Family Law

We represent clients in courts throughout Texas in matters of divorce, child support, child custody, relocation of children, and in seeking protective orders against family violence.

Criminal Law

We represent clients in courts throughout Texas accused of criminal offenses, from misdeameanors to first degree felonies. Our experience includes bail reduction hearings, plea negotiations, and criminal trials. We firmly believe that everyone accused of a crime desrves a vigorous defense, with a sharp eye towardsprotecting their interests, at every step in the process.

Collections, Debts, & Bankruptcies

We represent both creditors and debtors in resolving debt disputes. Our work has included effective, humane collections, including enforcement court judgments, and pursuing real estate liens. We also represent individuals and small businesses in United States Bankruptcy Court, guiding them through an-often cumbersome process with understanding and support.

Serious Personal Injuries

People who make tort claims after automobile or other accidents are often the object or derision in the media and in popular opinion. We believe that people who, through ill luck and the negligence of others, are hurt, deserve compensation for their pain, and to be assured that their medical needs will be paid for by the party responsible. From injuries involving 18-wheelers, with multiple-week hospital stays, to car crashes on local streets, we negotiate, and litigate, matters, and eagerly take on insurance companies who refuse to honor their policies.

Business Law

Small business people are very busy, attending to their customers and to their bottom line. We believe that they deserve lawyers who are responsive to their questions, respectful of their budgets, chincy on their billings, and tenacious in pursuit of their interests. We assist in a wide range of legal matters confronting the enterpretneur, including sales of assets, contract terms and negotiations, real estate lease negotiation and review, property claims, mechanics' liens, and commercial litigation.

Probate Matters

We assist clients in drafting their wills to ensure that their wishes will be carried out, whether their estate is expected to by large or small. We also help clients draft enforceable medical powers of attorney and directive to physicians, to ensure that their most personal wishes are carried out when they are unable to effectively communicate. We also practice in the Probate Courts of Texas, in such matters as will disputes, challenges to estate administration, and guardianships.

Home Owners Associations

We assist home owners associations in collecting management and maintenance dues, including pursuing and carrying out foreclosures. We also represent home owners associations in dealing with (or disputes with) contractors, lenders, and members.

Appeals

The firm's attorneys have appeared before appellate courts has varied as the Texas Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of South Carolina, and the Ninth Circuit. Our attorneys are admitted to numerous federal courts of appeal, and have drafted briefs for the United States Supreme Court. We are known for briefs that are thorough, but readable, and, when appropriate, with a touch of humor. Appeals are timely, often expensive matters, requiring active cooperation from our clients. But, tenacity, the right arguments, and the right drafting approach can get you there.