Richard L. Spencer
Top rated Real Estate attorney in Houston, Texas
Practice Areas:
Banking,
Business organizations,
Contracts
Education Qualification:
University of Houston Law Center
Practice Areas:
Banking,
Business organizations,
Contracts
3200 Southwest Freeway, Suite 3200Houston, Texas, 77027
First Admitted: 1981, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.fbfk.law/team/richard-spencer
Bar / Professional Activity:
- Fellow, American College of Real Estate Attorneys; Board Certified in Commercial, Residential and POA Real Estate Law; Chairman, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section; Chairman, Uniform Assignment of Leases and Rents Drafting Committee; Chairman, Texas College of Real Estate Attorneys; Texas Board of Legal Specialization Advisory Commission; Chairman, Texas Real Estate Forms Committee, 27 year Member; Texas Bar College-35 year member, Life Fellow, Board of Directors; State Bar of Texas 4D-10 Grievance Committee Member; Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Real Estate Lawyer’s Council; Course Director: State Bar of Texas-Advanced Real Estate Law, Advanced Real Estate Drafting, and Advanced Real Estate Strategies; University of Texas; Mortgage Lending Institute and Leasing Institute; South Texas College of Law Real Estate Course; American Inns of Court, Master; Licensed Real Estate Broker-Texas; Committee on Brokers and Brokerage-ABA; and Briefing Attorney, Hon. Richard N. Countiss, Texas Court of Appeals.
- United States Courts of Appeals Fifth Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
- Southern District of Texas
- Northern District of Texas
- State Bar of Texas
- Recognition: State Bar of Texas: “Distinguished Real Estate Attorney Lifetime Achievement Award” 2023.Weatherbie Workhorse Award, Standing Ovation Award, Jim Bowmer Professionalism Award and Society of Legal Scholars from State Bar of Texas; Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate, 10 years; Texas Monthly, “Super Lawyer” 22 years; ConnectCRE 2022 Lawyers in Real Estate Award; Martindale-Hubbell Top Rated Lawyer in Real Estate; H-Magazine; “Top Lawyer”; “AV” rated by Martindale Hubbell; Houstonia Magazine, “Top Lawyer”; “Society of Legal Scholars”, Texas Bar College.
- Author and Speaker: State Bar Real Estate Forms Manual and Foreclosure Manual; Texas State Bar Journal; Texas Lawyer; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Reporter; University of Texas-Mortgage Lending Institute and Leasing Institutes; College of the State Bar-Summer School; State Bar-Advanced Real Estate Law, Advanced Real Estate Drafting, Changing Face of Water Rights, and Advanced Real Estate Strategies; South Texas College of Law-Real Estate Law Program; Houston Bar Association; and Houston SBA Advisory Council.
Scholarly Lectures / Writings:
- Board Certified in Commercial, 1989
- Board Certified in POA Real Estate Law, 2019
- Board Certified in Residential Real Estate Law, 1989
Pro bono / Community Service:
- Founding Member and President; West University Rotary Club
- Jump Rope for Hearts-Board Member
- University of Texas Austin American Heart Association
- Director for Graduate Business Network
- MS-150; 6-time participant and Club 300 member
- West U Rotary Foundation; Board of Directors
- HAY Center Foundation; Chairman, Board of Directors
Honors:
- Houston Real Estate Lawyer's Council, Houston Real Estate Lawyer's Council, 2016
- Distinguished Real Estate Attorney Lifetime Achievement Award, Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section, 2023
- Participation in Advanced Real Estate Law Course, Weatherbie Workhorse Award, State Bar of Texas, 2015
- Contributions to Continuing Legal Education, Standing Ovation Award, State Bar of Texas, 2015
- National organization of preeminent real estate attorneys, Fellow, American College of Real Estate Lawyers, 2005
- Outstanding Professionalism in the practice of law, Jim D. Bowmer Professionalism Award, Texas Bar College, 2016
Educational Background:
- BBA, University of Texas, Austin, 1974
- MBA, University of Texas, Austin, 1976
Scholarly Lectures / Writings:
- Texas State Bar Journal; Texas Lawyer; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Reporter; University of Texas-Mortgage Lending Institute; College of the State Bar-Summer School; State Bar of Texas-Advanced Real Estate Law; Advanced Real Estate Drafting; Advanced Real Estate Strategies; South Texas College of Law-Real Estate Law Program; Houston SBA Advisory Council; and Gulf Coast Legal Foundation, Real Estate
- Author of: "Commerce v. Consumer, a Texas Position on Due-On-Sale Clauses"
- Author of: "Accounting and Financial Problems and Procedures of a Brazilian Multinational Firm"
- Author and Speaker: State Bar Real Estate Forms Manual and Foreclosure Manual; Texas State Bar Journal; Texas Lawyer; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Reporter; University of Texas-Mortgage Lending Institute and Leasing Institutes; College of the State Bar-Summer School; State Bar-Advanced Real Estate Law, Advanced Real Estate Drafting, Changing Face of Water Rights, and Advanced Real Estate Strategies; South Texas College of Law-Real Estate Law Program; Houston Bar Association; and Houston SBA Advisory Council.
Industry Groups:
- Banking
- Commercial Transactions
- Contracts
- Expert Witness
- Real Estate
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