FIRM STAFF

JOSEPH G. SOLIZ - Joseph, the firm's owner and founder, is an attorney with over 30 years of legal experience. He is a 1976 Graduate of Texas State University-San Marcos and a 1979 graduate of Harvard Law School. Joseph is an Adjunct Professor in the Paralegal Studies Program at Lone Star College - North Harris.  He admitted to the State Bar of Texas, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. He is Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Joseph is a member of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas. His practice areas include the following: oil, gas & mineral law; real estate law; corporate, commercial, business and contract law; family law matters; debtor/creditor issues; litigation and alternative dispute resolution; probate; and estate planning. In addition to his legal practice, Joseph serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Energulf Resources, Inc. (www.energulf.com), a publicly traded international oil and gas exploration and production company, and of SER Ninos, Inc. d/b/a SER Ninos Charter School (www.serninos.org), an open enrollment charter school operating in the Gulfton Area of Houston, Texas.  He has previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Coastal Water Authority, the Executive Service Corps of Houston, the Harris County Private Industry Council, the Houston Hispanic Forum, the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Hispanic Bar Association of Houston, the Houston Young Lawyers Association, and SER-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast, Inc. Joseph has also served on the Strategic Planning Committee and the Shared Decision Making Committee of Houston I.S.D.'s The Rice School/La Escuela Rice. He is a graduate of Leadership Houston (Class XVIII) and United Way of Greater Houston's Project Blueprint (Class II).  Joseph's e-mail address is JSoliz@aol.com.

OSCAR SOLIZ - Oscar is a consultant to the firm in the area of governmental relations. He served as a local elected official in Nueces County, Texas, for over 30 years and is a director of the National Association of Counties and the National Association of Regional Councils of Government. He has served on the Democratic National Committee and has held leadership positions in the Boy Scouts of America, the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and the United Way of the Coastal Bend. A member of Rotary International, he has held the post of Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus Council 1202 and President of the Camp Fire USA Council of Corpus Christi, Texas. His e-mail address is osdce@hotmail.com.

LAUREN MICHELLE SOLIZ - Lauren is an associate attorney in the firm. She is a 2005 honors graduate of Florida State University  with majors in both Finance and Multinational Business and is a 2008 graduate of the School of Law at Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she also earned a Certificate In International Legal Studies.  Lauren was admitted to the Texas State Bar in November of 2008. She principally maintains a general corporate, commercial and business law practice.  However, she also practices in the areas of family law, probate, and wills & trusts. Her e-mail address is laurensoliz@gmail.com.

JORGE BORUNDA - Jorge is Of Counsel to the firm.  A member of the State Bar of Texas, he obtained a J.D. in 2000 from the University of Houston Law Center. In 1997, he obtained a B.A. in Economics from the University of Texas. His focus is litigation, handling all aspects of civil litigation, from pre-suit investigation, to discovery, through trial and appeal, in practice areas ranging from personal injury to complex commercial litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants.  Jorge is fluent in Spanish.  His e-mail address is jborunda@mac.com.

ANDRAE L. TURNER - Andrae is a Business and Healthcare Consultant with the firm. He is a graduate of Texas State University - San Marcos (May, 2007) with a Bachelor of Healthcare Administration degree. Andrae's e-mail address is andrae.turner@gmail.com. He can be contacted directly via telephone at (832) 877-6200.