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J. Cary Barton: Position: Partner. Born Raymondville, Texas, September 1, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Texas; 1972, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1977, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1962); Harvard University (LL.B., 1965). Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Member: San Antonio and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member: Council of Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1981-1985 and 2006-; Real Estate Forms Committee, 1986-); American College of Real Estate Lawyers; Texas College of Real Estate Attorneys. Member: Commission of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization for Real Estate Legal Assistants. Recipient of Fourth Annual Distinguished Texas Real Estate Attorney Lifetime Achievement Award, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section, State Bar of Texas, 2003. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Real Estate), 2004-2007. Selected as a Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly and Law & Politics Magazine, 2003-2006, including recognition as one of the Top 50 Lawyers in Central and South Texas, 2006. Recipient of Best Speaker Award for the 2004 Advanced Real Estate Law Course of the State Bar of Texas. Listed as one of San Antonio’s Best Attorneys in Scene in SA Monthly, August 2004-2006. Author, Texas Practice Guide: Business Entities, Volumes 1-4 (Thomson-West, 2007). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Business Organizations.

[Email: cbarton@beclaw.com]

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Myron E. East, Jr.: Position: Member. Born Akron, Ohio, August 2, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas; 1976, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1971); St. Mary's University School of Law at San Antonio (J.D., 1974). Associate Editor, St. Mary's Law Journal. Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Member: San Antonio Bar Association, (member, sections on Real Estate Law and Construction Law); State Bar of Texas, (member, sections on Real Estate, Probate and Trust, and Corporation, Banking and Business). Member of College of State Bar of Texas and Texas College of Real Estate Attorneys. Nominated for Texas Monthly Magazine's listing of "Texas Super Lawyers" 2003. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Organizations; Construction Law.

[Email: meast@beclaw.com]

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G. Wade Caldwell: Position: Member. Born Dallas, Texas, April 12, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.S., 1981); Southern Methodist University (J.D. 1984). Delta Theta Phi. Named one of "Best Lawyers" in San Antonio for Business Litigation, S.A. Scene, 2004 and 2006. Speaker, Litigation Issues. Member: Board of Directors, 1986-1989, 1991-1992, Monte Vista Historical Association; Finance Committee, Board of Trustees, Laurel Heights United Methodist Church. Member: San Antonio (Member, Fee Dispute Committee, 1990-1992); Treasurer and Vice-Chair, Litigation Section, 2003-2006) and American (Member, Insurance Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Chairman, District 10-C-2 Grievance Committee; Member, Insurance Section). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Products Litigation; Collections.

[Email: gcaldwell@beclaw.com]

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Janet M. Drewry: Position: Partner. Born Hickory, North Carolina, May 29, 1952; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas; Education: North Carolina State University at Raleigh, B.S., with honors, 1974 and St. Mary’s University School of Law, J.D., with distinction, 1984. Phi Kappa Phi. Harlan Society. Member San Antonio Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Real Estate Finance, Development, Leasing, Acquisition and Disposition; Corporate Finance; Business Acquisitions, Mergers and Divestitures; and General Business Matters.

[Email: jdrewry@beclaw.com]

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C. Dawson Bremer: Position: Member. Born New Braunfels, Texas, July 11, 1964; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S. Civil Engineering, 1986); Texas Tech School of Law (J.D., 1994). [Capt., USAF, 1987-1991]. Harris County District Attorney's Office (1994-1997); Jackson Walker, L.L.P. (1997-2002). Member: State Bar of Texas (Real Estate, Probate and Trust and Construction Law Sections); San Antonio Bar Association; and San Antonio Real Estate Discussion Group. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Transactions.

[Email: dbremer@beclaw.com]

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Douglas V. McNeel: Position: Member. Born San Antonio, Texas, March 4, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas; Education: Washington and Lee University (B.S., cum laude, 1974; Washington and Lee University School of Law (J.D., 1978). Member: San Antonio Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Real Estate, Formation of Business Entities, Business Transactions.

[Email: dvmcneel@beclaw.com]

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Valerie Van Courtlandt: Position: Member. Born Silver Springs, Maryland, September 8, 1962; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin, (B.A. 1985); St. Mary's University School of Law (J.D., Summa Cum Laude 1998). Phi Delta Phi. Comment Editor, St. Mary's Law Journal. 1998 Norvell Moot Court, Finalist. Intern, U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Emilio Garza. Member: San Antonio Bar Association; Bexar County Women's Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Member, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Section). Practice Areas: Real Estate, Wills, Probate.

[Email: vvancourtlandt@beclaw.com]

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Rebecca Rowland Sanchez: Position: Member. Born St. Paul, Minnesota, August 6, 1960; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: Incarnate Word College (B.A., History and Business Administration, 1989); University of Texas at San Antonio (M.A., History, 1992); St. Mary's University School of Law (J.D., Magna Cum Laude 1998). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, St. Mary's Law Journal, 1998. Intern, Supreme Court of Texas, Justice Raul A. Gonzalez. Member: Commercial Real Estate Women - San Antonio; State Bar of Texas (Member, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Section), San Antonio Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Real Estate Finance.

[Email: rrsanchez@beclaw.com]

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Karla R. Pascarella: Born December 2, 1971; admitted to bar 2001, Texas. Education: University of the Incarnate Word (B.B.A., cum laude, 1993); St. Mary's University (J.D., 2001). Member: San Antonio Young Lawyers Association (Director, 2002-2004; Secretary, 2004-2005); American Bar Association (Delegate, 2002; Member, Section on International Law & Practice, ILEX Program). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: International Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation

[Email: kpascarella@beclaw.com]

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Claire G. Hargrove: Position: Associate. Born Columbus, Georgia, August 3, 1965; admitted to the bar 2005, Texas. Education: University of Texas at San Antonio (B.A. English, 1990); Our Lady of the Lake University (M.A., English Literature, 2002); St. Mary's University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Phi Delta Phi. Staff Writer for The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Minority Issues. Intern Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Justice Edward C. Prado; Intern Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Justice Emilio M. Garza; Briefing Attorney, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Member: State Bar of Texas, American Bar Association (Section of Real Property, Estate Planning and Probate), Bexar County Women's Bar Association (BCWBA), San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association (SACDLA). Practice Areas: Real Estate, Estate Planning, Business Organizations, Litigation.

[Email: chargrove@beclaw.com]

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Yelena V. Seletskaya:, born Gomel, Republic of Belarus, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Preparatory education, University of Texas at San Antonio (B.A., Criminal Justice, cum laude, 2002); legal education, St. Mary’s University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2005). Staff Writer, Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Journal on Minority Issues. Intern to Justice Cheryl Johnson, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 2004. Briefing Attorney to Justice Karen Angelini, San Antonio Fourth Court of Appeals, 2005-06. Member: John M. Harlan Society, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, San Antonio Young Lawyers Association, State Bar of Texas. Languages: Russian, Polish.

[Email: yelenas@beclaw.com]

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Raymond J. Schneider: Position: Member. Born Buffalo, New York, September 5, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Texas and U.S. Tax Court; 1969, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S. in Econ., 1963); University of Texas (J.D., 1966). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Professor, Securities Regulation, St. Mary's Law School, 1970. Member: San Antonio and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities; Business Acquisitions, Mergers and Dispositions and Mediation.

[Email: rays@beclaw.com]

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David L. Willis: Born San Antonio, Texas, December 31, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Preparatory education, University of Texas at Austin (B.A., with honors, 1981); legal education, Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1984) Member: San Antonio Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Family Law Section); College of the State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Family Law; Child Abuse.

[Email: dwillis@stic.net]

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James S. Wilkins: Born Abilene, Texas, April 22, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas; also admitted to Practice before U. S. Supreme Court; U. S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. Preparatory education, University of Texas at El Paso (B.B.A., 1974); legal education, Texas Tech University (J.D., 1977). Fraternity: Phi Delta Phi. Member: San Antonio Bar Association, State Bar of Texas; San Antonio Bankruptcy Bar Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Business Litigation.

[Email: jwilkins@stic.net]

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