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We are pleased to share that Chambers & Partners USA has honored Cowles Thompson for a third year in the category of Commerical Litigation - for the DFW and surrounding areas.

Status as of January 13, 2025 of the Corporate Transparency Act's Beneficial Ownership Information reporting requirements and the stay on the reporting deadline.

The Texas Family Code has codified a holiday possession order that provides both parents holiday time with their children after a divorce.

Bankruptcy and restrictions on transferability of ownership interests - for entities that are closely held and can be formed in Texas under the Texas Business Organizations Code: partnerships, corporations, and limited liability companies.

Probate attorney Donna Yarborough explains 5 reasons why insurance policy proceeds may not be paid to a minor who is a beneficiary.

Cowles Thompson is pleased to welcome four new Associate Attorneys to the firm, Abby D. Merrill, Zachary Nichols, Eden Ritholz, and Jason Tams.

Cowles Thompson was named to the 2025 list of Best Law Firms. Ranked practices include Tier 1 (DFW-area): Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance, and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants.

Claire James explains and compares the basic elements of community property and separate property in the state of Texas.

In Wade v. Valdetaro, the Supreme Court of Texas reversed a $21 million judgment on a technicality related to the importance of details in addresses for parties to a suit.

Critical vendor treatment in bankruptcy is a process that allows a debtor to pay a vendor its pre-petition claim based on the idea that the vendor is so important to the debtor’s business, that ending the relationship would make it very difficult if not impossible for the debtor to reorganize.

10 Cowles Thompson attorneys were named to the 2024 list of Super Lawyers® by Thomson Reuters®.