Law Firm Overview

Howard Berger and his wife, Diane, have resided in Floresville for more than thirty years, where they have raised their four children. Howard was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and graduated from high school there. He attended the University of Oklahoma and then Trinity University in San Antonio, graduating Cum Laude in 1974. It was there he met his wife, Diane Harris Berger. They were married in 1977 and have four children (William, Mark, Jacob, and Katie).

Howard graduated from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri in the upper quarter of his class in 1977. After passing the Texas Bar Exam, he was licensed as an Attorney in Texas in November, 1977, and has continued to practice in Texas ever since. He is currently a Life Member of the College of the State Bar of Texas, a Life Member of the Texas Bar Foundation, and a past Chairman of the District 11C Grievance Committee of the State Bar of Texas.

After practicing for two years in Alice, Texas, Howard established his own office in 1979 in Floresville, and has maintained his practice there for over thirty years. He served as Wilson County Attorney (1985 to 1989), City Attorney for the City of Floresville (1989 to 2007), and currently serves as the City Attorney for the City of Stockdale and the City of Poth. He also serves as the Attorney for the Wilson County Hospital District, the Floresville Economic Development Corporation and the Floresville Community Center Corporation.

In addition to representing local governments, Howard has represented numerous entities and individuals in real estate transactions, including representing developers, representing property owners associations, individual buyers, individual sellers, banks, and lending institutions.

Howard has assisted literally thousands of clients over the last thirty years with estate planning, drafting wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and other estate planning tools. Howard has also assisted clients in hundreds of estates, both testate and intestate, as well as guardianships for both minors and incapacitated persons.

For over thirty years, Howard has assisted both landowners and oil and gas producers in reaching agreements for oil and gas leases, as well as agreements among operators for buying and selling oil and gas leases. He has also rendered hundreds of title opinions for oil and gas production (both drilling opinions and division order title opinions) for oil and gas operations across many counties in South Texas.

Howard has also assisted many clients in South Texas in their business and financial arrangements, including formation and management of corporations, limited liability companies, trusts, family limited partnerships, limited partnerships, general partnerships, and sole proprietorships. He has worked with numerous CPAs to assist in the most efficacious business planning for small and medium sized companies.

Howard looks forward to assisting you with all of your transactional needs in South Texas.

Areas of Practice

• Administrative Law
• Banking & Finance Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Contracts
• Estate Planning
• Government Agencies & Programs
• Government Contracts
• Insurance Law
• Land Use & Zoning
• Landlord/Tenant
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Natural Resources Law
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Real Estate Law
• State, Local & Municipal Law
• Trusts
• Wills

Honors and Awards

• Elected Wilson County Attorney, 1984 - 1989
• College of the State Bar of Texas, 1989 - Present
• Pro-Bono College of the State Bar
• Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
• Elected Wilson County Attorney, 1985 - 1989

Pro Bono Activities

• Past President, Wilson County Volunteer Ambulance Association, 1979 - Present
• EMT of the Year, Wilson County Volunteer Ambulance Association, 2002

Representative Clients

• Murray Guaranty Title Company
• Patten Corporation Southwest
• Texlark Exploration, Incorporated
• The Bank of South Texas
• Land Systems Company & Martex Corporation
• MIV Ops, Inc.
• Mark IV Energy
• Pat Brown Realtors
• Ben Fields Custom Homes
• Commissioner's Court of Wilson County
• Title Express of Floresville TX
• Lyssy & Eckel Feed and Seed, Inc.
• Texaloy Foundry Company, Inc.
• Picosa Water Supply Corporation
• New Adams Ranch, L.P.
• New Select Development, Inc.
• Wells Fargo Bank, Texas, N.A. (Floresville and Poth Branches)
• Nixon State Bank
• First National Bank of George West
• Reliable Title Company of Pleasanton, TX
• Martex Corporation

References

• Security State Bank of Stockdale
• Mark IV Energy
• The Bank of South Texas
• Murray Guaranty Title Company
• Pat Brown Realtors

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Business Organizations, Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills, Government Agencies & Programs, Government Contracts, Insurance Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Natural Resources Law, Probate & Estate Administration, Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, State, Local & Municipal Law