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Jason L. Fowell, Attorney at Law

Licensed since 2003, Jason L. Fowell leads individual and small business clients as well as large corporations in a variety of legal matters. From the formation of a business to complex business mergers and acquisitions, Mr. Fowell's experience covers the creation of limited partnerships and limited liability companies, including counsel regarding operational aspects of development projects, transactional matters, and litigation.

As outside counsel and as in-house General Counsel, Mr. Fowell negotiated and managed real estate transactions in excess of $500 million dollars. Mr. Fowell represents individuals in business disputes, leads negotiations, and drafts commercial agreements, including corporate asset purchase agreements, real estate purchase agreements, employment agreements, noncompete agreements, management agreements, partnership agreements, and joint venture agreements. Mr. Fowell has learned how to reach the needs of both the individual client and the corporate client.

Born in Florida and raised in Houston, Texas, Mr. Fowell graduated from The University of Houston with a BBA in Management. After several years in the financial industry, Mr. Fowell attended South Texas College of Law - Houston and graduated in 2003.

Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Fowell worked as an attorney with Essmyer & Tritico, later known as Essmyer, Tritico & Rainey, LLP, which later branched to Tritico Rainey, PLLC. For approximately ten years, Jason L. Fowell managed a general civil practice, focusing on business, real estate, and commercial litigation, including jury and nonjury trials.

Mr. Fowell has experience representing multi million dollar corporations and high net worth individuals, ranging from the acquisition and management of large scale real estate projects including portfolio transactions, condominium projects to individuals facing disputes with homeowner associations.

Mr. Fowell has counseled on development of raw land, from financing to closing, reviewing acquisition loans, construction loans, deeds of trust, contracts, and various other financing and loan-related documents, as well as, represented general contractors, subcontractors, and tenants in contract negotiation, filing, foreclosing, and defending mechanics and materialman’s liens and removal of liens. For a short time, Mr. Fowell gained experience representing homeowner associations at the law firm of Roberts Markel, PC.

Mr. Fowell represents individuals in administrative hearings, including teachers on employment rights and disciplinary allegations as well as labor unions, including employers and employees in labor conflicts, negotiations, and agreements.

After ten years of practice, Mr. Fowell joined Brightside Properties, LLC, located in Houston, Texas, as General Counsel and Vice President of Operations.

As General Counsel and Vice President of Operations, Mr. Fowell maintained in-house management of all business operations and legal matters of Brightside Properties LLC and its special purpose entities with approximately 50 employees and approximately 1,500 apartment units.

Mr. Fowell advised executives and other board members in all legal and employment issues while managing the expansion and financing of all projects. He led the acquisition, disposition, and refinancing of properties, including 1031 Exchanges and interest rate SWAP agreements of almost $250 million dollars in multifamily properties in less than two years while forming special purpose entities for the acquisition of new assets.

Mr. Fowell drafted, reviewed, and negotiated all contracts with purchaser and sellers of improved real estate, lenders, service providers, environmental site assessment engineers, contractors, insurers, including letters of intent, purchase agreements, rate lock agreements, promissory notes, deeds of trust, security agreements and other loan agreements, deeds and derivative conveyance documents and analyzed lender loan covenants and requirements, title commitments and policies, environmental site assessments, purchase and sale agreements, and insurance policies and advised on necessary action. Mr. Fowell still serves as outside counsel.

Mr. Fowell looks at properties and evaluates opportunities and needs for refinancing as well as cash-outs of current properties based upon improved financials and increased appraised values after implementing take-over strategies of recently acquired properties. A constant review of company financials works to comply with debt service coverage requirements and assists in improved marketability of assets.

Mr. Fowell can create, implement, and direct operational policies in accordance with Board initiatives and decisions while managing the litigation docket and attending court appearances. Mr. Jason L. Fowell has first-chair trial litigation experience in Harris County District, County and Justice of the Peace Courts and trial experience in Federal Court.

Mr. Fowell can assist in balancing the business objectives against the risk associated with legal positions and address employment issues, legal compliance, and Internal Revenue Service matters.

Mr. Fowell had the privilege of teaching trial strategies at South Texas College of Law - Houston, as well as paralegal instruction at Rice University - Glassock School of Continuing Education.

Jason L. Fowell is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit & U.S. Southern District Court of Texas and is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Houston Bar Association.

In his spare time, Mr. Fowell coaches his children's sports teams including football, basketball, and soccer. He attends church regularly and lives in Northwest Houston with his wife and three children.

Mr. Fowell is fluent in Spanish.