Clay County Business Lawyers

Carey Worrell Owner & Principal Attorney, SimpleLawTX Carey Worrell is the founder and principal attorney of SimpleLawTX, where she brings over 20 years of comprehensive legal experience to serve clients across multiple practice areas. Her diverse expertise spans probate law, estate planning, business law, real estate, and immigration, making her uniquely qualified to address the varied legal needs of both individuals and businesses in Texas. Carey began her academic journey at the University of Houston, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2000 with a double major in Political Science and Economics. Her exceptional academic performance earned her admission to Harvard Law School,...

Sameh Aly is a native Houstonian. He attended Charles H. Milby High School located in the heart of Southeast Houston. Sameh Aly attended the University of Houston-Main Campus where he obtained his Bachelor’s Degree and then went on to earn his Law Degree at Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 2007.

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Paul's background as a Texas attorney is in Probate Litigation. His practice focuses on will contests, trust contests, contested guardianships, breach of fiduciary duty claims, right of survivorship accounts, determination of heirs, probate administration and guardianship administration. Paul also assists his clients with the preparation of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, family limited partnerships and other business entities.

The Finman Law Firm focuses on Business legal services, Real Estate, Homeowner's Wrongful Denial Claims, and foreclosure defense litigation. From its inception, the number one goal at the Finman Law Firm has been to focus on the needs of the individual client. We put you first. We understand the stress involved in being part of the legal process and we make it our mission to get you through it safely. The attorneys at The Finman Law Firm have extensive experience in advising and representing businesses and homeowners, and have developed sophisticated legal tools and strategies to assist our clients in...

Law practice specializing in business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, contract drafting, licensing, commercial leases, construction, real estate, business planning, entity formation, compliance issues, and litigation oversight. Additionally, I provide estate planning services.

Will Stafford is Of Counsel in Crain Caton’s Corporate, Business Transactions and Tax Group. With over a decade of legal experience, Will has developed a broad corporate practice, with an emphasis on securities offerings, business transactions, and general corporate governance. He has extensive experience representing individuals, public and private companies, financial institutions and local governments in a wide variety of matters including capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, early-stage and venture capital investments, technology transactions, commercial contracts, securities regulation and compliance, corporate structuring and formation, and general corporate matters.

Will has represented corporations in the issuance of debt, equity and convertible...

I represent employees in legal disputes. If you find yourself in a situation where you need to hire an employment lawyer, you should choose one that is passionate about protecting your legal rights at every opportunity. I established the Dupree Law Firm to be a consistent advocate for employee rights in the workplace.

I began my legal career in the management services division of a large, publicly-traded real estate investment trust. In this role I was responsible for the recruitment, hiring, evaluation, promotion and coaching of all employees reporting to me. As a member of the...

I regularly represent business partners who are embroiled in shareholder and partner disputes. I also represent clients regarding the enforceability of non-solicitation, confidentiality, and non-compete provisions found in employment contracts and purchase/sale agreements. I represent a broad spectrum of clients found in the oil and gas, financial services, real estate sales and services, lending, commercial freight forwarding, commercial manufacturing and distribution, telecommunications, insurance, and construction industries. Specialties Shareholder and partner disputes; enforceability of non-solicitation, confidentiality, and non-compete provisions, breach of commercial contracts. Represents clients in the following industries: Oil and gas, real estate sales and services, lending, commercial freight...

John graduated with his Juris Doctor degree from South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas. He has experience handling a wide range of cases involving business and corporate law, estate planning, insurance litigation, personal injury litigation, and product defects. John is an experienced legal advocate who has a strong record of case successes. As an accomplished attorney, he has earned inclusion in the list of SuperLawyers, a distinction that only 5% of lawyers receive every year. John is admitted to practice in various federal and appeals courts all across Texas.

Jamison’s practice focuses on Commercial Transactions & Litigation, Tax, and Asset Protection. Jamison has handled numerous commercial contract enforcement and collections cases, resulting in dozens of successful judgments, settlements, and awards. While working with H&R Block, Jamison advised hundreds of business clients on a wide array of tax matters and has represented his own clients in IRS controversy matters such as Audits, Offshore Voluntary Disclosures (OVDP), and Offers in Compromise. His experience in Tax and IRS controversy, contract disputes, and collections provides him with the ability to advise clients on asset protection strategies, entity formation, and wills and trusts.

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Scott possesses the ability to recognize, develop and define goals and strategies and to ensure that the proper actions are implemented to achieve and surpass the objectives at hand. He consistently brings new insights and perspectives to situations and challenges, all the while striving to develop the best insight and solutions. As a practicing attorney, Scott focuses on transactional and corporate matters for business and estate planning, including Wills, Trusts, and Probate, for Individuals. In addition to Scott's legal accomplishments, he has over 25 years of experience as leader in different organizations and industries. As an Executive Director...

Scott D. Smith is a seasoned trial lawyer who has obtained favorable verdicts for clients on both sides of the docket. Mr. Smith has experience in all phases of litigation in both state and federal courts throughout the United States, including resolving a broad array of business and commercial disputes, as well as having extensive experience representing financial advisers and financial institutions in financial services litigation in FINRA and AAA arbitration proceedings. He frequently represents financial advisers and financial institutions in employment disputes, securities enforcement actions, as well as regulatory and compliance matters, and assists his clients...

Mr. Showman has handled numerous complex commercial matters and securities class actions (for both plaintiffs and defendants).  He has represented both claimants and respondents in FINRA securities arbitrations.  He has also represented clients in FINRA investigations and has conducted internal corporate investigations.  He has lectured on securities litigation at NYU and Fordham University.  Mr. Showman is also an arbitrator for FINRA customer and employee arbitrations.

With nearly 30 years of complex commercial litigation experience, Robert R. Burford has distinguished himself as an aggressive and successful attorney for his clients. Mr. Burford has handled business disputes of nearly every variety for both plaintiffs and defendants. Mr. Burford has skillfully handled nearly every type of high-stakes business disputes including litigation involving fiduciary duties, securities fraud, mergers and acquisitions, Director’s and Officers’ liability, legal malpractice, oil and gas matters, partnership disputes, intellectual property disputes, theft of trade secrets, healthcare related matters and complex contractual disputes. Mr. Burford graduated from the University of Houston in 1981...

Geoffrey Berg is a partner and founder of Berg Plummer Johnson & Raval, LLP. His areas of practice include Business Litigation, Employment Litigation, General Civil Litigation, Government/Private Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense. Geoff has handled every kind of case from representing corporations in complex multi-million dollar commercial disputes to employment matters, arguments over oilfield trade secrets, government and corporate investigations.

Represents a wide range of: commercial and residential owners, developers and lenders in loans, construction matters, workouts, foreclosures; title issues, lot sales, utilities, platting, development, and zoning issues; Central Appraisal District in ad-valorem tax collection cases; landlords and tenants in leasing matters; Businesses and individuals in commercial trans-actions, complex financings, securities fraud, corporate matters, stock and asset acquisitions.

Kenichi Yagi is an experienced corporate transactional attorney for Adair Myers Stevenson Yagi. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation and advises domestic and international clients in corporate matters, intellectual property disputes, personal injury, premises liability, products liability, insurance coverage, family law, real estate, employment law, and debt collections. Mr. Yagi was born in Japan and moved to the United States when he was a teenager. He graduated high school in the United States and attended the University of Massachusetts at Lowell where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. Mr. Yagi graduated magna cum laude and was a member...

I, Olayinka E. Oladele, bring a distinctive combination of legal and scientific knowledge to my practice, primarily focusing on but not limited to intellectual property and corporate transactions for clients in the technology, life sciences, and healthcare industries. With a Master of Science in Biotechnology and a Juris Doctor, I am well-prepared to guide clients through complex IP strategies and business development issues, utilizing my dual background in law and science. In my current position, I assist clients in understanding the complexities of intellectual property protection and corporate transactions. I help with filings at the United States Patent and Trademark Office...

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Attorney Singh belongs to a family of immigrants, who all migrated to this great nation of ours with the American dream in mind and worked hard day and night and prioritized education above all.

Mr. Singh shares the same work ethic and beliefs as many of us fellow immigrants. He believes in hard work and shares the vision that anything is possible with consistent dedication and perseverance.

Mr. Singh finished his Bachelors degree from California State University, with a triple major in Finance, Marketing & International business. Later,he attended law school and completed the dual degree,...

Travis Westbrook is an attorney in The Woodlands, Texas. He focuses his practice on estate planning, intellectual property, and business law. He is admitted to practice in Texas and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He received a B.S. from Texas A&M University in College Station and a J.D. from Baylor Law School in Waco.

I have been involved in the planning, trial and appeal of complex business litigation matters for the past 30 years. I have represented a wide variety of clients in complex business litigation in state and federal courts throughout Texas and the United States. My practice has involved trials and appeals in such diverse litigation areas as corporate reorganization and bankruptcy, securities and business fraud, white collar-business criminal cases, anti-trust, real estate, construction, oil and gas, insurance disputes, civil rights, First Amendment issues, defense of civil and criminal contempt matters, and defense of individuals in NCAA Infractions Committee hearings. I maintain an...

Stephen Kennedy has been practicing law since 1988 in the areas of general litigation, intellectual property and related business areas. He has an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell, is a Texas Super Lawyer and is a member for the Dallas Bar Association Ethics Committee.

I am a dynamic and highly strategic corporate attorney with over 9 years of commercial contract expertise and a proven track record of balancing legal and business priorities to facilitate purposeful growth. I work with owner operated businesses from start-up to sale. I guide businesses through entity formation, contract package formation, contract review and negotiation, employment policy formation, hiring practice formation, employee categorization, employee termination, and eventual sale. I earned my Juris Doctorate degree in 2013 from The University of Colorado Law School and my Bachelor of Science degree in Corporate Communication, as well as a Business Foundation Certification, from The...

Steve Sapp has extensive experience in the representation of clients in both public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, corporate and securities reporting and compliance matters, Board of Directors representation, and mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, he represents many of his public and private corporate clients, both nationally and internationally, in the prosecution and protection of substantial technology and intellectual property portfolios, related administrative proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and disputes concerning trademark rights, domain names, and copyrights on the Internet. Due to the breadth of his experience and aptitude for client service, he also...

Scott’s experience as an attorney over the last 30 years has evolved from primarily focusing on environmental issues to expanding to energy, water, and climate change. As a partner in large law firms, he has worked with clients to solve regulatory challenges in transactions, solid and hazardous waste, air emissions, wastewater, soil and groundwater contamination, federal and state Superfund matters, and generally in advising management and directors in environmental strategy, corporate governance, and financial disclosure.

Scott has advised clients in creative ways to capitalize on emerging technology such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage, as well...

An associate attorney with Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, PC, Ron C. McCallum provides aggressive and zealous representation to his clients in Dallas, Texas, throughout the state and nationwide. Mr. McCallum focuses his practice of law in the area of personal injury litigation, representing clients who have been harmed by the negligence of others in matters including commercial truck and bus accidents, aviation accidents, aviation products liability, refinery explosions and dangerous pharmaceutical drugs. Prior to attending law school, Mr. McCallum first completed his undergraduate education at The University of Oklahoma in 1997. In addition to receiving a bachelor's degree, he...

Ms. Mills is an experienced Copyright, Trademark and Business Litigation attorney providing strong representation for small and mid-sized business clients in Federal and Texas State Courts and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). Ms. Mills is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas and is Generally admitted in the Northern District of Illinois.

Ms. Mills represents Defendants and Plaintiffs in a broad range of business litigation matters, including copyright and trademark infringement, unfair competition, business disparagement, misappropriation of trade secrets,...

I became a lawyer for a cliched but true reason - I wanted to help people. Today, that desire remains the heart of my law practice. I am passionate about helping my clients solve their problems - whether that’s how to start a new business, understanding what their contract says, or planning for their family’s future. I cut my teeth at “Big Law” firms, where I learned how to analyze, research, negotiate, and strategize from some of the best attorneys in the state of Texas. Over the course of my career, my natural curiosity and love of learning have given...

Hello, I’m a semi-retired, long-time US attorney with substantial experience in business and corporate law. I counsel startups and small businesses, help them set up corporations or LLCs across the country and draft a variety of contracts and corporate documents.

Mary Kate Brown is a dedicated attorney committed to providing exceptional legal representation and advocating for her client's best interests. She earned her undergraduate degree from Concordia University in Austin, Texas. Her passion for the law led her to pursue her Juris Doctor from St. Mary's School of Law in San Antonio, where she honed her legal analysis and advocacy skills. While at St. Mary’s she served as a Staff Writer and an Executive Board Member for the Law Review. During her studies, she gained valuable experience by interning at the Hays County District Attorney’s Office and the Third Court...

John Freeman's primary areas of practice are employment law, civil litigation and related areas of business litigation. He regularly advises clients regarding employment law practices, non-competes, discrimination and other employment related matters.

Mr. Freeman was born in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1945. He received his bachelor's degree from Baylor University in 1967, and served in the United States Navy from 1967 – 1969 as a Supply Officer aboard the USS Duval County, LST-758. He attended law school at the Vanderbilt University School of Law, where he was an Associate Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review in 1972 and 1973, and from which...

Darren Harrington is a shareholder whose principal area of practice is focused on representing local, national, and international corporations and their officers in cases involving trade secrets, non-compete agreements, union issues, personnel, and government regulatory matters. He has been recognized as one of the premier Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) defense counselors in the country, and is regularly called upon by employers to enforce and defend against restrictive covenants such non-compete and non-disclosure agreements, as well as defend against claims under the various anti-discrimination in employment statutes, the minimum wage and overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act...

Attorney Jesse Hoffman joined McCathern, PLLC in 2011 from the Texas Attorney General’s Office and now has a thriving business litigation and appellate practice with McCathern, PLLC.

Mr. Hoffman represents some of the most promising and successful businesses in the nation, and is routinely recognized for his accomplishments by both clients and respected legal publications. He specializes in Civil, Business & Employment Litigation, and serves as Outside General Counsel for corporate clients. Mr. Hoffman is licensed to practice in all Texas State Courts, all Federal District Courts in Texas, and in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Hoffman earned his bachelor’s...

Clark S. Willingham is engaged in estate planning and taxation, handling the formation and governance of business entities, real estate transactions and governmental relations in Washington, D.C and Austin.

Mr. Willingham was born in Houston, Texas in 1944. He received an Accounting degree from Texas Tech University in 1967. He received his Juris Doctor Degree from the Dedman School of Law at SMU in 1971 and his LLM in Taxation in 1984. He was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1971. Mr. Willingham is a member of the American Law Institute, the American Bar Association, the State Bar of...

Dallas native, born and raised Started undergraduate studies as a pre-med student before switching to International Relations and finding my passion in law school Litigator with background in both employment law and commercial litigation representing small and mid-sized business, as well as Fortune 500 companies in cutting edge high stakes litigation.