Family Law

• Divorce
• Child Support
• Child Custody and Visitation
• Adoption
• Premarital Agreement
• Guardianship
  Germer’s estate planning and probate section provides comprehensive estate planning services to individuals and families, from simple wills to advanced estate planning strategies.  The firm’s attorneys also represent executors, trustees and beneficiaries in settling estates and managing trusts.  In addition to providing planning services in the event of a client’s incompetency, the attorneys at Germer regularly handle both uncontested and contested guardianship proceedings involving both minors and incapacitated persons.  The firm’s attorneys are also experienced at representing parties in legal disputes arising from probate administration, including will contests and trust litigation in both state and federal courts.

Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  Gregg R. Brown is an accomplished trial lawyer with over 25 years of experience in a wide range of matters, focusing principally on construction litigation, product liability, long term exposure claims and wrongful death claims, as well as...
• Arson
  Representing insurers in suits where the insurer is asserting a policy exclusion as a grounds for denying a claim, including arson and vacancy;

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Additionally, the breadth of practice areas offered by attorneys in the firm’s three offices enables Germer to provide prompt and seamless assistance in other areas of the law where disputes may arise during a construction project, including labor and employment law, premises defect claims, corporate and business law, and creditor and debtor (bankruptcy) law.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Germer PLLC provides a variety of legal services for banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions, including services in litigation, transactions, securities, and regulatory matters.  The firm assists financial institutions with drafting loan documents, debt collection, creditors’ rights, state and federal regulations, mergers and acquisitions, corporate sales and purchases, corporate restructuring, commercial and residential loan closings, buy-sell and shareholder agreements, intellectual property issues, and litigation in state and federal courts.  The firm’s attorneys are also experienced in representing financial institutions in diverse litigation matters, including matters of breach of contract, bad faith, fraud, negligence, alleged statutory and regulatory violations, and wrongful foreclosures.  The firm’s attorneys regularly represent financial institutions in both commercial and consumer debt collections and also in bankruptcy proceedings.  Additionally, the attorneys of Germer are experienced in representing financial institutions in connection with commercial and residential evictions, foreclosures, filing and enforcing liens, and bond claims.  Financial institutions also seek the firm’s services for asset and stock acquisitions, private equity investments, real estate acquisitions and developments, construction loans, trade finance, asset-based lending (including equipment, inventory and receivables financing), and general working capital finance matters.
• Business Disputes
  Germer was founded as a civil litigation firm. As the firm grew, it continued to add skilled and respected attorneys to its civil litigation practice and also to sections outside of the traditional realm of civil litigation – including attorneys now comprising significant business law and transactional sections.  Together, these attorneys create a unique synergy that enables Germer to provide skilled and experienced representation in virtually any civil dispute.
• Business Transactions
  As a full service law firm, Germer provides effective and efficient representation and professional counsel in a wide range of practice areas ranging from civil litigation to business transactions. The firm’s accomplished and experience litigators have successfully defended suits of all sizes and in numerous subject matters throughout Texas and elsewhere. Similarly, the firm’s attorneys possess the depth and breadth of experience enabling them to assist business organizations in transactions of all types and in providing professional counsel and advice to individuals, businesses, and governmental entities.
• Limited Liability Companies
• Intellectual Property
  Germer PLLC is actively involved in both the prosecution and defense of patent infringement litigation / Intellectual Property Law in Texas.  The firm’s attorneys are extremely familiar with the local practices and rules of the Eastern District of Texas, as well as other federal courts across the State.  In addition to providing services as lead counsel, the firm often acts as local counsel to national firms.

Employment Law

• Employment Discrimination
• Employment Litigation
  Germer attorneys have extensive experience in handling class action litigation in both state and federal courts.  The firm has defended major manufacturers in products liability class actions involving breast implants, tobacco, diet drugs, and computers.  The firm has also successfully defended a utility company in several class action matters, including an ice storm case, an employment dispute arising from a merger agreement, and a fiber-optics trespass case. In addition, the firm has been involved in class action lawsuits resulting from cyber security breaches.
• Non-compete Agreement

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  The attorneys in the firm’s railroad section possess decades of combined experience in representing national rail-roads.  The section is comprised of attorneys whose practice is focused primarily on the defense of rail-roads.  These attorneys have extensive experience in defending the types of cases that are unique to the railroad industry and the legal issues that only arise in cases against railroads.  The types of cases regularly defended by the firm’s railroad section include crossing accidents, actions involving injuries to employees under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, employment disputes, right-of-way and real estate disputes, contract disputes, occupational claims, property claims, toxic tort claims, administrative investigations, and navigating jurisdictional and venue laws governing railroads.  Germer PLLC also provides invaluable assistance to its rail-road clients before suit, including post-accident representation, and counsel and advice on a wide range of topics facing railroads, including property matters, drafting and reviewing contracts, and in advising with regulatory and statutory compliance.
• Premises Liability
  Germer’s work in third party practice is similarly unparalleled in Texas.  Attorneys in the firm’s three offices have a history of providing quality legal representation to insureds in virtually any type of suit under virtually any type of policy, including automobile accidents, premises liability suits, medical and legal malpractice claims, indemnity claims, toxic tort suits, employment law cases, maritime claims, and many others.
• Construction Litigation
  From contract negotiations to issues arising after completion of a project, Germer’s construction law attorneys are experienced in representing and advising owners, contractors, subcontractors, developers, and design professionals in all aspects of construction law.  Many of the firm’s construction law attorneys worked in the construction industry before attending law school.  They have held offices in the Texas State Bar Construction Law Section and in construction groups and organizations throughout the State, including local chapters of the Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc.  As a result, the firm’s construction law attorneys possess an insight into the construction process, including design, development, and technical issues.
• Real Estate Transactions
  C. Scott Mann, Jr. is a business lawyer with over 25 years of experience in representing developers, lenders and business enterprises in complex real estate transactions, business acquisitions, sales, and in advising clients on the formation,...
• Eminent Domain
  Germer PLLC attorneys are experienced in many areas of public law, including public finance, election law, governmental contracting, open government law, and eminent domain and condemnation proceedings.  The firm’s attorneys routinely advise cities, counties, water districts, and other special purpose districts, on numerous aspects of the law and related business issues.  The firm also represents governmental entities and elected officials in connection with litigation matters.
• Land Use and Zoning
• Property Damage
  Defending first party suits against insurers following large scale disasters such as hurricanes, tropical storms, and wildfires – particularly property damage suits brought under homeowners’ and commercial policies;

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Germer PLLC is known for its ability and experience in defending personal injury lawsuits of any type and within any jurisdiction in Texas. Its personal injury defense attorneys regularly defend individuals and businesses arising out of accidents of all types, including the following...
• Medical Malpractice
  The attorneys in the medical malpractice section at Germer PLLC defend health care entities and provider organizations in medical malpractice and related actions in both state and federal court.  Representative entities include...
• Auto Accidents
• Slip and Fall Injury
  The Texas premises liability attorneys of Germer routinely represent a variety of commercial and residential property owners and occupiers in the defense of litigation involving damages alleged to have been caused by a dangerous property condition or the result of negligence.  Germer PLLC is experienced in litigating all forms of this cases ranging from minor slip and fall injuries to cases involving property damage, serious bodily injuries, or even death.  The firm’s experience applies in all types of settings, ranging from injuries sustained at an insured’s residence to industrial accidents occurring at plants and refineries to injuries sustained in retail establishments.  The firm’s experience in premises liability also includes claims of exposure to allegedly harmful or toxic substances.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Although the firm’s attorneys have complex estate planning tools at their disposal, they strive for the simplest plan necessary.  The firm’s attorneys consult with clients to determine the best framework for accomplishing each client’s goals and make every effort to carry out the client’s wishes.
• Wills
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  Nadine Ona is originally from Houston, graduated from Texas Tech, and joined Germer in 2017.  While at Tech, she served as editor for the Business & Bankruptcy Law Journal and the Texas Bank...
• Foreclosure
• Tax Law
  The firm’s business section complements its litigation services with an equally deep and varied experience in business organizations and transactions including HUD-insured multi-family construction financing and refinancing, large hospital systems, estate planning and probate, real estate, tax planning, public law, mortgage and bank financing and SEC work. Several principals in the business section serve as general counsel for numerous governmental agencies and a publicly traded company.
• Debt Collection