Slide 1: The Lonergan Law Firm, P.L.L.C
by Gaylene Rogers Lonergan, Esq.
Slide 2: Agenda • Who we are • Attorneys practicing real estate, business law, bankruptcy • Closing Office for real estate transactions • What we do • Protect our clients • Make deals happen • Why choose us • Our philosophy • Our fees • Our stragegy • Our attorneys
Slide 3: Who We Are - Attorneys • Commercial and residential real estate law • Representing investors, landlords, tenants, lenders, distressed owners, realtors and agents, mortgage professionals • Short Sale and Loan Modification negotiation • Real Estate Related Small business law • Setting up business entities, such as corporations, S-corps, LLCs, and Series LLCs as it relates to a real estate transaction • Drafting, review, and negotiation of contracts and resolution of disputes as it relates to real estate • Real Estate Related Litigation • Representation in disputes, responses, claims, defenses, evictions, foreclosures, mechanics liens and collections. • Bankruptcy – consumer and business bankruptcy
Slide 4: Who We Are – • Unusual and complex real estate transactions • Wraps, assignments, subject-to’s, double closings, short sales • Commercial transactions • Straightforward retail closings • If it’s legal and ethical, we can handle it
Slide 5: What We Do
• Make deals happen • Different from other attorneys – we don’t overlawyer for the sake of fees • Don’t let overprotection get in the way of a good deal • Facilitate transactions for our clients – whatever that takes • Educate our clients to make savvy decisions • Protect our clients • Counsel clients when a deal has bad terms • Provide strategies that could save clients money down the road • Provide growth models with asset protection entities to help grow and protect • Enable and empower our clients • Work with new clients as deals start out simple and grow more complex • Empower clients to make better business decisions
Slide 6: Why Choose Us • Our Strategy • Be progressive, but protect the client • Don’t get in the way of business by being overly protective • Help the client achieve his goals – become a partner with the client in achieving their objectives • Provide the best service while maintaining the highest level of ethics • Build relationships and trust so that client leave the firm happy • Be a wealth of information that can help clients – • Provide every real estate related service needed by a client – legal advice, closing, litigation support, corporate organization – Our staff can take the client through the whole process from the beginning • Provide reasonably priced legal assistance – Full value for the cost
Slide 7: Why Choose Us • Our fees • Our associate attorney rates are $225 per hour, but for BNI members, we will give a discount to $200 • My rates as the firm partner are $375 per hour, but for BNI referrals, it will be $350 • Most closing costs are around $1000, and the title policy premiums are based on the purchase price • Our fee for setting up most entities is around $400 • Review of contracts and documents is done on an hourly basis, and many simple contracts can be reviewed for as little as $150 • Bankruptcies costs vary depending on whether consumer or business
Slide 8: Why Choose Us – Our Attorneys Gaylene Rogers Lonergan – Founder and Managing Attorney
• More than 25 years experience in all aspects of real estate law, banking, mortgage & title transactions. • Board Certified in Residential and Commercial Real Estate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization • Certified Title Insurance Associate by the Texas Land Title Association • Accredited Business with the Better Business Bureau • Certified Woman Owned Business • Owner of the Lonergan Fee Office of Attorneys Title Company since 2002. • Co-owner of Texas Real Estate Investors Circle, the largest real estate investment association in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex, with over 1200 current members • Member – Bar Register of Preeminent Attorneys • “AV” Rating under Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review System • Member – Texas Land Title Association, North Dallas Chamber of Commerce, Southwest Women’s Business Council • Graduate of Texas Tech University (B.A. Cum Laude, History, 1979), Texas Tech University Graduate School (M.B.A., 1983), and Texas Tech School of Law (J.D., Cum Laude, 1983) • Native Texan (Sudan, Texas) • Mother of Gwyneth Lonergan
Slide 9: Why Choose Us – Our Attorneys/Staff Abid Hussain – Associate Attorney
Slide 10: Why Choose Us – Our Attorneys/Staff Jennifer Mitchell – Associate Attorney
Slide 11: Why Choose Us – Our Attorneys/Staff Jennifer Wade – Of Counsel
Slide 12: LONERGAN LAW FIRM, PLLC 12801 N. Central Expressway Suite 150 Dallas, Texas 75243 214-503-7509 214-503-8752 facsimile www.lonerganlaw.com www.northdallasbankruptcyattorneys.com
