WINSTEAD - Key Persons
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- Shareholder
- Shareholder in Winstead 's Real Estate Development
Adam Darowski is a shareholder in Winstead's Real Estate Development & Investments Practice Group. Adam's areas of practice involve a wide variety of commercial real estate transactions, including (i) the acquisition and disposition of investment-grade properties, (ii) commercial development, (iii) office, industrial, retail, restaurant and telecommunications facility leasing, (iv) entity selection and formation, and (v) a broad range of real estate financing transactions.
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- Associate
- Member of Winstead 's Business Litigation Practice Group
Adarsh Annamaneni is a member of Winstead's Business Litigation practice group. Adarsh manages disputes involving eminent domain and condemnation litigation, commercial litigation, and personal injury litigation.
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- Associate
- Attorney Spotlight
- Member of Winstead 's Business
Alanna Maza is a member of Winstead's Business Litigation and Labor & Employment Practice Groups. She has experience assisting clients in employment litigation matters in both federal and state courts. She regularly advises employers on requirements and best practices regarding discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims under state and federal employment laws. She has maintained a diverse practice and has litigation experience in matters involving high-value personal injury, commercial disputes, creditor's rights, copyright disputes, wrongful death actions, and claims brought pursuant to the Texas DRAM Shop Act.
Alanna's employment experience includes employment-related torts; wage and hour violations and collective actions; trade secrets misappropriation; restrictive covenant breaches; discrimination, harassment, and retaliation issues; and other state and federal law issues stemming from workplace disputes. She assists employers in navigating government audits and investigations, including proceedings brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health, Administration, and their state level counterparts. Alanna is passionate about representing her clients and she communicates effectively with clients to achieve the best outcome.
Alden Paras focuses his practice on representing investors and developers in the acquisition, disposition and development of commercial real estate. He also has a background working with public and private companies, private equity sponsor and portfolio companies in connection with acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and other complex transactions.
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- Shareholder / Chair, Corporate, Securities / Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group Co - Chair, Emerging & Mid - Market Companies Industry Group
Alex Allemann concentrates his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and general corporate and securities matters. Alex works with emerging growth companies throughout their life cycle, from formation, through financing, to successful liquidity event, whether acquisition, recapitalization or public offering. He has extensive experience counseling issuers and investors in public and private equity and debt financings. Alex also regularly represents financial and strategic buyers and investors in connection with their acquisition strategies.
In addition, Alex regularly works with emerging venture fund and studio fund sponsors in connection with all aspects of structuring, fund raising and portfolio company investments.
Following his graduation from the University of Texas School of Law, Alex served as law clerk for the Honorable James H. Michael, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- of Counsel
- Member of Winstead 's Intellectual
Allen Moon is a member of Winstead's Intellectual Property Practice Group. His practice focuses on patent prosecution and litigation. He specializes in mechanical technologies, with experience in aerospace, oil field tools and systems, medical therapy devices, optical systems for medical diagnostics and lighting devices, heating and cooling systems, geothermal power generation and storage, irrigation systems, erosion control devices and methods. In addition to mechanical technologies, he has experience with life sciences and the electrical arts.
Prior to joining Winstead, Allen was a patent agent at a Dallas law firm.
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- Shareholder
- Member of Winstead 's Real
Amanda Grainger is a member of Winstead's Real Estate Finance, Default Resolution & Servicing Practice Group. Amanda has a diverse practice which includes real estate finance, commercial real estate, general corporate/transactional and upstream oil and gas matters.
Before joining Winstead in Dallas, she worked as in-house counsel for over 8 years for Occidental Petroleum and BNSF Railway in a variety of leadership positions, including a two-year stint in the Middle East as Vice President (Legal) for Occidental of Oman. Her most recent in-house counsel role was Managing Counsel for Occidental of Elk Hills.
Amanda began her legal career with Winstead in Dallas in 1999 before moving to the east coast to assist with the opening of Winstead's Washington, D.C. office. Following Winstead, Amanda moved to Sonnenscehin, Nath and Rosenthal (now Dentons) where she worked on complex corporate transactions for the public law and policy strategies group.
Amanda is highly-regarded in both the business and legal communities. She has been honored by inclusion in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law and Who's Who of American Women.
For the last several years Amanda, Dick White (Winstead Shareholder) and Roland Love (President of North American Title Co.'s Texas Region) have written the annual Real Property Article for the SMU Annual Texas Survey.
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- of Counsel
- Member of Winstead 's Corporate, Securities / Mergers & Acquisitions
Amanda Harvey is a member of Winstead's Corporate, Securities/Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group. Amanda's practice primarily focuses on advising insurance clients on regulatory and compliance issues and representing clients before various Departments of Insurance in licensing and ongoing business. Her previous experience includes working for the Texas Department of Insurance and as in-house counsel for a large non-profit health system.
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- Shareholder
- Shareholder / Chair, Investment Management & Private Funds Industry Group Co - Chair Elect, Business & Transactions Department
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Shareholder
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- Professional Staff Member
- Director of Administration / Austin / San Antonio
- Director of Administration / Austin and San
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- Executive Editor, Notes and Comments Editor, Author )
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- Shareholder
- Shareholder / Co - Chair Elect, Business & Transactions Department
- Shareholder in Winstead 's Real Estate Development
Bob Burton is a shareholder in Winstead's Real Estate Development & Investments Practice Group. Bob's practice focuses on real estate, with an emphasis on the planning, development, risk management, administration and marketing of single-family, townhome, condominium, commercial, and mixed-use projects, as well as timeshares and resorts. Bob also works with developers and builders to ensure compliance with secondary mortgage market (FHA, VA, FNMA, etc.) and Interstate Land Sales registration requirements. Bob also represents condominium, residential, commercial, and mixed-use property owner associations.
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- Managing Shareholder - Charlotte
- Shareholder in Winstead 's Real
Brian Short is a shareholder in Winstead's Real Estate Finance Practice Group and has been practicing real estate law since 1998. His practice involves a variety of commercial real estate transactions with extensive experience in real estate finance. Brian has been a part of a team that has closed in excess of 2,000 securitized real estate loans.
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- Shareholder / Co - Chair, Real Estate Development & Investments Practice Group
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- Chief Information Officer
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- Shareholder / Chair, Finance & Lending Practice Group
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- Managing Shareholder - San Antonio
- Managing Shareholder - San Antonio / Chair, Public Finance Practice Group
David Dawson - CEO, Chairman, Shareholder
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- CEO
- Chairman
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Shareholder
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- Managing Shareholder - Fort Worth
Don Campbell - Chief Legal Officer, Shareholder
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- General Counsel
- Shareholder
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- Shareholder / Chair, Corporate, Commercial Transactions & Outsourcing Practice Group
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Shareholder
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- Managing Shareholder - Houston
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- Shareholder
- Shareholder / Chair, Litigation & Dispute
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- Shareholder / Co - Chair, Planned Community, Mixed - Use & Condominium Practice Group
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- Shareholder / Chair, Wealth Preservation Practice Group
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- Shareholder
- Shareholder / Chairman & CEO - Elect
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- Shareholder / Co - Chair, Real Estate Development & Investments Practice Group
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- Managing Shareholder - Austin
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- Shareholder / Co - Chair, Fiduciary Litigation
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- Chairman Emeritus
- Shareholder
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- Shareholder / Chair, Healthcare Industry Group
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- Shareholder / Co - Chair, Planned Community, Mixed - Use & Condominium Practice Group
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- Managing Shareholder - the Woodlands
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- Professional Staff Member
- Human Resources Manager / Houston / the Woodlands
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- Shareholder / Chair, Tax Practice Group Co - Chair, Emerging & Mid - Market Companies Industry Group
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Shareholder
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- Director of Human Resources
- Professional Staff Member
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Shareholder
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Shareholder
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- Chief Human Resources Officer
- Professional Staff Member
- Shareholder
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- Shareholder / Chair, Government Relations Practice Group
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- Shareholder / Chair, Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group
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- Shareholder / Chair, Financial Services Industry Group
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- Shareholder
- Attorney Spotlight
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- Marketing Technology Manager
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- Media Contact
- Director of Communications & Media Relations
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Shareholder
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- of Counsel
- Attorney Spotlight
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- Dir. of Library & Information Resources
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- Shareholder / Chair, Securities Litigation & Enforcement
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- Chief Business Development Officer
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- Shareholder / Chair, Real Estate Finance, Default Resolution & Servicing Practice Group
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- Shareholder / Chair, Diversity & Inclusion Committee