Location: South Padre Island, Texas Phone: 956-761-8000
Email: E-mail Me
Areas of Practice
- Residential and Commercial Real Estate
- Business and Commercial Transactions
- Business Organization and Entity Choice
- Loans and Financing
- Wills, Trusts, and Estate Planning
- Acquisition and Sale of Water Rights
- Condominium and Property Owner Associations
Certified Legal Specialties
- Commercial Real Estate, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2007
- Residential Real Estate, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2007
- Property Owners Association Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2019
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1999
- Missouri, 1981
- Kansas, 1989
- Arizona, 1995
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1988
Education
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University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas
- J.D. - 1981
- Law Review: University of Kansas Law Review, Articles Editor and Member, 1979 - 1981
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University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
- B.A. - 1978
- Major: Speech
Classes/Seminars
- Seminar Speaker - Advanced Real Estate and Advanced Real Estate Drafting, Mortgage Lending, The Changing Face of Water Rights, Advanced Real Estate Strategies; Texas State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education
- Seminar Speaker, Arizona State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, 1996
- Seminar Speaker, Missouri State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, 1989 - 1992
- Adjunct Professor, University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law, Trial Advocacy Course, 1992 - 1994
- Author or Co-Author of several Texas state bar seminar publication articles
- Co-Author, Missouri Bar Continuing Legal Education publication "Missouri Bankruptcy Practice", 1992
Professional Associations, Memberships and Activities
- Texas Board of Legal Specialization Exam Commission
- Real Estate Forms Committee of the Texas State Bar Association
- Condominium, Restrictive Covenant and Property Owner Association Subcommittee
- Water Law Subcommittee
- Cameron County Bar Association
- Texas State Bar Association
- Business Law Section
- Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section
- South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce
- Business Services Committee (former Chairperson)
- Government Services Committee
- Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce (member, former director)
- City of Port Isabel
- Planning & Zoning Commission (Chairperson)
- TIRZ Board (member)
- City of South Padre Island
- Planning & Zoning Commission (former member)
- Economic Development Corporation (former member)
- Arizona State Bar Association, Former Member
- Missouri State Bar Association, Former Member
- Kansas State Bar Association, Former Member
Past Employment Positions
- Rentfro Faulk Law Firm, Brownsville, TX, 2003 - 2005
- Atlas & Hall, McAllen, TX, 1998 - 2003
- Monroe & Associates, Tucson, AZ, 1995 - 1997
- Resolution Trust Corp. (Professional Liability Section) 1992 - 1994
- Private Practice, Kansas City, MO, Law Firms 1981 - 1991