Criminal Law

• Fraud
  The Securities Litigation team at Greer, Herz & Adams, LLP has substantial litigation and trial experience prosecuting complex, high-profile securities fraud actions on behalf of both individual and institutional plaintiffs.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  The Corporate Law attorneys at Greer, Herz & Adams, LLP are the trusted advisors to large publicly traded companies, small businesses, entrepreneurs, nonprofit entities, health care providers, and special purpose entities throughout the Gulf Coast and across the United States.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  GH&A is happy to welcome Travis Shaw to the firm.  Travis graduated from Texas A&M University in 2005 with a B.S. and obtained his J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 2011. Travis has experience representing clients in a variety of matters including litigation, land acquisition and development, mergers and acquisitions, and contract negotiations.
• Business Formation
• Business Disputes
  Recognizing that protracted litigation is not always in the best interest of clients, our attorneys are deft negotiators, securing multimillion-dollar settlements that allow clients to successfully move forward from difficult business disputes.
• Limited Liability Companies
  This trust has been earned through years of extensive experience advising directors, board committees and officers on matters crucial to corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, joint ventures, broker-dealers, mutual funds and professional associations. Our clients rely on the counsel of Greer Herz attorneys when facing complex legal issues involving...
• Construction Contracts
  A senior member of the firm’s Real Estate team, Meredith’s practice expertise includes the negotiation and execution of commercial leases (retail, office, industrial, warehouse, and ground leases), purchase and sale agreements, development agreements, construction contracts, management agreements, and related due diligence matters.  She recently represented a developer client throughout an entire retail shopping center project from acquisition of the property, construction, launch and, ultimately, to its sale.
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
  The Intellectual Property attorneys at Greer, Herz & Adams, LLP provide a full range of intellectual property counsel to help business clients protect their most valuable inventions, designs, marks, and creative and digital assets.

Employment Law

• Employment Contract
• Employment Litigation
• Non-compete Agreement
  The attorneys at Greer Herz also counsel banks, insurance companies, broker-dealers, investment advisors, mutual funds, nonprofit entities and small businesses in regulatory compliance matters, including...
• Severance Agreement

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Formed over 80 years ago on Galveston Island, Greer, Herz & Adams, LLP has grown from an insurance and real estate law firm with three attorneys to a full-service law firm with over 20 attorneys and offices in Galveston and the Bay Area Houston.
• Construction Litigation
  GH&A attorneys, Andrew Mytelka, Victoria Rutherford, and Jordan Raschke Elton, all members of the firm’s Commercial Litigation team, recently won a Plaintiffs’ victory in a residential construction defect case in district court in Galveston County, Texas. The final judgment awards over a million dollars in damages for breach of implied warranty and negligence claims.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Greer Herz attorneys have closed thousands of complex real estate transactions throughout the United States and Canada, earning reputations for being tough, but fair, negotiators. Our diverse projects include the financing, leasing, operating and sale of...
• Property Damage

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  This includes maritime personal injury and property damage claims arising under general maritime law, the Death on the High Seas Act, Jones Act, Longshore & Harborworkers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), and the Oil Pollution Act. It includes handling property losses and personal injury claims stemming from vessel collisions or allisions, cargo loss, contamination and damage, as well as disputes arising under protection & indemnity and hull & machinery insurance policies, in rem actions, the enforcement of maritime lien rights through vessel arrests and attachments, and basic contract claims arising under maritime law.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Our team has the experience and knowledge to represent fiduciaries such as personal representatives, executors, agents, and trustees. Beneficiaries and potential heirs of trusts and estates also retain us to represent their interests in estate-related disputes such as will challenges or forced accountings from executors or trustees.
• Wills
  The Estate Planning, Wills & Probate group at Greer, Herz & Adams, LLP knows from experience that planning and communication are critically important to ensuring our clients’ wishes are fulfilled. In addition to estate planning, the attorneys at Greer Herz have considerable experience with complex trust and estate litigation, including will contests, breach of fiduciary duty litigation, and property characterization disputes. Where other firms may rely upon civil practitioners or estate planners to conduct litigation, Greer Herz attorneys are well-versed in the substantive and procedural requirements of Texas’ Estates Code.
• Trusts
• Power of Attorney
  Drafting wills, estate planning, and ancillary documents, such as durable general powers of attorney, directives to physician, and medical powers of attorney;
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  The attorneys at Greer, Herz & Adams, LLP are dedicated to representing the interests of clients throughout all stages of bankruptcy litigation.
• Foreclosure
  Greer Herz attorneys assist financial institutions with originating and servicing all types of mortgages and other secured credit facilities, loan collection enforcement, workouts, bankruptcies and foreclosures, as well as providing legal support for the operational needs of banking clients, including deposit services matters, subpoenas, garnishments, and vendor relations.
• Tax Law
  With their substantial expertise, Greer Herz attorneys routinely serve as trusted advisors to appraisal districts in a variety of different tax contexts. As a result, our attorneys are uniquely qualified to provide clients with efficient and effective representation in ad valorem tax matters, including...