HBA Real Estate Law Section

06/12/2023

Join the HBA today! Membership in the Houston Bar Association is the best way to connect with colleagues, CLEs, the community, and giving opportunities.

Join now! What are you waiting for? https://www.hba.org/?pg=join #1

Join the HBA today!

Membership in the Houston Bar Association is the best way to connect with colleagues, CLEs, community, and giving opportunities. Join now! What are you waiting for? https://www.hba.org/?pg=join #1

10/31/2022

The Philadelphia Bar Association has challenged us in a friendly wager during the !

If the Houston Astros win, Philadelphia will gift us some treats. If they win, we’ll do the same!

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08/30/2022

2022-2023 Immediate Past Chair, Katy Carmical at Hunton Andrews Kurth

Katy represents owners, developers, and investors in real estate transactions covering all asset types. Her practice encompasses a broad range of transaction-types and the development of improved and unimproved single asset and portfolio properties.

She leverages her broad real estate practice with a creative, energetic, and solution-oriented mindset to be a true partner with her clients; understanding the delicate balance between developing and negotiating terms and structures to protect them and getting the deal done. http://ow.ly/FPJO50Kn6sp

08/26/2022

2022-2023 Section Secretary/Treasurer, Carey Hain, Partner at Jackson Walker LLP

Carey assists clients with complex commercial real estate transactions. She represents owners of office buildings, large mixed-use projects, multi-family developments, and property undergoing varying stages of development.

Carey also regularly represents borrowers and lenders in commercial financing transactions; representing both sellers and purchasers of commercial properties in transactions ranging in value from $10,000,000 to in excess of $500,000,000. http://ow.ly/2JGc50Kn621

08/24/2022

2022-2023 Chair Elect, Yigal Saghian, Associate at Winstead PC - Attorneys

Yigal Saghian is a member of Winstead’s Real Estate Development & Investments Practice Group. His practice involves advising clients on corporate and commercial matters, with a substantial emphasis on commercial real estate.

Yigal works closely with clients to understand their business activities and objectives, allowing him to provide focused, client-centered, and cost-effective counsel on legal issues confronting them. He is a graduate from the University of Houston Law Center. http://ow.ly/qLp850Kn5Gk

08/22/2022

2022-2023 Section Chair, Tiffany Soltis at Wilson Cribbs & Goren

Tiffany Soltis is a shareholder at Wilson Cribbs + Goren and a general real estate law practitioner who works on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions. She has worked on several significant land acquisitions for master planned communities in the Houston area. She works closely with land owners, developers, lenders and builders to ensure the coordination of the many moving parts that culminate in a closing.

Tiffany received her B.B.A. in finance from the University of Texas in 1989 and her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center, magna cm laude, in 1996. She is also a member of the Houston chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW).
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08/18/2022

We hope everyone had a wonderful summer and are looking forward to the 2022-2023 law year. We are delighted to announce the amazing team that will lead the Real Estate law Section this year. Please welcome:

Chair - Tiffany Soltis, Wilson Cribbs & Goren
Chair Elect - Yigal Saghian, Winstead PC - Attorneys
Secretary/Treasurer - Carey Hain, Jackson Walker LLP
Immediate Past Chair - Katy Carmical, Hunton Andrews Kurth

Become a member today! http://ow.ly/A33H50Kn5in

07/28/2022

The HBA Law Student Center is a fantastic resource for students getting involved with the HBA. Providing information on continuing education programs open to law students, scholarships available through HBA sections, volunteer opportunities, career development opportunities, and helpful links to additional resources.

Welcome to the HBA Law Student Center! This page is a guide for students at Houston’s three law schools on getting involved with the HBA. It includes information on continuing education programs open to law students, scholarships available through HBA sections, volunteer opportunities, career deve...

07/26/2022

Join the HBA Real Estate Law Section to receive discounted tickets and CLE credit for our monthly lunch meetings. Our speakers are well-known industry professionals who cover a wide range of topics such as leasing, development, loan transactions, landlord/tenant issues, legislative updates, etc.

But it doesn't stop there! Throughout the year, our section actively engages in several community-based fundraising efforts such as Habitat for Humanity, Texas C-Bar, and Historic Records Preservation. We also award monetary scholarships to a student at each of Houston’s law schools.

Become a member today and be apart of this amazing section! https://www.hba.org/?pg=join

07/21/2022

Congratulations on Passing the Bar! As soon as you pass the Texas State Bar Exam, you are a member of the Houston Bar Association.

Here's what you should do next: Click http://ow.ly/cYJi50JPU2B to locate your account. Once set up, you'll be able to start taking advantage of all the benefits of HBA membership.

Click here to search for your account with your contact information. Once you locate your account, you'll be able to create a password, update your contact information and  start taking advantage of all the benefits of HBA membership. 

07/18/2022

HBA CLE Webinar: Labor and Employment in the Time of COVID
Fri, July 22, 2022 from 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Victor Wright and Paige Bennett will discuss how the COVID pandemic has impacted the landscape of Labor & Employment law, both in Texas and nationally. Victor will present his views from the employer – and client-side perspective. Paige will present her views from the law firm perspective.

1.5 hours of MCLE credit, no ethics.

Presented by Victor V. Wright (KBR) and Paige T. Bennett (Jackson Lewis P.C.)

Webinar information is sent via email to registrants. Registration closes July 22 at noon.

Victor Wright and Paige Bennett will discuss how the COVID pandemic has impacted the landscape of Labor & Employment law, both in Texas and nationally.  Victor will present his views from the employer – and client-side perspective.  Paige will present her views from the law firm perspective.

07/13/2022

Using an abridged version of the actual oral arguments in Duren v. Missouri, 439 U.S. 357 (1979), a cast of lawyers and judges will invite the audience to step back in time to 1978, when RBG made her case before an all-male court, arguing that Missouri’s jury-selection system that allowed women to opt out of jury service violated the Sixth Amendment’s requirement that an impartial jury be drawn from a fair cross-section of the community.

The program will begin with an overview of the background and procedural history of the case to set the stage for the oral arguments that will follow. The reenactment will feature a cast of twelve historical figures: nine United States Supreme Court justices and three advocates.

Admission is free and open to the public. This event is accredited for 1 hour of MCLE. Register at http://ow.ly/QqVZ50JPQg1