Current Employment Position(s)

President/Managing Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1978

Languages

• Spanish
• Greek
• French

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Appellate Law
• Bankruptcy
• Business Law and Structuring
• Criminal Defense
• Entertainment Law -- Music
• Family Law
• Health Care Law
• Longshore and Harborworkers' Compensation Act
• Personal Injury
• Probate, Wills and Trusts
• Real Estate Law
• Social Security-Disability

Representative Cases

• Davis v Zoning Bd. of Adjustment of La Porte, 865 S.W.2d 941, 1993 Tex. Lexis 145 (Supreme Court of Texas 1993)
• Henderson v. Parker, 728 S.W.2d 768, 1987 Tex. Lexis 336 (Supreme Court of Texas 1987)
• Cary v. Cary, 894 S.W.2d 111, 1995 Tex. App. Lexis 362 (Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, Houston 1995)
• Davis v. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment of La Porte, 853 S.W.2d 650, 1993 Tex. App. Lexis 821 (Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, Houston 1993)
• Zalta v. Tennant, 789 S.W.2d 432, 1990 Tex. App. Lexis 1077 (Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, Houston 1990)
• Donovan v. Rankin, 762 S.W.2d 342, 1988 Tex. App. Lexis 3089 (Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, Houston 1988)
• Kelley v. Southwestern Bell Media, Inc., 745 S.W.2d 447, 1988 Tex. App. Lexis 142 (Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, Houston 1988)
• In re Rebector, 208 Bankr. 867, 1997 U.S. Dist. Lexis 7508 (U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division 1997)

West Practice Categories

Admiralty & Maritime Law, Bankruptcy Law, Business Organizations, Franchising, Criminal Law, Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law, Family Law, Adoption, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Health & Health Care Law, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Trusts, Wills, Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1997
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1978
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1978
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1978

Certification/Specialties

• Personal Injury Trial Law (Disability Law is a Subset), 1993

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Makris Attorneys & Counselors (Founder)
• College of the State Bar of Texas, 1995 - Present (Former Member)
• Texas Bar Association
• Houston Bar Association
• YMCA Indian Guide Program (Former Nation of Chief)
• YMCA (Board Member)
• Boy Scouts of America (Assistant Southmaster)
• Southwest YMCA, 2002 (Partners of Youth Chairman)

Honors and Awards

• Volunteer of the Year Award, Southwest YMCA, 2000

Past Employment Positions

• U.S. Representative Bob Eckhardt, Washington, D.C., Congressional Intern, 1973
• Lorance, Thompson & Wittig, Houston, Texas, Law Clerk, Insurance Defense, 1975 - 1976
• Rogers & Wells, New York, New York, Houston, Texas, Summer Associate, Business Litigation, 1976
• Covington & Reese, Houston, Texas, Associate, General Practice, 1977 - 1978

Education

• University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1977
  Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: Order of the Barons, Legal Honor Society
• University of Houston, Central Campus, 1974
  Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: With Honors
  Major: Political Science

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi

Published Works

• Due Process in Incompetency Proceedings, 1979
• How Social Security Works, 2001
• Administrative Discretion in the Securities and Exchange Commission, Senior Honors Thesis, 1974

Address

9898 Bissonnet Suite 100
Houston, TX 77036

Phones

(713) 526-9966
(866) 526-9966 (Outside Houston)

Faxes

(713) 838-8721

Emails

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Websites

http://www.makrislaw.com