Levin & Atwood, LLP

Specialties

Levin & Atwood represent business entities from all industries and at every stage of development. Our attorneys work with small business owners to design and achieve their goals. Our attorneys are experienced with determining entity selection as well as providing guidance for shareholder agreements, company agreements, regulations, bylaws, organizational minutes, shareholder minutes, stock transfers, buy-​sell agreements, UCC filings, option agreements, phantom stock plans, private placement memorandum (PPM) for offers, reviewing commercial lease agreements, as well as many other typical business agreements.

We successfully represent parties in all aspects of family law throughout Texas including divorce, custody, child support, domestic violence issues, modifications of custody/​child support, enforcement of final judgments, contempt, visitation, adoptions, step-​parent adoptions, settlement agreements, prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements, and paternity actions. In all cases,

History

Established in 1999.

Both attorneys had been solo practitioners in Katy and met by chance when both became charter members of the Katy Bar Association. Their objective in starting the firm was to build a high-​quality business boutique law firm in Katy/​West Houston/​Fort Bend County area. The firm quickly expanded its client base by offering high quality legal services to its clients at reasonable prices.

Stuart and John were both raised in an environment of family owned businesses and this background has led them to develop a firm philosophy of providing proactive solutions to the firm’s client’s legal problems without charging the clients hidden charges and fees for such solutions. The firm currently includes four attorneys practicing in business/​transactional, corporate setups, litigation, family, probate, entertainment, real estate, and wills trusts and estates.

Meet the Business Owner

Stuart L.

Business Owner

Stu served as an Assistant Staff Judge advocate where he practiced as an administrative law judge, prosecutor, or defense counsel in over eight hundred actions. Thereafter, Stu practiced in the oil and gas industry by serving as in-​house counsel for Panhandle Eastern/​Trunkline Gas, Mitchell Energy Corp., and The Coastal Corporation.

In these positions, Stu was engaged in general corporate and administrative law, acquisitions, contracts, antitrust law, land development, litigation management, regulatory compliance and arbitration

In the late 1980s, Stu entered private practice. His practice is concentrated in the areas of corporate transactional matters including corporate organization and structure, merger and acquisition, and real estate.

Stu also practices in the area of estate planning, assisting clients in the selection of estate planning tools and drafting estate planning documents such as wills, living trusts, life insurance trusts, living wills and powers of attorney.