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Jarad D.

Jarad Dickinson

I am currently an owner and principal at my own firm which was started in 2008 by David Dickinson, I started at that time as a clerk, and then became an associate attorney ... read more
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Richard E.

Richard Eldredge

404 reviews
Richard Eldredge is a corporate attorney and a professor of law. He has over seven years of experience and is licensed to practice law in Texas. Richard is experienced in patents and business formation, as well as trademark and copyright law. He received his degree in law from the La Verne College of Law. Richard has been a patent attorney and engineer at the Eldrege Law Firm since September 2005.
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Darryl S.

Darryl Shaper

18 reviews
My mission is to help small businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals get legal services for fair and reasonable prices. Wherever possible, I offer flat/fixed fees rather t...
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Matthew W.

Matthew Wendlandt

11 reviews
Matthew's corporate practice focuses on advising startups, small businesses, venture capital funds, and investment firms. He frequently handles private financings for high ...
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Josh M.

Josh Mathews

10 reviews
Advised and assisted company through the formation of a funding portal registered with FINRA and SEC, in compliance with Regulation CF. Advised numerous startup companies ...
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Matthew C.

Matthew Compton

5 reviews
Matt helps individuals and small businesses with their various intellectual property and business law needs. Three major areas make up the majority of his practice— ...
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Faryal A.

Faryal Ayub

5 reviews
Ms. Ayub is an attorney licensed to practice in Texas. Before moving to the US, she has a number of years of experience in contract review, analysis and drafting. Her legal...
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Christy K. B.

Christy K. Brown

3 reviews
Christy has practiced law for the past 18 years and has amassed a diverse repertoire of experiences in Business law with a concentration on contract drafting and review, fo...
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Justin M.

Justin Moore

2 reviews
Justin graduated from the University of Texas School of Law and also has a B.S. in Business Administration from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. His ...
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Dustin L.

Dustin Lee

1 review
Dustin Lee is a business lawyer with almost a decade of experience. He is licensed to practice law in Texas and primarily focuses on assisting startup companies. Dustin is a business owner himself, and utilizes his skills and expertise to help his clients. He obtained his legal degree from the University of Houston Law Center. Dustin founded his own law office in November 2012, where he now acts as the managing attorney and a shareholder.
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Holly L.

Holly Little

Licensed attorney with over twenty five (25) years of experience (15 years practicing in TX) counseling corporate, non-profit and governmental clients regarding contracting...
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John D.

John Davis

John Davis is a founder and Managing Member at Kearney, McWilliams & Davis, PLLC. He practices and oversees the firm’s intellectual property, residential and commercial...
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Emily B.

Emily Bivona

Emily Bivona is a highly experienced attorney with a passion for helping entrepreneurs, businesses, and nonprofits achieve their goals. With over 10 years of expertise, she...
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Jeremy S.

Jeremy Sanders

Jeremy Sanders represents both corporate and individual clients in a variety of matters, including civil litigation, corporate transactions, entity formations and restructu...
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Keith S.

Keith Strahan

49 reviews
Keith Strahan is an Attorney working at his own law firm. Previously, he worked as an Associate for Greer, Scott & Shropshire, LLP. He attended the University of Houston Law Center in 2012 and he served as the President of the Federalist Society. During his studies, he interned at the Fifth Circuit. Apart from Law, Keith studied Religion and Politics and Graduated with his B.A. in 2007. Prior to that, Keith graduated with his B.A in Government and Philosophy from The University of Texas.
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Steve O.

Steve Okoroha

35 reviews
Steve Okoroha is a business lawyer with five years of experience. He is licensed to practice law in Texas and obtained his law degree from the South Texas College of Law. Steve is also a member of the Texas State Bar and the State Bar Pro Bono College. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the South Texas College of Law. Steve specializes in immigration law and is also experienced in dealing with commercial contracts.
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Erin M.

Erin Mcclarty

19 reviews
Erin McClarty is a corporate counsel that has over six years’ experience. She has extensive experience in working with legal documents, but is also acquainted with employment, business formation, trademark, copyright and numerous other business law legal matters. Erin has been the legal manager at CGG for the past two years. She has also worked as a legal counsel at Weatherford and as a legal clerk at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.
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William U.

William Underwood

9 reviews
William Underwood specializes in commercial litigation legal matters. He has experience as an outsourced general counsel and is a partner at Underwood, Jones & Scherrer. William also focuses on assisting startup business during their initial growth period. He received his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center and shortly after obtaining a license to practice law in Texas. William has represented a large number of corporate clients, including ERC and the Hartford Insurance Group.
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Will S.

Will Stafford

8 reviews
Will earned his JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2009, where he also received a Certificate in Business & Public Policy from the Wharton School of B...
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Lenatria J.

Lenatria Jurist

6 reviews
LeNatria Jurist is a real estate and business law attorney with 10+ years of progressive experience managing complex legal matters and representing clients in a variety of ...
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Forrest G.

Forrest Gordon

5 reviews
Forrest Gordon has 10 years of experience as a corporate attorney. He provides both in-house and contract-based legal services. Forrest practices law in Texas and obtained his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center. Forrest also has experience in dealing with real estate, commercial contracts and other corporate legal issues. He recently became a managing partner at Gordon Lusky LLP, but was previously the senior legal counsel at Trican Well Service for four years.
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Ezenwanyi A.

Ezenwanyi Abii

5 reviews
Ezenwanyi's passion for law prompted the transition to legal practice after 10 years of business contracts experience with Fortune 500 companies. Her legal experience range...
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Scott D.

Scott Davenport

4 reviews
Scott Davenport is a well-known and experienced attorney who has been Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization because of his hard work and success in the field. In addition, Attorney Davenport has maintained the highest rating of AV Preeminent since 2004. Named as a Top Lawyer and receiving many other awards, Attorney Davenport is ready to fight for all of his clients. In addition to personal injury law, Mr. Davenport also specializes in business law to include business formation, real estate, and litigation.
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Jack N.

Jack Najarian

2 reviews
Your business has a variety of legal needs, from formation to operations and contracts. Having a business attorney that does it all, like Jack Hajarian, can be an invaluable resource. Mr. Hajarian can help your business by creating outsourcing agreements, dealing with employment matters, selling or acquiring real estate, and negotiating contracts.
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Coby H.

Coby Hyman

2 reviews
Coby Hyman is a Tax Attorney who founded General Tax Counsel, PLLC. For almost 20 years now, Mr Hyman has been practicing Tax Law. Previously, he acted as the Tax Director for PricewaterhouseCoopers. His main focus areas are complex tax structuring issues, business negotiations and sophisticated financial transactions. Coby obtained his J.D. from The University of Texas at Austin in 1988. A few years later, he attended the University of Houston Law Center and graduated with his LLM in Taxation.
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Pete L.

Pete Larsen

2 reviews
Pete Larsen is an attorney at law who has been practicing law for the past 12 years. Pete is licensed to practice law in Texas and he obtained his legal degree from the South Texas College of Law. Some of Pete’s most recent clients include Situs, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and GP Strategies. He is exceptionally experienced in real estate law. Since May 2014, Pete has been serving as a partner at First Law International.
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Gary K.

Gary Kissiah

2 reviews
Gary’s focus has been on technology and corporate law for two decades. He was a partner in the Austin office of Akin Gump and was co-chair of the Technology Practice Group....
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Barry M.

Barry Mcfadden

3 reviews
Barry McFadden is a corporate attorney with over 15 years of experience. He was the youngest person to serve as the Vice President of ExpressJet Airlines and has also served as a senior counselor at Seyfarth Shaw. Barry is licensed to practice law in Texas and obtained his J.D. in law from The University Of Texas School of Law. He has extensive experience in dealing with commercial contracts, and with legal cases related to mergers and acquisitions.
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Trenton R.

Trenton Roberts

2 reviews
Currently a partner at Roberts & Willie, PLLC, Trenton Roberts has previously worked at other law firms like Latham & Watkins when he was a transactional attorney for a year and a half. His focus is in the areas regarding commercial lending, private equity, energy and business clients. He graduated with his LLM from New York University School of Law, and he achieved his JD separately from the University of Chicago Law School. He can communicate in English, Spanish and Japanese.
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Aaron W.

Aaron Woo

2 reviews
Helping clients in the technology, healthcare, as well as the oil & gas industry is the impressive Business Attorney, Aaron Woo. He has experience working as General Counsel, Managing Partner and an Associate. His experience extends to Commercial Negotiations and Agreements, International Transactions, Compliance, Mergers & and Acquisitions. He obtained his J.D. from the The University of Texas School of Law.
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Denise Y.

Denise Young

2 reviews
Denise Young is the Managing Attorney with her own Law Offices. She has been practicing Law and Business since 1997 when she became a Law Clerk with Sommers Schwartz PC. She handles legal matters in business law, transactions, not-for-profit law, criminal law and family law. She obtained her J.D. from the Michigan State University College of Law in 1999 and she received her Masters in Procurement & Acquisitions Management, as well as Business & Organizational Security Management.
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Tzvi F.

Tzvi Finman

2 reviews
Tzvi Finman is a business-focused attorney that has been providing legal services in Texas for the past two years. He is the founder of The Finman Law Firm and primarily focuses on legal matters concerning commercial construction and real estate development. Tzvi is a member of the Texas and Houston Bar Associations. Some of the corporate clients that Tzvi has represented include CPR Center of Houston LLC and Industrial Kosher LLC.
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Megan D.

Megan Daic

2 reviews
Megan Daic is a business lawyer with a particular focus on assisting start-up businesses, as well as entrepreneurs. She has three years of experience and often assists corporate clients with their commercial contract requirements. Megan is licensed to practice law in Texas. She obtained her legal degree from the University of Houston Law Center. She founded her own legal firm in July 2016. Megan is also an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center.
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Brennen D.

Brennen Dunn

2 reviews
Brennen Dunn is a litigation attorney with more than seven years of experience. He is licensed to practice law in Texas. Brennen holds a Juris Doctor degree in law, which he obtained from the Texas Southern University – Thurgood Marshall Law School. He is skilled in dealing with legal cases that involves labor and employment law, and often provides his legal assistance to startup companies. Since August 2017, Brennen has been serving as a sole practitioner.
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Cindy B.

Cindy Bennett Smith

2 reviews
Cindy Bennett Smith is an attorney at law who has been serving corporate clients for the past 16 years. She has been licensed to practice law in Texas and holds a Juris Doctorate degree in law, which she received from the South Texas College of Law. Cindy is experienced in dealing with labor and employment law. She is also capable of reviewing, negotiating and drafting commercial contracts. Cindy founded her own legal firm in September 2011.
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Mike R.

Mike Reinecke

2 reviews
After graduating magna cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School, Mike got a full range of law firm experience by working for firms varying in size from nationa...
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Temi S.

Temi Siyanbade

2 reviews
I own and operate a Houston-based boutique law firm that helps people establish their businesses, protect their names, and keep their profits. I love love love working w...
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Tri N.

Tri Nguyen

2 reviews
With my broad experience as a former big firm attorney, former general counsel, and Chief Legal Advisor to small businesses and lower-middle market companies, I bring thoug...
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Raphael Q.

Raphael Qiu

2 reviews
I have been practicing personal injury, business, and construction law for the past three years. During this time, I have acquired significant trial, deposition, mediation,...
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Nancy T.

Nancy Truong

2 reviews
Highly motivated and reliable newly licensed Texas attorney with seven (7) years of experience in both defense and plaintiff litigation work. Able to function extremely wel...
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Rachel F.

Rachel Flores

2 reviews
Nice to meet you. I am a general litigation attorney in the state of Texas with varied experience over several different practice areas. I specialize in personal injury, bu...
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Heather C.

Heather Carson

2 reviews
I am a Texas licensed attorney with five years of experience, including three years in life science contracting at a major academic medical center. My practice focuses on c...
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Stansbury D.

Stansbury Dur

2 reviews
Served 19 years as In-house legal counsel for Qatar Petroleum (QP) in Doha, Qatar. Board secretary for 3 QP affiliates. Retired in June 2016. Began law career with Shell U...
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Alexander B.

Alexander Braden

2 reviews
Licensed litigation and transactional attorney. Focus on business, construction, and toxic tort litigation. Experience with research and legal writing. Complex business tra...
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Duana B.

Duana Boswell-Loechel

2 reviews
In February 2019, the Boswell Law Firm was established to provide clients with the ultimate level of personalized focus and careful attention that each unique case deserves...
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Tom L.

Tom Leslie

2 reviews
I am an experienced General Counsel and transactional attorney with Big Law training in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities laws and general corporate matt...
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Dustin W.

Dustin Webber

2 reviews
Dustin has experience providing tax and business services—including the reformation and restructuring of large multi-national businesses—to achieve strategic tax and busine...
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Dorian G.

Dorian Giles

2 reviews
Dorian Giles, Esq. is a skilled attorney specializing in intellectual property, entity formation, contract drafting, and review. A graduate of Texas Southern University and...
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Eleanor B.

Eleanor Benmenashe

1 review
If you are looking for an experienced lawyer in the oil, gas, and construction industry, turn to Eleanor BenManashe. Eleanor specializes in the Dodd-Frank Section 1502 rule and can advise you on the best way to handle your business. She is also experienced in handling contract drafts and can put together a compliance framework for any company. In addition to the oil, gas, and construction industry, she is able to help with the preparation of leases, boundary disputes, and landlord-tenant issues.
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Trang Q. T.

Trang Q. Tran

Tran is a trial lawyer who constantly works on honing his skills and improving his craft. His firm, Tran Law Firm LLP, is mainly focused on civil litigation involving commercial disputes and employment law, which involves all aspects of employment litigation and counseling. Tran has been rated by Super Lawyers and is a member of 10 organizations outside of his practice.
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Sarabeth E.

Sarabeth Egle

SaraBeth is a Tax Senior in Deloitte Tax's Multistate Tax practice, specializing in research and consulting for federal, state, and local excise taxes. Before joining Deloitte Tax, she provided legal assistance to clients on various matters including the restructuring of corporations through mergers and acquisitions, the dissolution of corporations, and private foundation excise tax issues.
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Anil A.

Anil Ali

Anil's firm is an intellectual property and business law firm dedicated to ensuring their clients' intellectual property rights and ideas are protected so their dreams can come true. As an attorney registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with the ability to tackle any scientific field, Anil can help clients achieve their intellectual property goals.
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Victor E.

Victor Elgohary

A former CPA with over 20 years of legal and valuation experience, Victor Elgohary is a genuine financial professional helping executives and investors to make sound investment and financial decisions, negotiate transactions, and navigate litigation and bankruptcy cases when needed. Elgohary has also ran several investment start-ups and a successful venture fund, giving him even more insight.
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Kevin M.

Kevin Michaels

After serving in the U.S. army, Kevin Michaels decided to pursue his law degree at South Texas College of Law. He practiced for several years at two other firms and then decided to open his own firm in 2000. His practice areas include commercial and civil litigation. In addition, he also serves as outside general counsel for several corporate clients.
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Brandon B.

Brandon Barchus

Houston-based attorney Brandon Barchus is a managing partner and cofounder at Faulk Barchus PLLC, a firm that advises clients on business and energy law as well as legal matters arising in commercial property and real estate. Bringing a decade of legal experience, Brandon is Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law. He holds a J.D. from Baylor Law School.
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Richard F.

Richard Fine

Richard Fine is a business attorney that specializes in real estate, probate and tax related matters. He obtained a license to practice law within Texas in 1980. Richard is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Houston Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He attended the Southern Methodist University, where he received a Juris Doctor degree in law. Richard also obtained a B.B.A. and M.B.A. at the University of Houston.
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Murtaza S.

Murtaza Sutarwalla

The Founder and Partner of Edwards Sutarwalla PLLC, Murtaza Sutarwalla is an experienced Attorney who completed his undergraduate work at the University of Texas at Austin. For over four years he worked as an Associate for Latham & Watkins LLP. He specializes in both transactional law and litigation - including commercial litigation, real estate and construction, healthcare and business immigration. He studied with the University of Chicago Law School and graduated with his J.D. in 2006.
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John D.

John Doe

John Doe is a corporate attorney that specializes in legal documents. He has extensive experience in research, reviewing and writing a range of different legal documents. John is also experienced in other corporate legal practice areas, including business formation, business operation and employment law. He obtained his law degree from the Oklahoma City University School of Law and soon after receiving a license to practice law in Texas. John currently operates his own law office.
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John O.

John Osborne

John Osborne is a litigation attorney and have been providing his legal services to clients in Texas for the past 17 years. He also has experience in real estate law and general business-related practice areas. John attended the Texas Tech University School of Law, where he received his degree in law. Since 2016, John has been an attorney at the Law Office of Robbie Osborne. Prior to this position, he was a partner at Osborne & Barry PPLC.
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Aamir A.

Aamir Abdullah

Aamir Abdullah is real estate and business law attorney with exceptional experience in all corporate legal practice areas. He received a J.D. in law in 2012, after graduating from the University Of Houston Law Center. Aamir also has a B.S. in Political Science. He started a law firm with an associate in January 2016, where he is now a managing partner. Aamir has a license to practice law in Texas and he is also part of the American and Houston Bar Associations.
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Jeffrey W.

Jeffrey Wheelock

Jeffrey Wheelock is a business attorney with more than 26 years of experience. He is experienced in commercial contracts, but specializes in all areas of business law. Jeffrey often represents startup companies, with a special focus on franchising. He is licensed to practice law in Texas and received his Juris Doctor degree in law from the University of Houston. Since June 1998, Jeffrey has been serving as a partner attorney at Dickinson & Wheelock, P.C.
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Tim S.

Tim Sutherland

Tim Sutherland is both an attorney at law and a business owner. He specializes in assisting startup companies and entrepreneurs found their businesses successfully. Tim is also experienced in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts. He has been licensed to practice law in Texas for the past six years and received his degree in law from the University of Houston Law Center. In August 2014, Tim founded his own legal firm, Sutherland, Attorney & Counselor.
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Mary G.

Mary Gilbert

Mary Gilbert is a transactional attorney with more than seven years’ experience. She is licensed to practice law in Texas and obtained her J.D. degree in law from the University of Houston. Mary Gilbert primarily specializes in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts related to corporate transactions. Since February 2015, Mary has been a staff attorney at Sun Coast Resources, Inc., where she often works with Fortune 100 companies.
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Eman A.

Eman Afshar

Eman Afshar is an attorney at law with two years of experience. He is licensed to practice law in New York and obtained his legal degree from the South Texas College of Law. Eman primarily specializes in drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts. He is also experienced in business formation, as well as labor and employment law. Since July 2016, Eman has been serving as the principal attorney of his own legal firm, the Afshar Law Firm PLLC.
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Andrew C.

Andrew Campbell

Andrew Campbell is a business attorney with four years’ experience. He is licensed to practice law in Texas and obtained his legal degree after graduating from the University of Houston Law Center. Andrew specializes in dealing with commercial contracts. He is exceptionally experienced in dealing with mergers and acquisitions, as well as legal issues that affects startup companies. Between 2014 and 2016, Andrew served as an associated at Bakerhostetler.
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George O.

George Oggero

George Oggero is an attorney and counselor with more than a decade worth of experience. He is licensed to practice law in Texas and obtained his Juris Doctorate degree in law from the South Texas College of Law. George primarily specializes in dealing with legal matters that involve real estate law. He is also experienced in drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts. George has been serving as the managing attorney of his own law firm since July 2017.
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Lisa A.

Lisa Angelo, Cipm

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Tom L.

Tom Landry

Tom founded his own firm after nearly two years as a trial attorney at a prominent law firm. He graduated from OCU Law School and has a bachelor's degree in Economics. His ...
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Brittainy B.

Brittainy Boessel

Have worked as general counsel for a small multinational for the last four years. I've drafted, negotiated, and revised a large number of international trade agreements, fr...
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  • Unlike incentive stock options (ISOs), NSOs are taxed at exercise as ordinary income, with additional capital gains tax possible on later appreciation.
  • NSOs can be a strategic tool for startups and growing companies to reward and retain key talent without immediate cash outlays.
  • They come with specific tax implications for both the granting company and the recipient, including withholding requirements.
  • Companies can design NSO plans with vesting schedules, exercise methods, and expiration terms tailored to business goals.
  • Early exercise and 83(b) election strategies may impact how and when tax is paid.
  • It's important to understand how NSOs affect ownership, taxes, and long-term planning.

Non-qualified stock options give you an alternative way of compensating employees

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Special Purpose Vehicle

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What is a Special Purpose Vehicle?

A special purpose vehicle (SPV) is a subsidiary of a company which is protected from the parent company's financial risk. It is a legal entity created for a limited business acquisition or transaction, or it can be used as a funding structure. It is sometimes called a special purpose entity (SPE).

An SPV has assets, liabilities, and a legal status outside of the obligations of the parent company. The primary purpose of an SPV is to carry out a specific business activity outside of the parent company, therein protecting the parent company from risks such as bankruptcy and insolvency issues.

Why is a Special Purpose Vehicle Important?

SPVs are formed as limited partnerships, trusts,

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