Brookside Village Lawyers

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...

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...

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...

As principal at The Law Office of Matthew D. Sharp, Matthew D. Sharp is dedicated to serving clients in the greater Houston area and throughout the state of Texas. He focuses his practice of law in the area of criminal law. He accepts a wide variety of cases, including DWI charges, theft and property crimes, drug-related charges, weapons, white collar crimes, assault/battery, prostitution crimes, sex crimes defense, federal defense and other criminal cases.

Mr. Sharp graduated with his Bachelor of Arts from The University of Texas at Austin and went on to earn his Juris Doctor from St. Mary’s University of...

Laura Cockrell graduated early from Texas State University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with Honors, and a Minor in Criminal Justice. During college she was a member of the Golden Key International Honor Society, served on the Honor Code Council, and was elected as a Senator to the Associated Student Government. She earned her Doctor of Jurisprudence in 2012 from South Texas College of Law. During law school, she distinguished herself successfully in multiple advocacy tournaments and competitions as a member of the school’s nationally recognized Mock Trial Team. Additionally, she was selected into membership...

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.

Brendin Miguez is the founder and lead attorney at The Miguez Law Firm, PLLC. He is a graduate of South Texas College of Law Houston, one of only three schools in the nation that is consistently ranked in the top 10 for trial advocacy by U.S. News & World Report. Prior to attending law school, Brendin’s past displays an impressive history of public service as he worked both as a teacher and served four years in the United States Army as a paralegal. Brendin’s practice draws upon his experiences of serving others in delivering the best possible legal outcomes for...

Daniel Horowitz received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business and his Doctorate of Jurisprudence from South Texas School of Law. While at the University of Texas, Daniel served as the Treasurer of the Silver Spurs, an organization he continues to support as a member of the Board of Directors. Daniel's practice is devoted nearly one hundred percent to plaintiffs' personal injury. He handles a variety of lawsuits including catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, explosions, petrochemical accidents, pharmaceutical litigation, and vehicular accidents. In 2008, Daniel became Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law...

I'm an international tax and estate planning attorney, focusing on foreign tax compliance and high-net-worth estate planning for individuals. When I'm not practicing law, I spend my time with my wife Emily and our rescued mutts Griswold and Molly, I run marathons (40 as of 4/1/18), and I volunteer with the Boy Scouts.

My practice includes traditional estate and disability planning, probate and estate administration, and the preparation of estate and gift tax returns. I design, implement, and administer trusts of all types and related business and investment structures, including taxation and compliance aspects of these structures.

After earning my BS...

Aileen has a diverse practice that focuses on various areas of family law. Her areas of family law practice include: 1. Divorce: Aileen provides guidance on matters such as property division, spousal support, and child custody. 2. Child Support: Aileen helps clients establish and modify child support arrangements, ensuring that the best interests of the child are upheld. She provides legal representation in child support hearings. 3. Child Custody: Aileen advocates for her clients' rights in child custody cases, whether it's determining custody arrangements during divorce or addressing custody disputes between unmarried parents. 4. Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDRO): Aileen assists clients in obtaining...

Ruth A. Kollman is a 1990 graduate of Southern Methodist University School of Law. She has tried dozens of state and federal cases, both civil and criminal. She also has extensive state and federal appellate experience. She counsels attorneys throughout Texas in disciplinary rule compliance, in firms both large and small, in every area of practice. Texas courts have recognized her as an expert witness on legal ethics questions, and she has testified before the Texas Legislature regarding revisions to the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. She represents lawyers and judges in disciplinary proceedings and has...

Before joining Lorance & Thompson in 2010, Katie practiced as a solo attorney and dedicated the majority of her practice to assisting and serving small businesses and individuals with their copyright, trademark, intellectual property, and business litigation needs. She adopts the entrepreneurial values of her clients and acts as a champion for them in their efforts to grow and protect their intellectual property and good will. Because her practice was a small business, she is able to identify with and better serve her clients’ unique needs. Prior to having her own firm, Katie practiced for five years...

John T. Polasek (Ted) has been practicing law since 1990. Ted’s practice at The Polasek Law Firm, PLLC focuses on patent infringement litigation and licensing of patents. In addition, Ted litigates a broad array of intellectual property cases, involving trade secret misappropriation, trademark infringement, copyrights, unfair competition, breach of contract and related commercial litigation. His clients include patent owners, trademark owners and companies accused of patent infringement or trademark infringement. Ted has successfully negotiated licenses involving patent portfolios that include over 100 patents.

As technology evolved, Ted gained experience in a wide variety of technologies. Ted has handled patent infringement...

Fleming Law, P.C. is a Houston personal injury lawyer who has been practicing personal injury trial law for over 30 years. He is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is one of the small percentage of attorneys to have argued and won a case before the Supreme Court of the United States of America.

We have decades of experience handling many sorts of cases including:

Personal Injury
Traffic Collisions
Car Accidents
Truck Accidents
Motorcycle Accidents
Drunk Driving Accidents
Civil Litigation
Wrongful Death

Our Houston injury lawyers have the experience to take cases to trial to win verdicts that our clients deserve....

Por más de 19 años, el Abogado de Accidentes, el Abogado Javier Marcos, ha defendido los derechos de los hispanos. Es el abogado de los hispanos. Es un professional con mucho conocimiento y experiencia legal, enfocándose primordialmente en casos de accidentes, litigación. Sabe tomar buenas y rapidas decisiones para atacar al otro lado y cuenta con un record de excelencia.

El Abogado de Accidente Javier Marcos es:
- Primera generación Americano.
- Sus papas son inmigrantes de México.
- Habla los dos idiomas: Inglés y Español.
- Estudió leyes en la Universidad de Houston.
- Es hombre de...

Maryssa Simpson is a trial lawyer and partner in The Potts Law Firm’s Dallas office. Maryssa grew up in the small town of Bridgeport, Texas and is from a family of trial lawyers. Her background gave her a passion for trial work, and she carries that forward in her practice.

Maryssa graduated from Baylor University and received her law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. During law school, Maryssa was an advocate for a national championship mock trial team and received the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Student Advocacy Award. While at UT, Maryssa also won Best Advocate...

Houston DWI Lawyer Clyde W. Burleson, P.C. is the Houston DWI lawyer that other lawyers call when they need help. He is a former Assistant District Attorney and served as one of the chief prosecutors for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC). He is a leader in all aspects of alcohol-related law and legal defense. He is an expert in Field Sobriety Testing and has taken the same training courses police agencies require for their officers. He knows and understands not only the laws but also the intricate science underpinning a DWI charge. Most importantly, Mr. Burleson has successfully tried...

With over 15 years of legal experience, John Scott Black has tried a wide range of cases involving first party insurance claims, catastrophic injury claims, and mass tort litigation for plaintiffs before judges and juries across Texas. His knowledge of commercial matters in a broad array of commercial litigation areas also allows him to confidently pursue cases involving securities fraud, contract claims, fiduciary duty matters, real estate transactions, patent matters, and institutional investor claims. Prior to joining his longtime friend, Rick Daly, to establish Daly & Black, P.C, John served as a legal intern to Justice James A. Baker...

William B. (“Bill”) Connolly is from Houston, Texas and he has been a family, juvenile, protective services trial and appellate attorney for nearly 40 years. He is Board Certified in Family Law and Juvenile Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is a NACC Child Welfare Law Specialist and is a bar leader in the creation of the newly approved Texas Child Welfare Law Board Specialization. Bill is a former Adjunct Professor of Juvenile Law and has lectured and mentored attorneys, judges, CPS (DFPS) officials, juvenile court officials and healthcare professionals on a variety of subjects including substance...

Patrick Luff entered legal practice after several years as a professor of law. During his time at the University of Oklahoma, Arizona State University, and Washington and Lee University, he taught courses on legislation and statutory interpretation, civil procedure, and administrative law. He also spent time a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany. Patrick received his Bachelor of Arts in Government from the University of Texas in Austin and his Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School, where he graduated cum laude and served as...

Galvin Kennedy, founding partner at Kennedy Hodges, LLP, was born in the Chicago, Illinois, area. His parents divorced when he was young and he was influenced by watching his mother work to support her four children. When he was ten years old, his mother moved her family to Houston, Texas. After graduating from high school, Mr. Kennedy attended Northern Illinois University on a full scholarship as the captain of the university's prestigious national debate team. During his time on the debate team, he was awarded dozens of regional and national speaker awards. He graduated magna cum laude in 1992 with a...

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.

Attorney John Daspit provides high-quality legal representation for personal injury lawsuits and claims in Houston, Texas. John Daspit attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Accounting. After graduation, John decided to pursue a law degree at the University of Houston. Before starting Daspit Law Firm, where he serves accident victims, John worked at one of the most prominent law firms in Texas, Fulbright & Jaworski. In the past, Attorney Daspit worked as a defense lawyer, where he learned the ins and outs of legal defense techniques. Today, he uses this...

In an award-winning legal general-practice, Mr. Howard Glass, Esq. and his legal Team of Professionals provide and assist clients with a "vast & various range of legal topics, matters, & cases." Skilled & experienced, Mr. Glass was again recognized several times during this year, including his induction into the College of the State Bar of Texas & the Texas Bar's Pro Bono College & "Client Satisfaction" awards by both the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys & the American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys. Mr. Glass' downtown Houston-based firm not only practices virtually "every 'traditional' area of Texas State...

David Hodges, founding partner at Hodges & Foty, LLP, was born in McAllen, Texas, and moved to Cypress when he was seven. He attended Cy-Fair Senior High School, and discovered he wanted to go to law school after participating in a mock trial in his senior government class.

After graduation, he joined the Corps of Cadets and attended Texas A&M University where he earned his B.S. degree in 1989. After graduating from Texas A&M University, he was immediately commissioned in the Navy and deployed to the Persian Gulf. When he transferred from active duty to the Navy Reserves, he...

Judith focuses her practice on securities litigation, broker litigation, breach of contract matters, business disputes, mediation and arbitration, construction defect litigation, premises liability and toxic tort defense, employment torts, and commercial real estate matters. Judith is a qualified mediator for general civil disputes under the Texas Alternative Dispute Resolution Act and has served as a volunteer mediator for the Harris County Dispute Resolution Center. Judith earned her B.S., magna cum laude, from Louisiana State University in 1979. She earned her J.D. in 1985 from Tulane University School of Law, where she was articles editor of the Maritime Lawyer and winner of the...

At Farrah Martinez Law Firm we provide top notch legal representation to everyday people who have been injured as a result of another person’s negligent acts. Farrah was voted one Houston's Top Personal Injury Lawyers in 2015 by Houstonia Magainze. She also is rated Superby by AVVO a national lawyer rating conglomerate. With over a decade of legal experience, Farrah is dedicated to ensuring you receive the compensation you deserve for the losses and injuries you have suffered. We understand that when you have been injured your life is drastically changed. Farrah Martinez is the founding...

I am the founding partner of Kesse PLLC, a corporate law firm. Prior to founding Kesse PLLC, I worked at the biggest law firms in the country. My practice focuses on securities, capital markets, SEC reporting, emerging companies and startups, and general corporate law. I regularly advise clients on public and private securities offerings and financings, including U.S.-Canadian cross-border offerings and other foreign private issuer offerings. I assist clients with IPOs, Regulation A+ offerings, direct listings, follow-on/secondary offerings, private placements, crowdfunding, private company financings, pre-IPO counseling, SPAC formations, IPOs and business combinations (deSPACs), tender offers, emerging company and startup financings,...

I will not take a case unless the person I am helping is truly hurt, has legitimate damages, and truly deserves justice. If you are that person, I would be proud to represent you. While not every case will go to trial, I do not take a case unless I are prepared to take it all the way to trial. Therefore, I limit the number of cases I take. I have a passion for righting a wrong and fighting for the the broken, the poor, those who have suffered catastrophic injures, families of the injured, families who...

Fred Dahr is a Houston-based criminal lawyer who represents clients in criminal litigations from misdemeanors and felonies to appeals, writs of Habeas Corpus, and clearing record cases in state and federal courts. He has won dismissals or acquittals for clients charged with different assault cases, aggravated robbery, driving while intoxicated, possession of a controlled substance, theft, and unlawful carrying of a weapon.

Charles A. Banker, III Mr. Banker is a Board-Certified Specialist in Criminal Law with over 30 years of legal experience. He is dedicated to the best interest and well-being of those he represents, and with whom he is a true “Brother in Arms.” As such, he advocates for the success of his clients in courts of law all over Texas and the United States. A native Texan, Mr. Banker graduated with Honors from the University of Texas at Austin and received his Law degree (J.D.) from the University of Houston Law Center. In between these degrees, Mr. Banker achieved a Master’s degree...

MacKenzie is an experienced litigator who believes that everyone should have access to affordable legal help during the most important moments of their lives. MacKenzie is passionate about serving those who don't have access to an affordable attorney: those in the middle, who are work hard everyday but could be easily crippled by a legal setback. Prior to founding Access Justice Houston MacKenzie worked at a Houston consumer law firm dedicated to protecting the rights of his clients from deceptive trade practices and scams.

MacKenzie went to law school at the University of Houston Law Center where he focused on...

John Clay has a diverse legal practice advising and representing individuals and multi-national corporations in complex litigation disputes. He is a skilled litigator with first-chair commercial trial and arbitration experience, and has represented clients in multiple areas of litigation including engineering design and construction litigation, civil RICO litigation, class action and multidistrict litigation proceedings, investment disputes, energy litigation, complex contractual disputes, cross-border litigation, transportation liability defense, and employment litigation.

Mr. Clay has represented clients in multiple lawsuits at the state and federal court level and in domestic and international arbitrations. His experience extends to cross-border commercial litigation, including representation of Latin...

Gary Alfred is Special Counsel to the Houston office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2017 and represents clients in a wide array of civil litigation and commercial matters. Prior to joining Kean Miller, Mr. Alfred was a partner in a large Texas-based trial and litigation firm. His practice involves products liability, business litigation, commercial and residential construction matters, oil and gas issues, large personal injury defense, professional malpractice, and labor and employment law matters in state and federal court as well as multiple bodies of arbitration. He also has experience mediating cases.

Gary has investigated and litigated cases...

Bill Ogden is a partner in the Houston office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2017 and practices in the trial and appellate groups. He has extensive courtroom and appellate experience in a wide range of commercial litigation, with concentration in communications and First Amendment law, employment litigation, financial services and energy law. Bill is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is one of the foremost First Amendment attorneys in the state of Texas having represented traditional media such as newspapers, broadcasters, journalists and book publishers, as well as internet...

Ryan van Steenis's practice focuses on complex civil litigation involving commercial disputes, securities litigation, investigations, and white-collar matters.  Ryan’s professional philosophy is to go above and beyond expectations (the “ABE” standard) for clients. Ryan works hard to provide clients with sound legal advice and superior legal representation in matters affecting a wide variety of their business or personal interests.

Before working as a lawyer, Ryan worked in several professional service jobs to make ends meet, from retail stores to golf courses. Those efforts taught him the value of “service as a product,” and how excellent service often laid the foundation for...

Attorney Jacques Leeds practices Employment Law (with a specialty in severance agreement review), Criminal Defense and Personal Injury Law. Attorney Leeds has been licensed by the State Bar of Texas since 2014. Attorney Leeds has been licensed by the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas since 2015.