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Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments Involving Accommodation Doctrine
The Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on February 6, 2013 in the appeals case of Homer Merriman v. XTO Energy Inc. The case involves the accommodation doctrine and whether the doctrine requires that a surface owner has to prove that when a drilling company...
Trust Arbitration Before Texas Supreme Court
The Texas Supreme Court heard oral argument on November 7th in a case that could have implications on trust litigation. In Hal Rachal Jr. v John W. Reitz, the high court will decide whether an arbitration clause in a trust instrument is enforceable to require...
Morrison Joins the Firm as New Associate
Ms. Catriona Morrison has joined Hornberger Sheehan & Garza Incorporated as an Associate in the Business Transactions section. A native of San Antonio, Catriona recently graduated from Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law.At SMU law school,...
The Firm Ranked as a “Top Texas Law Firm”
Martindale-Hubbell, publishers of The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel and Law Journal,named Hornberger Fuller & Garza Incorporated to its list of "Texas' Top Ranked Law Firms." The rating was based on AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Ratings,a...
Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers”
Super Lawyers magazine, a joint publication of Thomson Reuters and Texas Monthly, named two of our attorneys as "Super Lawyers" in the 2012 edition. Charles M. "Boxy" Hornberger (Estate Planning & Probate) and Rudy A. Garza (Estate & Trust Litigation) were...
Longview Energy Wins Against Investment Banker
In 2006, a New Jersey-based equity firm, Huff Energy Fund, invested $500 million with Longview Energy, a Dallas oil and gas firm. This investment entitled Huff to place two members on Longview's board, as well as hold a 39% interest in the firm. According to the...
Williams Appointed as ABA Subcommittee Co-Chair
Jed Williams, a shareholder of Hornberger Sheehan Fuller Beiter Wittenberg & Garza Incorporated, has been appointed co-chair of the American Bar Association Fiduciary Duties Subcommittee
Eagle Ford Shale Added $25 Billion to Texas Economy
A UTSA study projects the Eagle Ford Shale — one of the largest recoverable oil and gas fields in the lower 48 — could create as many as 117,000 jobs by 2021.According to a study released last month by The University of Texas at San Antonio Institute for Economic...
Williams and Navarro Named Shareholders
Hornberger Fuller & Garza Incorporated is pleased to announce that Jed Williams and David Navarro have been named shareholders of the firm effective June 1, 2012.Jed has been practicing law in San Antonio for the past 25 years and has been with the firm for the...
Garza Joins Firm
Hornberger Fuller & Garza Incorporated is proud to announce the addition of Rudy A. Garza as a shareholder and director of the firm, and our name has changed to reflect this addition.Mr. Garza, formerly President of Garza & Lazor, P.C., has been actively...