Representative Matters

• Advised and structured multiple tax-exempt organizations, combining deep tax planning with legal strategy to support sustainable, mission-aligned growth.

• Guided the formation and successful sale of a Houston-based business, offering end-to-end legal counsel from entity structuring to transaction close.

• Advised a Y Combinator–backed AI tech startup (Caseflood.ai) on early-stage strategy, providing market impact projections instrumental to YC acceptance, product development guidance, and customer acquisition strategy.

• Navigated a $1 million bail fund through a complex financial audit, successfully resolving claims related to restricted donation use and freeing funds to serve vulnerable populations.

• Delivered major property tax savings for commercial clients, including a $1.75M valuation reduction for a multifamily property, a 20.5% post-ARB reduction for a beachfront hotel, and $25K+ saved in a business personal property dispute—demonstrating strategic litigation and financial impact across high-value assets.

• Represents unsecured creditors in the Wellpath bankruptcy, a healthcare restructuring involving over $1.2 billion in annual revenue, navigating creditor protections and advocating for justice-involved individuals in one of the largest correctional healthcare bankruptcies in recent history.

• Seven-figure settlement for a client suffering severe food poisoning due to restaurant cross-contamination—demonstrating litigation strength and case valuation precision.

• Won a favorable judgment after delivering oral arguments before a hostile panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, leading to the U.S. Supreme Court denying the opposition’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari, thereby upholding the client's position.

• Obtained the first granted criminal petition for writ of mandamus by the First Court of Appeals of Texas in the last decade, showcasing exceptional appellate advocacy skills.

• Founded and led a service organization from start-up to a top 10% revenue nonprofit in the country to succession plan—raising millions from global crowdfunding and high net worth individuals, building local and national partnerships, creating innovative infrastructure in the indigent legal system, saving our economy billions, improving policy, and winning freedom for hundreds of people—named Restoring Justice.

• Negotiated a six-figure settlement from Montgomery County leading to jail-wide improvements for the prevention of suicide attempts, reflecting a commitment to civil rights and systemic reform.

• Secured one of only four six-figure settlements from Harris County over jail conditions in the past decade, emphasizing dedication to improving detention conditions and advocating for inmate rights.

• In Montgomery County District Court, two busted jury panels resulted in the county calling a venire larger than they do for capital murder cases, and the case resulted in the first ever accused felon being admitted into the county’s recovery program.

• 15 dismissals for my clients in one day by applying federal legislation principles in Lomas, et al. v. Harris County, Texas, Civil Action No. 16-cv-3745 (United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division), to state court cases systemically reforming the District Attorneys’ county-wide intake system by getting them to follow the law during their swearing and oath process of all complaints.

• Led policy advocacy that resulted in reduced and ultimately free jail phone calls in Harris County, easing financial burdens on incarcerated individuals and their families while advancing communication access and equity.

• Successful representation of 92 young men against Harris County, preventing a first-of-its-kind civil injunction against them.

• Publication: “Resurgence of EOR Credits: Oil Tax Planning Opportunity.” Texas Tax Lawyer, Vol. 43 No. 2, Winter 2016: 116-17. Print and Internet. (Correctly predicted the return and industry impact of Enhanced Oil Recovery Tax Credits).