas County, TX Lawyer with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Employment
University of Texas - Austin
I help people navigate the legal system, often on a contingent-fee basis. I have over 34 years of experience handling trials, arbitrations and mediations, and appeals.
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Theda Page
Denton County, TX Attorney with 38 years of experience
Bankruptcy
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Théda Page's practice of law is motivated by the desire to help people through difficult circumstances. She spends time with her clients in order to understand their needs so that she can provide them with comprehensive and quality representation. Théda was a child of divorce, has gone through a divorce herself, and is a stepmother, giving her the unique, first-hand understanding of family dynamics and emotions that come up in difficult family situations.
After graduating from law school at the age of 24, Théda W. Page began her career in bankruptcy and family law. In 1986, she represented debtors for a...
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Alex Walker Presti
Dallas County, TX Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration and White Collar Crime
Texas Tech University School of Law
Mr. Presti focuses his practice on litigation, primarily in the areas of personal injury, immigration, criminal and civil disputes. Mr. Presti has represented clients all over the great state of Texas. Mr. Presti has tried over 25 cases to jury verdict in counties such as Dallas, Collin, Tarrant, Denton, Harris, Hood, Lamar, and Titus. Mr. Presti is a champion for the underrepresented and underserved parts of the community. He has a track record of winning substantial recoveries for his clients and has successfully negotiated and resolved hundreds of cases for his clients.
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Billy Jack Stovall II
Collin County, TX Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Raised in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and the Oklahoma City area, Attorney Bill J. Stovall is fluent in Spanish and able to offer bilingual services. He spent 2 years as a Dallas County Prosecutor, honing his skills as a trial lawyer, after which he left to begin his own private practice. Since first opening in 2001, the Law Office of Bill J. Stovall has been nationally recognized for his exemplary abilities and courtroom expertise. He is a member of the Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Collin County Bar Association, the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and the National Criminal Defense Lawyers...
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Jennette E DePonte
Denton County, TX Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Business, Employment and Insurance Claims
South Texas College of Law
Jennette E. DePonte is a Partner at the McCathern office in Frisco, Texas. Mrs. DePonte has an extensive litigation and trial background, having tried numerous cases in state and federal courts in Texas. Her practice focuses on litigation involving employer-employee relations. Specifically, she has litigated tort and non-subscriber claims, employment-related torts, ERISA claims, discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims, wage and hour claims and collective actions, and civil rights claims under state and federal law.
Mrs. DePonte has defended national and regional employers in a wide range of employment-related issues, represented employers before numerous federal and state agencies, and handled trials and...
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Clay S. Conrad
Waller County, TX Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals
University of Texas - Austin
Professional Summary
Experienced appellate and criminal defense counsel with accomplished background in State and Federal litigation. Over twenty years of experience in both whitecollar and blue-collar cases ranging from State misdemeanors to Federal felonies.
Education
University of Texas School of Law,
J.D., cum laude – 1995
Academic Publications
Yes: Juries Can and Should Correct the Overly Broad use of Criminal
Sanctions, in W.R. Palacios, P.F. Cromwell, R.G. Dunham, ed., Crime and Justice in America: Present Realities and Future Prospects, Prentice Hall,
2002
Jury Nullification: The Evolution of a Doctrine (Carolina Academic Press, 1998) 334 pages.
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Kevin Mark Jones
Harris County, TX Attorney with 20 years of experience
Business, IP, Patents and Trademarks
South Texas College of Law
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.