Van Alstyne Lawyers

Sean Modjarrad serves as the Managing Shareholder and founder of MAS Law, an award-winning personal injury law firm based in Dallas, Texas. With a robust litigation background, he has successfully handled over 600 cases in Texas courts and over 90 cases in federal courts. Dedicated to championing justice and advocating for those without a voice, Sean is widely acknowledged for his expertise in civil rights law and his relentless pursuit of positive legal reform. He has represented numerous landmark cases that have led to the reinterpretation of existing laws, ultimately providing enhanced protection for the wrongly accused. In a notable instance,...

Upon receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations from the Ohio State University, Yuri decided to pursue her law degree. Thereafter, she attended the Baylor University Law School. Yuri was raised in South Korea and speaks fluent Korean. Yuri worked as a law clerk for our firm and after passing the 2023 Texas Uniform Bar Exam, she began practicing law as an associate attorney. She is a member of good standing of the State Bar of California and the State Bar of Texas. When not practicing law, Yuri enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters, trying...

Attorney Michael Presti is committed to providing people with honest legal services and strong advocacy for their rights. He has worked with clients from around the world who want to win immigration cases against the government, obtain green cards and visas and gain citizenship. For other clients, Michael has been a driving force for upholding client rights in personal injury and criminal law cases. He has an excellent background in law and extensive experience with negotiation and presenting winning cases in the courtroom.

Jeff Springer has more than two decades of experience serving as an advocate for individuals, families and businesses. He was an honors program graduate of Baylor University, and obtained his Juris Doctorate at Baylor Law School. Jeff is board certified in civil trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a member of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas. He is a past President of the Denton County Bar Association. A former Adjunct Professor of Law at Texas Woman's University, Mr. Springer has published a number of articles covering topics ranging from tort...

I have over 40 years of experience in cases involving business law, intellectual property, employment and labor law, healthcare law, civil litigation, personal injury defense and probate matters. I am licensed in Texas and Louisiana, admitted to all federal courts in Texas, the ED La., Federal Circuit, 5th Circuit and 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and US Supreme Court. I am a Texas SuperLawyer, AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell, and Lead Counsel rated in Business law. I am a Bet the Company Litigator.

Barrett Thomas is a family law and criminal law attorney in Waco, Texas. He practices with his partner, Kristy Blanchard, in courthouses across Texas. They have offices in Dallas, Waco, Temple, and Abilene. 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 trial. He is a past president of...

J. Spencer Young is a Senior Associate Attorney at Sul Lee Law Firm. In assisting clients to obtain the best possible result, Spencer takes pride in working with clients and not just for them. Spencer combines his past work experience, an empathetic understanding, and an outside-the-box, yet practical approach to attack problems head-on. Born and raised in the heart of West Texas, Spencer attended the University of Texas at Austin for his undergraduate studies where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government. Thereafter, Spencer attended Texas Tech School of Law, where he graduated in 2019. Spencer served as...

I was born and raised in Denton, Texas and graduated from Denton High School in 1998. My mother is and has been a physician in Denton since 1980. I feel that my educational background in science, business, and law gives me a unique perspective on any dispute including those involving complex business structures. Additionally, due to my experience with small businesses, I understands the issues and potential obstacles that affect them as well.

I received my law degree from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in 2008. Prior to law school, I received an undergraduate degree in Mechanical...

Shawn Fox is a Personal Injury and Civil Trial Lawyer and is licensed to practice as an attorney by the states of Texas and Pennsylvania. Acknowledged as a Texas Rising Star, his practice is focused on protecting the rights of the injured.

Quentin Brogdon is a Fellow of the invitation-only International Academy of Trial Lawyers, American College of Trial Lawyers (Vice-Chair, Texas State Committee), and International Society of Barristers. He is listed in the Best Lawyers in America in Personal Injury Litigation (Lawyer of Year, Personal Injury Litigation, Plaintiffs, Dallas/Fort Worth 2023), and he is board certified in personal injury trial law and in civil trial advocacy. He has been a Texas Monthly Super Lawyer every year since its inception, and he has been a Top 3 Texas Monthly Super Lawyer in Texas. Lawdragon Magazine selected him as a "500 Leading Plaintiffs’...

Experienced federal criminal trial lawyer. A former federal prosecutor in Texas. Exclusively practicing in federal criminal court. Lead counsel in hundreds of federal criminal cases. Specializes in mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, health care fraud, conspiracy, and cryptocurrency violations. Extensive experience in federal forfeiture matters, having handled hundreds of forfeiture matters over 25 years. Served as Asset Forfeiture Chief at the United States Attorney's Office. Representing clients involved in cryptocurrency businesses since 2015. Attorney Spencer is also practicing in white collar crimes defense, and cryptocurrency compliance. Client focused. Results focused.

Kate is an Attorney at McClure Law Group. Kate practices exclusively family law, including cases involving premarital and post-marital agreements, divorce, post-divorce modifications, custody disputes, parenting plans, and child support. She is also trained in Collaborative Law.

With a sharp focus on leading her clients to the best possible outcomes, Kate encourages her clients to look forward during an emotionally and financially draining time in their lives. Recently, she negotiated a settlement where a stay-at-home parent of 20+ years was awarded the marital home in spite of a premarital agreement that may have prevented her client from receiving credit for the...

Attorney Jerry D. Andrews is board certified in personal injury law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He has tried more than 30 jury trials, securing many favorable verdicts and settlements during his career. You can rely on Mr. Andrews and his team to provide knowledgeable, compassionate representation in personal injury and wrongful death cases. The staff speaks Spanish fluently so we are able to offer excellent legal service to the Spanish-speaking community. In addition, Mr. Andrews is practicing cases regarding delivery driver accidents including: UPS, FedEx, and Amazon. The Difference An Experienced Trial Attorney Makes It is important that your lawyer...

Anita helps divorcing clients build a solid foundation for a better future post-divorce. Effective and strong, Anita focuses her practice exclusively on Family Law matters, including divorce litigation, collaborative law, mediation, child support, and modifications. With over 2 decades of law practice and a no-nonsense approach, Anita has proven herself to be an outstanding advocate for her clients and their children.

Divorce is a time of great distress and worry and oftentimes feels overwhelming and out of control. Despite that, you need to make decisions that affect every aspect of your future. Anita helps you understand all of your...

My chief passion is to revolutionize the way legal services are delivered, particularly intellectual property (IP) and technology law. I am an evangelist for change in how law firms are structured to provide a different kind of experience for not only clients, but also professionals in the legal industry. One of my greatest career achievements is our firm twice winning honors as one of the best places to work in Dallas, as recognized by the Dallas Business Journal in 2010 and 2011. As part of this mission, we have embraced conscious capitalism (sometimes called purposeful capitalism) and...

Rasha divides her practice between labor and employment litigation and compliance and personal injury and premises liability defense. Rasha began her career at an employee-side labor and employment firm, where she represented plaintiffs in cases involving federal and state discrimination and retaliation, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Texas Workforce Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, the National Labor Relations Act, breach of contract, non-competition agreements, and other statutes and regulatory bodies. Rasha’s background as an employee-side attorney has been an advantageous...

I have over 25 years of experience as a litigator and am a former national co-chair of Littler Mendelson’s Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets Practice Group. From employment disputes to trade secret protection, wrongful competition, business mediation and litigation, and drafting and enforcement of non-compete agreements, I have truly seen it all.

I have dealt with high-profile cases that give me unique and unparalleled expertise and insight. Combined with my one-of-a-kind talent for creative problem solving and “out of the box” thinking, I am able to craft successful resolutions to complex legal problems.

As the Managing Attorney at Sul Lee Law Firm. Diren Singhe instills a philosophy based on client-centric legal representation rooted in legal ethics, simple pragmatism, and Abraham Lincoln’s observation that the law is fundamentally the best reasoning of the wisest, applied over the ages “to the transactions and business of mankind.” Following an early life spent all over the world from Europe to South America, California, and New York, Diren started his career as an executive at an energy industry startup in Houston before moving onto international commercial and intellectual property ligation, construction and design professional liability, fiduciary litigation, and then...

Walker G. Harman, Jr., graduated from the Fordham University School of Law with a J.D. in 1999. At Fordham Law School, he was a member of the Moot Court Board and the Criminal Defense Clinic and an editor of the Environmental Law Journal. He also served as President of the Fordham Student Sponsored Fellowship, where he was charged with the distribution of hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarship funds to students to enable them to work with not-for-profit organizations, and co-chaired the LGBT Students Organization, where he worked directly with Fordham's Dean and other administrators to address diversity and...

As a former federal prosecutor, Dan has an insider's knowledge of the tactics used by and resources available to federal prosecutors. He has used this knowledge and his over 33 years of trial experience to independently and successfully defend board chairmen, CEOs, CFOs, doctors, lawyers, CPAs, entrepreneurs, preachers, companies, and individuals embroiled in complex white collar criminal cases. He has been involved in numerous high-profile bank fraud, securities fraud, health care fraud, antitrust, IRS tax and corporate fraud cases. He successfully obtained acquittals in an indictment brought by Whitewater Independent Counsel Ken Starr and took President Bill Clinton's testimony in...

A native of Commerce and Temple, Texas, Attorney Paul F. Wieneskie brings over 30 years of practice experience to Bailey & Galyen, with an emphasis on civil appeals, municipal law (representing cities or private citizens), economic development concerns, and land use and planning. He has been board-certified in civil appellate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1994, an honor accorded to less than one in every ten lawyers in the state of Texas. He is also AV-rated by his colleagues in the legal profession under Martindale-Hubbell’s Peer Review Rating System®* (since 1997). Paul has successfully represented clients...

Gregory Cagle is is one of the founding partners of Cagle Pugh.

Gregory concentrates his law practice in civil and complex litigation involving real estate, nonprofit and for-profit corporations, business disputes, construction defects, and residential and commercial community associations. Gregory has extensive litigation experience and has served as lead trial attorney in hundreds of trials in front of judges and juries.

Gregory also has extensive experience in representing community associations as general counsel on all aspects of issues involved in the operation and governance of association-governed communities, including management issues, compliance with federal and state laws, interpretation of...

Jason is one of the nation's top trial lawyers for one reason: when he represents a client, he's all in. No matter how tough the fight. No matter how big the challenge. When it matters most, he's there for people who have been wronged. He takes every case personally, treating each client like family while he fights to rebuild their lives.

When people need to win, they call Jason. He's won several verdicts and settlements worth more than $100 million, dozens of results worth more than $10 million, and more than 200 results worth $1 million or more. In total,...

Charles Sanders is the co-founder and partner of Rose Sanders Law Firm. Charles excels at litigation and brings the tough approach needed to the courtroom when dealing with opposing counsel. Charles is passionate about helping the injured and fighting for their rights against insurance companies.

Prior to opening Rose Sanders Law Firm with his wife and co-founder, Erica Rose Sanders, Charles served as the manager of the personal injury docket at the Erica Rose Law Firm, PLLC.

Charles started his career as a paralegal for a maritime defense firm in Houston, and then decided to attend law school at Thomas M. Cooley...

Ify Ononogbu is the principal attorney and the founder of Law Office of Ify Ononogbu in Dallas, Texas, where she practices immigration and family law and assists in reuniting families, custody and divorce. After working and studying law in several countries including the United States, Spain, Colombia and Peru, she opened her own boutique law firm. As an advocate for access to affordable justice as a first-generation American, she is passionate about helping families legally emigrate to the U.S.

Ify is also passionate about being a voice for the voiceless, or marginalized and underrepresented populations in the country, that is what...

Jay Murray has been a top-rated Dallas personal injury lawyer for almost three decades. Jay was admitted into the Texas bar in 1995. He received his Juris Doctorate from Texas Wesleyan University and earned his bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University in 1992. During the course of his career, Jay has won a variety of honors. He is a member of the Multimillion Dollar Advocates Forum, and he has been named to the National Trial Lawyers Association Top 100 Trial Lawyers. He has also been a Super Lawyer since 2004. Jay serves as a member of the board of directors of the...

As one of the founding partners at Lyons & Simmons, LLP, Attorney Michael Lyons is dedicated to providing top-tier legal services for each and every one of his clients. Currently, he handles a wide range of cases in several practice areas, including those that involve personal injury, products liability, professional liability, wrongful death, and complex business disputes. Before committing his life to trial work, Lyons attended The University of Texas where he achieved his Bachelor of Arts degree. Following his undergraduate studies, he attended South Texas College of Law where he achieved his Juris Doctorate, graduating cum laude and as a...

Ashkan "Ash" Mehryari is a criminal defense attorney who quickly earned a reputation for being one of the best attorneys in DFW. In his first felony trial, after moving to recuse a district judge for being unfair, he obtained an acquittal for his client in trial with the subsequent judge. He continued to build on this reputation through the years and obtained a full acquittal following a Capital Murder charge in 2020.

Over the years, Ash earned countless awards; however, the greatest testament to his practice is the source of his clients. In addition to former clients, he receives numerous referrals...

When my children ask me what I do, I tell them, "I help people." I love helping people. Our firm only represents real people and does not represent large corporations. My philosophy is that large corporations exist purely to make money and have no soul. When the core of one's existence is simply profit and there is no soul to engage one's conscience, wrongful conduct is probably close at hand.

My grandfather and father have been great influences in my life and practice. My grandfather, Curtis Stewart, was a coal miner who, at great personal risk, helped John L. Lewis organize...

Frequently found atop lists of the top attorneys in his state, Christopher Lewis is a trial attorney based in Dallas, Texas. He is recognized by past clients and peers alike for his considerable experience and contribution to numerous areas of criminal defense and personal injury law. He possesses both an Avvo 10/10 rating and AV Preeminent rating by Martingdale Hubbell, which is the highest possible rating awarded for the combination of skills and experience in the law. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Evangel University, where he majored in both government and psychology. He was also a four-year letterman for his...

I work with clients to help them succeed, whether this involves setting up a new business, working with them to understand and comply with complicated federal and state laws, developing their estate plan and preparing the necessary documents, or helping them resolve their firearm legal issues.

I can work with you by providing the following legal services:

(1) Business Law: Work with businesses owners to plan their organization, develop the legal documents necessary to get their business started, and address their ongoing legal concerns

(2) Regulatory Compliance: Work with business owners to help them understand and comply with statutory and regulatory requirements so...

A New Orleans native, Dominique received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Loyola University New Orleans. After taking a gap year to move to Oakland, California, Dominique returned to New Orleans and continued her undergraduate education while also working full time to put herself through school. Following her undergraduate education, Dominique went on to receive her Juris Doctor from Tulane University New Orleans, where she focused primarily on corporate and intellectual property law. During law school, Dominique demonstrated her ability to balance her coursework with extracurriculars. Ms. Williams served as a member of Tulane’s Black Law Student’s Association Mock...

Robert Epstein is an experienced family law attorney with the strategic capabilities, creativity, and intense drive to resolve challenging cases both in and out of the courtroom. He guides clients with diverse goals and financial circumstances through all types of family law matters. Clients count on Epstein to outhustle adversaries and create proactive game plans to maintain control of their cases and resolve them favorably. Epstein’s constant communication and supportive nature are highly valued by clients. He has received numerous awards throughout his career.

Our practice is focused on advising and representing startups, small business owners, and privately held corporations. Our services encompass business formation, corporate and LLC compliance, contract writing, reviewing, and negotiating, as well as trademark registration and maintenance. We pride ourselves in helping clients protect their business interests through personalized legal counsel and representation.

Jack Ternan's practice includes extensive experience in commercial litigation, business litigation, arbitration, appeals and appellate, corporate litigation, real estate litigation, breach of contract, open government litigation, partnership / business divorce disputes, and other civil litigation. Mr. Ternan also has experience in advising businesses and individuals on how to resolve or settle disputes without litigation. Jack Ternan grew up in Plano, Texas, where he currently resides with his wife and sons. Prior to starting the Ternan Law Firm, Mr. Ternan was a partner at Bickel & Brewer, now known as Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors. He has been...

For over two decades, Robert "Tim" Tate has dedicated himself to providing competent and trustworthy representation for victims of injuries throughout the state of Texas. Chosen by D Magazine as one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas, Tim is known for maximizing his clients' cases. Tim's mission in every case is to get the defendant's insurance company to pay top dollar for his client's medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering. Tim Tate is licensed as an Attorney at Law by the Supreme Court of Texas. Additionally, Tim is a member of the American Association for Justice and the...

I have been practicing criminal law and procedure exclusively for the past twenty one years, first as a criminal prosecutor for six years and, as a defense attorney since 2005. I have been Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2011, and devote my practice to the defense of others. I have been selected as every year since 2017 as a Texas Super Lawyer in Criminal Law.

Levi G. McCathern, II is widely recognized as one of the premier litigation lawyers in Texas. He is Board Certified in both Civil Trial Law and Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a double certification held by only 26 of the 87,000 attorneys in Texas.

Mr. McCathern specializes in catastrophic damage litigation and is frequently summoned to defend specialized, high-damage claims, including all types of commercial litigation. In addition, he has served as lead counsel for numerous jury trials and is regularly called upon to provide legal consultation to companies throughout the country.

Mr. McCathern serves as...

Ty M. Sheaks is a partner with McCathern and is the go to “fixer” for McCathern’s most difficult and high-exposure litigation matters. He has a unique and diverse background counseling business partners in a variety of civil and commercial litigation matters on a national level. Prior to joining McCathern in 2013, Mr. Sheaks served as national trial counsel for a multi-national corporation handling all aspects of defending toxic tort and product liability claims in state and federal courts nationwide.

Mr. Sheaks heads up McCathern’s Retail, Restaurant, and Hospitality Section, but has extensive experience and a successful track record in...