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BakerHostetler Shortlisted for Privacy & Data Security Law Firm of the Year by Chambers USA

Government Contractors and the Government’s FCA Enforcement Environment

BakerHostetler’s Sports Industry Honors Hank Aaron’s Home Run Record

Gary is ranked in <em>Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business</em> and is board-certified in commercial real estate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

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J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, 1976, 

B.B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1972, 

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<li>The Legal 500 United States (2019)
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<li>Recommended in Energy: transactions: oil and gas</li>
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<li>Chambers USA: Real Estate in Texas (2010 to 2022)
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<li>Band 4 (2018 to 2022), Band 3 (2010 to 2017)</li>
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<li><em>The Best Lawyers in America</em>®<em> </em>(2018 to present)
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<li>Texas: Real Estate Law</li>
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<li>Texas &#8220;Super Lawyer&#8221; (2005 to 2020)</li>
<li>Martindale-Hubbell: AV Preeminent</li>
<li>Board Certified in Commercial Real Estate Law by Texas Board of Legal Specialization</li>
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Hundreds of BakerHostetler Attorneys Honored as 2023 Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch and Lawyers of the Year

Chambers USA Guide 2022 Honors 145 BakerHostetler Attorneys and Recognizes 62 Practice Areas

191 BakerHostetler Attorneys Named in 2022 “Best Lawyers” List; 10 Recognized as “Lawyer of the Year”

Chambers and Partners USA Honors 134 BakerHostetler Attorneys and 55 Practice Areas in 2021 USA Guide

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195 BakerHostetler Attorneys Named in 2021 “Best Lawyers” List; 13 Recognized as “Lawyer of the Year”

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Nine Attorneys Named to Texas “Best Lawyers” Listing for 2020

Texas M&A Trends – First Quarter 2020

Chambers and Partners USA Honors 127 Attorneys and 43 Practice Areas in 2019 Guide

<i>Chambers and Partners USA</i> Honors 118 Attorneys and 45 Practice Areas  in 2018 Guide

150 BakerHostetler Attorneys Named 2016 Super Lawyers; 91 Named Rising Stars

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<h5>Real Estate</h5>
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<li>Represents purchasers and sellers of office buildings, hotels, hospitals, apartments complexes, shopping centers, industrial warehouses, and office and residential condominiums.</li>
<li>Advises developers in the acquisition, development and marketing of commercial and residential properties, including shopping centers, industrial parks and residential subdivisions.</li>
<li>Negotiates on behalf of lessors’ and lessees’ ground leases, office leases, shopping center and mall leases, and warehouse leases.</li>
<li>Represents homeowners’ associations in the establishment and enforcement of restrictive covenants.</li>
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<h5>Energy and Chemical Industries/Oil and Gas</h5>
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<li>Acts as outside counsel for independent oil and gas companies. Representation includes the acquisition and disposition of undeveloped and developed producing properties.</li>
<li>Addresses onshore and offshore lease issues, pooling and unitization issues, and dealing with governmental compliance matters.</li>
<li>Negotiates purchase and sale agreements, operating agreements, participation agreements, marketing contracts, gas purchase contracts, easements and surface use agreements.</li>
<li>Represents private and publicly traded energy companies in securing financing, including purchase money and development credit facilities, working capital and revolving credit facilities, equity financing and volumetric production payment financing.</li>
<li>Represents large and small service companies providing a range of services to upstream exploration companies in the oil and gas industry. Handles master service agreements, seismic contracts and governmental contracts, and assists in the acquisition of and merger with other companies in the energy services sector.</li>
<li>Represents chemical and electric utility industries, including national and international clients in the purchase of hydrofluorocarbon plants and resins plants.</li>
<li>Assisted a national electric utility in the construction of a cogeneration plant in South Texas.</li>
<li>Has represented pipeline companies and supervised the acquisition of pipeline right-of-way for the construction of a common carrier liquid pipeline from New Mexico to East Texas, which included addressing easement and condemnation issues.</li>
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<h5>Financial Institutions</h5>
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<li>Represents financial institutions, including national and state banks, savings and loan associations, and federal savings banks.</li>
<li>Represents financial institutions with respect to all types of lending, and has vast experience in workouts and foreclosure of distressed properties.</li>
<li>Represents national and state trust companies. Has represented trust companies before the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and state banking departments, has supervised litigation involving trust companies, and has been involved in the acquisition and disposition of fiduciary accounts and the legal representation of trusts under the management of trust company clients.</li>
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<h5>General Business Practice</h5>
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<li>Has acted as outside general counsel for companies, including foreign steel manufacturers, plastics companies, trucking companies, automobile dealerships, corporate lodging companies, advertising agencies and reprographic companies.</li>
<li>Has handled mergers and acquisitions, franchise and license agreements, general contract matters, and equipment and employment leasing.</li>
<li>Has experience in the formation of corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies and registered limited liability partnerships.</li>
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