Killeen, Texas Lawyers

I've practiced law in Texas for many years. I know the prosecutors and judges and police officers. Heck, I've served as a city prosecutor and an assistant district attorney, but to tell the truth my heart was never in it. However, I do know how they think and what’s important to them and I make that work for you. I know what it takes for them to try to prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt so they win and you lose. That’s why I have been able to get very serious cases dismissed and that’s...

A former JAG Officer with the U.S. Army, Carlson Law Firm Managing Partner, Craig W. Carlson had a vision of legal services deeply rooted in customer service from the very inception of his firm. His dream for a different kind of law firm that put clients first soon became reality, expanding from a single location in Killen, Texas to 11 statewide office locations. A graduate from the University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, Carlson left his position of Senior Trial Defense Counsel in 1994. The experience he gained in the Army helped him jumpstart his practice in the...

Joshua is a graduate of Texas Tech University School of Law. He came to Central Texas after successfully running his own firm in Dallas. He and his family decided to make the trek to Central Texas to escape the hubbub of the big city and have fallen in love with the hill country. Joshua recently left one of the top-filing bankruptcy firms in the area, where he filed the majority of the chapter 7 and chapter 13 bankruptcies. He believes that clients deserve to be treated with respect and finds it fulfilling to help guide people out of...

Atonya McClain is an attorney with her principal office in Harker Heights, Texas. Her practice focuses on immigration law, criminal defense law, employment law, family law, real estate law and veterans law.

Ms. McClain has focused her practice of law in areas that she loves. She enjoys helping members of our community every day with Family-Based Petitions, Fiancé Visas, Adjustment of Status, Affidavits of Support, Waiver Applications, Naturalization/Citizenship Applications, Citizenship Certifications, Removal of Conditions of Residency, Green Card Renewals, Visa Renewals, criminal law charges (Assault, Drugs, Harassment, Evading/Resisting Arrest, Expunctions, Sealing Court Records, Driving While Intoxicated (DWI), Unauthorized Use...

Lance Sharp, has been representing individuals in the areas of personal injury and civil litigation for nearly 30 years. He has extensive experience representing victims across the state of Texas. His practice focus is on serious personal injury cases and auto accidents.

In 1993, Lance opened his own office representing individuals in personal injury matters. In 1997, Laura Sharp joined him and formed The Sharp Firm. Since that time Laura and Lance have been a husband and wife team representing victims across Texas. Like his wife, Lance has given back to the legal community. He has served as President of the...

Full-time mediator for all areas of family law (divorce, custody, child support, paternity, modification, family disputes, assistance in working with elderly parents, etc.)

I am a board certified family law attorney practicing in Austin, Texas. I have been licensed and practicing in Austin since 1994 and I have been board certified in family law since 2000. My firm has 3 associate attorneys, all working toward board certification, but also practicing exclusively family law, and I have 3 paralegals, all board certified in family law, with an average career of over 25 years. We pride ourselves in helping our clients navigate this difficult time in their lives and to work toward unique solutions for their unique families. We have all...

Dan is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, as well as Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is an Associate Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and a Graduate of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyer College. Dan possesses the highest rating (AV) from the legal consulting firm Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized by Texas Monthly as a “Super Lawyer.” He is also listed in Best Lawyers in America and as National Trial Lawyers Association’s Top 100 Trial Lawyers. Dan graduated from the University...

Russell D. Hunt, Jr.'s law practice focuses on the defense of federal and state criminal accusations.

Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2000.

Rated "AV-Preeminent" by his peers through Martindale-Hubbell in 2009.

Named a Texas "SuperLawyer" by Texas Monthly Magazine since 2008.

President of the Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association in 2006-2007

President of the Williiamson County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association in 2015-2016

Office in Georgetown or Round Rock since 1996.

Lives in Round Rock

Justin M. Jackson is a native Texan, spending his early childhood in Edinburg, Texas and later graduating from Round Rock High School.

Mr. Jackson received his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University and obtained his law degree from St. Mary’s Law School, graduating magna cum laude (top 3% of his class).

While in law school, he was a member of the Law Review and interned with the Hon. Judge Emilio Garza of the Federal 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Lonnie Roach works aggressively to help clients who have been denied or lost their long term disability benefits, social security disability benefits (SSDI), ERISA appeals or insurance benefits. He assists clients in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso, Galveston, Corpus Christi and throughout the state of Texas. Roach is an AV rated attorney pursuant to the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings and has been successfully helping people fight for their rights against big insurance companies and the government since 1993. He was named to the prestigious Super Lawyers list of Thomson Reuters in 2016. A...

Greg Reed is an Austin, Texas social security and disability attorney dedicated to helping clients who have been denied or lost their long term disability benefits, social security disability benefits (SSDI), ERISA appeals or insurance benefits. He assists clients in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, El Paso, Corpus Christi and throughout the state of Texas. Reed is an AV rated attorney pursuant to the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings, has been rated a Super Lawyer by Thompson Reuters. He has been successfully helping people fight for their rights against big insurance companies and the government since 1993. Reed attended...

Lloyd Bemis is an Austin, Texas social security and disability attorney dedicated to helping clients who have been denied or lost their long term disability benefits, social security disability benefits (SSDI), ERISA appeals or insurance benefits. He assists clients in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, El Paso, and throughout the state of Texas. Bemis is an AV rated attorney pursuant to the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings, and has been successfully helping people fight for their rights against big insurance companies and the government since 1993. Mr. Bemis grew up in Austin, Texas and graduated with highest honors from the...

Barrett Thomas is a family law and criminal law lawyer in Waco, Texas. He practices with his partner, Kristy Blanchard, in both north and central Texas. They have offices in Dallas, Waco, Temple, and Marlin. Barrett is a former police officer and assistant district attorney. He honed his skills as a litigator in the criminal courts. He has a knack for finding the truth, even when it has been intentionally concealed. He uses his investigative prowess to benefit his clients and see that they have the advantage in both settlement negotiations and at trial.

He is a...

Robert McCabe is a board certified, Georgetown based attorney who is 100% dedicated to criminal defense in Williamson, Bell and surrounding counties. Robert is a former prosecutor in both Bexar (San Antonio) and Williamson counties with over 17 years of full time trial experience handling criminal cases in both misdemeanor and felony courts. Robert has personally been involved in over 122 jury trials including dozens of DWI cases, intoxication manslaughter, possession of controlled substance, delivery of controlled substance, murder, robbery, aggravated assault, assault family violence, aggravated robbery, burglary, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault of a child, indecency with...

Julie Sparks is a licensed attorney with many years of experience practicing in the field of immigration law. She has more than fifteen years of experience working as a volunteer and pro bono attorney for non-profits that engage in direct representation of low-income immigrants. Attorney Sparks is also the founder and Executive Director of the Vail Center for Immigrant Rights. During the fall and spring semesters, she serves as a Clinical Law Professor at the Pepperdine University School of Law. In addition, she is an occasional instructor at California State University – Los Angeles. She has represented immigrants...

I litigate and appeal cases, primarily 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 Emergency Responders for Equality v. Kerr over the City of Austin’s racially discriminatory affirmative action promotions in the Fire Department and Lone Star College System v. Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas, over illegal spending on scholarships for illegal aliens, Pangborn v. Burnet County over a bill of attainder limiting real estate development rights, Piatt v. City of Austin...

Jack Zinda is a native Texan and founder of Zinda Law Group PLLC. He was recently selected as a 2009 & 2011 “Rising Star” by Texas Monthly, which is a listing of the up and coming attorneys in the state of Texas. Jack focuses on cases involving catastrophic personal injury, injuries due to product defects, wrongful deaths, 18 wheeler accidents, commercial litigation, and more. As a trial attorney Jack takes pride in giving a voice to people and families who need help battling powerful adversaries. Jack has been lead counsel on numerous wrongful death and catastrophic injury...

Bill E. Rivera is a determined and committed attorney that believes a lawyer can provide a public service while operating a successful private legal practice. Immigration law is his chosen practice area and is, at the same time, the result of his decision to pursue a new challenge. He opted for a major career change when he was accepted to the Fordham University School of Law and studied at night while working as a Sergeant in the New York City Police Department during the day. After graduation from law school in 2002, he studied for both the New York and...

I am an Austin business lawyer and CPA with 33 years experience. I help businesses and business owners form their LLCs, corporations, and partnerships; draft their operating, shareholder, and partnership agreements; manage, structure, and govern their business contracts and business transactions; write and review their business purchase and sale agreements; protect their assets; prosecute and defend their lawsuits; do their estate planning; draft their wills; and successfully transfer their wealth to future generations.

Business Law, LLC And Corporation Formation, New Business Startups, Litigation, And Health Law.

Helping Small Business Clients In Austin And Throughout Texas With:
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Board Certified, Civil Trial Advocacy – National Board of Trial Advocacy. Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law – Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Selected Top 50 Texas Lawyers, Central Texas Region, Texas Monthly October 2006 Graduated from Baylor University, B.A., 1975. Graduated from Baylor Law School, J.D., 1978. Adjunct Professor, Baylor Law School, teaching personal injury trial law and products liability law for more than 30 years. Contributing Editor, Texas Torts Handbook. Former Co-Editor, Texas General Practice Digest, Torts Section. Former Editor-in-Chief, Texas Trial Lawyer Forum.

I am a Trial Lawyer. I practice law for one essential purpose: to help those who have been harmed by others, and who have now realized that the system is stacked against them. It is our duty, as attorneys for people, to ensure that individual rights are protected in the face of corporate greed, corruption and lies. We are truth tellers, and we believe that the truth will, inevitably, prevail. If you have been harmed by the acts of another, call me.

Laura grew up in Clarksville, Texas, and steadfastly claims all roads lead to Clarksville. She is a third generation trial lawyer -- she grew up watching her grandfather and father take cases to trial throughout East Texas. Laura graduated from Baylor University with a degree in biology, then obtained her law degree from Baylor Law School in 1992. She spent seven years defending medical negligence and business litigation cases with another Waco law firm before joining our trial firm at the beginning of 2000. She became a partner in the firm at the beginning of 2005 and has handled medical malpractice...

Having graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor's Degree in English and a Doctorate of Law from St. Mary's University Law School, businessmen and women, attorneys, even judges have relied on Mr. Davis' expertise with language and law. He has focused his practice on Real Estate and is currently a Real Estate Broker and Notary Public; formerly Mr. Davis was a Title Fee Office owner/operator, Escrow Officer, Mortgage Broker and Loan Officer.

While in law school, Mrs. Surell worked for the head of the Immigration Clinic at the Center for legal and Social Justice where she did research for a case of first impression. She was an Octo-Finalist in the Linda & Dave Schlueter Moot Court Competition, was a member of the Phi Delta Phi Honor Society and was on the Dean’s List. During law school she became a certified family law mediator as Pursuant to the Texas Rules. Following graduation, Mrs. Surell became licensed by the Supreme Court of Texas and has now joined the Jackson Law Firm as an associate.

I primarily do patent preparation, prosecution, strategy and licensing. I also selectively handle trademark, copyright and other general legal matters. I am admitted in Texas and Washington State. I enjoy creatively crafting collaborative solutions to complex problems with minimal expense. Please involve me early in the process!

Jim Dunnam is a Board Certified Specialist in both Civil Trial Law and Family Law. Jim was born and has spent his entire life in Waco. He graduated from Baylor University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and from Baylor Law School in 1987 with a Juris Doctor degree. Since being licensed to practice law in 1988, Jim has worked as a member of Dunnam & Dunnam, where he is a partner. Jim was named Young Lawyer of the Year by Baylor University in 2001. Among other positions, Jim has served on...

Attorney Keith E. Gamel runs the Austin office of Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee, PLLC and practices in the area of business and corporate law. He has represented clients in the telecommunications and Internet industries, and had a hand in developing significant negotiations between industry leaders. His negotiations are built on Attorney Gamel’s commitment to finding the most beneficial, creative solutions for his clients. Attorney Gamel has been practicing law for over 30 years, lending his considerable skill and commitment to our firm. In addition, he generously donates his spare time to a number of church, school, and charity...

Joe Rodriguez is a Texas lawyer practicing both State and Federal laws. Joe grew up an Army child having the privilege of starting school in Mainz, Germany and living in different states and parts of the world. Having spent a good portion of his childhood in Gatesville, Texas, he considers it home where he currently resides and maintains his principal office. Upon graduating high school he enlisted in the United States Army and honorably served four years as an Infantryman. After serving he attended college and law school graduating from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and Ohio...

Nicole M. Conger is an Employee Rights Attorney who represents clients across Texas who are subjected to illegal treatment with their current or former employers. Nicole received her law degree Magna Cum Laude from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 2011 where she was an Associate Editor for the St. Mary’s Law Journal, member of the Board of Advocates, as well as, clerking for the Honorable Emilio M. Garza on the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Nicole’s practice focuses on labor disputes against large and small companies in various Texas and Federal jurisdictions. She has successfully represented...

After working for more than six years at a large law firm in Fort Worth & Dallas, I opened my own law practice in Waco, Texas: McDermed Law Firm. I started my practice based on the principle that the most important aspect of a law practice is our client. Therefore, at McDermed Law Firm, I strive to change the negative perception that most people have regarding criminal defense attorneys. To that end, I do all I can to ensure that every client who walks in our doors receives an accessible, attentive, responsive, & compassionate lawyer &...

Evan S. Harlow grew up in the Austin area and graduated from Pflugerville High School. He kept his Texas roots as he studied higher learning. He earned his Bachelor of Public Administration at Texas State University-San Marcos, graduating Magna Cum Laude. He obtained his Master of Public Service and Administration at Texas A&M University, also graduating Magna Cum Laude. Finally, he received his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center.

Mr. Harlow's work in the law started prior to attending law school. He served for six and a half years as a paralegal in the United States Army. The...

Elissa I. Henry serves as legal counsel for Central Texas businesses starting up and those seeking to reorganize or expand. Elissa is closely familiar with many of the challenges business owners face and how to resolve them effectively and affordably. Elissa is bilingual (English/Spanish). She assists individuals with a wide away of immigration matters such as family based visa applications and naturalization. Elissa also has experience in several other legal areas including assisting clients in maximizing financial recovery from auto accidents.

Elissa was admitted to the Texas Bar in 2016, but has served in various legal capacities since 2009....