Practice Areas
General Business / Corporate Matters
- Entity formation, structure and implementation
- Representation of corporations, partnerships and other business enterprises with respect to general legal matters
- Real Estate
- Employment contracts and consulting agreements
- General business transactions
- Mergers and acquisitions and asset and equity dispositions
- General contracts, production and distributorship agreements, and licensing agreements
Insurance / Risk Management
- Mergers / acquisitions / combinations of insurance companies, agencies and other insurance entities
- General management / operations consulting
- Licensing, filings and other regulatory issues
- Negotiating and drafting of joint marketing agreements, between insurance companies / agencies and financial institutions, trade associations, etc.
- Drafting of producer agreements, employment agreements, buy / sell agreements, and other operating agreements
- Negotiation and drafting of reinsurance treaties, fronting company agreements, etc.
- Litigation support and consultation
- Expert witness testimony
- Errors & omissions liability claims
Administrative / Regulatory / Legislative / Governmental
- Representation before State governmental entities, including the Texas Attorney General’s Office, the Texas Department of Insurance, and other state regulatory boards and commissions
- Texas Open Meetings Act and Public Information Act (Open Records) requests and actions
- Representation before the Texas Legislature
- Legislative Intent review / analysis
- Representation before state and county governmental agencies, city councils and other local governmental and quasi governmental entities
Real Estate
- Purchase / Sales
- Environmental / Conservation
- Water Utilities
Financial Institutions
- Mergers / acquisitions / combinations of financial services entities
- Negotiation and drafting of purchase and merger agreements
- Negotiation and drafting of joint–marketing agreements
- General management / operations consultation