Section Leadership
The section is led by its governing council, consisting of 16 members elected for staggered terms of four years each, as well as the section's officers: the Chair, Treasurer, Chair-elect/Secretary, and Immediate Past Chair. The position of chair is held alternately from year to year by a real estate lawyer and a probate and trust lawyer. During years in which a probate and trust lawyer is the chair, the leader of the real estate side of the section is the chair-elect.
 
 

Officers

Chair
Melissa J. Willms (Probate)
melissa@daviswillms.com
Davis & Willms, PLLC
3555 Timmons Lane
Suite 1250
Houston, TX 77027
Phone: (281) 786-4503
Fax: (281) 742-2600
Website:http://www.daviswillms.com
 
 
Chair-Elect/Secretary
Richard A. Crow (Real Estate)
Richard.Crow@gtlaw.com
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
1000 Louisiana St.
Suite 6700
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: (713) 374-3627
Fax: (713) 374-3505
Website:http://www.gtlaw.com

 
 
Treasurer
Lora G. Davis (Probate)
lora@davisstephenson.com
Davis Stephenson, PLLC
100 Crescent Court
Suite 440
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: (214) 396-8801
 
 
Immediate Past Chair
Denise V. Cheney (Real Estate)

Denise@cheney-law.com
Denise V Cheney, PLLC
251 Pioneer Trail
Dripping Springs, TX 78620
Phone: (512) 983-5503
Website: www.denisevcheney-law.com
     

 

Council Members

 
 
Sipra S. Boyd (Real Estate)
Term Expires 2024
sboyd@rmwbh.com
Roberts Markel Weinberg Butler Hailey, PC
2800 Post Oak Blvd.
Suite 5777
Houston, TX 77056
Phone: (713) 830-2246
 
 
 
Christopher T. Hodge (Probate)
Term Expires 2024
chodge@langleybanack.com
Langley & Banack, Inc.
745 E. Mulberry
Suite 700
San Antonio, TX 78212
Phone: (210) 253-7125
Fax: (210) 735-6889

 
 
 
Arielle M. Prangner (Probate)
Term Expires 2024
arielle@gplawtexas.com
Gyeszly Prangner, PLLC
2617 Bissonnet St.
Suite 211
Houston, TX 77005
PO Box 273166
Houston, Texas 77277
Phone: (713) 574-1364
Fax: (713) 568-9176
 
 
MarJuana B. Williams (Real Estate)
Term Expires 2024
mwilliams@mbwpllc.com
MarJuana Bush Williams, PLLC
3318 Highway 365
Suite 240
Houston, TX 77627
Phone: (713) 678-0558
Fax: (713) 332-0398
 
 
 
Christopher D. Jones (Probate)
Term Expires 2025
chris.jones@sprouselaw.com
Sprouse Shrader Smith, PLLC
701 S. Taylor Street
Suite 500
Amarillo, TX 79101
Phone: (806) 468-3308
Fax: (806) 373-3454
Website:http://www.sprouselaw.com
 
 
  Lori A. Leu (Probate)
Term Expires 2025
lleu@leulawfirm.com
Leu & Peirce, PLLC
2313 Coit Rd.
Suite A
Plano, TX 75075
Phone: (972) 996-2540
Fax: (972) 996-2544
Website:http://www.leulawfirm.com


 
 
John H. “Jack” Miller, III (Real Estate)
Term Expires 2025
jack@htxrealestatelaw.com
Jack Miller Law, PLLC
P.O. Box 8218
Houston, TX 77288
Phone: (281) 231-8969
Website:http://htxrealestatelaw.com
 
 
 
  Katherine A. Tapley (Real Estate)
Term Expires 2025
katherine.tapley@nortonrosefulbright.com
Norton Rose Fulbright, US LLP
111 W. Houston St.
Suite 1800
Phone: (210) 270-7191
Fax: (210) 270-7205
Website:http://www.nortonrosefulbright.com


 
Leslie S. Johnson (Real Estate)
Term Expires 2026
ljohnson@wfgtitle.com
WFG National Title Insurance Company
5000 Legacy Dr.
Suite 190
Plano, TX 75024
Phone: (469) 410-4701

 
 
 
Christian S. Kelso (Probate)
Term Expires 2026
christian.kelso@fghwlaw.com
Farrow-Gillespie Heath Witter, LLP
1900 N. Pearl St.
Suite 2100
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: (214) 420-8678
Fax: (214) 203-0651
 
 
 
 
R. Shaun Rainey (Probate)
Term Expires 2026
srainey@cbtd.com
Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson, PC
500 W Illinois Ave.
Suite 300
Midland, TX 79701-4337
Phone: (432) 687-8688
Fax: (432) 684-3139
Website: http://www.cottonbledsoe.com
 
 
 
Tiffany Soltis (Real Estate)
Term Expires 2026
tsoltis@wcglaw.com
Wilson Cribbs + Goren
1233 West Loop South
Suite 800
Houston, TX 77027
Phone: (713) 547-8505
Fax: (713) 229-8824
 
 
 
Allison Bastian-Rodriguez (Real Estate)
Term Expires 2027
abrodriguez@rampagelaw.com
Denton Navarro Rocha Bernal & Zech, P.C.
701 East Harrison Ave.
Suite 100
Harlingen, TX 78550
Phone: (956) 421-4904
Fax: (956) 421-3621
 
 
 
Ed McCarthy (Real Estate)
Term Expires 2027 
McCarthy & McCarthy, LLP
1122 Colorado St.
Suite 2399
Austin, TX 78701-2132
Phone: (512) 904-2313 
Fax: (512) 692-2826
 
 
Elizabeth Powdrill (Probate)
Term Expires 2027 
Hopper Mikeska, PLLC
Barton Oaks II
901 S. Mopac Exp.
Suite 570
Austin, TX 78746
Phone: (512) 615-6195
Fax: (512) 615-6194
 
 
Gus G. Tamborello (Probate)
Term Expires 2027 
Gus G. Tamborello, P.C.
1455 West Loop South
Suite 775
Houston, TX 77027
Phone: (713) 659-7777
Fax: (713) 659-7780
 
 
 
 
 

Administration

Board Advisor
August Watkins Harris III
Moreland Properties
3404 Oakmont Boulevard
Austin, TX 78703
(512) 320-8808

Alternate Board Advisor
Noelle Hicks
 
State Bar Sections Dept.
State Bar of Texas Sections Department
PO Box 12487
Austin, Texas
78711-2487
Phone: 512-427-1420
Toll Free: 800-204-2222 x1420
Fax: 512-427-4105