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The Barrows Firm provides outstanding legal representation to our clients.  Whether you are facing a bench trial, a jury trial or administrative proceeding, the attorneys of the Barrows Firm will defend your legal rights and stand beside you every step of the way.. From adoptions to contested divorce jury trials to juvenile defense – Leslie Starr Barrows is known for being a zealous advocate who represents her clients with their best interests in mind by your side for the entirety of the matter.. Practice areas include:  Pre-Marital Planning, Adoptions (CPS or Step-parent), High-Conflict Divorces, Child Custody/Support Modifications, Enforcements/Contempt, Criminal Defense (Federal and State), Expunctions, Juvenile Defense, Juvenile Sealings, and Will Preparation.. With a decade of legal experience, we provide the highest quality representation in while maintaining the ‘close client’ relationships.  Our goal is to develop long-term client relationships  which sets this firm apart from others.  Over the last few years, she has successfully grown her practice by following this principle:  Humble beginnings, hard work and understanding that every story has more than one side, make our customer service approach hard to beat.

Southlake family lawyer Michelle Purvis delivers high-quality representation for a wide range of family matters. She represents clients in all areas of family law, including divorce, child custody, child support, alimony, property division, and order enforcement. From the negotiating table to the courtroom, Michelle is a skilled professional backed by over 20 years of experience. Before founding her own firm, Michelle Purvis Law, Michelle worked at a large family law firm in Houston. She was trained by some of Texas’ leading family law trial attorneys and carries that knowledge and training into her practice today. Michelle holds a B.S. from the University of Houston-Downtown and a J.D. from South Texas College of Law. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the State Bar of Texas Family Law Section, the Tarrant County Family Law Bar Association, and the Texas Family Law Foundation.

Rob Doby practices in the area of litigation, with a focus on real estate litigation and eminent domain matters. He has represented numerous public utilities and governmental entities in the acquisition of fee parcels, easements and rights-of-way for a variety of public works projects throughout the state of Texas. He has also represented landowners in similar settings.. Mr. Doby also has extensive experience in both general commercial litigation and personal injury litigation.

Regina Vasquez-Espinosa practices in the area of commercial litigation with an emphasis on property rights and eminent domain. She also practices in the area of labor and employment law.

Paige Jones focuses her practice in insurance coverage litigation and counseling and related commercial litigation. Her litigation experience encompasses a broad range of insurance coverage matters. Ms. Jones represents admitted and surplus lines insurers regarding various first-party coverage and defense matters including large loss commercial and residential claims, reinsurance claims, onshore energy claims, and claims involving allegations of bad faith, suspected burning, fraud, theft, vandalism, business interruption/contingent business interruption, appraisal and intentional acts.

Our firm was founded in 2007 on the Riverwalk in the heart of San Antonio, Texas. We serve our Clients under the principles of equality, respect, honor, and pride. With time, we have expanded to Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and we have Attorneys licensed to practice in the Great State of Texas, the Northern, Western and Eastern Federal District Courts of Texas, the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.. Our commitment to providing Mohr Law and Less Bull, means we will communicate, educate, listen and perform for you. As a client, you are special to us and you will be the commander of your case. Our goal is to make sure that You are able to make an informed decision at all points in our legal representation.. You trusted us with your legal representation; it’s now our job to earn that trust. If you want Attorneys who work hard and don’t quit, contact us now, Se Habla Español.

Mr. Newsom has been Board Certified in Tax Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2005.  His law practice includes federal and state tax planning; representing taxpayers in audits or disputes with the IRS and Texas Comptroller; mergers and acquisitions; partnerships, LLCs, and corporations; general contracts and business law; forming and advising tax-exempt organizations; and estate planning.

Mr. Griffin has devoted his entire legal career to the practice of family law. He believes, "a person can strive to do a whole lot of things well or he can strive to do one thing great." For this reason Mr. Griffin has spent the last 16 years trying to be great at one thing, Family Law. Mr. Griffin, also strives to explain things to his client's in simple English. He goes to great lengths to help his client's understand the legal process and the law in simple terms, so they feel comfortable.  He also does not tell client's simply what they want to hear. He believes this leads to false expectations which serves no one. You can count on Mr. Griffin to give you his honest opinion about the various aspects of your case. He will give you sound advice that is based on years of experience trying family law cases. He will vigorously fight for your rights in court and protect your interest. Mr. Griffin, has not only practiced in this area, he has lived it in his own life. As such you can expect to not only have an excellent attorney on your side, but one that understands what you are going through as well.

Mike focuses his practices in three areas: estate and gift tax planning, corporate merger & acquisition transactions, and real estate transactions.  Clients ranging from individuals to entire multi-generational families turn to Mike for counsel in structuring their business/investment ventures, as well as their estates, in order to ensure that their assets will be properly protected, and ultimately transferred to future generations or charitable organizations in the most tax efficient manner.  Mike has over twenty (20) years of experience in helping clients anticipate and manage the tax implications related to estate planning for high-net worth individuals and families, with a view toward minimizing the income, gift, and estate taxes through sophisticated planning techniques.. Business owners rely on Mike to help them manage significant corporate transactions, and structure business succession plans that will facilitate management continuity following the death of a principal, while at the same time enabling the transfer of wealth to the next generation in the most tax-efficient manner.  Mike has also assisted many of his clients with mergers and/or acquisitions related to their closely-held business.  His involvement on such matters has included the advance strategic planning and deal-structuring related to managing the tax implications of such sizeable transactions, the negotiation of nondisclosure agreements, letters of intent, and definitive purchase and sale documents, as well as the oversight and management of the due diligence of potential acquisition targets.  He has also been actively involved in assisting clients in the negotiation of traditional senior-level, mezzanine, and subordinate credit facilities, as well the raising and negotiation of private equity investment.. Because many of Mike’s estate planning and closely-held business clients are real estate developers, builders, and/or have significant concentration in real estate investments, Mike spends a significant portion of his practice working with clients on a wide array of real estate transactions, including the sale and acquisition of commercial real estate, commercial/residential development projects, builder arrangements (including land acquisition, planning and zoning approvals, lot takedowns, and preparation of deed restrictions, easements, and cross-access agreements, and property owner associations), like-kind exchanges, commercial lease transactions (including ground leases, commercial office leases, manufacturing leases, industrial leases, and retail shopping center leases), and condominium development.  Mike’s substantial real estate experience and the respect of his peers have enabled him to become Board Certified in both Commercial Real Estate Law and Residential Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.  Board Certification is a mark excellence, and a distinguishing accomplishment that is shared by fewer than ten percent of all attorneys licensed to practice in the State of Texas.  Additionally, he has been rated “AV”- Preeminent (5.0 out of 5.0) by his peers in the Martindale Hubbell Legal Directory.

Michael S. Carnahan is a partner and one of the founders of Carnahan Thomas. He graduated from the University of Texas with both his undergraduate and law degrees. Since being licensed in 1983, Mike has actively worked in the State of Texas. He practiced from 1983 to 2003 at one of Dallas’ oldest firms. In 2003, Mr. Carnahan formed Carnahan Thomas with Jason Thomas. He has actively taken on clients from all over the state, and has several practice areas he specializes in.. Carnahan Thomas’ mission to their clients is top-notch representation at affordable costs. Mr. Carnahan’s dedication has led him in the law field. He has been a Texas Super Lawyer every year since 2006, and has tried over 100 cases to a jury during his legal career so far.. Mr. Carnahan’s practice areas include civil litigation including contract disputes, business disputes, personal injury litigation, professional liability, premises liability, insurance bad faith, toxic tort/black mold litigation, auto liability, products liability and other general negligence litigation. He is currently a member of several organizations, and stays active within the legal community.. Together with the team at Carnahan Thomas, Mr. Carnahan aims to provide clients with personalized service that simplifies the legal process, and leads to ideal outcomes.

Matt Terrell practices in the area of commercial litigation, with a focus on property rights, eminent domain, real estate disputes and contract disputes. In particular, he has extensive experience in the area of condemnation and easement/right-of-way acquisition and protection on behalf of public utilities and governmental entities. He regularly represents utilities and condemning authorities in acquiring rights-of-way and other necessary property rights in time-sensitive projects. He has successfully handled the acquisition of hundreds of easements for electric transmission lines and natural gas pipelines through the eminent domain process in numerous counties throughout the State of Texas. Additionally, utility companies regularly call on him to assist with the prevention of encroachments on easements and the protection of rights-of-way.. In the course of his practice, he has handled numerous matters before the Texas Courts of Appeals and Texas Supreme Court. Mr. Terrell also handles various real estate transactional matters.. Mr. Terrell is the managing partner of the firm’s Dallas/Fort Worth office, and was a partner with Cantey Hanger prior to joining Phelps Dunbar.

Mark Daniel has more than 25 years of experience representing clients in complex litigation matters as well as commercial transactional advice. In particular, he represents public utilities across Texas in complex property damage and personal injury litigation matters, involving electrical contact, gas explosions, commercial negligence and transportation. He also represents utilities in the area of condemnation and easement/right-of-way acquisition. He has also developed expertise in handling casualty and property damage claims against electrical utilities involving wild land fires as well as oil field accidents for companies in the oil and gas industry.. Mr. Daniel also handles a variety of commercial litigation matters including products liability, premises liability, insurance, construction, executive retention and antitrust. His clients are involved in the public utility, oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, technology and insurance sectors. He represents corporations, businesses and individuals in both state and federal courts across Texas.. In addition to his practice in litigation, Mr. Daniel also provides transactional legal services, including drafting contracts and agreements, as well as general business counseling on topics such as compliance programs, risk management, and litigation management.

Licensed to practice law in California and Texas.

Laura Bradarich practices in the area of labor and employment. She represents employers and organizations in employment-related litigation, and has experience with Title VII claims, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and EEOC and other government agency proceedings. Prior to joining Phelps Dunbar, Ms. Bradarich practiced with The Cuadra Legal Group.

Kimberly is a family law attorney in the KoonsFuller, P.C., Southlake Office.  Her practice includes agreed divorce, complex divorce, family law litigation, suits affecting parent-child relationship (SAPCR / custody), modifications, adoptions, guardianships, mediation, collaborative matters, QDROs, child support and enforcements.

Jon Marshall is a founding partner of Marshall Presley & Pipal PLLC (MPP). His primary practice areas include business and commercial litigation, construction law, and real estate law. He handles business and commercial disputes throughout the state of Texas and nationwide. Mr. Marshall also serves as outside general counsel to multinational and publicly traded companies throughout the United States.. Prior to MPP, he has worked with firms of all sizes. Mr. Marshall began his legal career as a Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps attorney in the United States Army where he was promoted to his final rank of Major. After retiring from the military, he returned to Texas having honed his legal skills practicing nearly every aspect of the law as a military prosecutor representing the United States of America.A North Texas native, Mr. Marshall grew up in Dallas and attended Highland Park High School. He graduated from Texas A&M University and was a member of the Corps of Cadets, where he originally joined the U.S. Army following 9/11 and was commissioned as a Military Intelligence Officer. During a time of war, Mr. Marshall was one of six individuals in the nation granted an educational deferment by the U.S. Army. He used that deferment to pursue an opportunity to attend Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law in Dallas, Texas and was accepted into the JAG Corps.. Prior to graduating law school, Mr. Marshall was awarded multiple prized summer associate positions and was selected for a White House Internship under the President George W. Bush administration. Mr. Marshall returned to the U.S. Army after graduating from law school to serve as a Presidentially appointed attorney in the JAG Corps. The JAG Corps reigns as the oldest law firm in the United States and remains one of the largest law firms in the world.. During his time in the JAG Corps, Mr. Marshall built a reputation as a skilled and formidable trial lawyer. As a military prosecutor, he fully prosecuted more than 25 felony-level federal criminal prosecutions and conducted hundreds of administrative hearings. Mr. Marshall also served as a military magistrate responsible for the review of continued pretrial confinement and the issuance of search, seizure, and apprehension warrant authorizations. He is well respected by his colleagues in the JAG Corps and never lost a case as the first chair attorney. Throughout his military legal career, Mr. Marshall has had the opportunity to practice many types of law, including: civil litigation, criminal litigation, labor and employment law, administrative law, international law, operational law, intelligence law, fiscal law, and contract law. Mr. Marshall was regularly ranked as the #1 attorney among his peers and supervisors alike in the military.. Mr. Marshall has maintained his top-secret clearance since 2011 and has used this status to serve as an international and operational law attorney advising on highly classified special operation forces missions in Afghanistan and multiple other countries. Advising on hundreds of real-time combat operations and completing the U.S. Army’s Ranger school has uniquely trained him to develop calculated solutions to some of the world’s most difficult problems.. As a U.S. Army Airborne Ranger (qualified), Mr. Marshall has had the distinct honor and privilege to serve at 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, and U.S. Army Africa/Southern European Task Force (USARAF/SETAF). Mr. Marshall spent his years of active duty administering legal advice around the world and advising the U.S. Army’s top commanders during highly classified peacetime and wartime missions. As a member of the U.S. Army, the core values of loyalty, duty, respect, honor, integrity, selfless service, and personal courage have been ingrained in him and he remains steadfast in his mission to serve our firm’s clients with these same values.

Joe Reimer practices in the area of business law with a focus on commercial real estate and general corporate representation. His legal practice includes all aspects of commercial real estate, with an emphasis on acquisitions and dispositions of real property and lease transactions. His experience also includes handling complex corporate mergers and acquisitions, and representing clients in connection with the ownership and sale of private aircrafts.

Jessica is a Partner and family law attorney with Mims Ballew Hollingsworth, PLLC.. Jessica was licensed to practice law in 2017, but she has been working in the family law field for over 10 years. She started as an Administrative Assistant, then advanced to Legal Assistant, then to Law Clerk and ultimately to a licensed attorney. For 10 years Jessica has worked on family law cases, she has experience handling divorces, custody cases, adoptions, name changes and child support matters.. Jessica graduated from Texas A&M School of Law in Fort Worth and, for her undergraduate degree, she graduated from the University of North Texas in Denton.

In 1996, Debra Edmondson earned her B.A. in Government and Politics from The University of Texas at Dallas. Following that, she pursued her J.D. degree from Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University, completing her studies in 2004. The year 2005 saw the establishment of the Edmondson Law Firm by her.. Subsequently, in 2006, Debra transitioned from private practice to an Associate General Counsel role at a small oil and gas company. By the following year, she had risen to the position of General Counsel within the same company. In 2009, Debra Edmondson assumed the role of General Counsel at Thomas Stephen & Company, an accounting firm based in Dallas. Her responsibilities extended to overseeing Human Resources matters and assisting in managing various commercial properties owned by the principal.. With a wealth of experience in addressing municipal matters from multiple perspectives, Debra Edmondson has advocated on behalf of numerous clients before local and state agencies as well as city councils. This diverse background led her back to private practice in early 2011.. Debra Edmondson's active engagement with the City of Southlake spans over two decades. Having served two terms on the Southlake Planning and Zoning Commission, she was elected to the Southlake City Council in 1998. She was the President on the Board of Directors for the Bob Jones Nature Center Organization (501c3) located in Southlake and raised over $1,00,000 for the Nature Center.

I joined Thomas-Walters, PLLC, in 2019 when I contributed to the establishment of the Southlake office. I have practiced estate planning for the majority of my legal career, focusing on complex estate planning issues and designing asset protection trusts specifically for individual needs. I enjoy assisting clients construct legally-sound protections for their future and for future generations.. I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from The University of Texas in 2004, and earned my JD from Texas A&M University School of Law in 2007. I was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States of America in 2013. I am a native Texan and have lived in Fort Worth since 2004. When I am not helping my clients with estate plans, I enjoy spending time with my husband and three children.

I graduated from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 2001, and I was admitted to practice law in Oklahoma in 2001. After clerking and interning for a trial attorney in the areas of civil litigation, family law, insurance bad faith, medical malpractice, guardianship, probate, and general practice I opened his own solo practice in 2001.. I moved my practice to the Tarrant County area in 2007, and absolutely love the area.  I primarily handle family law cases, but I also have experience in personal injury cases.. I have been married for ten years, and I have three wonderful children with whom I am very active.

I am an Owner/Partner of Schultz & Kellar, PLLC, a professional law firm dedicated to serving your Real Estate, Title, Probate & Estate Planning needs in Tarrant, Denton, Dallas, and Collin Counties.

I am a second career lawyer. Before attending law school I spent ten years serving in the military as an attack helicopter pilot.  I am a father and zealous advocate in family law cases.  The same integrity, honesty and dependability required to operate as an aviator, now exists to create a dynamic attorney-client relationship.

I am a licensed business and real estate attorney and CPA practicing in the Dallas / Fort Worth area of Texas, but representing clients across Texas. I represent and assist various groups of people, including health care professionals, form their business entities, review and prepare business contracts, review and prepare real estate documents (such as leases, purchase contracts, deeds, etc.), and buy or sell their businesses. I use my 10+ years of legal experience and 10+ years of experience as a tax CPA to provide first class service for my business clients.Specialties: Corporate TransactionsReal EstateContractsEntity FormationM&A

Houston native, Paul Michael Leopold, graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science in Marriage, Family, and Human Development and was provisionally licensed as a Certified Family Life Educator by the National Council on Family Relations prior to graduating from Texas A&M University School of Law.. Mr. Leopold joined KoonsFuller in 2015 after clerking for the Eastland Court of Appeals in Eastland, Texas. Mr. Leopold has quickly become a go-to attorney within the Firm and among colleagues outside of the firm. In 2017, Mr. Leopold became the youngest recipient of the Joseph W. McKnight Best Family Law CLE Article award, which is awarded by the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas once each year for the best continuing legal education article in Texas from that year. Mr. Leopold regularly prepares articles and presentations for continuing legal education courses held around the nation.. Mr. Leopold primarily acts as appellate counsel on cases, whether KoonsFuller handled the trial or not. Mr. Leopold has handled appeals and original proceedings before the Supreme Court of Texas and before 8 different courts of appeals around the state of Texas. Mr. Leopold also regularly assists attorneys within and without the Firm with legal briefing and dispositive motions.. Although Mr. Leopold primarily acts as appellate counsel, his unique experiences and education give him the demeanor, knowledge, and ability necessary to effectively serve his clients at any stage of litigation. Outside of work, Mr. Leopold enjoys spending time with his family, playing golf, and rock climbing.