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For more than 40 years, Mr. Kardell has dedicated his practice to complex employment law issues with a focus on whistleblower law and corporate internal investigations. He has represented executives and employees in the first cases brought in the state and federal courts in Texas dealing with non-retaliation rights under a corporate code of ethics. He has also represented a number of Wall Street whistleblowers who have disclosed improprieties that led to the financial markets implosion, including Richard Bowen, the Citibank whistleblower whose testimony before Congress is generally credited as the stimulus for the current Department of Justice prosecutions of...

UGA,1973, with honors. UGA School of Law, 1976. Georgia DUI legal book co-author & DUI defense litigation practice, best attorney ratings. Top lawyer ratings with Martindale-Best Lawyers-Super Lawyers-Best Law Firms in America. Chaired or co-chaired over 40 legal seminars for ICLE-GA beginning in 1978 In 1991, wrote 101 Ways to Avoid a Drunk Driving Conviction with co-author Reese I. Joye, Jr. Started the annual 2-day seminar, Defense of Drinking Drivers handled by ICLE-GA Speaker at the 1992 ATLA DC convention & the 1993 ATLA national convention Sponsored the first NHTSA training seminar for criminal defense lawyers in Atlanta GA in July 1994....

Ms. Walter is an experienced trial lawyer, with a practical, business-oriented approach to handling cases. Her practice focuses on business litigation matters, including contracts, leases, construction, real estate, collections and Deceptive Trade Practices case and business owners' disputes. It Feels Good to Prevail!

1997 to Present President, Walter Law Firm, P.C., Houston, TX

2011 to 2012 Burleson, LLP, Houston, TX
Senior Counsel. Business litigation matters, including contracts, leases, collections, construction, real estate title, DTPA, fraud. Preparation of oil and gas title opinions.

1991 to 1996 Whittington, Pfeiffer & Vacek, Houston, TX
Associate Attorney....

Raised and educated in Dallas, Texas, Attorney Lindsey McKay was an All-American Cheerleader and notable scholarship candidate for a top women’s college soccer program. Prior to attending law school, Ms. McKay devoted herself to intellectual pursuits and travel while attending college at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Ms. McKay graduated college in three years earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and a minor in Spanish. During her college career, she lived with international families in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and Costa Rica learning Spanish and immersing herself in the Latin culture. Ms. McKay also lived in Southern Germany with a...

With over 15 years of varied legal experience, Trista is a strong, compassionate, and skilled advocate for consumers. After spending the first four years of her career with a consumer protection firm in Minnesota representing consumers in individual and class actions against debt collectors, banks, and credit reporting agencies, she went on to gain experience over the next six years as an associate in one of the largest law firms defending those same institutions; as an in-house attorney for a top-five bank; and then as an in-house attorney for a Texas-based retailer. About a year after moving to Texas to...

Cory Clements was born and raised in Lubbock, Texas. He graduated from Lubbock Cooper High School before attending South Plains College for a year. After transferring to Texas Tech University, Cory graduated with a bachelor’s degree in International Business. Throughout his time in undergraduate school, Cory worked a full-time job with Wells Fargo Bank where he was committed to leadership and working with the public.

Cory then attended Texas Tech University School of Law from 2011 to 2014 graduating with both his Juris Doctorate and master’s in business administration. After taking the bar exam, Cory moved to Abilene where he began...

Michael R. Bartish is a founding member of Springstead & Bartish Law, P.L.L.C.. He defends and represents clients in state and federal courts throughout Western Michigan from Niles to Traverse City. Mr. Bartish is a former active duty Judge Advocate General in the U.S. Army where he served at Fort Hood, Texas, from 1999 through 2002. During his active duty service, Mr. Bartish served as a trial counsel and senior trial counsel for the First Cavalry Division and as a Trial Defense Counsel for Fort Hood, Texas. After four years on active duty, Mr. Bartish went into private practice...

Attorney Jason J. Navarro practices Criminal Defense at Navarro Law, PLC. A third-generation Mexican-American, Mr. Navarro's grandfather immigrated to the U.S. from Chihuahua, Mexico in the 1930s. Mr. Navarro's father, Roberto, was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. In the early 70s, Roberto was stationed in Colorado with the U.S. Army where Jason was born but the family eventually moved to Dallas, Texas, where he was raised. Growing up in Dallas in the early 80s was extraordinarily difficult as a poor brown-skinned boy. Blatant racism and class discrimination was a daily reality. Sadly, Mr. Navarro suffered from the same racial...

W. Matthew Waldrop has built a successful career as an attorney in Harris County, Texas, and has developed a strong presence in the family law division of the State Bar of Texas. As evidence that W. Matthew Waldrop and The Waldrop Law Firm put their clients first, the firm filed and successfully won eight simultaneous motions to have Judge Denise Pratt of the 311th District Court of Harris county removed. The Waldrop Law Firm additionally maintains one ongoing appeal of Judge Pratt. His personal strong sense of justice motivates him to work hard to make sure that his...

Mr. Stephen L. Ivie, P.C. began his private practice of law in Ashburn, Georgia in 1974. In 1978, Mr. Ivie became corporate counsel for All American of Ashburn, Inc., a local mobile home manufacturer in the United States with over $100 million year in sales with 9 plants in 5 states. A large portion of the work for the mobile home manufacturer pertained to warranty claims, contracts and negotiations with account receivable lenders and state and federal government agencies. All-American also developed mobile home and modular subdivisions in which he was a major decision contributor, operations manager, and handled the...

I represent financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies, middle market enterprises, business executives, and defrauded investors, in disputes involving allegations of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud, and claims arising under the Texas Uniform Commercial Code.

My depth of experience–which includes first chair involvement in prosecuting and defending complex class action and multidistrict litigation–centers in three primary areas: financial services litigation, commercial disputes, and oil and gas litigation. This experience includes:

Financial Services

Representation of banks, and bank holding companies, in litigation involving:

- Alleged abusive overdraft practices,
- Alleged systemic mortgage serving abuses,
- Alleged systemic violations of consumer...

Attorney Yovanna Vargas provides legal services in matters of immigration and nationality law. She earned her Master of Laws from Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University in 2012, and received his first Juris Doctor from the Catholic University of Peru in 1989. She is originally from Lima, Peru, early in her career she specialized in tax law, public policy and international law for over 15 years.

Attorney Vargas contributed to the consolidation of improvements in quality of custom services to taxpayers to stimulate voluntary compliance, and strengthened tax auditing action. She was a legal counsel under the International Agreement...

Aaron Reimer earned his undergraduate degree from Dallas Christian College cum laude, with a double major in Theology and Psychology. After graduation, he worked for several years in the banking industry before moving to Houston to attend South Texas College of Law.

While in law school, Aaron clerked for the Honorable Judge Georgia Dempster of the Harris County 308th Family District Court. He also clerked for the Honorable Justice George C. Hanks, Jr., in Houston’s First Court of Appeals.

After graduating from law school, Aaron continued his education at the University of Houston Law Center, pursuing a Masters of Law...

Attorney Neuman is the son of Theodore and Edna Neuman and grew up on a farm in Geneva, Ohio. Theodore was a steel worker. Doug was the Valedictorian of the 1970 class of Geneva High School. He graduated from Vanderbilt University summa cum laude with a B.A. in Chemistry and History, and a minor concentration in mathematics. Attorney Neuman graduated from Case Western Reserve University Franklin Thomas Bacchus School of Law in 1977.

Attorney Neuman has been recognized for community service through the United Way, Boy Scouts of America, the Niles Historical Society, Residential Horizons, SCOPE, Niles Rotary, and as an...

James J. Wochner is the founder and principal owner of The Wochner Law Firm in Northbrook, Illinois. He graduated from St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, earning a degree in Economics. While in college, he participated in intercollegiate varsity basketball and baseball. Mr. Wochner received his Juris Doctor degree from St. Louis University after attending night law school. By day he taught mathematics and history and coached athletics in a high school in St. Louis, Missouri. He is presently a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and its section on Trusts and Estates. He is admitted to practice before all...