- Child Support
- GuardianshipJennifer also represents employers on matters of labor and employment and represents clients in probate court, including on matters involving contested guardianship. Services and experience include...
- Wrongful Death
- Sex CrimesThomas Campbell, Note, Suspended for Sexual Assault, Now What?—The Sixth Circuit Splits from the Second on a Pleading Standard for Reverse Title IX Actions, 73 SMU L. Rev. F. 17 (2020).
- Theft
- Embezzlement
- Assault
- Corporate LawFor nearly 70 years, our attorneys have advanced business through commitment to client service and knowledge of corporate law.  Whether providing counsel to top executives or working side-by-side with entrepreneurs, we serve as tenured outside counsel to businesses of all sizes and industries in addition to some of Fort Worth’s most influential institutions.
- Mergers and AcquisitionsFormation of new business organizations, capital investments, partnership agreements, mergers and acquisitions, stock offerings, and other transactions
- Business DisputesIn order to make every client feel like the firm’s only client, Donald Kaczkowski strives to bring a certain mix of energy and understanding to the individuals and businesses he represents. In his well-rounded litigation practice, he relies on a sharp attention to detail in order to quickly digest facts and issues to efficiently satisfy a client’s needs. Donald litigates or arbitrates on a variety of commercial matters for clients, including contract and general business disputes, insurance defense, and creditors’ rights and bankruptcy issues. He also assists clients with transactional matters, such as non-competition agreements, loans, entity selection and formation, and in general business operations.
- Business TransactionsSarah Kline Carmichael has focused her practice on commercial litigation, employment law, and insurance defense matters, as well as business transactions and corporate organization. She supports several other attorneys with their cases and matters while also working on developing her own practice areas. Sarah loves attacking problems and finding solutions for her clients. She enjoys researching, both to the benefit of her clients and her fellow attorneys, but also because she likes learning something new every day.
- Limited Liability CompaniesOur lawyers provide efficient and, when necessary, creative legal solutions to corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, nonprofit entities, directors, shareholders, partners, and sole proprietors.
- Construction Contracts
- Trade Secrets
- Intellectual Property
- Antitrust
- Workers Compensation
- Wrongful TerminationLitigation related to non-compete, trade secrets, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and violations of work rules and regulations
- Employment Discrimination
- Employment ContractEmployment and labor practices, including Title VII, Title IX, and tenure, and drafting employer policy and employment agreements
- Employment Litigation
- Non-compete AgreementCounsel concerning labor and employment matters, including the effects of technology on the workplace, privacy issues, employee relations, and noncompete agreements
- Sexual HarassmentCounseling employers on sexual harassment, discrimination, FMLA, ADA, Title VII, termination, wage and hour, non-competition matters, employment policies, and legal compliance
- Real Estate LitigationReal estate intersects multiple areas of the law. Â To respond effectively to diverse client needs in real estate matters, our real estate lawyers will often consult with other attorneys within the firm with particular expertise in tax, corporate structure, litigation, and financing issues.
- Premises Liability
- Construction LitigationThos. S. Byrne, Ltd. v. Seal Craft Corp., Not Reported in S.W.3d (2013), obtained defense verdict for subcontractor and surety company against general contractor who claimed subcontractor breached construction contract.
- Real Estate TransactionsAssisting clients in commercial, industrial, unimproved, and farm and ranch real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, construction, development, management, and debt financing
- Eminent DomainCondemnation (also eminent domain) involves the taking of real property by public entities and limited private entities for purposes designed to benefit the public at large. Â Our attorneys represent landowners and condemning authorities and our experience representing both sides gives us a unique and highly useful perspective in settling or otherwise litigating a condemnation matter.
- Easement
- Land Use and Zoning
- Personal InjuryPrimarily a commercial law and personal injury litigator, Stuart Lumpkins has been board-certified in personal injury trial law since 1991 by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Estate PlanningOur estate planning and probate attorneys have the knowledge and experience you can trust to counsel, design, and implement plans specially tailored to protect and distribute your assets to or for those you care about, and minimize tax burdens in the process. Services include...
- Wills
- TrustsWe also work with clients during difficult and, often, emotional times following death or disability. Â Our attorneys provide reliable counsel and representation to beneficiaries of trusts and estates, as well as the executors, administrators, trustees, and guardians of estates of the incapacitated or deceased. Â Our services include counsel and representation of clients in...
- Power of AttorneyCounseling clients in the design and drafting of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and other estate planning documents in order to implement a variety of estate planning goals, tax/non-tax objectives, and straightforward to highly complex special needs
- Probate
- Bankruptcy
- Foreclosure
- Tax LawTax law is not practiced in a vacuum, as tax considerations underlie practically all transactions, business or personal. Our attorneys are keenly sensitive to this interplay and assist our clients in a broad range of services, including...
- Debt Collection