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Brian Smith is an experienced litigator who has represented the interests of both Plaintiffs and Defendants in family law, divorce, business contract and negotiation, international law (European Union and NAFTA), immigration, commercial litigation, construction defect, credit repair & debt collection, personal injury, products liability and employment cases.
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- Family Law
- Divorce Law
- Business Law
- Construction Defects
- Personal Injury
- Commercial Litigation
- Contracts
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| Sarita Garg is an experienced attorney; possessing over five years of legal experience in a multitude of different practice areas such as criminal, personal injury, immigration, tax, business and family law. Sarita received her undergraduate degree from the University of Alberta in 1998, completing a major in Psychology and a minor in Sociology.
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- Family Law
- Business Law
- Immigration
- Personal Injury
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| James R. Jones has appeared and argued before the First and Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston and the Dallas Court of Appeals. Overturning two lower court decisions denying his injured client a hearing in an appeal before the Texas Supreme Court. Representing individual clients before the appellate courts, he prevailed in a number of cases that changed Texas law, such as the elimination of the family member exclusion in automobile insurance policies.
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- Immigration
- Business Litigation
- Family Law/Divorce
- Child Custody & Child Support
- Protective Orders
- Adoptions
- Terminations
- General Civil Litigation
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Steven Pham has multiple years experience working with family-based immigration, employment-based immigration law, asylum applications, removal, VAWA self-petitions, and consular processing. Mr. Pham has gained valuable experience with various law firms, varying from 1 to 200 attorneys. Since his second year of law school, Mr. Pham was certified by the State of California, to practice law under the supervision of an attorney.
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- Immigration
- Business Law
- Business Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Construction Defects
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| Kevin Cloves has practiced law in the areas of plaintiff's personal injury, mass torts, family law, divorce, wills/trusts, estate planning, contract disputes, insurance defense, large loss insurance subrogation, insurance disputes, consumer debt and consumer debt collection defense. Mr. Cloves has extensive experience in representing consumer debtors in lawsuits by credit card companies as well as negotiation of settlements on behalf of the debtor.
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- Divorce Law
- Family Law
- Will/Trusts
- Credit Counseling
- Personal Injury
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| John C. Valdez is an experienced attorney with more than 12 years of practice in the areas of Immigration & Nationality Law and Business Law. His diverse clientele has included Fortune Five Hundred corporations, multinational executives, immigrant investors, small and midsize companies, and families and individual immigrants seeking visas or U.S. permanent residence.
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- Immigration Law
- Business Law
- Nationality
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| Angela N. Martin is an Associate Attorney at Smith & Garg. Her areas of practice include business litigation, bankruptcy litigation, and residential lending disputes. She is currently an active volunteer with the Harriet Buhai Family Law Center in Los Angeles, California assisting low income pro se clients in family law matters. She has been duly licensed to practice in the State of California since November 2005.
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- Business Litigation
- Bankruptcy
- Residential Lending
- Family Law
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| Albert R. Sonntag is an experienced litigator with more than twenty years of practice in various areas of civil litigation, including personal injury, business contract litigation, construction defect and products liability litigation. He has represented the interests of both Plaintiffs and Defendants in the Southern California area since his admission to the State Bar of California in November 1988.
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- Business Litigation
- Civil litigation
- Products litigation
- Construction Defect
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| Jennifer L. Ray possesses vast litigation and negotiation experience. She has helped numerous clients resolve their legal issues in family law and civil litigation matters. Ms. Ray has represented numerous clients in all facets of divorce, adoption, modification, SAPCR, and enforcement proceedings. She has successfully represented clients in civil causes of action involving business formation issues and landlord-tenant law.
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| Jenny Nguyen is an Associate Attorney whose law practice primarily focuses on business litigation matters, including Deceptive Trade Practices and contract disputes. Ms. Nguyen also has experience in construction defect, real estate, bankruptcy matters and personal injury matters, representing both plaintiffs and defendants.
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- Commercial/Business Litigation
- Real Estate Law
- Labor/Employment Law
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| Sherea Vitelli is an experienced and seasoned Associate Attorney at Smith & Garg; possessing over six years of legal experience in the areas of family law, criminal defense, civil litigation, estate administration, and D.W.I. Mrs. Vitelli is an experienced attorney who understands what her clients need and expect. She is aggressive and determined to get what the client wants and needs.
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- Family Law
- Criminal Defense
- Civil Litigation
- Estate Law
- D.W.I.
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| Ashley Flotté is an Associate Attorney with Smith & Garg who has substantial experience in the area of estate planning. Her practice is focused primarily in the areas of Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning, as well as estate administration. She has helped numerous individuals and families achieve their financial and personal goals, as well as gain peace of mind, through the construction of carefully designed Wills, Trusts, Advanced Directives, and Power of Attorney documents.
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- Estate Planning
- Wills
- Trusts
- Probate
- Family Law
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| Rachel Browning possesses extensive knowledge of immigration law earned from working with law firms and non-profit organizations in the Houston area. She has a diverse range of experience preparing both nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions, in drafting appeals and responses to requests for evidence from the Departments of Homeland Security and Labor, and in conducting research into the constantly changing maze of immigration law.
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- Immigration Law
- International Law
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| Amy S. Adkins is an Associate Attorney at Smith & Garg with several years of experience helping families and children navigate through the complex court system. Ms. Adkins has chosen to focus her practice in the area of family law and has represented clients in various types of cases including divorce, adoption, modification, SAPCR, paternity and enforcement proceedings.
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| Audrie L. Lawton is an experienced attorney and she has practiced law in the areas of civil litigation, criminal law, real estate, legal malpractice, and alternative dispute resolution. Ms. Lawton is a licensed real estate agent having represented clients in numerous residential and commercial real estate transactions throughout Harris and surrounding counties for the past three years.
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- Family Law
- Civil Litigation
- Criminal law
- Real Estate
- Legal Malpractice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
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