Attorneys

Managing Partner

STEPHEN T. SMITH received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Austin College in 1989. He subsequently attended the University of Houston Law School where he received his Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1992. During his tenure at the University of Houston, he served as Case Note and Comment Editor of the Houston Journal of International Law and published an article concerning the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Read More Send Email

Partner

CHARLES M. CARR, III received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Tulane University in 1984. He subsequently attended Tulane Law School where he received his Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1989. Following his graduation, Mr. Carr was licensed in the State of Louisiana and began his practice of law with an insurance defense firm located in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Partner

JOY M. BRENNAN received her Bachelor of Arts degree with University and Foundation Honors from Texas A&M University in 2000, and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law in 2003. While in law school, Ms. Brennan was a member of the ABA Moot Court Team and a Notes Editor for the Review of Litigation. Ms. Brennan previously practiced in the areas of real estate and bankruptcy litigation with a law firm located in Dallas, Texas.
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Associate

MONICA R. CANTU received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Houston in 1997. She subsequently attended St. Mary’s School of Law where she received her Doctor of Jurisprudence in 2001. During her tenure at St. Mary’s School of Law, she served as an Associate Editor of the Law Review and participated in a comparative law curriculum through the University of Miami School of Law’s study abroad program in Spain.
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Associate

AMBER J. IVEY received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Wake Forest University in 2010 and she received her Doctor of Jurisprudence in 2013 from the University of South Carolina. During law school, Ms. Ivey served as a peer mentor, Women in Law member, and Research Editor for the ABA Real Property, Trust & Estates Law Journal.
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