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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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Craig M. Patrick
Dallas, TX Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationConsumer
Baylor Law School
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Chad M. Ruback
Dallas, TX Attorney with 27 years of experience
Appeals
Southern Methodist University
A former court of appeals briefing attorney, Dallas appellate lawyer Chad Ruback devotes his practice to handling appeals and trial court motions likely to be at issue on appeal.
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Stacey Langenbahn
Colleyville, TX Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Frank Harber
Southlake, TX Lawyer with 11 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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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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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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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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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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David Miles Brissette
Fort Worth, TX Attorney with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law - Texas Wesleyan University
Miles Brissette is a board certified criminal trial attorney based in Fort Worth, Texas. He became a principal in the Law Offices of Gill & Brissette in 2015, after nearly two decades in the Tarrant County, Texas Criminal District Attorney’s Office.
Miles has investigated and litigated offenses ranging from simple thefts and DWIs to death penalty cases. He was a prosecutor in the high profile case against Chante Mallard, a Fort Worth woman convicted in 2003 of striking a man with her car, driving home with him lodged in her windshield and leaving him to die. More recently, Miles was chosen...
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Ryan van Steenis
Houston, TX Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Business
Washington University School of Law
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...
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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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Charles August Banker III
Mcallen, TX Attorney with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
The University of Houston Law Center and Universidad Panamericana
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...
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Luis Manuel Paredes Jr
Austin, TX Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationTexas Tech University School of Law
Manuel Paredes Law Firm, PLLC is a general law practice focusing on immigration, real estate, and bankruptcy matters.
The firm handles immigration matters such as naturalization (U.S. Citizenship), legal permanent residency (Green Card), employment authorization documents (Work Permit) and travel documents, DACA, renewal applications, and more.
We file chapter 7 & chapter 13 bankruptcies for clients over-whelmed by credit card, medical, and other debt. In many instances, we are able file emergency bankruptcy petitions to stop foreclosure and repossessions.
We represent buyers and sellers in residential & commercial real estate transactions involving investment properties, owner financing, wraparound loans, and more.
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Matthew James Melancon
Austin, TX Lawyer with 6 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, IP and Trademarks
The University of Texas School of Law
As a born problem-solver and accomplished Intellectual Property (IP) Attorney, I fuse an extraordinary passion for meticulously analyzing issues with several years of specialized experience in the IP field. My unique blend of entrepreneurial, programming, engineering, and legal experience allows me to approach problems from a fresh perspective and devise pragmatic, forward-looking solutions. As a passionate, diligent, and result-driven professional, I am ready to bring my wealth of experience to my clients and contribute to their success.
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David A. Bleakney Jr.
Angleton, TX Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationConsumer, Insurance Claims, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
South Texas College of Law
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...
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Milena Christopher
Dripping Springs, TX Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation
Nova Southeastern University
I understand the hardships that may occur in your life. As your attorney I will offer my knowledgeable legal expertise to better serve you while going through divorce and other family-related matters, including child custody and support. I am a credentialed family mediator and I will always seek to settle any problem you have outside of the courtroom. However, no matter what your situation may be, I am not afraid to fight for you and your family.
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R. Gary Stephens
Richmond, TX Lawyer with 49 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims and Products Liability
South Texas College Of Law
Professional Law Background
B.A., University of Houston, 1972
J.D., South Texas College of Law, 1975
Admitted to the bar of Texas, 1975
Admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; and the U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of Texas
State Bar of Texas
Texas State Bar College
The College of Master Advocates and Barristers, Senior Counsel
American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Sustaining Lawyer, President’s Club, (Leaders Forum 2003-2008), (National Finance Council, Justice List Committee 2007-2008), (National College of Trial Advocacy Civil and Criminal ; American College of Barristers, Senior Counsel;...
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Rukhsanda Melissa Masoom
Sugar Land, TX Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Insurance Defense and Products Liability
New England Law | Boston
Rukhsanda Melissa Masoom grew up in Queens, New York before finding her way to Deer Park, Texas, where she attended school. She went on to attend Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
Melissa decided to equip herself with the tools necessary to affect social change and seek justice for those in need of help. She matriculated at New England School of Law in Boston, before returning to Houston, her true home.
After law school, Melissa has amassed extensive courtroom experience, with a focus on a variety of practice areas, including family law, mass tort litigation and personal injury. She has volunteered...
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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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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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Ramon G. Rios
Austin, TX Attorney with 17 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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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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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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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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Jason Palker
Edinburg, TX Attorney with 5 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims
St. Mary's University School of Law
Mr. Palker was raised by a single mother and learned the value of hard, honest work from an early age and has unwaveringly been a member of the workforce since age fourteen. Having worked in a wide array of industries (including everything from restaurants, nightlife, events, and healthcare to professional sports), and even after starting multiple companies before the age of twenty, Mr. Palker found his passion for the law in college. In 2012, Mr. Palker discovered his true career path when he obtained a job as a legal assistant. While working as a legal assistant, Mr. Palker was involved...
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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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Shane M. Boasberg
Austin, TX Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims
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...
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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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Christopher Michael Perri
Austin, TX Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals and White Collar Crime
The University of Texas School of Law
Chris Perri is an award-winning criminal defense attorney dedicated to getting the best possible outcomes for his clients. With over 15 years of experience practicing criminal defense in Austin and all over Texas, Chris Perri has successfully helped clients win trials, overturn wrongful convictions, get cases dismissed, and expunge records. He’s had successful outcomes in a variety of areas, including: Appeals, DWI and DUI in Austin, Writs, Assault, Family Violence, Drug Possession, Theft, Expungements, Cyber Crimes, and more.
Through personalized, compassionate, and client-focused service, Chris Perri will protect your rights and prepare a vigorous defense that ensures the best possible...