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

Richard L. Spencer