Biography

Thomas C. Washmon is a former briefing attorney to U.S. District Judge Filemon B. Vela, Southern District of Texas and has been honored as a Texas Rising Star, Texas Super Lawyers- Rising Stars Edition of Law & Politics Magazine (2009) and by Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges, Randall Publishing Company (1993).

Mr. Washmon’s practice includes entity formation and disposition; corporate governance matters; fiduciary duty issues; mergers, conversions and acquisitions; land use and development: property rights, easements and zoning law; utilities and environmental matters; real estate transactions; contract negotiation; condominium creations and conversions; property owner association matters; buy-sell agreements; construction contracts and mechanic liens; and litigation avoidance, analysis, evaluation, strategy and resolution.

Mr. Washmon enjoys spending his free time with his wife, Ashley and their two children – Baron and Monroe. Occasionally, he takes the opportunity to fish, run and watch college football.

Memberships

Mr. Washmon is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Austin Bar Association (Judicial Affairs Committee; Real Estate Section), Real Estate Council of Austin, and the Tarrytown United Methodist Church. He is also a Founding Fellow of the Austin Bar Foundation and a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.

Admitted/Licensed

·         Supreme Court of Texas (1998)

·         United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1999)

·         United States District Court for the Southern (1999) and Western (2002) Districts of Texas

Education

·         St. Mary’s University School of Law (J.D., 1998)

·         Institute on World Legal Problems at the University of Innsbruck, Austria (1996)

·         Washington & Lee University (1993)

·         The Hill School (1989)