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Sara Stites Donovan joined MBFC in 2020 and focuses her practice on criminal defense and family law. Prior to joining the firm, Sara was a prosecuting attorney in Austin and Kansas City, Missouri, where she handled felony offenses and misdemeanors, primarily focusing on family violence, sexual assault, and DWI cases.

San Diego and Houston based attorney.  Licensed in California and Texas,  specializing in civil litigation, patents, trademarks and copyrights.  Our firm, Buche & Associates, P.C., handles acquiring and maintaining intellectual property as well as litigation of civil matters involving intellectual property, business disputes, and select injury matters.

Sade has a passion for the law and for social justice and believes that everyone should have the chance to be heard. Her main areas of practice are Real Estate Law, Foreclosure Defense, Post-Foreclosure Inquiries, and Consumer Rights. Spending the first half of her life in West Africa and with family and friends in different parts of the globe, she enjoys a culturally diverse perspective. She has an attitude of excellence, fairness, and compassion.

Sabrina Streusand has 30 years of experience representing clients in a variety of workout and bankruptcy matters. She regularly advises clients on mitigating the risk in credit transactions and protecting the rights of creditors in both State and Federal Courts. She has represented clients in collection actions, foreclosure sales, debt restructures, refinance, preference and fraudulent transfer litigation, reclamation of assets and legal malpractice defense. She has extensive Chapter 11 experience representing creditors, creditors’ committees and debtors. Ms. Streusand has also written articles and has presented many topics including intellectual property in bankruptcy, rights of leasing creditors in Chapter 11, confirmation of Chapter 11 plans, the role of creditors’ committees, the new amendments to the Bankruptcy Code and creditors’ rights and risks in bankruptcy proceedings.   From April 2004 to December 2007, Ms. Streusand was the managing partner for the Hughes & Luce, LLP Austin office.  Sabrina has had an AV-Rating from Martindale-Hubbell for 20 years, reflecting overall expertise, experience, integrity, and professional excellence.

Ryan Krebs received his B.S. from Stanford University in 1975; M.D. from Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, in 1979; attended an internal medicine residency at the University of Michigan Affiliated Hospitals, 1979-1982; and received his J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law in 1994.. Since opening his law office in 1994, Ryan Krebs has used his unique qualifications to obtain exceptional results for his clients on the toughest cases. Because of his background in medicine as well as law, his understanding of personal injuries is unrivaled and he brings this knowledge to bear for each and every one of his clients. Ryan Krebs has won the respect of his legal peers and the gratitude of satisfied clients who appreciate our personal attention, clear communication and commitment to achieving their legal goals.

Roland provides legal advice to businesses with respect to their formation, growth, and operations. In his practice, Roland has represented multi-billion dollar pension funds, both start-up and seasoned hedge fund and investment managers, consumer product good companies, restaurants, and real estate investment funds. He also has developed expertise in the area of crowdfunding, which includes the offer and sale of securities through the internet using general solicitation and advertising. In all of these representations, the recurring theme of Roland’s practice is helping clients raise capital to fund their business operations and investment strategies. His practice centers around the sale and issuance of securities in an efficient manner that ensures full and adequate disclosure to investors to minimize the potential future liability for fraud claims.. Roland began his career at the international law firm of Baker & McKenzie in Dallas, representing large corporate taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service. Following his time in Dallas, he moved home to Austin to join the Palo Alto, California-based law firm, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, representing early stage technology companies and investment funds in connection with private equity and debt financings. He later served as an associate attorney in the Austin office of Winstead Sechrest & Minick in its corporate and securities section. Representations included private equity and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, and public company Securities Exchange Act compliance. Additionally, his representations included federal and state income tax planning in connection with the foregoing transactions.. Roland later served as general counsel and chief compliance officer to a fund-of- hedge funds manager in Austin, Texas with $1 billion (2006) under management, and assistant general counsel to a public pension fund in Austin, Texas with over $100 billion under management (2011).. Roland has four children: Cormac, Ava, Ella, and Coen. In his free time, he loves to write poetry, swim, practice yoga, and freedive.

Rola Daaboul is an associate attorney and seasoned litigator at Reed & Scardino. Rola’s experience in representing businesses and individuals spans a vast area of civil litigation, including complex commercial litigation and business torts, securities, professional malpractice, employment and entertainment litigation. Recognizing that litigation is an exhausting, demanding and expensive exercise in endurance, Rola focuses on cost-effective pre-litigation techniques to identify strengths and weaknesses and develop strategies that efficiently accomplish client objectives and mitigate future risk while minimizing legal fees. Providing valuable counsel is not limited to simply informing clients of the intricacies of their case, it is important that interruptions to clients’ businesses and lives are kept to a minimum. Rola strives to establish and maintain client relationships built on trust and dependability and aims to keep her clients at ease throughout the litigation process.. Having successfully handled disputes from beginning to end in state and federal courts of various levels, Rola brings an innate passion for advocacy to the courtroom. Representative matters include:. Rola is the co-author of the legal textbook Cases and Materials in Entertainment Litigation and aided in the development of the curriculum and final exam currently used for South Texas College of Law’s Entertainment Law Course. She occasionally guest lectures on various copyright and trademark litigation topics at South Texas College of Law. In addition, Rola authored the Entity Representative Deposition brief featured in the Texas Bar’s 35th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course.. Rola is an avid runner, biker and kickboxing enthusiast. She has also been heavily involved in the underground music scene and has played guitar, bass, keyboards and vocals for a number of bands.. Rola received her J.D. with Pro Bono Honors from South Texas College of Law in 2010 where she also competed in mock trial and moot court competitions. She received her Bachelors of Arts in Philosophy and a Minor in Biology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006.

Rick’s practice is focused on defending clients against criminal charges at all levels—felony, misdemeanor, and juvenile.  Prior to joining the firm, Rick worked as a prosecutor with the Travis County Attorney’s Office where he negotiated thousands of criminal cases and was the lead attorney in over 60 trials.  His experience as a prosecutor helps him zealously represent and defend clients throughout Central Texas.. Rick also specializes in expunctions and non-disclosures in order to keep a person's record clean and clear of prior criminal indiscretions. If you have ever been arrested or charged with a crime, contact the office to see if you are eligible to have your record expunged or sealed.. The attorneys of Minton, Burton, Bassett, & Collins, P.C. approach each case with a strong desire to win and total commitment to the interests of our clients. Each case is prepared as if it is going to trial, though we have the experience and expertise to avoid court when it is in the best interest of the client. When we do go to court, you can rest assured that the attorneys defending your rights have years of experience inside county, state and federal courtrooms.. When he’s not in the office or in the courtroom, Rick enjoys watching all Texas sports and playing tennis.

Richard A. Shannon is a UT Austin graduate in Plan II (Liberal Arts) and UT School of Law. He was reared in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in a farming family. He served as an Assistant Attorney General of Texas and later as Special Counsel to the Commissioner of Insurance before entering private law practice.. For the past 25 years Richard’s practice has been devoted primarily to family law and conflict resolution through coaching, counseling, negotiating, and mediating with and for parents in all aspects of family law. Richard is an experienced family litigator who will stand-up for his client in court. He is thorough in his preparations, well-organized, creative in his problem-solving, keenly analytical, and cogent in his arguments. He represents his client’s interests with diligence and assertiveness while seeking to preserve as much good-will as possible.. “In the early 1990s, Richard became interested in mediation and conflict resolution. He was trained in mediation both by the Texas Academy of Attorney Mediators and the Travis County Dispute Resolution Center. He has mediated many family law cases as well as cases in other fields of law. He is experienced in the civil litigation model as well as the community model of mediation.. Richard has a passion for transforming the way in which family law courts work. Richard was recently elected to a three year term on the State Bar of Texas — Collaborative Law Section. He is Chairman of a new Innovations Work Group for the Section. He has the vision that family law courts, in addition to their traditional functions, should facilitate the healing of human conflicts. This is what children, parents and families need and deserve from our courts of law. In order to move this Vision into reality, Richard founded and is President of a Texas non-profit organization, the Enlightened Family Justice Institute.. Richard’s early career in private law practice was devoted to insurance regulation and related transactions. He served as Executive Director of the Texas Surplus Lines Association and represented many insurance agents and companies in regulatory matters.. He also served as a lobbyist for the Sierra Club and represented several major environmental organizations in federal court litigation involving large water development projects. He has experience at both the trial and appellate levels in both state and federal courts.

Rich Villa represents creditors in a variety of bankruptcy litigation matters, including claims, objections, motions to lift stay to recover secured assets, objections to confirmation of both Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 plans of reorganization, avoidance litigation, such as preference actions and fraudulent transfer actions, assumption of executory contracts and unexpired leases, valuation proceedings, and various other adversary proceedings.. Rich also represents clients in other litigation matters, inlcuding business litigation, employment litigation, probate litigation, and commercial real estate leasing litigation in both state and federal courts and arbitration proceedings.  He has represented clients and assisted with the representation of clients in jury trials, bench trials, arbitration proceedings, and mediations for various claims including contract claims, warranty claims, negligence claims, fraud claims, DTPA claims, misappropriation of funds claims, will disputes, claims of breach of fiduciary duty, insurance claims and other claims.. Rich previously practiced law at one of the largest law firms in the United States.  He graduated from Boston College with honors and from Baylor University School of Law with honors and first in his commencement class.  In law school, Rich served as an Articles Editor and a Notes & Comments Editor of the Baylor Law Review.  He has both co-authored and presented legal articles for Continuing Legal Education classes offered by the State Bar of Texas and has taught classes at the People's Law School hosted by the Austin Bar Association.. In 2013, Rich was featured in the Texas Lawyer for its special edition of Legal Leaders on the Rise, in which it recognizes 25 attorneys under the age of 40 who are making their mark in the Texas legal community.

Rich is active in the community through his service on the Board of his children's school and church activities.  His children are young adults now but Rich is a former youth soccer, basketball, and football coach. He and his wife like to travel and depending on the season, Rich is an avid hunter and outsdoorsman.

Retired US Air Force Judge Advocate

Proud UT Longhorn alum, animal lover, politico, and film & TV buff.  Advocate for consumers, and others who've gotten the shaft from the powers that be.

Professionally, Trek has been practicing law as a litigator since graduating from the University of Texas School of Law with honors in 1994. Trek's career began at a reputable criminal defense boutique. Trek worked on a wide range of criminal matters ranging from capital murder to complex "white collar" fraud cases. Trek switched to the civil side of the docket in 1998 when he went to work for Clark, Thomas & Winters in its product liability section. There, Trek represented major domestic and foreign automobile, tire, and other product manufacturers in personal injury claims brought throughout Texas and elsewhere. In 2002, Trek joined Winstead PC where he handled a wide variety of civil litigation and defended several employers against workplace injury claims, including two Fortune 50 retailers. In April 2015, Trek founded Doyle Seelbach PLLC. Trek regularly defends "nonsubscriber" employers in negligence personal injury claims brought by injured employees throughout Texas.

Professional Education:. Licensed to Practice in:All Texas State Courts and the Federal Western District Court of Texas. Professional Honors and Memberships:Board Certified in Workers’ Compensation Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.. Allen was recognized as a “Super Lawyer” by Texas Monthly, a distinction held by only two percent of the practicing attorneys in Texas.. Allen is a member of the Texas Bar Association, San Antonio Bar Association, and Austin Bar Association.. Allen's Story:Dr. Allen Craddock graduated cum laude from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 1997 and was admitted to practice by the State Bar of Texas in 1998. After law school, Allen completed a Ph.D. in Social Psychology in 2009. Allen is Board Certified in Workers’ Compensation Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Allen is a frequently requested speaker and serves as an adjunct professor of law at St. Mary’s University – School of Law and as a visiting professor of law at Pepperdine School of Law.  In 2005, Allen was recognized as a “Super Lawyer” by Texas Monthly, a distinction held by only two percent of the practicing attorneys in Texas.. In addition to practicing and teaching law, Allen is an Active Behavioral Consultant for law enforcement agencies, providing onsite crisis negotiation intervention and specializing in behavioral manipulation, interpretation, and interrogation (body language and lie detection).

Practicing family law gives Austin divorce attorney Jillian French the opportunity to help people through a very difficult time. She is able to help people do what they can’t do themselves.. “The average person does not understand the legal jargon related to family law, no matter how much research they do on Google,” Ms. French said. “They need someone who can go to bat for what is important to them. Family law deals with someone’s entire life and should be treated with the upmost importance.”. Ms. French prides herself on being a good listener and problem solver. She will do whatever she can to help her clients reach their goals, but she makes sure they are realistic about what to expect during their case.. “I’m very honest with my clients about the likelihood of winning a certain argument,” she said. “I think it is important to manage client expectations.”. By communicating clearly and openly with her clients, Ms. French ensures she is prepared to provide the best representation possible.. “I tell my potential clients that I am someone who will listen to their concerns and look for any argument I can, that is allowed by the current statutory and case law, to fight for their interests,” she said. “I also listen to any of their concerns about budget and/or going to court to determine how to best handle their case.”

Powerhouse Attorney with Proven Results. Doug O’Connell is well known across Texas as one of the very finest criminal defense attorneys in the state. He has a well-earned reputation as a fierce advocate and unrelenting attorney who fights for his clients. Doug is also nationally recognized for his work defending military service members and law enforcement officers.. Doug has practiced criminal law for over 30 years in central Texas and has extensive experience both as a state and federal prosecutor as well as a criminal defense attorney. He has been recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer each year for the last five years. National and international media outlets regularly cover Doug’s cases.. “My entire career was on the line, and I’m forever thankful I turned to Doug for help. Doug beat the government prosecutors so bad they gave up on the second day of trial.” – former client.. People trust Doug to handle their most difficult legal challenges. As a criminal defense attorney Doug has represented politicians, military generals, national media personalities, senior government officials, other high-profile individuals, as well as regular citizens who need a powerful advocate in their corner. Often other Attorneys turn to Doug when they need criminal law representation.. Doug is especially proud of his reputation as the “go-to” attorney for law enforcement officers. The cops are in the courthouse every day, they know which attorneys really fight for their clients. There is no higher endorsement for a criminal defense attorney than when police officers turn to Doug for criminal law help.. While primarily a criminal law attorney, Doug also forcefully prosecutes select civil lawsuits on behalf of clients wronged or threatened by powerful interest or bullies. Typically, these clients never thought they would ever sue someone, but are forced to fight back and turn to Doug for assistance.. In addition to his Criminal Defense practice, Doug represents Veterans and Military Service Members in a variety of tough situations, including Military Justice issues. He regularly defends Service Members across the country who face collateral consequences in their military careers due to criminal or civil charges.. Doug is the youngest of six children and attended college on a ROTC scholarship. After several years of Active Duty at Fort Hood, Texas (now Fort Cavazos), Doug became a Reserve Officer and attended law school. He graduated from Wake Forest University School of Law and was licensed as an Attorney in 1994.. Doug began his legal career in Austin, Texas, as a Misdemeanor Prosecutor with the Travis County Attorney’s Office. Later Doug served as a Felony Prosecutor with the Travis County District Attorney’s Office, before moving to the United States Attorney’s office in Austin where he was the Special Assistant United States Attorney prosecuting federal crimes.. Over the years, Doug prosecuted countless cases including DWI, Assault, Robbery, Burglary, Theft, Sexual Assault, Felony in Possession of a Firearm, Controlled Substances, Murder and Capital Murder. He has tried over 100 Jury Trials and an incalculable number of Bench Trials. Doug is confident that his years as a Prosecutor give him an advantage when defending citizens; he’s able to identify, evaluate, and exploit potential weaknesses in the government’s case.. As a Criminal Defense Attorney, Doug has represented clients accused of misdemeanor and felony offenses in State and Federal Courts, and has aggressively fought for clients in jury trials including Driving While Intoxicated, Assault, Manslaughter, Sexual Assault and Murder. Often Doug’s clients are people who’ve never been in trouble with the law and need advice and counsel on how to protect their rights.. Doug also represents corporations and small businesses, often within the defense industry. He has a wealth of experience dealing with issues such as grand jury subpoenas, civil investigative demands, and federal “target letters.” He has particular expertise in investigating cases and negotiating with prosecutors or other government officials to mitigate potential liability and exposure. Due to his work representing defense contractors, Doug holds a US Government Top Secret Security Clearance, with further access to Sensitive Compartmentalized Information.. Special Forces Colonel (Green Beret). After the attacks on September 11, 2001, Doug returned to Active Duty with the United States Army. He deployed to Iraq with U.S. Army’s 10th Special Forces Group and Afghanistan with the U.S. Special Operations Command. In addition, Doug served in Washington, D.C., New York, and other locations with Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and served on the FBI’s Manhattan, NY based Joint Terrorism Task Force focused on terrorism-related cases arising out of the Middle East, Africa and Europe.During his military career, Doug earned two master’s degrees, one in Homeland Security from the Naval Post Graduate School and the other in National Security / Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. Prior to his military retirement, Doug commanded a theater-level Special Operations Unit in the Texas Army National Guard focused on enhancing the counter terrorism capacity of African Countries facing threats from Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and other violent extremist groups.After 30 years of active and reserve duty, Doug retired from the military in 2017 at the rank of Colonel. Doug uses mission-focus, strategic analysis, and his extensive experience to benefit his clients ideally before they find themselves in federal and state court. He also is frequently called on to consult on complex, multi-jurisdictional cases where veterans or service members face criminal or civil charges with significant career and family implications.. Community Involvement. Doug makes it a point to give back to his community. He has served as a Commissioner for the City of Austin’s Veterans Commission, a Vestry member of his Episcopal Church, a Past Director of the Texas Lyceum and as a Board Member of the local Boy Scouts Council. Doug also served as a Board Member and Chair of the Veteran’s program Songwriting with Soldiers. Doug helps run an annual Veterans Fly Fishing Program at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico.

Paul is an insurance coverage mediator, with a national practice.  His practice focuses on disputes over insurance coverage, claims handling and risk transfer, including cases where background coverage issues are preventing settlement.  Policyholder and carrier counsel alike have approached him to mediate or adjudicate their cases.  Although he is based in Austin, Texas, mediations and arbitrations are held at any place in the US convenient to counsel and parties.. As a mediator, Paul has mediated coverage disputes around the country and has been honored with induction as a "Distinguished Fellow" of the International Academy of Mediators and as a member of the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals.  In his home state, he is a "Credentialed Distinguished Mediator" of the Texas Mediator Credentialing Assn.. Paul knows the substantive area he mediates.  He has held national leadership positions in the state and national coverage bar, including service as Vice-Chair of the ABA Litigation Section's Insurance Coverage Committee.  He is currently a co-chair (neutral rep) of the Committee's ADR Subcommittee.  Paul is a frequent speaker at legal and risk management seminars throughout the U.S., including the ABA and RIMS.  And he is the author of "Coverage Mediations:  Are they really that different?” (Coverage, ABA Jan-Feb 2011).. Paul has repeatedly been named a “Super Lawyer®," with a primary practice area of Alternative Dispute Resolution.  He has also earned a spot in the prestigious "Best Lawyers in America®" in Insurance Law, an AV Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and a "10.0" "Superb" from .. As a former trial lawyer, Paul has tried coverage and bad faith cases to verdicts (both seeking and opposing coverage).  He has served as lead counsel in all federal districts in Texas and in eight other districts from California to DC.  Now, as a neutral and as a lawyer, he has had signficant experience with a wide range of policies and insurance/risk transfer issues, ranging from large commercial first party losses to complex coverage and allocation issues arising from liability policies.. More information about Paul is below.  For Paul's full biography and fee information, as well as a copy of his published article on Coverage Mediations, please visit his website: .

Patrick Stellitano is a Registered Patent Attorney practicing in the area of patent prosecution in support of the Firm’s Electrical and Computer Technology Practice Group. Patrick has over 20 years of patent experience encompassing all aspects of Patent Law, including drafting and prosecuting patent applications, both foreign and domestic; patent portfolio management for medium-sized and small companies; drafting patent license agreements; performing infringement and validity studies, drafting patent legal opinions; litigation support including briefing and discovery, briefing and arguing patent appeals to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, post grant patent practice including Inter Partes Review.. Patrick also has seven years of industry experience as an electrical engineer with Texas Instruments, Lockheed and The Raytheon Company, working on stealth technology, antennas and radar signal processing. He is also a veteran of the United States Navy.. Patrick received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering with honor and his Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology where he was inducted into the Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society and the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. He received his J.D., cum laude, at the University of Houston. In addition to being registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, he is admitted to practice in all Courts of the State of Texas, is admitted in the United States District Courts in the Northern and Western Districts of Texas, and is admitted in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C.

Patricia Dixon (Trisha) graduated from the University of Texas in 2007 with honors with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a minor in Social Work.  She then attended Baylor University School of Law where she received her Juris Doctor in 2010.. Since 2010, Trisha has been practicing exclusively family law with a concentration in divorce, modificaions, enforcements, custody issues and disputes, child support, and drafting of marital agreements, including pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements.. Patricia has dedicated her career to advocating for her clients by assisting in settling family law disputes and trying to minimize conflict and costs for her clients.. Despite Patricia's dedication to settling her cases for her clients, she is no stranger to a courtroom and advocates zealously for her clients by being a voice for them in the courtroom.. Trisha represents clients in family law litigation cases, including divorce actions, property characterization, reimbursement claims and all child related issues including custody and child support. Trisha also represents clients in modification and enforcement of existing family law orders, including modifying and enforcing child support and conservatorship issues. Trisha represents clients in need of emergency protection orders and temporary restraining orders in situations involving family violence. Trisha also assists clients in drafting and review of pre-nuptial and post-nuptial property agreements.

Patent & Trademark attorney with substantial in-house management and outside counsel legal experience. Focus on domestic and international patent and trademark procurement, licensing, due diligence, opinions, and counseling.Registered US Patent & Trademark Attorney since 1988, Reg. No. 32952. Member of the Board of Directors, 2012-18, President 2015-17National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP). AIPLA (Patent Law Committee, Chemical Practice Committee, Trademark Committee). Specialties:. Energy (conventional and renewable). Oil & gas exploration, completion, and production tools. Artificial lift. Fracing, frac-hit avoidance. Separations technology. Adhesives. Abrasives (coated, nonwoven, bonded, diamond). Combustion technology. Glass and glass production. Catalytic polymerization and catalysts, polyolefins (polyethylene, polypropylene). Elastomers. Materials science. Medical devices. Computer-aided cinematography. Trademarks (common law and registered). Trade secrets. Design patents (covering ornamental shape of objects)

Paige Castañeda focuses on the business and transactional needs of growing companies. She represents entrepreneurs, investors, public and private companies and individuals in a wide variety of industries. Her experience spans the healthcare, technology, energy, real estate, sports/fitness and financial services sectors.. Paige’s practice encompasses mergers and acquisitions, public and private debt and equity securities offerings, formation and dissolution of entities, corporate governance and general business contracts. Paige fluently speaks, writes and reads Spanish and has lived and traveled extensively in Latin America.. Paige spent two years in Winstead's Houston office before returning to the Austin office in July 2015.

Over the years, Austin criminal defense lawyer, Eric Lim, has tried many criminal jury trials in Austin, Texas.  He has experience working both as criminal defense attorney and as a firm attorney.  With an outstanding education graduating Magna Cum Laude from The University of Texas McCombs School of Business and holding a Juris Doctor from The University of Texas School of Law, Eric Lim has the knowledge to protect your rights. In fact, Eric Lim’s past experience at Hewlett Packard, The International Law Firm of Fulbright & Jaworski (now Norton, Rose, Fulbright), and Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart gives him a breadth of experience to handle Austin criminal defense cases. Eric Lim has dedicated his career to representing clients who have been accused, investigated, or charged with state or federal crimes.

Originally from Minnesota, Dan moved to Montgomery Alabama and worked at the Montgomery County District attorney’s office while attending undergraduate studies at the Auburn University at Montgomery. While working full-time as a legal assistant at the law firm of Graddick and Belser, PC, Dan graduated with a degree in history in 1995. Dan then attended the University of Hamline Law School, graduating with his Juris Doctor degree in 1998.. Dan began his legal career in Texas as an associate at a criminal defense firm in Austin where he represented clients charged with DWI in Travis and Williamson Counties. In 2000 Dan was hired by the Travis County Attorney’s Office. Starting as an intake attorney, Dan moved up and has held virtually every position at the Travis County Attorney’s Office from lowest to highest. The leadership positions Dan has held include:. Court chief of the Family Violence CourtCourt Chief of a DWI CourtDirector of the Criminal DivisionAnd most recently First Assistant Travis County Attorney. Dan’s experience as a leader, prosecutor, and supervisor has given him a unique perspective on how the criminal justice system works in Texas and in Travis County in particular. He has worked over the years with countless public officials, defense attorneys, judges, and law enforcement agencies. He has handled thousands of cases including DWI, Assault, Domestic Violence, drug cases, grand jury investigations, theft, and property crimes.

Operating from the firm’s Austin and San Antonio offices, Kevin M. Wood focuses his practice on health care and corporate matters for all types of healthcare providers and healthcare-related entities. Kevin has significant experience assisting clients in their efforts to:. Kevin currently serves as Chair of the firm’s Health Law Industry Team.