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 five 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, director 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 and arbitrator in many areas of law. 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 as well as the Straus Institute at Pepperdine’s School of Law in Malibu, California. 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 conference speaker, emphasizing the need for dispute resolution methods in the faith-based communities.
In addition to her mediation and arbitration practice, Ms. Wenetschlaeger practices in the area of Family Law and Non-Profit Law, including religious organizations and other public charities. 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.
Ms. Wenetschlaeger is a council member on the State Bar of Texas ADR Section as well as a member 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. 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.
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.
Eric Jones
Special Counsel
Mr. Jones focuses primarily on patent and trademark prosecution. He also handles patent and copyright licensing matters as well as patent, trademark, and trade secret litigation.
Before joining our firm, while a student at Southern Methodist University, Eric helped design equipment for aerodynamic flow-separation experiments under a NASA research grant. Following graduation he designed thermal imaging systems at Texas Instruments, then left TI to serve as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force and, later, the Michigan Air National Guard. In the service he piloted fighter and trainer aircraft and provided platform instruction in jet engine technology, avionics, aeronautics, navigation, flight controls and weapon systems. He most recently served as a Mission Commander and Flight Commander in an F-16 fighter squadron.
Mr. Jones is admitted to practice law in the Texas and Michigan state courts, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to practice patent law.
His publications include, "The 'Regards' Test of 35 U.S.C. § 112 2," and "The Obvious Advantage," both published in Intellectual Property Today.
Mr. Jones is a member of the Texas State Bar Association, the Michigan State Bar Association, the Oakland County Bar Association, the Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Federation Internationale Des Conseils en Propriete Industrielle (FICPI).
Jeffery M. Dixon
Jeffery M. Dixon’s career includes the military, the ministry, and he has been an attorney in the Dallas area for over 25 years handling a wide range of legal issues in the areas of personal injury law, corporate law, estate planning, and non-profit law.
Mr. Dixon was a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force having served in Viet Nam as an Air Intelligence-Photo Interpreter and as a cartographer updating aeronautical charts using satellite imaging.
He also has over 35 years in the ministry that includes experience as a U.S. Army Reserve Chaplain; Bible Teacher; serving on the boards of several churches; teaching, coaching, and administration at two Christian Academies in the Dallas area.
Mr. Dixon obtained his B.S. in Criminal Justice degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, his M. Div. degree from Asbury Theological Seminary, and his J.D. degree from the O. W. Coburn School of Law at Oral Roberts University (now Regent University of Virginia Beach, VA).
Mr. Dixon is an ordained minister and also is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas, the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, and is a member of the Texas Bar Association.
Mr. Dixon has two married daughters living in Texas and two granddaughters. He and his wife Teri live in Dallas and have been married almost 30 years and have two children, Michael-a Business Honors major at the University of Texas at Austin, and Emily, a senior at Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, TX.