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For over eighteen years, Myron East managed his own firm, first under the name of East & Barnhill, and thereafter as East & East, P.C. In January, 2004, he merged his practice into Barton & Schneider, L.L.P., where he now practices as a partner. This firm is now known as Barton, East & Caldwell, L.L.P. In July 2001, TEXAS LAWYER published an article entitled Making It In the Boutique Biz. The article identified Texas firms with 2 to 20 attorneys that offer specialized legal services "while giving the big firms a run for their money." Statewide, only 12 firms were identified in the area of real estate law. East & East, P.C. was a San Antonio, Texas, firm, so identified in the article. Barton & Schneider, L.L. P. was similarly identified. There follows pertinent information regarding Mr. East and his legal activities. Admitted to bar before the Supreme Court of the State of Texas; U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A.); St. Mary's University School of Law at San Antonio (J.D.). Associate Editor, St. Mary's Law Journal. 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). Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Myron East is a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas, and the Texas College of Real Estate Attorneys, a group dedicated to promoting improvements in the laws of the State of Texas regarding real estate matters. Membership is limited to 250 distinguished real property law practitioners. Mr. East has been nominated for inclusion in Texas Monthly magazine's listing of "Texas Super Lawyers" and is a Scene in SA Monthly "Best Lawyer". Myron E. East, Jr. enjoys the highest rating for competence and integrity issued by the most widely-used rating source, the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Mr. East is an author/speaker at Continuing Education programs sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, San Antonio Bar Association, Lorman Education Services, Construction Education Management Corporation, and the Associated General Contractors. Mr. East was the author/speaker on the subject of "Ground Leases" for the State Bar of Texas 8th Annual Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course. Mr. East's ground lease article was chosen for distribution to seminar participants at a conference of retail users in New York City. Myron East is heavily involved in commercial real estate work, representing, most significantly, real estate developers in retail, residential, office and mixed use developments. The Forum at Olympia shopping center in the Northeast sector of the San Antonio metropolitan area illustrates the breadth of service provided by Mr. East. Mr. East acted as lead counsel in the acquisition and pre-development of the Forum project, a large tract of land located within three separate municipalities, which, when completed, is anticipated to be the situs of the largest open-air shopping center within the State of Texas. Project work performed by Mr. East and his associates included the negotiation and preparation of four separate contracts for the acquisition of this large tract; a declaration of covenants, conditions and easements; an operations and easements agreement; a site development agreement; the construction contract for the extensive site work required for this development; brokerage and development services agreements for the project; and representation of the involved Texas developer in partnering with a New York Stock Exchange Real Estate Investment Trust. Mr. East was involved in the sale and leasing (both ground leasing and "build to suit" leasing) for this project. He continues to represent the project as to day-to-day matters such as construction and landlord/tenant issues. Mr. East has a substantial involvement in the area of "Business Organizations." His work includes the formation of partnerships (general, limited, and registered limited liability partnerships), business corporations, non-profit corporations, professional corporations, professional associations, limited liability companies, and professional limited liability companies. He has dissolved, merged, and consolidated these entities. He has converted these entities from one form of entity to another for state law purposes, while retaining the form of entity for federal income tax purposes, to satisfy diverse goals, such as asset protection and the elimination of franchise tax exposure. Mr. East represents many business organizations on a day-to-day basis and prepares documents relating thereto, including: Buy-sell and successorship agreements (funded with and without life insurance), employment agreements and employee compensation agreements; ventures and strategic partnerships; stock option agreements; franchise agreements; private offering memoranda; asset purchase and sale agreements; stock transfer agreements and assignments of partnership and membership interest; and many other types of agreements relating to business operations. |
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