Family Law

• Divorce

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Start-Up and Organization. We help clients select the proper business vehicles to match their needs, relative to liability, taxation, management and profit-sharing concerns. We walk clients through complex issues relating to ownership structure and then assist in preparing and filing necessary documents, including: certificates of formation; limited partnership, limited liability partnership (LLP), general partnership and joint venture agreements; S corporation or traditional C corporation bylaws and shareholder agreements; and limited liability company (LLC) operating agreements and member agreements.
• Business Formation
  Our firm also represents oil and gas operators in day-to-day business matters regarding business formation, employee contracts, compliance issues, and litigation issues.
• Business Disputes
  Business disputes shift focus from business objectives and can significantly impact a company’s bottom line in the process. As a full-service business law firm, Broude Jennings & McGlinchey PC offers pragmatic explanations and assessments of a client’s options so that the client can make informed decisions about pursuing and defending commercial litigation, as well as alternative methods of dispute resolution, with respect to a wide range of real estate and commercial business issues...
• Business Transactions
  Suits of the legal kind are never cut from precisely the same cloth, and the same holds true for business transactions. Some level of customization is always required, but we appreciate that our clients don’t want to pay for a product built entirely from scratch. Our clients come to rely on us in large part because of our years of combined experience, and our commitment to flexible and pragmatic thinking. In the interest of minimizing cost and maximizing efficiency, they expect us to build from elements in our shared knowledge base and innovate to fill in gaps and make connections. The art in building a good suit, or a good business deal, is in selecting the right materials, knowing how to stitch them together in the proper configuration, and recognizing what embellishments are needed to generate a piece of work that truly fits the client.
• Limited Liability Companies
  Entity formation and operation, walking clients through the legal, tax and practical implications of various entity types and structures and forming corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, general partnerships and joint ventures in connection with the ownership, development and management of diverse types of real estate holdings.
• Construction Contracts
• Intellectual Property

Employment Law

• Employment Contract
• Employment Litigation
  Employment Matters. We work closely with human resources personnel, providing consultation on employment issues and drafting a wide range of employment-related documents...
• Non-compete Agreement

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Rated as an AV Preeminent Law Firm by Martindale-Hubbell and recognized by the Fort Worth Business Press as a Top Law Firm, Broude Jennings & McGlinchey PC provides full-service representation in many practice areas, serving the ongoing needs of businesses as well as the personal legal needs of business owners and other individuals. Our clients include start-ups and established companies crossing a broad spectrum of industries, but regardless of vintage or size most retain a decidedly entrepreneurial spirit – a perspective that we both understand and share. While business and commercial real estate law are our primary focuses, our clients’ interests are enhanced by our experience in oil and gas law, tax planning, estate planning, and other areas.
• Construction Litigation
  Development, representing developers in connection with land acquisition, environmental and other regulatory compliance, zoning and permitting, and negotiating of construction contracts and construction financing.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Ongoing Business Operations. A client’s work does not stop when the “big deal” closes, and neither does ours: in order to be full-service, our assistance must extend to the day-to-day issues of running any company. Without limitation, we assist businesses with...
• Land Use and Zoning
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  Property management and leasing. We draft and negotiate: brokerage, property management and other contracts; residential lease agreement forms for multifamily residential, skilled nursing and assisted living operators; and office, retail and ground leases from both the landlord and tenant perspective.

Health Law

• Personal Injury

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Basic Estate Planning. Every individual or family, regardless of net worth, should have a plan for future contingencies such as death or incapacity. In close consultation with the client, we draft the essential components of an estate plan...
• Wills
  Probate Litigation. We represent heirs, excluded heirs and estates in will contests and estates and executors in suits alleging breaches of fiduciary duty.
• Trusts
  Under the leadership of shareholder Cary Jennings, BJM provides comprehensive estate planning services to individuals and families, from simple wills and trusts to advanced tax-saving strategies. We also represent fiduciaries in settling estates and managing trusts and handle legal disputes arising from probate administration.
• Power of Attorney
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
  Our attorneys assist with the upfront negotiation of loan terms; guide clients through the loan due diligence process; draft and review promissory notes, deeds of trust, pledges and security agreements, personal and corporate guarantees, letters of credit, escrow and reserve agreements and intercreditor agreements; and, when necessary work with borrowers and lenders to restructure problematic loans or secure suitable refinancing. When necessary, we initiate and conduct foreclosures for lenders.
• Tax Law
  Broude Jennings & McGlinchey PC provides comprehensive tax planning services and tax controversy representation. Tax attorney Cary Jennings is board-certified in Tax Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and spent six years as a trial lawyer for the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice before making the transition to private practice.
• Debt Collection