Sterling Minor Qualifications

for Business Transactions

Duke University, B. S., 1974

Southern Methodist University, J. D., 1977

Listed in the Martindale-Hubbell “Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers” 2006-2009 Editions, in Partnership Law

State Bar of Texas, Business Law Section

State Bar of Texas, Pattern Jury Charges, Business, 2000–2003

Attorneys in Tax and Probate, Houston

American Bar Association, Business Section, Small Business Committee

Experience:

Many years of practice in business transactions:

Purchase and sale of businesses and divisions; Secured and unsecured loan agreements; Buy-Sell arrangements; Purchase and sale of real estate, oil and gas interests; intellectual and other intangible property, corporate stock, other types of assets; Shareholder agreements; Employment/contractor agreements; Various new equity arrangements; Commercial real estate leases; Business succession planning and documentation; Construction contracts; Standard supplier/purchaser forms; Management agreements.

Industries include Real Estate Development; Retail; Oil and Gas; Wholesale; Manufacturing; Construction; the Professions; computer programming and other services; Real Property Leasing

Recent Seminars Attended:

Employment and Labor Law Course, South Texas College of Law, 2004 

Representing the Private Business, South Texas College of Law, 2004

Essential Business Planning, 2003

Residential Construction Law, UT Law, 2003

Trademark and Trade Secret Law, HBA, 2002

Select Papers/Seminars Taught:

"LLCs: Advising Small Business Start-Ups and Larger Companies in Texas," (Dallas, Houston) Lorman, 2004 and 2005

Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies, Lorman, 2002, 2003

Family Limited Partnership, Financial Advisory Services (Thomson), 2000

Limited Liability Companies, (Dallas, Austin,  San Antonio, Houston) Center for Professional Education, Inc., 1994-1995