RUSSELL W - Key Persons
Danuta "Danka" Villarreal has been a non-native Houstonian since 1997. She resides in Westbury with her husband Hector, her two children, and a handsome rescued schnoodle notorious in the neighborhood for barking at bigger dogs.
Job Titles:
- Financial Service Professionals Director 2011 - 2018 past President
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Client Resources
Jenise is a 5th generation Texan, born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Before moving to law, she worked in information technology and later contract management at several Fortune 500 companies.
Jenise received her B.B.A. in Information technology from Baylor University and her M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Dallas. She later earned her J.D. from Georgia State University College of Law in Atlanta, where she completed an internship with Georgia Technology Authority and Parks IP Law LLC, an externship with the City of Atlanta, and participated in Georgia State University College of Law's Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic and Urban Fellows Program.
She has volunteered with Legal Aid Northwest Texas and participated as a volunteer lawyer in the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Wills Clinic.
Jenise is an avid coffee drinker and will drink hot coffee in any season. When she can find the time to get away, she packs a bag to see the world. She is a travel junkie. Although she's been to quite a few amazing places, like Machu Picchu, the Pyramids of Giza, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa, she can't wait for her next great adventure.
Practice Areas
Estate Planning
Jenise J. Jackson is a Houston transplant, but a Dallas native (don't hold that against her). When she's not complaining about the Houston humidity, she's travelling the world with family, friends, and sometimes even alone.
Job Titles:
- Shareholder
- Editor and Project Director of the Texas Probate System
A native Houstonian, Russell attended Bellaire High School and Rice University before joining the U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration & Naturalization Service. After several years as a special agent (criminal investigator), he left to attend the University of Houston Law Center.
Licensed to practice law in 1994, Russell began his legal career at Gulf Coast Legal Foundation, where he represented indigent clients regarding landlord-tenant, consumer rights, land title, and related real estate and commercial law issues.
In 2003 Russell returned to the University of Houston Law Center, where he was admitted to the Masters of Law Program. He was awarded an LL.M. (Tax) in June 2006. His thesis addresses some of his favorite clients: lottery winners.
Since 2014 Russell has served the State Bar of Texas as the editor and project director of the Texas Probate System.
Practice Areas
Estate Planning
Russell W. Hall is a native Houstonian. Displaced by Hurricane Harvey, Russell and his wife Thuy rebuilt in Meyerland, and now share their forever home (a combination tree house, ark, and nursing home) with her mother and their daughter Sophie. Son Michael attends Texas A&M.
Job Titles:
- Director of Administration
Terri graduated from Gonzaga University School of Law and practiced law in Washington state. Terri and her husband Phil moved to Texas 10 years ago, reuniting with their oldest daughter in The Woodlands. Terri's true passion is client relations. She has spent her years in Texas as the Director of Administration for two different estate planning and probate firms. Terri is a fool for CrossFit. She and Phil live in Spring now. Her entire family follows Formula One racing, and they make an annual pilgrimage to the Circuit of The Americas for the American Grand Prix.