Practice Areas:
Rick has 20 years of experience representing and advising a variety of real estate, financial institution and business clients in connection with their real estate and business operations and transactions. Rick represents:
- Developers in office, residential, industrial and mixed use developments
- End users in campus headquarters acquisition, development and construction
- Developers and end users in zoning and other entitlement issues
- Buyers and sellers in acquisition and disposition of real estate, including institutional clients in disposition and acquisition of real estate portfolios
- Lenders and borrowers in loan transactions and workouts
- Institutional investors and individuals in entity formation to own and operate real estate
- Institutional investors in equity investments
- Operating companies in buying, selling and leasing property in multi-state transactions.
- Landlords and tenants in office, retail and industrial leases and in enforcement matters
Education:
- University of Texas at Austin School of Law, J.D. (1982)
- University of Texas at Austin B.A., cum laude (1978)
Prior Firms:
- Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.
Professional Affiliations:
- State Bar of Texas (Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section; Business Law Section)
- American Bar Association (Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section; Business Law Section)
- Austin Bar Association (Real Estate Law Section)
- Director and Former Chair of the Real Estate Law Section of the Travis County Bar Association
- Real Estate Council of Austin, Inc. (Vice Chair of Ordinance and Legislation Review Committee; Founding Director)
- Association for Corporate Growth (Former Director for Austin Chapter)
- Foreign Trade Zone of Central Texas (Former Chair)
- Capitol Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America (Former Board and Executive Committee Member)
- YMCA of Austin, Inc. (Former Board Member, Chair and Treasurer)
Publications & Presentations:
Author and speaker in connection with various seminars and programs sponsored by, among others, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, University of Houston Law School, Travis County Bar Association, State Bar of Texas, American Bar Association and CLE International covering topics such as subdivision regulation, loan workouts, sales contracts, prepayment premiums, transportation issues, partnership issues, leasing issues, construction issues, tax abatement issues, legislation update and TXDOT access management rules.
