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Samuel R. Smith
Dallas, TX Attorney with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, IP and Securities
Brigham Young University
Sam Smith has represented startups and small businesses with all aspects of corporate transactions and trademark issues including registration, prosecution, enforcement and licensing. He has also represented large financial institutions and investment banks in all aspects of corporate transactions including advising on entity selection and formation, capital structure, securities regulations and commercial contract drafting. He advises closely held businesses in business entity selection and formation, business financing and operations, purchasing/selling a business, and drafting and negotiating commercial contracts. He also advises individuals and entrepreneurs with the design and implementation of estate planning and succession planning strategies
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Justin Bryan
Dallas, TX Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Business and Securities
Texas Tech University School of Law
Attorney Justin N. Bryan joined the McCathern Dallas office in 2016 and his legal practice focuses on Business and Securities Litigation, but he has experience in many areas of law. Mr. Bryan represents defendants in complex multi-million dollar litigation and has also recovered millions of dollars for plaintiffs.
Mr. Bryan is a graduate of the Texas Tech University School of Law in Lubbock where he was awarded the American Jurisprudence Award for Advanced Legal Research and Property and was a member of Phi Delta Phi, an international legal honor society. He received his Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M University and...
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Farbod Farnia
Dallas, TX Attorney with 14 years of experience
Appeals and Business
SMU Dedman School of Law
Farbod Farnia leads the Appellate Litigation Section at McCathern. Mr. Farnia represents parties in civil appeals and original proceedings in a broad array of cases from multiple practice areas. He has successfully prosecuted and defended appeals in cases including constitutional law, labor & employment disputes, non-subscriber negligence actions, and complex commercial litigation. Mr. Farnia has been named a Texas Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine in 2014 and 2015. His clients include individuals, small businesses, and large corporations, whom he has guided through both the trial and appellate stages of litigation.
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David L. Leon
Dallas, TX Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Communications and Real Estate
We are a Dallas, Texas based firm offering business (formation, franchises, contracts, buying and selling), real estate (deeds, title), estate planning (wills, trusts, powers of attorney), probate (letters testamentary, small estate affidavit, heirship affidavit), and immigration (family and business.) English, Spanish and German services offered.
David L. Leon graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1992, and SMU Law in 1996 and is licensed in Texas and New York.
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Randall Blair Isenberg
Dallas, TX Attorney with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
As a former Senior Chief Felony Prosecutor and State District Trial Judge with over 40 years of experience, attorney Randy Isenberg is listed in Martindale-Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and was selected for inclusion in the list of “Texas Super Lawyers” for the year 2006 printed in Texas Monthly Magazine a Thomson Reuters service, and selected for inclusion in the list as a Top Texas Lawyer in 2006 and 2007 by a Thomson Reuters service. He is also board-certified in Criminal Defense by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is certified as a Criminal Defense Advocate by the...
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Stacey Langenbahn
Colleyville, TX Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation
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Bridget M. Eyler
Irving, TX Attorney with 28 years of experience
(214) 540-7750
511 East John Carpenter Freeway
Suite 500
Irving, TX 75062
Free ConsultationAdministrative
Oklahoma City University School of Law
Bridget Eyler is an experienced and aggressive trial attorney. She is highly knowledgeable in occupational and professional license defense and health care law cases e.g. nursing license defense, physician license defense, pharmacy license defense and many other health care occupations license defense cases. She is also experienced in criminal defense, as well as many other areas of law.
Bridget has successfully handled hundreds of cases throughout her legal career. Throughout her legal career, Bridget has gained an expertise with health care law and health care professionals.
In 2008, Bridget was employed as a Corporate Compliance Manager...
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James Daniel Stewart
Dallas, TX Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Daniel Stewart is Board Certified in Immigration & Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has been selected as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters attorney rating service, for 2014 and 2015. For nine years he has focused his practice on deportation defense, family immigration, citizenship litigation in the US District Courts, asylum law, and assisting immigrant survivors of domestic violence and crime obtain legal status. He also handles religious worker, investor, and other non-immigrant visas. Daniel has extensive experience discussing immigration issues on radio programs and speaking in community outreach events. He is...
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David Scoggins
Dallas, TX Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals and White Collar Crime
Texas Tech University School of Law
David Scoggins was born in Dallas, Texas and has been a lifelong Texan. He graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and thereafter graduated from Texas Tech University School of Law with a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. He immediately obtained his license to practice law from the Supreme Court of the State of Texas and shortly thereafter was licensed in the Federal Courts of the United States. In 1981, David Scoggins commenced the practice of law in the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex and has resolved over 6,000 criminal cases. He has represented citizens accused in...
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Greg McAllister
Dallas, TX Attorney with 13 years of experience
(214) 432-1662
4925 Greenville Ave
Energy Square One, Suite 1112
Dallas, TX 75206
Business and Employment
Southern Methodist University
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Kelly McClure
Dallas, TX Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation
St. Mary's University School of Law
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Hershel Chapin
Dallas, TX Lawyer
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Bankruptcy, Consumer and Real Estate
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
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Frank Harber
Southlake, TX Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
Texas A&M University - College Station
We have a special fee of $1000 for a simple Chapter 7, if you qualify for a Chapter 7.
I would like to share with you what sparked me into a law career and focus on bankruptcy law. During my childhood, our family home burned to the ground. We lost everything except the clothes on our backs. For a few weeks I did not even have an extra set of clothes. We were devastated financially. I felt so powerless and wondered how we would ever emerge from this disaster. It was only through the support of family and friends that...
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Chris G Newsom
Southlake, TX Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Tax
SMU Dedman School of Law and Duke University School of Law
Chris Newsom has engaged in a tax planning and controversy, business transactions, estate planning and non-profit organizations law practice since 1995. He has been Board Certified in Tax Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2005. He has counseled businesses and individuals on federal and state tax issues. Chris has advised clients on "choice of entity" issues and formed all types of business entities. He has represented taxpayers in audits and disputes with the IRS and Texas Comptroller. He has represented companies in numerous mergers and acquisitions by preparing the various agreements and state filings. He has prepared...
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Timothy Azevedo
Grapevine, TX Attorney with 5 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment, Securities and Trademarks
Texas A&M University School of Law
With experience spanning the insurance industry, a large Dallas law firm, and the federal government, Timothy brings a unique set of skills to his client's legal needs. He founded Evergreen Law PLLC with a commitment to integrity, transparent and responsive client communication, tech-enabled solutions, upfront pricing, and a passionate commitment to understanding each client's particular situation. Contact Evergreen Law for your free consultation today.
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Metcalf
Dallas, 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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Darryl "D" Shaper
Dallas, 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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Stephen E Kaplan
Dallas, TX Lawyer with 47 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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Waled Aly Elsaban
Farmers Branch, TX Attorney
Immigration
University of Kansas School of Law
Waled Elsaban is the Managing Partner of the Elsaban Law Firm PLLC. Our practice primarily focuses on removal defense, family-sponsored, and humanitarian-based immigration law.
Notably, the Law Firm handles cancellation of removal, asylum, complex waivers, U visa, VAWA, TPS, naturalization, diversity (green card) lottery. Waled holds a comprehensive understanding of how a criminal conviction could adversely impact the immigrant’s admissibility.
Waled is a zealous advocate and a compassionate defender of foreign nationals who cannot speak for themselves. He has a solid grasp of the current challenges faced by the immigrants, and the intolerable social, economic and psychological toll endured by the immigrant’s...
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Yovanna Vargas
Dallas, 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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David A. Rothweil
DALLAS, TX Attorney with 3 years of experience
Business, IP, Real Estate and Trademarks
Baylor Law School
David Rothweil is an associate attorney at Sul Lee Law Firm, supporting the firm’s business litigation and transactional practices.
David combines his past work experience, analytical thinking, active listening, and advocacy skills to work with clients to obtain the best possible outcome. He also assists various types of businesses with their needs involving formation, operation, and governance. He represents buyers and sellers in stock and asset purchase transactions.
David began practicing after passing the 2021 Uniform Bar Examination in Texas. His past civil litigation experience includes commercial auto/trucking liability, premise liability, liquor liability, general negligence, medical malpractice, and professional liability. He is...
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Kaitlin A. Capetillo
Dallas, TX Attorney with 10 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation
Texas Tech University School of Law
Kaitlin Capetillo has practiced family law since graduating from law school and has direct experience handling a variety of family law issues, including divorce, child custody & visitation, adoption, termination, child support, property division, and the modification or enforcement of prior court orders.
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James Mills III
Dallas, 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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Alex Walker Presti
Dallas, 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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Jim Goff
Dallas, 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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John W. Clay
Houston, TX Attorney with 28 years of experience
Business
University of Houston Law Center
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...
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Austin P. Campbell
Dallas, TX Attorney with 9 years of experience
Employment
Vanderbilt University Law School
Austin P. Campbell is a trial attorney in the Dallas office of Rob Wiley, P.C. Mr. Campbell graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 2016. At Vanderbilt, Mr. Campbell was on the Dean’s List and was an Articles Editor for the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. His student note, Riding a “Friendly Elephant?” How African Nations Can Make the Best of Economic Partnership with China , was published in March 2016.
Mr. Campbell discovered his passion for helping employees navigate the world of employment law at Vanderbilt, where he was a member of the Labor and Employment Law Society and...
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William W. Ogden
Houston, TX Attorney with 48 years of experience
Administrative and Employment
The University of Texas School of Law
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...
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Steven Douglas Urban
Austin, TX Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
Steve Urban is a trial lawyer located in Austin, Texas who is Board Certified in Consumer and Commerical Law. Steve was originally licensed in Michigan in 1998 and in Texas in 2000. He received his Board Certification in Consumer and Commercial Law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in 2008. Steve is former partner in the law firm of Taylor Dunham, L.L.P., where he practiced for nearly 12 years before forming his own firm in 2012.
Over the past 14 years, Steve has represented clients in matters involving injuries and death caused by car, truck and motorcycle accidents,...
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Jeff M. Meyerson
Austin, TX Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
SMU Dedman School of Law
The Meyerson Law Firm battles for victims of professional malpractice all of over Texas. Jeff Meyerson has won at numerous trial and appellate courts, and has appeared before the Texas Supreme Court and the United States 5th Circuit.
With a wealth of experience in all aspects of injury law, Mr. Meyerson focuses primarily on medical and legal malpractice as well as products liability and auto claims involving serious injuries.
A member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, his firm takes pride in providing clients with exceptional service and results. If you believe that you may have a case, or are...
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Scott Martin Hendler
Austin, TX Lawyer with 36 years of experience
(800) 443-6353
901 S. MoPac Expressway
Bldg 1, STE 300
Austin, TX 78746
Free ConsultationConsumer and International
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
If I had to describe myself, I would use the words: Trial Lawyer, Negotiator, Human Rights Advocate, Humanitarian, Animal-lover, and Adventurer. Fitness Scuba Diving, and Cycling enthusiast.
I embarked on my legal journey in 1989, driven by a desire to use my skills as a trial lawyer to advocate for people against the powerful. In 1993, I started my own law firm, originally named HendlerLaw. We are now known as Hendler Flores Law, which I co-founded with my law partner Lulu Flores. In my practice, I strive to empathize with my clients, understanding the struggles and challenges they endure, assisting them...
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Michael Murray
Austin, TX Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Immigration
St. Thomas University School of Law
Michael G. Murray, Esq. is a Miami native, and a cum laude graduate of the University of Florida. He earned his Masters Degree from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, and his J.D. from St.Thomas School of Law in Miami, Florida. While in law school, Mr. Murray received the Book Award in Criminal Procedure, Trial Advocacy, Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiating, and the Immigration Law Clinic, where his thesis pertained to criminal waivers for aliens convicted of violent crimes. Mr. Murray has extensive experience in immigration law, representing clients seeking criminal waivers, adjustment of status, cancellation of removal, asylum, and naturalization....
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Tracy Jill Willi
Austin, TX Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Business, IP and Products Liability
South Texas College of Law
Tracy J. Willi focuses on civil, commericial, and intellectual property litigation and appeals in Federal and Texas courts. Having been licensed to practice law in Texas since 1992, Ms. Willi has extensive trial and appellate experience in business law, civil and commercial law, real estate law, patent, copyright, and trademark litigation, and probate litigation, much of which is reflected in numerous published trial court and appellate decisions. Ms. Willi has represented clients at all levels of Texas courts including County Courts, District Courts, Courts of Appeals, and the Texas Supreme Court. She has also represented clients at...
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Justin Manchester
Austin, TX Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Employment
Baylor Law School
Mr. Manchester has represented hundreds of clients in resolving a wide range of employment disputes, including claims for discrimination, retaliation, unpaid wages, overtime violations, non-compete agreements, and employment contract disputes. In the courtroom, Mr. Manchester has tried multiple cases to juries and judges, receiving favorable verdicts for his clients. Mr. Manchester has also acted as counsel to businesses regarding employment practices in an attempt to ensure his clients follow the law and limit their legal liabilities.
Mr. Manchester is well recognized in the employment field. In fact, Mr. Manchester was selected as a Rising Star in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and...
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Ramon G. Rios
Austin, TX Attorney with 16 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
St. Mary's University School of Law
Lawyer Attorney Austin Houston Our firm works with small business owners and real estate investors Check out the website for more information. www.therioslawfirm.com
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Mr. F. Scott de la Garza
Austin, TX Attorney with 21 years of experience
300 West Avenue, Suite 1318
Austin, TX 78701
Business
St. Mary's University School of Law
Mr. de la Garza, a founding partner of DLG Luce, focuses his practice primarily in business litigation and complex civil litigation including business litigation and personal injury law. Prior to joining DLG Luce, Mr. de la Garza practiced with a well-respected litigation firm handling similar matters. Mr. de la Garza has dedicated his legal career to practicing law and litigating throughout Texas and central Texas, including both the San Antonio and Austin local courts. In doing so, he has gained invaluable courtroom experience in both civil and criminal litigation. Prior to practicing law, Mr. de la Garza earned his...
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Scott Boyd Herlihy
Austin, TX Attorney with 27 years of experience
(512) 487-7994
1250 S. Capital of Texas Highway
Building 3, Suite 400
Austin, TX 78746
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation
Scott Herlihy is a proven and skilled family law attorney who has practiced in Travis, Williamson, and Hays counties for over 25 years. He licensed in all Texas state and federal courts and was selected as a “Rising Star” by Texas Monthly Magazine in 2005 and 2006, an honor bestowed upon less than 2.5% of attorneys under 40. Scott is a member of the State Bar Family Law and Litigation Sections, the Travis County, Williamson County, and Hays County Bar Associations, the Austin Bar Association Family Law and Litigation Sections, and is an Austin Bar Foundation Fellow.
Scott handles a wide...
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Michael Paul Fleming
Austin, TX Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
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....
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Lisa Thorsen
Austin, TX Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Entertainment & Sports, Real Estate and Securities
California Western School of Law
With more than 12 years of experience in private practice, Lisa Thorsen provides sound, practical counsel and local market expertise on business law matters in Texas and California. As outside general counsel, Lisa provides a range of services, from company formations to corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, asset and stock purchases and sales, debt and dispute settlements, company structuring, and licensing matters.
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Shane M. Boasberg
Austin, TX Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate
South Texas College of Law
Shane M. Boasberg was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, but Shane moved to Texas to pursue undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Shane completed my degrees in Government and History in 1999 and decided to continue his education in Texas by attending law school at South Texas College of Law in Houston. During his law school years, Shane worked as a clerk for the well-known law firm Gallagher, Lewis, Downey, and Kim. This role provided him with significant experience in legal and appellate research and writing, as well as trial preparation, including work on one...