Brewer Jackson: Professional Corporation
Attorneys
Dennis Brewer, Jr.
Dennis G. Brewer, Jr. has maintained a trial practice centered in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex for over 25 years. He is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in the field of family law while overseeing select civil disputes and law suits in his other practice areas. Mr. Brewer's experience spans the fields, church related law, family law, and general civil and criminal litigation. For over two decades Mr. Brewer has worked within his firms to develop a national church law practice. He has an 'AV' rating by Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating given, which is based upon confidential survey responses of attorneys and judges (A = preeminent attorney; V = very high general ethical standards). Mr. Brewer has also received the distinction of being named a "Super Lawyer" by Texas Monthly Magazine four years consecutively, beginning in 2004
Mr. Brewer obtained his Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1980, and is licensed to practice in the State of Texas and in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. He is a member of the Texas Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association, Family Law Section of the Tarrant County Bar Association, the Texas Academy of Matrimonial Specialists, and is a former President of the Irving Bar Association. Mr. Brewer is a Master of the Bench in the Annette Stewart American Inn of Court and has been since this Inn's inception. He is a charter member of The Collaborative Law Institute of Texas, and is a strategic partner with Mediation Law Group.
Mr. Brewer attended Southern Methodist University prior to law school where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree with honors. Throughout his legal career, Mr. Brewer and his family have lived in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Mr. Brewer has been actively involved in his community with a history of service as a director of his HOA, directory of a community bank in his city of residence, and a director of his church. He and his family are active members of Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas.
Craig Jackson
Craig Jackson attended Baylor Law School where he received his Juris Doctor in 1996. Subsequent to graduation, Mr. Jackson immediately opened his own law office where he became a seasoned litigator in very short order. Over the course of nine years as a solo practitioner, Mr. Jackson tried a wide variety of cases including divorces, child custody suits, family violence suits, criminal cases, breach of contract suits, and personal injury matters.
The majority of Mr. Jackson's practice consists of litigating family law matters. This includes handling divorces with complex estates, child custody disputes, child support matters, protective orders, and other disputes that affect the parent-child relationship. Additionally, Mr. Jackson has developed a prolific appellate practice that has included presenting arguments to various appellate courts as well as the Texas Supreme Court.
Mr. Jackson is board certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, is a member of the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, and on numerous occasions has been selected by his peers for recognition in Texas Monthly magazine as a "Texas Rising Star" in the field of Family Law.
Laura Lang
Laura Lang is a partner and shareholder with Brewer Jackson. Ms. Lang practices primarily in the area of corporate transactional law, with an emphasis on representing nonprofit organizations. Ms. Lang earned her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Butler University in speech-language pathology. She obtained her Juris Doctor in 2000 from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law where she was a member of the Computer Law Review and Technology Journal, now known as The SMU Science and Technology Law Review. Ms. Lang has represented nonprofit organizations and for-profit clients in a variety of transactions ranging from corporate governance issues and real estate transactions to property tax issues and contract negotiations.
Ms. Lang has been recognized on multiple occasions by Texas Monthly and Law and Politics Magazine and her peers as a "Texas Rising Star" in the field of non-profit law. She is a member of the Texas Bar, Dallas Bar Association, Texas Association of Young Lawyers, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Highland Park United Methodist Church and the Junior League of Dallas.
Patty Wenetschlaeger
Patty Wenetschlaeger serves as a mediator in many areas of law and is a strategic partner in Mediation Law Group. Ms. Wenetschlaeger is known for her diligence in mediation and moving parties forward with creative and practical solutions to their conflicts. She is an adjunct professor teaching advanced mediation courses for Abilene Christian University's Master's Degree Program in Dispute Resolution. Ms. Wenetschlaeger has been a speaker for the state bar of Texas promoting Pro Bono work in the area of Family Law and is also a frequent conference speaker, emphasizing the need for alternative dispute resolution in the faith-based communities.
In addition to her mediation and arbitration practice, Ms. Wenetschlaeger practices primarily in the area of Family Law. Ms. Wenetschlaeger is licensed to practice law in the state of Texas and in the U.S. Northern District of Texas. Within the area of Family Law, Ms. Wenetschlaeger handles all legal matters affecting children and families, including marital relations and divorce, custody, child support, enforcement, paternity, grandparent access, and adoption.
Ms. Wenetschlaeger attended Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California where she received her Juris Doctor along with a Master of Dispute Resolution from the Strauss Institute at Pepperdine. She was selected for a fellowship with the Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolutions and served as a mediator in the Ventura County, California Family Courts and trained inner city students in Peer Mediation. She attended Abilene Christian University where she received a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology.
On multiple occasions Ms. Wenetschlaeger has been selected by her peers for recognition in Texas Monthly magazine as a "Rising Star Super Lawyer in Texas" in the field of Family Law. Ms. Wenetschlaeger is a member of the family Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association, the Tarrant County Family Law Bar Association, the Abilene Bar Association, the Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable, Texas Association of Mediators, and the Advisory Board for the Center for Conflict Resolution at Abilene Christian University.
Julie Waters
Ms. Waters is an associate attorney with the firm of Brewer Jackson. Prior to joining the firm, she maintained her own private practice in Massachusetts. As an attorney currently licensed to practice in both Texas and Massachusetts, Ms. Waters provides expert support in the various practice areas of the firm.
Ms. Waters attended Boston University School of Law, where she received her Juris Doctor. She is a member of the Dallas Bar Association, the Dallas Asian-American Bar Association, and Oration Plus Toastmasters Club.
Ms. Waters' solo practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts focused on the discipline of child advocacy, which included neglect and abuse cases, educational ad litem work, and Children in Need of Services cases. Her prior child advocacy work allows for a unique perspective on family law proceedings.
Greg Jones
Of counsel
Greg Jones is of counsel with Brewer Jackson. Mr. Jones is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and specializes in handling commercial, contract and real estate litigation and business formation and dissolution. He and his litigation team handle selected meritorious personal injury and wrongful death cases as well as class actions. He is certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocates. Mr. Jones has received numerous honors and awards including being named a Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly and Law and Politics Magazine, multiple Wiedemann-Wysocki Citations of Excellence from the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and being named one of the Best Lawyers in Fort Worth - Personal Injury for the last ten years consecutively by Fort Worth Magazine. He has served as a frequent lecturer at seminars for the Texas Bar Association, The Texas Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA) and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA).
Mr. Jones obtained his license to practice law in the state of Texas in 1982. He is admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, and the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Jones earned his B.A. in Political Science, History & Business from Southern Methodist University in 1978 and his Juris Doctor in 1982, from Southern Methodist University School of Law. Mr. Jones is a member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association, the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the State Bar of Texas, the College of the State Bar of Texas, the Dallas Bar Association, the Tarrant County Bar Association, the Northeast Tarrant County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. Mr. Jones has received the "AV" rating by Martindale Hubbell Law Directory.
Mr. Jones is an active member of his community and serves as an elected city councilman for Southlake, Texas. He is a member of the Grapevine Chamber of Commerce, the Southlake Chamber of Commerce, the Southlake Executive Forum, and the Northeast Tarrant County Leadership Forum, and Fellowship Church.