Sterling Minor Qualifications

for Commercial Real Estate

Duke University, B. S., 1974

Southern Methodist University, J. D., 1977

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

State Bar of Texas, Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section

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, Real Estate, Trust & Estate Law Section

American Bar Association, Business Section, Small Business Committee

Experience:

Many years of practice in real estate transactions and litigation:

Purchase and sale of improved and undeveloped real estate; Purchase and sale of businesses and divisions; Real estate loan agreements; Purchase and sale of oil and gas interests; Commercial real estate leases; AIA Owner contractor agreements; AIA Owner architect agreements; Other construction contracts; Development restrictive covenants; Bylaws and other documents for creation of owners' associations; Litigation between owner and contractor and other contract and statutory tort litigation; Litigation among real estate owners, including partition, and among owners of business entities that own and develop real estate; General bankruptcy counsel for owners, contractors and developers in Chapter 11; counsel for mortgage holders and other creditors in real estate Chapter 7, 11 and 13 cases; Tax planning for real estate owners; Foreclosures.
 

Recent Seminars Attended:

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

Essential Business Planning, 2003

Residential Construction Law, UT Law, 2003

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