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Lisa founded her law firm in order to provide her clients with more personal attention in resolving their legal matters in a timely, efficient way, and to be able to better help those in need of legal services. Her practice focuses on estate planning, estate settlement and litigation, elder law, real estate, and tax controversy matters.. Lisa earned her Bachelors of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Miami before going on to earn her Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law. She is licensed to practice in the State of Texas and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and United States Tax Court. Lisa is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the State Bar of Texas Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Law Section, the State Bar College, and the San Antonio Bar Association.. Prior to starting her own law practice, Lisa worked as a legal services attorney where she was able to represent hundreds of clients in issues ranging from simple estate planning matters to landlord/tenant and real estate litigation. Lisa has litigated cases in federal and state courts and at all times, has served as a tireless advocate for her clients.  Following her tenure as a legal services attorney, Lisa went on to work for a national tax consulting firm, where she counseled and defended dozens of companies with regard to their Internal Revenue Service disputes.. Lisa is particularly passionate about representing elderly clients and protecting them from fraud and abuse, helping them obtain appropriate support in the home, safeguard their assets, and plan for the future. Lisa enjoys counseling all of her clients on how to make provisions for future generations and how to leave a legacy for their loved ones, no matter how large or small their estate may be. She believes that estate planning is not simply a way to distribute assets, but rather, a way to provide for your family and loved ones in a meaningful way.. Aside from her dedication to the practice of law, Lisa is also committed to her community. She is a native Texan and has called San Antonio home for over a decade. During that time, she has been involved with various social organizations. Lisa provides pro bono legal services for senior citizens through the San Antonio Bar Association and is a volunteer for Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts. In her free time, Lisa enjoys exercise, cooking, music, reading, and her Siberian husky, Presley.

Mr. McNelis has considerable experience in representing owners and general contractors on large construction projects, as well as their subcontractors, suppliers and design professionals, throughout the project development and construction process. Through his extensive construction litigation background, Mr. McNelis is able to provide valuable risk-assessment, management and liability guidance during all phases of the construction, as well as highly-developed dispute resolution skills and strategic planning. Mr. McNelis has also been selected to serve as a mediator in complex construction project disputes involving multiple parties with sometimes conflicting interests.. In 2004, Mr. McNelis formed McNelis + Associates, PLLC to provide superior legal services to the construction and real estate development industries. While all members of the firm have extensive commercial litigation and contract drafting experience, Sean McNelis’ construction law career commenced nearly 25 years ago as a law clerk with H.B. Zachry Co.’s in-house legal counsel. In that time he has practiced law in Dallas with the State’s foremost construction law firm of Canterbury, Stuber, Pratt, Elder & Gooch, developed and led the construction law practice team at the State’s second oldest and San Antonio’s largest law firm of Matthews and Branscomb, PC, and left in 2004 to form one of the State’s most experienced and respected boutique law firms providing superior legal services to the construction and real estate professionals.. Mr. McNelis has decades of dedicated experience in representing the legal needs of owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and design professionals throughout the construction process and throughout the State. Mr. McNelis has successfully litigated numerous lawsuits, arbitrations and other forms of alternative dispute resolution processes involving all manner of construction disputes before both state and federal courts, to include defective construction claims, delay claims, hindrance claims, deficient design document claims, impact claims, payment and performance bond claims, surety obligations and lien claims.. A large portion of Sean’s practice is dedicated to assisting parties in drafting both simple and extremely complex construction agreements (including negotiated contracts, design-bid-build contracts, design-build contracts, contracts and cost-plus contracts), project management contracts, design contracts, subcontract agreements, supply contracts and purchase orders. From straightforward supply contracts to complex design-build contracts involving multiple parties, phases and funding mechanisms, Mr. McNelis has demonstrated the skill and the expertise needed to craft comprehensive contract documents to help ensure a successful project while protecting the interests of his clients. Mr. McNelis is able to utilize his extensive construction litigation background to provide valuable risk-assessment, management and liability guidance, as well as highly-developed dispute resolution skills and strategic planning, throughout the contracting process. Particular attention is given to minimizing potential disputes on the project by drafting contracts with clear delineations of authority, obligations and risk assumption.. Sean McNelis has served as the president of the Construction Law Section of the San Antonio Bar Association, after serving on its board for over five years. He also served as on the San Antonio Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America (“AGC”)’s board of directors, and his firm was awarded the AGC Service Provider of the Year award in 2011. Mr. McNelis is active in the Texas and American Bar Associations’ Construction Law Sections, as well as in local construction industry trade associations. Mr. McNelis has conducted numerous seminars for clients and industry professionals regarding legal topics as diverse as perfecting lien and bond claims to risk mitigation in contract drafting, to legislative updates on issues impacting the construction industry.. As part of our firm’s ongoing commitment to our clients to be at the very forefront of changes in the construction industry, Mr. McNelis has achieved the U.S. Green Building Council’s training and accreditation to become LEED Accredited. By becoming LEED accredited, Mr. McNelis is best prepared to assist you in managing the risks, responsibilities and administrative procedures inherent in commercial and residential projects seeking LEED Certification. Most recently, Mr. McNelis, was distinguished by the State Board of Legal Specialization as being one of the very first lawyers within the state of Texas to become Board Certified as a specialist in Construction Law.

As a licensed Attorney and real estate Broker, I offer my clients a powerful combination of skills to assist them with the acquisition, disposition and leasing of real property. I negotiate real estate transactions from a business, legal and investment perspective. I have the experience and the education to be as flexible and responsive as my client's needs require, and I thrive on finding creative solutions to difficult transactions. In addition to representing residential buyers and sellers, I represent commercial real estate buyers/sellers, landlords/tenants and investors. Through my law practice, I assist my clients with private equity management and investment in real property.Every transaction receives my full attention regardless of the size, if I represent you then you are my priority. My promise to you is that I will not be out-hustled.--Micah Harper

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Adam was born in Wichita, Kansas and attended the University of Kansas and the Washburn University School of Law before moving to Texas to begin his career. He was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and wrote for the University Daily Kansan. While in law school, he joined the Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing department as a teaching assistant, and worked for the university’s Criminal Defense Clinic.. While in Kansas, Adam worked in disability rights, criminal defense, and lobbying. After becoming a member of the Texas Bar, he worked in Austin doing judgment enforcement and helping clients protect their Second Amendment rights with National Firearm Act Trusts before moving to San Antonio to join the Nichols Law Firm in 2015. He is known for his hard work, eagerness to learn from new experiences – large or small – and professional service.

Fred is a proud alumnus of the University of Memphis, earning his Bachelor of Business Administration in 2014 and his Juris Doctorate and Master of Business Administration in 2018.. During his time in law school, he founded the Business and Tax Law Society, was elected Vice President of the Student Bar Association, and served as President of the Memphis Student Chapter of the Federalist Society, leading the chapter to its second consecutive National Gold Star Chapter award. Upon graduation from law school, he was awarded the Dean’s Award for Distinguished Service and received certificates in Business Law and Tax Law. In 2018, he joined Lannom Coronado Haight PLLC in Dyersburg, TN as an Associate.. In January 2021, he joined Byrne Westmoreland, PLLC in Memphis, TN as an Associate focusing primarily on real estate closings and estate planning.. He is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association and American Bar Association, is accredited to practice before the Department of Veterans Affairs, and serves as Director of Strategy for Tennesseans for Sensible Election Laws.. Practice Areas: Estate Planning, wills, power of attorney documents, living wills, residential and commercial real estate closings, refinance closings, real estate transactions, deeds, quitclaim deeds, business formation, LLC formation, contracts