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Tyler Ashley Flood
Houston, TX Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense and DUI & DWI
South Texas College Of Law
Tyler graduated from the famous trial lawyer- law school South Texas College of Law. He played college baseball before attending Texas A&M University and Texas State University where he received a B. S. in Psychology. Tyler is a native Houstonian – born in Sharpstown. Tyler is married to Aimee and has 2 sons, Senator & March. They reside in Houston.
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Patrick Luff
Houston, TX Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Products Liability
University of Michigan Law School
Patrick Luff entered legal practice after several years as a professor of law. During his time at the University of Oklahoma, Arizona State University, and Washington and Lee University, he taught courses on legislation and statutory interpretation, civil procedure, and administrative law. He also spent time a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany. Patrick received his Bachelor of Arts in Government from the University of Texas in Austin and his Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School, where he graduated cum laude and served as...
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Galvin Kennedy
Houston, TX Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Employment and Personal Injury
University of Houston - Main Campus
Galvin Kennedy, founding partner at Kennedy Hodges, LLP, was born in the Chicago, Illinois, area. His parents divorced when he was young and he was influenced by watching his mother work to support her four children. When he was ten years old, his mother moved her family to Houston, Texas.
After graduating from high school, Mr. Kennedy attended Northern Illinois University on a full scholarship as the captain of the university's prestigious national debate team. During his time on the debate team, he was awarded dozens of regional and national speaker awards. He graduated magna cum laude in 1992 with a...
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David Wayne Hodges
Houston, TX Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Appeals, Employment, Insurance Claims and Medical Malpractice
University of Houston - Main Campus
David Hodges, founding partner at Hodges & Foty, LLP, was born in McAllen, Texas, and moved to Cypress when he was seven. He attended Cy-Fair Senior High School, and discovered he wanted to go to law school after participating in a mock trial in his senior government class.
After graduation, he joined the Corps of Cadets and attended Texas A&M University where he earned his B.S. degree in 1989. After graduating from Texas A&M University, he was immediately commissioned in the Navy and deployed to the Persian Gulf. When he transferred from active duty to the Navy Reserves, he...
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Javier Marcos Jr.
Houston, TX Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationConstruction, Criminal Defense, Immigration and Personal Injury
University of Houston Law Center
Por más de 19 años, el Abogado de Accidentes, el Abogado Javier Marcos, ha defendido los derechos de los hispanos. Es el abogado de los hispanos. Es un professional con mucho conocimiento y experiencia legal, enfocándose primordialmente en casos de accidentes, litigación. Sabe tomar buenas y rapidas decisiones para atacar al otro lado y cuenta con un record de excelencia.
El Abogado de Accidente Javier Marcos es:
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- Sus papas son inmigrantes de México.
- Habla los dos idiomas: Inglés y Español.
- Estudió leyes en la Universidad de Houston.
- Es hombre de...
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Dustin Webber
Missouri City, TX Lawyer
Free ConsultationBusiness, Real Estate, Securities and Tax
New York University School of Law and University of Houston Law Center
Dustin advises clients about their business-related matters at the federal, state, and international levels with experience in corporate, tax, securities, and related issues. Dustin has experience providing tax and business services, including the reformation and restructuring of large multi-national businesses to achieve strategic tax and business objectives. Dustin works with business owners, corporate officers, and other advisors in structuring acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, and corporate financing arrangements to provide efficient solutions to tax and business issues across a variety of industries.
In addition to his business and tax planning experience, Dustin has experience resolving taxpayer issues during IRS examination or collection status,...
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Daniel David Horowitz III
Houston, TX Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationAsbestos, Insurance Claims, Maritime and Medical Malpractice
South Texas College Of Law
Daniel Horowitz received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business and his Doctorate of Jurisprudence from South Texas School of Law. While at the University of Texas, Daniel served as the Treasurer of the Silver Spurs, an organization he continues to support as a member of the Board of Directors. Daniel's practice is devoted nearly one hundred percent to plaintiffs' personal injury. He handles a variety of lawsuits including catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, explosions, petrochemical accidents, pharmaceutical litigation, and vehicular accidents. In 2008, Daniel became Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law...
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Barry C. Barnett
Houston, TX Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP
Harvard University
Clients and colleagues call Barry Barnett an “incredibly gifted lawyer” (Chambers and Partners) who is “magic in the courtroom” (Who’s Who Legal), “the top antitrust lawyer in Texas” (Chambers and Partners), and “a person of unquestioned integrity” (David J. Beck, founder of Beck Redden).
Barnett is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, and Lawdragon has named him one of the top 500 lawyers in the United States three years in a row. Best Lawyers in America has honored him as “Lawyer of the Year” for Bet-the-Company Litigation (2019 and 2017) and Patent Litigation (2020) in Houston. Based in...
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Farrah Martinez
Houston, TX Attorney with 19 years of experience
Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
At Farrah Martinez Law Firm we provide top notch legal representation to everyday people who have been injured as a result of another person’s negligent acts. Farrah was voted one Houston's Top Personal Injury Lawyers in 2015 by Houstonia Magainze. She also is rated Superby by AVVO a national lawyer rating conglomerate. With over a decade of legal experience, Farrah is dedicated to ensuring you receive the compensation you deserve for the losses and injuries you have suffered. We understand that when you have been injured your life is drastically changed. Farrah Martinez is the founding...
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Katie D. Bell
Houston, TX Lawyer with 20 years of experience
711 Louisiana Street
Suite 1800
Houston, TX 77002
Free ConsultationInsurance Defense
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University
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Brendin Miguez
Houston, TX Lawyer with 1 year of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Criminal Defense, Family and Personal Injury
South Texas College of Law
Brendin Miguez is the founder and lead attorney at The Miguez Law Firm, PLLC. He is a graduate of South Texas College of Law Houston, one of only three schools in the nation that is consistently ranked in the top 10 for trial advocacy by U.S. News & World Report. Prior to attending law school, Brendin’s past displays an impressive history of public service as he worked both as a teacher and served four years in the United States Army as a paralegal. Brendin’s practice draws upon his experiences of serving others in delivering the best possible legal outcomes for...
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Ryan van Steenis
Houston, TX Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Business
Washington University School of Law
Ryan van Steenis's practice focuses on complex civil litigation involving commercial disputes, securities litigation, investigations, and white-collar matters. Ryan’s professional philosophy is to go above and beyond expectations (the “ABE” standard) for clients. Ryan works hard to provide clients with sound legal advice and superior legal representation in matters affecting a wide variety of their business or personal interests.
Before working as a lawyer, Ryan worked in several professional service jobs to make ends meet, from retail stores to golf courses. Those efforts taught him the value of “service as a product,” and how excellent service often laid the foundation for...
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William W. Ogden
Houston, TX Attorney with 48 years of experience
Administrative, Employment and Energy
The University of Texas School of Law
Bill Ogden is a partner in the Houston office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2017 and practices in the trial and appellate groups. He has extensive courtroom and appellate experience in a wide range of commercial litigation, with concentration in communications and First Amendment law, employment litigation, financial services and energy law. Bill is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is one of the foremost First Amendment attorneys in the state of Texas having represented traditional media such as newspapers, broadcasters, journalists and book publishers, as well as internet...
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Judith A. Meyer
Houston, TX Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Houston, TX 77002
Arbitration & Mediation, Construction, Employment and Real Estate
Tulane University School of Law
Judith focuses her practice on securities litigation, broker litigation, breach of contract matters, business disputes, mediation and arbitration, construction defect litigation, premises liability and toxic tort defense, employment torts, and commercial real estate matters.
Judith is a qualified mediator for general civil disputes under the Texas Alternative Dispute Resolution Act and has served as a volunteer mediator for the Harris County Dispute Resolution Center.
Judith earned her B.S., magna cum laude, from Louisiana State University in 1979. She earned her J.D. in 1985 from Tulane University School of Law, where she was articles editor of the Maritime Lawyer and winner of the...
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John W. Clay
Houston, TX Attorney with 28 years of experience
Business
University of Houston Law Center
John Clay has a diverse legal practice advising and representing individuals and multi-national corporations in complex litigation disputes. He is a skilled litigator with first-chair commercial trial and arbitration experience, and has represented clients in multiple areas of litigation including engineering design and construction litigation, civil RICO litigation, class action and multidistrict litigation proceedings, investment disputes, energy litigation, complex contractual disputes, cross-border litigation, transportation liability defense, and employment litigation.
Mr. Clay has represented clients in multiple lawsuits at the state and federal court level and in domestic and international arbitrations. His experience extends to cross-border commercial litigation, including representation of Latin...
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Gary E. Alfred
Houston, TX Attorney with 26 years of experience
Business
The University of Texas School of Law
Gary Alfred is Special Counsel to the Houston office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2017 and represents clients in a wide array of civil litigation and commercial matters. Prior to joining Kean Miller, Mr. Alfred was a partner in a large Texas-based trial and litigation firm. His practice involves products liability, business litigation, commercial and residential construction matters, oil and gas issues, large personal injury defense, professional malpractice, and labor and employment law matters in state and federal court as well as multiple bodies of arbitration. He also has experience mediating cases.
Gary has investigated and litigated cases...
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John A. Daspit
Houston, TX Attorney with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Houston - Main Campus
Attorney John Daspit provides high-quality legal representation for personal injury lawsuits and claims in Houston, Texas. John Daspit attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Accounting. After graduation, John decided to pursue a law degree at the University of Houston. Before starting Daspit Law Firm, where he serves accident victims, John worked at one of the most prominent law firms in Texas, Fulbright & Jaworski. In the past, Attorney Daspit worked as a defense lawyer, where he learned the ins and outs of legal defense techniques. Today, he uses this...
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John Cucci Jr.
Houston, TX Attorney
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, Insurance Claims, Juvenile and Real Estate
City University of New York School of Law
A Blue-Collar background and a drive to always improve and help those who need support. John Cucci attended Public schools from K through College and law School. A graduate of the City University of New York Law School.
John Cucci is a US Army Veteran who received and Honorable Discharge after his service in the 80s. John Cucci has been an attorney in over 500 Trials and has lost less than 5% of them.
A true Leader, John Cucci was the School President at his College at the State University if New York at Stony Brook. There he maintained a...
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Timothy W. Strickland
Houston, TX Attorney with 33 years of experience
Energy and Maritime
University of Houston Law Center
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Lance Lubel
Houston, TX Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Tax
University of Houston - Main Campus
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J. Javier Gutierrez
Houston, TX Attorney with 21 years of experience
Personal Injury and Products Liability
New York University School of Law
Javier Gutierrez is a trial lawyer and President of the Gutierrez Law Firm, with extensive experience representing individuals and families in personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits involving motor vehicle and workplace accidents.
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Richard Todd Fass
Houston, TX Attorney with 34 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
South Texas College Of Law
Richard Fass joined Perdue & Kidd, bringing with him over 20 years of legal experience. His practice focuses on personal injury, including transportation and maritime litigation, and medical malpractice. He has been named a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. In his spare time, Mr. Fass enjoys playing golf and volunteers at the Shell Houston Open. He is also the Director of the Gulf Coast Chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and a member of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Barbecue...
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Andrew Saul Traub
Austin, TX Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
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Lisa Thorsen
Austin, TX Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Entertainment & Sports, Estate Planning and Real Estate
California Western School of Law
With more than 12 years of experience in private practice, Lisa Thorsen provides sound, practical counsel and local market expertise on business law matters in Texas and California. As outside general counsel, Lisa provides a range of services, from company formations to corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, asset and stock purchases and sales, debt and dispute settlements, company structuring, and licensing matters.
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Christopher Michael Perri
Austin, TX Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
The University of Texas School of Law
Chris Perri is an award-winning criminal defense attorney dedicated to getting the best possible outcomes for his clients. With over 15 years of experience practicing criminal defense in Austin and all over Texas, Chris Perri has successfully helped clients win trials, overturn wrongful convictions, get cases dismissed, and expunge records. He’s had successful outcomes in a variety of areas, including: Appeals, DWI and DUI in Austin, Writs, Assault, Family Violence, Drug Possession, Theft, Expungements, Cyber Crimes, and more.
Through personalized, compassionate, and client-focused service, Chris Perri will protect your rights and prepare a vigorous defense that ensures the best possible...
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Ty Gibson
Austin, TX Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
South Texas College of Law
Ty was born and raised in the heart of the Pineywoods in Longview, Texas. Making his way to Houston to attend law school and ultimately founded Gibson Hill PC in 2013.
While attending South Texas College of Law, Ty personally managed a personal injury docket at a local law firm. This was Ty’s initial exposure to personal injury law, personal injury clients, and the skills necessary to cultivate a good attorney-client relationship, and ultimately a passion for assisting those who have been injured.
Ty handles each client’s case as if it is a mission, knowing that each and every case will have...
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Patricia Lynne Brown
Round Rock, TX Attorney with 28 years of experience
(866) 369-3211
595 Round Rock West Drive
Suite 201
Round Rock, TX 78681
Divorce and Family
Albany Law School
Patricia Brown has been practicing family law since 1997 in Williamson and Travis counties, with an emphasis on people and families, focusing principally on family law and divorce. Ms. Brown is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Both her paralegals are also Board Certified in Family Law. Having gone through a divorce, and raising 2 children as a single mother, Ms. Brown founded the firm based on her personal philosophy: genuine empathy and compassion for men and women seeking help. She focuses on understanding each client's individual needs, and has the...
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Michael Paul Fleming
Austin, TX Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationDUI & DWI, Maritime, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Fleming Law, P.C. is a Houston personal injury lawyer who has been practicing personal injury trial law for over 30 years. He is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is one of the small percentage of attorneys to have argued and won a case before the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
We have decades of experience handling many sorts of cases including:
Personal Injury
Traffic Collisions
Car Accidents
Truck Accidents
Motorcycle Accidents
Drunk Driving Accidents
Civil Litigation
Wrongful Death
Our Houston injury lawyers have the experience to take cases to trial to win verdicts that our clients deserve....
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Sandra Castro Ritz
Austin, TX Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense
The University of Texas School of Law
Sandra earned her B.A. in Political Science and Communications from Texas A&I University and her law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. As a law student, she gained excellent trial experience as a student attorney for the Juvenile Public Defender’s office and then for the Federal Public Defender’s office, where she discovered her passion for criminal defense. Upon being licensed by the Supreme Court of Texas in 1995, Ms. Ritz joined the Law Office of Joseph A. Turner, trying cases in both federal and state courts. Ms. Ritz's dedication to practicing criminal defense led her to open...
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Eric Harron
Austin, TX Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Criminal Defense and Personal Injury
California Western School of Law
Eric Harron has tried felony and misdemeanor cases all around central Texas for the last thirteen years. His personal record is five not guilty verdicts in a row all heard in different state courts. He is admitted to practice in all courts in the state of Texas including the misdemeanor county courts, felony district courts as well as the Western District Federal Court. He enjoys fighting for people when they are experiencing the most difficult time in their lives.
On personal level, Eric is an instrument rated private pilot, an avid off road mountain biker and a dedicated family...
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Mr. F. Scott de la Garza
Austin, TX Attorney with 21 years of experience
300 West Avenue, Suite 1318
Austin, TX 78701
Business and Personal Injury
St. Mary's University School of Law
Mr. de la Garza, a founding partner of DLG Luce, focuses his practice primarily in business litigation and complex civil litigation including business litigation and personal injury law. Prior to joining DLG Luce, Mr. de la Garza practiced with a well-respected litigation firm handling similar matters. Mr. de la Garza has dedicated his legal career to practicing law and litigating throughout Texas and central Texas, including both the San Antonio and Austin local courts. In doing so, he has gained invaluable courtroom experience in both civil and criminal litigation. Prior to practicing law, Mr. de la Garza earned his...
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Ryan Browne
Austin, TX Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Over the decades, Ryan Browne’s representation of victims in car and truck accidents generated hundreds of millions of dollars of settlements and verdicts. Ryan is as comfortable in the courtroom as he is at the office.
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James Feigen
Austin, TX Attorney with 4 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
University of Texas - Austin and St. Mary's University School of Law
James "Jimmy" Feigen focuses on personal injury law. Areas of focus include motor vehicle accident, truck accident, motorcycle accident, aggressive animal attack, and more. Attorney Jimmy Feigen helps those who have been harmed due to the negligence of another individual. He knows firsthand how insurance companies can attempt to minimize claims made by those facing personal injury - forcing injured persons to pay medical bills after a personal injury accident. He works tirelessly to defend the rights of those in Texas who face personal injury.
In 2020, the Olympic swimming champion Jimmy Feigen joined McMinn Law Firm as a personal injury...
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Justin Pless
Austin, TX Attorney
Business and Real Estate
University of Colorado - Denver
Justin D. Pless founded Pless Law Firm in 2009. He dedicates his practice to helping clients navigate complex commercial real estate transactions, development projects, and corporate law matters. Justin divides his time between the firm’s offices in Colorado and Texas.
Justin represents a broad range of clients throughout the United States in commercial real estate transactions and development projects including leasing, purchase and sale, financing, construction, and land use matters. Justin’s practice also includes the formation and structuring of business entities and joint ventures. Recognized for his legal acumen, Justin has published numerous articles and has previously taught continuing legal education...
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Calleigh Olson
Austin, TX Attorney
Real Estate
University of Akron School of Law
Calleigh Olson joined Pless Law Firm in 2022 and is based in the Firm’s Denver office. Calleigh’s practice focuses on leasing, corporate governance, and development matters.
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Christopher Perry Campbell
Austin, TX Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Real Estate and Tax
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Christopher Campbell joined Pless Law Firm in 2023 as Senior Counsel. Based in the Denver office, he specializes in assisting clients with acquisitions, dispositions, equity investments, syndications, fund formation, leasing, capital structuring, financing, 1031 exchange, and tenant-in-common structuring and finance. In his twenty years of practice, Chris has regularly worked with asset management firms, private equity funds, opportunity funds, local and regional owners and operators, investment banks, financial institutions, private lenders, investors, institutional owners, and high net worth investors throughout the country on multifamily, office, hotel, mixed-use, retail and industrial projects.
Chris has also successfully represented landlords and tenants in structuring...
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Michael Murray
Austin, TX Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Immigration
St. Thomas University School of Law
Michael G. Murray, Esq. is a Miami native, and a cum laude graduate of the University of Florida. He earned his Masters Degree from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, and his J.D. from St.Thomas School of Law in Miami, Florida. While in law school, Mr. Murray received the Book Award in Criminal Procedure, Trial Advocacy, Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiating, and the Immigration Law Clinic, where his thesis pertained to criminal waivers for aliens convicted of violent crimes. Mr. Murray has extensive experience in immigration law, representing clients seeking criminal waivers, adjustment of status, cancellation of removal, asylum, and naturalization....
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Carolyn H Young
Austin, TX Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Divorce and Family
The University of Texas School of Law
Carolyn H Young has been a Divorce Attorney and Family Law sole practitioner in central Texas for more than twenty-four years. While delivering highly competent, diligent, and ethical representation, Carolyn provides the personal attention required to meet each client’s individual needs and concerns. Her goal is to offer comfortable access to her clients during a difficult time while ensuring they receive dependable and honorable legal counsel.
Carolyn grew up in Midland, Texas and received her undergraduate degree from Washington & Lee University. Carolyn was accepted into the first class of coeds to attend Washington & Lee University in almost 240 years....
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Angelica Rolong Cormier
Austin, TX Attorney with 10 years of experience
Family
Texas Tech University School of Law
Angelica is driven to help families navigate difficult journeys, make sound decisions and successfully transition into the next phase of their lives. Her clients include millennials, professionals and their spouses, who value a constructive and intelligent approach to family law. Anglica was named a 2022 Top Attorney in Austin by Austin Monthly, and a 2023 “Ones to Watch” by Best Lawyers in America© in Family Law. Angelica is a past member of the 2019-2020 State Bar of Texas Leadership Class and is a member of the Diversity in the Profession Committee of the State Bar of Texas. She speaks fluent...
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ADRIANA ELENA BELLO ROOSEN
Houston, TX Attorney with 9 years of experience
Ms. Adriana Bello focuses her immigration work on business immigration matters, such as Employment Based Extraordinary Abilities or National Interest Waiver residence petitions, E2 Investors Visas, L1 Intracompany Transferee visas, among others. Due to her strong business background, Ms. Bello has developed a niche in assisting foreign highly qualified professionals and reviewing their business and work opportunities in the United States. As an immigration lawyer she believes that “you’re really trying to tell a person’s story and explain why that person seeks an opportunity to permanently stay in the United States. I’ve always liked the fact that everybody has their...