Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Commonly known as "HOAs," homeowner and condominium associations provide numerous benefits to communities and property owners. Homeowners' associations have spread prolifically throughout the country, particularly in Texas, which has given rise to unique disputes and legal issues. More recently, legislative initiatives have imposed additional obligations on the corporate governance of homeowners' associations. Our attorneys have a wealth of experience in resolving disputes and advising property owners associations on these complicated legal issues.
• Business Disputes
  We also provide the highest quality local counsel services, particularly in federal court. Our successful local counsel engagements include representing some of the world’s largest corporations from case filing through trials and appeals. Our attorneys, including former United States District Court law clerks, are intimately familiar with Texas federal courts and their likes and dislikes. We diligently and capably take care of local procedure so that out-of-town counsel can focus on the merits of presenting the client's case most effectively. Our representative experience as local counsel includes intellectual property, insurance defense, commercial and business disputes, and more.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Kristen is an associate attorney in the firm's HOA department. Kristen's practice includes representing clients in real estate matters involving property owners' associations. She serves her clients by drafting, amending, and filing dedicatory instruments and other community association governing documents.
• Real Estate Transactions
• Property Damage
  Representation of non-profit entity in claim for breach of contract arising out of property damage dispute and mold remediation, resulting in mediated settlement.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Tanya Tyer Smitherman is an experienced litigator with over thirty years of extensive expertise in complex litigation involving products liability, mass torts, catastrophic injuries, medical professional liability, and other personal injury litigation. Tanya serves as national coordinating counsel managing the defense of toxic tort product litigation for a global manufacturer of industrial and consumer chemical products defending lawsuits in state and federal courts nationwide. Tanya has served as lead counsel and first chair trial counsel for a large hospital system in Dallas, and has successfully represented hospitals, physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals in cases throughout Texas. She is also experienced in the areas of insurance coverage disputes and litigation involving first-party contracts and extra contractual insurance claims. Tanya has successfully tried cases in state and federal courts and on appeal.

Finance Law

• Foreclosure
  Defended claims against property owners' associations and board members regarding claims involving board governance, enforcement of deed restrictions, challenges to lien foreclosures, architectural control committee decisions, and counter-claims in assessment disputes.
• Tax Law
• Debt Collection
  Insurance disputes can arise in a variety of areas. We have been engaged by our clients to resolve insurance disputes in areas from environmental contamination to debt collection, from dram shop liability to cell phone radiation, from home mortgages to products liability. We counsel and represent our clients in claims involving comprehensive general liability policies, automobile policies, homeowner’s policies, marine and cargo policies, environmental impairment liability policies, employment practices policies, mortgage insurance policies, directors and officers liability policies, non-profit management liability policies and excess/umbrella policies.