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Costa Anestos received his Juris Doctorate from Baylor Law School in 2005, where he graded onto the Baylor Law Review. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Accounting from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California where he graduated magna cum lade. Prior to law school Costa worked at both Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young in the international tax and business consulting practice areas in Los Angeles, California. Costa's practice areas include business formation, business transaction, estate planning, asset protection planning, probate, real estate transaction, real estate litigation, business litigation and taxation. Costa is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Austin Bar Association, and the Austin Young Lawyers Association. Costa is a member of the Texas State Bar real estate, probate, and trust law, and taxation sections. He previously served on the Board of Directors as Treasurer for VSA Arts of Texas, a non-profit organization with the goal of making the arts associable to all people.

Born in Houston, Texas, John attended the University of Texas, where he was a member of the basketball team which won two Southwest Conference championship titles and the 1978 National Invitational Tournament. He received his B.A. (American Studies) in 1980. Following his graduation, John played basketball professionally in Europe before returning to enter Baylor University School of Law, from which he graduated in 1984.. John was admitted to the Texas State Bar in 1984 and joined MBF&C. Since joining the firm, John has concentrated on civil litigation, family law and criminal defense. With his background in college and professional sports, he has successfully represented a number of well known athletes and coaches in various matters. He also has an expansive list of Fortune 500 companies who turn to him for representation in critical matters. John also currently serves as Managing Partner of the firm.. John enjoys sports of every kind, cooking and travel.

Allen Bertin is a shareholder in the firm's Business Group.  Allen regularly counsels entrepreneurs and investors in the early development stages of new business endeavors, including initial entity formation and capitalization. He also serves as outside general counsel for businesses, and represents businesses and their owners in many types of negotiated transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and aircraft purchase and sale, financing, and leasing transactions. Allen also collaborates with our tax planning group to counsel companies on entity conversion, restructuring and recapitalization transactions.