Mr. George M. Clifton
Board Certified - Family Law
Texas Board of Legal Specialization

George M. Clifton received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Doctor of Jurisprudence, cum laude, from South Texas College of Law in Houston in 1974 where he was editor-in-chief of the law journal. He is a family law specialist handling divorce, adoptions, enforcement and defense of child support and contempt actions, grandparents rights, custody, juvenile law and other family law related matters.

Mr. Clifton is trained in collaborative divorce procedures. He is licensed to practice in the State of Texas before the Supreme Court of Texas, the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Supreme Court and the Federal Tax Court.

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Mr. Preston L. Dodson

Mr. Dodson is a graduate of Southwest Texas State University at San Marcos, Texas (B.B.A., 1972) and St. Mary's University School of Law at San Antonio, Texas (J.D. 1974). He is licensed to practice in Texas, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and in U.S. Tax Court.

Mr. Dodson has broad experience as a general practitioner in civil law. His litigation background in business matters includes real estate, corporate disputes, partnership issues, contract disputes, Uniform Commercial Code disputes, and in collection matters. Mr. Dodson also has experience in workers' compensation insurance premium disputes involving allegations of single business enterprise, breach of contract, fraud and related issues.

His litigation experience also includes bankruptcy issues on behalf of creditors. Mr. Dodson also has extensive experience in transactional matters. This includes representation of builders, developers, lenders, buyers and sellers in real estate projects; financial institutions with regard to both loan documentation and workouts; business entities (publicly held and wholly owned) in connection with the acquisition and sale of businesses and product lines; entrepreneurs in the formation of corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies and joint ventures; and representation of employers in connection with workplace issues and disputes.

Mr. Dodson's representation of individuals includes the above as well as personal matters such as probate, wills and trusts, as well as in disputes involving the Internal Revenue Service at the administrative level and in U.S. Tax Court.

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After two years as an associate with the firm of Price & DeLaGarza in San Antonio, Mr. Sortino returned to his home town of Houston to form the firm of Neel, Smallwood & Sortino where he primarily practiced in the areas of commercial litigation and real estate. From December of 1983 until June of 1999, he was a sole practitioner in Tomball, Texas, with the practice being generally confined to real estate, wills, probate and business matters.

He has represented commercial and residential real estate developers as well as individual buyers and sellers of real property in all aspects of acquisition, financing, workouts and foreclosures. He has also enjoyed assisting clients in the formation, acquisition, merger and sale of all types of business entities. In addition to his professional activities, Mr. Sortino has been very active in the community through participation in the Tomball Area Chamber of Commerce and the Tomball Rotary Club, where he has been privileged to serve in such capacities as Club President and Chairman of the District 5890 Youth Exchange Committee. He has been happily married to his beautiful wife, Jodye, since 1975 and they have one daughter, Jacque. In his leisure time, Mr. Sortino is an avid glider pilot and a computer enthusiast.

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