Beginning in 1984, Brent’s family traveled throughout the Southwest with his father’s work with the Southern Pacific Railroad (now known as the Union Pacific). He has lived in Ennis, Texas; Tucumcari, New Mexico; Yuma, Arizona; Houston, Texas; and the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Brent came to McAllen, Texas in 1996 when he joined the firm. In law school, Brent clerked with a Houston law firm specializing in mass-tort and wrongful death actions. In addition, Brent previously worked for a Dallas-based commercial litigation firm where he handled commercial litigation and construction suretyship matters.

Brent’s training has included both litigation and transactional matters, as he had the opportunity to represent local business owners and Fortune 500 companies. Brent’s representation of clients in both state and federal court includes the following matters:

• commercial litigation;
• banking litigation for local, regional and national banks;
• oil and gas disputes;
• representation of clients before the American Arbitration Association;
• real estate litigation;
• mass-tort/products liability defense litigation;
• probate and trust litigation;
• transactional matters
• real estate sales contract preparation;
• employment contracts; and
• buy-sell agreements

Education And Background

• University of Arizona (B.A., summa cum laude, 1993)
• University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1996)
• Admitted to practice: Texas (1996), U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas (2002), U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• Partner - Ellis, Koeneke & Ramirez, L.L.P. (2004)

Professional Affiliations

• Hidalgo County Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections: Real Property, Probate, and Trust)
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Academic Honorary as Undergraduate - Phi Beta Kappa

Appellate case work

• Villarreal v. Chesapeake Zapata, L.P.,  2009 WL 1956387 (Tex. App. - San Antonio, July 8, 2009)
• Elsa State Bank & Trust Co. v. Trevino, 2009  1089462 (Tex. App. - Corpus Christi, April 23, 2009)
• Aguero v. American & Efird, Inc., 2008 WL 3868557 (Tex. App. - Corpus Christi, August 21, 2008)
• In Re: International Bank of Commerce, 2008 WL 192260 (Tex. App. - Corpus Christi, January 18, 2008)
• In Re: Estate of Ayala,19 S.W.3d 477 (Tex.App.-Corpus Christi, 2000 writ denied)

LANGUAGE

Spanish