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Expertise in commercial legal matters as a transactional lawyer for large and small businesses, including electric cooperatives, especially related to real estate transactions and development, including eminent domain matters related to railroads and electric transmission lines, as well as certificates of licensing thereof; environmental compliance related to pulp, paper and forest products industry (including Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act issues); and commercial transactions including building-supply and corrugated packaging sales and sourcing contracts; timber and other mineral rights; and similar matters.  Representative transactions included involvement in $30 million rail yard acquisition on behalf of BNSF Railway Company, in CA, and $2.4 billion timberlands sale, in TX and GA, and separation agreements related to spinoffs of two publicly traded companies, Guaranty Financial Group and Forestar Real Estate Group, from Temple-Inland.Specialties: Negotiation, drafting, and review of various types of commercial contracts, leases, easements, rail trackage rights agreements, governing documents and other complex agreements.  Overseeing environmental compliance practice areas of Fortune 500 level pulp, paper and forest products company.

Experienced Attorney with a demonstrated history of providing trusted legal counsel to real estate owners/investors, business owners and individuals. Skilled in Commercial Real Estate, Business Transactions, Estate Planning and Asset Protection. Alumnus of Baylor University School of Law and the University of Texas at Austin.

Emily S. Rickers graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 2004 and began practicing law in the Rio Grande Valley.  She began her legal career handling probate cases and real estate matters, bringing water, wastewater, and clear title to substandard rural developments. These complex cases helped develop her creative and practical approach to solving difficult problems, working with government entities, elected officials, private landowners, and financing sources to achieve her clients’ goals.  Since then, her practice has expanded to include estate planning and administration, guardianships, and real estate litigation, as well as family law, where Emily found her experience with complex property matters valuable in resolving cases with significant community estates. During the 82nd and 83rd legislative sessions, she also represented clients’ interests before the Texas Legislature as a registered lobbyist.  She is admitted to practice before all Texas courts, as well as the U.S. Southern District of Texas.. As a former legal services lawyer, Emily believes in using her legal skills to serve the community.  Prior to attending law school, she worked as a legal advocate for residents of a family violence shelter.  In 2012, Emily founded a nonprofit with partner Carlos Salinas to advocate for low-income Texas families on matters of family violence, housing access, and property tax relief.  She is especially proud of her affiliation with the Rio Grande Valley Multibank CDFI, which during her service as a board member launched a program to replace predatory payday loans in South Texas.  She was an officer of the Poverty Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, and a subcommittee chair of the Supreme Court of Texas Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee.  Emily and earned a B.A. from Davidson College in 1998 in Political Science and a concentration in International Studies. She is fluent in Spanish and sings with the Chorus Austin Symphonic Choir.

Brent Stahl is a partner at Stahl, Bernal, Davies, Sewell & Chavarria LLP  where he works on renewable energy and commercial real estate law matters. He helps wind and solar energy developers with leases, permitting, easement, acquisition, title, and survey matters.  Brent’s work has included projects in Texas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Colorado, Oregon, Nebraska and New Mexico, including constructed projects totaling more than 3,500 MW of generating capacity. Brent also works with clients in the purchase, sale, financing, and leasing of commercial real estate properties.

Ari Kuchinsky focuses his practice on commercial real estate and is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

An associate with Sprouse Shrader Smith whose practice focuses primarily on oil and gas transactions, real estate law, including land use, development, regulatory, and zoning law, and corporate transactions.  I have been licensed to practice law since 2012, handling a variety of corporate transactional, energy industry, and real estate matters.  I am licensed to practice law in both Texas and New Mexico, where I assists clients in a variety of legal matters.

After growing up in Victoria, Texas, I left for college among the big-city lights at St. Edwards University, eventually transferring and graduating from Texas A&M University in College Station. After college, I interned with State Representative Tan Parker, but before too long I was back in school–this time South Texas College of Law in Houston.. At STCL I served as an Editor on Currents, the school’s international trade law journal, where I published an article on the landmark European copyright law ruling UsedSoft v. Oracle. I took advantage of the Frank Evans Mediation Clinic, mediating landlord-tenant disputes, and earning my certification as a mediator while still in school. Before graduating I also worked as a research assistant for a favorite professor, reviewing European civil codes for an art law (who knew there was such a thing?) article he wrote on the so-called “Getty” bronze.. Upon gaining my state bar license, I spent about three years working for (primarily) family law firms in Denton and Pearland, picking up valuable experience in probate, estate planning, real property, and general litigation along the way. I’ve appeared before judges in counties with populations in the millions, advocating against one-size-fits-all custody orders; and before judges in counties with a single family law judge, arguing for a fair shake before courts that sometimes saw the same people repeatedly, where familiarity breeds contempt.. In my free time, I enjoy hunting, writing fiction, and exploring this beautiful city with my even more beautiful wife and young daughter.