Associate General Counsel
Dallas, Texas
Lead legal counsel for HighGround Advisors and its institutional clients in sophisticated residential and commercial real estate transactions with services including negotiating favorable terms, drafting real estate forms, providing legal analysis and revisions, and giving legal guidance to multiple departments regarding risk tolerance. Specific experience in deed formation, correction deeds, stipulations of interest, real property leases, purchase sale agreements, USDA CRP proposals, government/private ventures and acquisition, real estate transfers via probate, and construction agreement transactions.Draft, analyze, negotiate, revise, and prepare a variety of oil and gas transactions such as Oil and Gas Leases, Pipeline Easements, Well Site Agreements, surface use agreements, Mineral Deeds and Royalty Assignments, etc. for individuals and institutions. Personally facilitated the sale of a $50 million sale of minerals for one of our clients.Primary attorney on HighGround Advisor’s mineral conversion committee where legal advice is provided during the organization’s transition to a newly formatted and ground-up system to ensure all contracts are observed.Draft gift instruments (annuities, trusts, and endowments) and ensure company fiduciary compliance with UPMIFA and the Texas Trust Code.Key organizational advisor on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology as it pertains to investments and gift-giving.Lead attorney on court modification of endowments in association with Texas Property Code Section 163.007 (c) to update terms and restrictions due to impracticability, achievement, or wastefulness.