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10 distinguished real estate law attorneys in Texas, each reviewed by the Lawyers of Distinction Selection Committee.

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Alfred G. Kyle

Real Estate Law

2850 N Harwood St #1500, Dallas, TX 75201, USA

Over the course of his legal career, Al has handled billions of dollars in loan transactions across the country. He has more than 21 years of experience representing financial institutions (including national, regional, and local banks, as well as life insurance companies and capital market lenders), non-traditional lenders, real estate developers, and investors in real estate, finance, and business transactions. Al’s practice focuses primarily on real estate and commercial lending, including first-lien, subordinate, and mezzanine lending, intercreditor agreements, preferred equity investments, workouts, foreclosures, receiverships, assumptions, and consents. Al currently directs the US Real Estate Practice Group associate training program and is active in a range of group improvement and profile-raising efforts.

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Arthur Troilo III

Real Estate Law

3303 Northland Drive, 310, Austin, TX 78731

sticky_logo 512-827-0640 Contact the Firm Home Attorney Profiles Arthur C. Troilo III Arthur Troilo III has nearly 40 years of law experience. Mr. Troilo started his legal career in San Antonio. He then moved to our nation’s capital where he served as a Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. General Services Administration; and, later as General Counsel for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management – both in Washington, D.C. Upon leaving Federal Government, he practiced law with a D.C. law firm and later returned to the State of Texas and became an Assistant Attorney General (and section chief) with the Texas Attorney General’s Office in Austin, Texas. Mr. Troilo’s practice focuses primarily on landlord tenant law, landlord eviction, public housing authority representation, subsidized/affordable housing provider representation, housing discrimination defense, student housing property issues, real estate law, civil litigation, and collections: mortgage lender and financial institution representation.

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J.C. Johnson

Real Estate Law

407 Throckmorton St, Fort Worth, TX 76102, USA

J C Johnson serves as outside counsel and litigation defense counsel for numerous companies in the real estate, insurance, trucking, transportation, retail, restaurant, food product manufacturing, industrial product manufacturing, agriculture and oil & gas industries. His representation spans matters concerning real estate, general liability defense litigation, nonsubscriber defense litigation, workers compensation defense, commercial contracts, mergers & acquisitions, private equity and employment. Mr. Johnson also serves the business community as a frequent speaker on the topics of litigation, risk management, and related legal topics. As one of the equity partners, Mr. Johnson engages in all phases of firm management and client services along with equity partner Bob Dorsett.

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Joseph Malone

Real Estate Law

P.O. Box 727, 150 FM 3237, Wimberley, TX 78676

Joe co-founded Stevens & Malone, LLP in 2007. Prior to moving to Wimberley in 2006, Joe practiced law in Chicago at two busy litigation firms. Joe focuses his practice primarily in the areas of real estate and title law, business transactional law, business formations, wills, general estate planning and probate. Joe considers it a privilege to live and work in Wimberley, Texas and be a member of its great community. Joe currently serves as a member of the Wimberley Independent School District Board of Trustees, is a Director of the Wimberley Education Foundation, also having served as its past President, and is a Director of the Wimberley Valley Habitat for Humanity.

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Martin Garcia

Martin Garcia

Distinguished Lawyer

Real Estate Law

3108 West 6th Street, 202, Fort Worth, TX 76107

Attorney Martin A. Garcia is recognized throughout the Fort Worth area for his legal experience in title curative work, real estate law, estate planning, probate and commercial real estate. An Arizona transplant raised in Texas, he is committed to assisting clients with their legal needs in these areas.

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Reesa D. Hedrick

Reesa D. Hedrick

Distinguished Lawyer

Real Estate Law

1001 McKinney St, Suite 560, Houston, TX 77002

Area of Practice: Corporate, Transactional, Real Estate Law

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Ronald L. Holmes

Ronald L. Holmes

Distinguished Lawyer

Real Estate Law

14241 Dallas Pkwy suite 800, Dallas, TX 75254, USA

Ronald L. Holmes is the Firm’s founder and leads the Firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. Mr. Holmes has been practicing law for more than thirty years, primarily in the field of commercial real estate law, although he has also served as lead counsel on numerous civil litigation matters in both State and Federal Courts and has served as outside general counsel to many companies on a broad range of corporate and employment law matters. His real estate law practice is as broad as it is deep. Mr. Holmes has served as lead counsel on real estate transactions all across the United States (more than twenty States), representing public and private companies, both domestic and international, in all manner of real estate transactions, including large scale multi-use land developments and high rise residential condominiums, to acquisitions and sales of operating property portfolios, office, industrial and retail leasing and virtually every other form of real estate development, construction, financing, investing and leasing.

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Ruth Ruhl

Ruth Ruhl

Member

Real Estate Law

12700 Park Central Dr, Dallas, TX 75251, USA

Ruth Ruhl, the founder and President of RUTH RUHL, P.C., is passionate about the work she does and the level of service her team provides to clients. “I truly love what I do. And all of us understand we’re here for the client.” Ruth understands the importance of meeting deadlines without sacrificing quality. She knows how to cajole county clerks hundreds of miles away to ensure a document is filed on time. In one case, she managed to get papers recorded on short notice and, with six minutes to spare, saved a client from a costly loan repurchase. Ruth’s extensive knowledge of the industry comes from a career that began as a mortgage loan officer after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin. Equipped with a B.B.A. degree in Finance, Ruth quickly learned the critical importance of proactively addressing problems that arise in the preparation of loan documents. After honing her skills in that profession, she earned a law degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law where she graduated magna cum laude. Ruth joined the law firm of Barrett Burke Wilson Castle Daffin & Frappier, LLP, in Addison, Texas, which focused on residential foreclosures. Ruth’s understanding of the business side of mortgage lending prompted the managing partner to put her in charge of building a loss mitigation department. She was promoted to partner, specializing in loan origination, specialty loan and loss mitigation, and regulatory compliance. She joined PeirsonPatterson, LLP five years later, where she worked as a partner and director in the Specialty Loan Section. Ruth soon realized she was fully equipped to start her own law firm serving mortgage lenders and mortgage servicing companies, and, in 1999, RUTH RUHL, P.C. was created. RUTH RUHL, P.C. is recognized as a woman-owned business both nationally and state wide. The firm is a member of WBENC and is certified as a Texas Woman Owned Business. Ruth is a member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of Texas, College of the State Bar, Texas Academy of Mortgage Attorneys and, the Dallas Bar Association. Mortgage banking industry involvement includes the National Mortgage Bankers Association, American Mortgage Diversity Council, Texas Credit Union Real Estate Network, and the Dallas Mortgage Bankers Association. Ruth has served as an officer and is a board member of the Texas Mortgage Bankers Association where she currently is the co-chair of the 2018 Convention Committee, and has been chair of the Servicing Committee and TMBPAC. Ruth is a fifth generation Texan.

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Shams Merchant

Shams Merchant

Distinguished Lawyer

Real Estate Law

5001 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy suite 830, Farmers Branch, TX 75244, USA

As an expert commercial real estate and private equity attorney, Shams is recognized as one of the leading commercial real estate and private equity attorneys in the nation. Shams represents some of the nation’s largest corporations, investors, developers, & private equity firms in their commercial real estate, syndication and fund formation matters. Previously, Shams practiced commercial real estate law at the largest law firm in Texas representing the nation’s largest real estate developer. Shams focuses his commercial real estate law practice on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions and private equity matters, including leases (office, industrial, retail, build-to-suit, ground, and sale/leaseback), acquisitions and dispositions (office, industrial, hotel, retail, self-storage, medical, multi-family and mixed-use), financing (interim, construction, permanent, mezzanine, CMBS, and life insurance), development (office, industrial, hotel, retail, self-storage, medical, multi-family and mixed-use), private placements and fund formations (including Reg. 506(c) and 506(b)). His practice is Texas-based but national in scope, and he has a blue-chip base of clients. These clients include well-known Texas developers, leading investment funds of all kinds, regional and national companies, and other major real estate players. Shams has represented some of the largest corporations in the world on their commercial real estate transactions and has assisted in 4 $100,000,000+ transactions in his career. Shams regularly handles complex real estate matters for private equity firms, real estate funds, private investment groups, financial institutions, owners, and developers. His practice includes representing these clients in their real estate private equity matters, syndications, fund formations, securities & corporate work. He also represents both landlords and tenants in commercial leasing of downtown and suburban office buildings, retail projects, adaptive reuse projects, mixed-use & lifestyle centers, and industrial warehouses. Shams is known for his ability to get deals done while looking out for his client’s interests. An efficient and effective attorney, Shams works quickly and breaks things down for his clients. In his real estate syndication and fund formation law practice, Shams structures and forms real estate syndications and real estate investment funds for the largest and most active private equity firms in the country as well as new and emerging real estate investors and developers. His fund formation services include Regulation D, 506(b) and 506(c) syndications, blind pool funds, discretionary funds, closed-ended and open-ended funds, single-asset syndications, real estate crowdfunding, Regulation A capital raises, debt funds, fund of funds and various other real estate securities and investment vehicles. Shams also counsels his clients on all aspects of securities law compliance and files Form D with the SEC and state blue-sky notices as necessary.

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Victor Huhem

Victor Huhem

Distinguished Lawyer

Real Estate Law

5816 Boca Raton Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76112, USA

Victor Huhem graduated Cum Laude from BYU’s prestigious J. Reuben Clark Law School, earning several honors and awards, including highest scores in Real Property, Land Use Regulations, and Real Estate Finance. He also received the second highest score on the State Bar Exam. After law school, Mr. Huhem clerked for the Honorable Gary D. Stott of the Utah Fourth District Court. He then joined California based, Luce Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, recognized nationally for its cutting-edge real estate and insurance departments. Mr. Huhem later became managing partner of Jefferson & Young. His clients included some of the largest real estate and insurance companies in the world. His primary area of practice is serving the multi-family industry, including landlord-tenant litigation. Mr. Huhem is a member of the Apartment Association of Tarrant County’s President’s Club, serves on its Board of Directors, and sponsors its Education Program. He’s also a Gold Level Sponsor for the Apartment Association of Greater Dallas’ Educational Conference, and an active member of the AAGD Legal Services Program where he provides legal advice and services to apartment owners and managers.

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