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Business Law Attorneys, Attorneys, Bankruptcy Law Attorneys, Corporation & Partnership Law Attorneys, Criminal Law Attorneys, Divorce Attorneys, Family Law Attorneys, General Practice Attorneys, Labor & Employment Law Attorneys, Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Attorneys, Real Estate Attorneys, Tax Attorneys, Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning Attorneys

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Phone: (806) 468-3332

Address: 701 S Taylor St Ste 500, Amarillo, TX 79101

Website: http://sprouselaw.com

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Divorce
Child Support
Child Custody and Visitation
Adoption
Paternity
Premarital Agreement
Guardianship
Guardianships are often a necessary legal tool to protect a loved one. At Sprouse Shrader Smith, we understand that all guardianship matters are different. Some guardianships are agreed matters, while others can be contested, time sensitive, and stressful. Our experienced team is dedicated to assisting you with the complicated legal process from start to finish with the proper filings and procedures.

Theft

Business and Corporate Law

Corporate Law
Over the past two years, banking regulations have undergone substantial changes, and many financial institutions, particularly smaller banks, are bearing the brunt of such changes. We understand that the banking market – particularly in the Panhandle – is highly competitive, so we’ve made ‘how to compete’ our business. We provide legal advice on all aspects of lending transactions and documentation, corporate banking activities – including branch acquisitions and divestitures, mergers, S Corp conversions, private offerings of securities, regulatory compliance and examination issues, and general corporate governance matters. Our clients include diversified regional and community banks, bank holding companies, mortgage banking companies, title insurance companies, and other consumer financial service providers. Working alongside lawyers from our Real Estate, Corporate & Securities, Tax, and Wealth Planning & Probate practices, we handle a variety of complex financial transactions. Our Trial & Appellate practice offers litigation solutions when justified. Our ability to offer a comprehensive legal experience allows us to efficiently and effectively handle your complex legal needs.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Sprouse Shrader Smith’s Corporate Law & Securities Practice Group takes the idea of a traditional Mergers & Acquisitions practice, and incorporates it with all aspects of transactional law, from the start of any transaction or process to completion, including negotiating and drafting of contracts, tax structure, and all associated documentation. We’re a full-service, economically competitive firm, with a variety of practices we can draw on as we negotiate and consummate transactions for our clients.
Business Transactions
Limited Liability Companies
Our Power & Utility lawyers are well-versed in various legal aspects associated with the financing, development, acquisition, operation, and administration of independent power projects, including the formation of limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and other special-purpose entities, and negotiating, drafting and advising clientele with respect to agreements regarding electric power, steam, compressed air and other energy sales; construction; operation and maintenance; equipment purchase and maintenance; interconnection, transmission; acquisition and leasing; and credit arrangements, including non-recourse project finance documentation. Representative projects include gas-fired, waste-to-energy, solar, wind generation, steam delivery, and geothermal facilities. Additionally, our litigators are equipped to handle such matters as property and personal injury claims, theft, breach of contract and other issues arising from energy transactions.
Construction Contracts
Focusing on commercial real estate – including land development, property acquisitions and divestitures, commercial leasing, and all the financial components comprised in such transactions – the Real Estate attorneys at Sprouse Shrader Smith offer a unique ability to guide you through the complexities involved in any real estate transaction. Our skilled attorneys have experience in all facets of commercial real estate, including purchase and sale transactions, land use planning, licensing, permitting, construction contracts, leasing, 1031 like-kind exchanges, condemnation proceedings, right-of-way acquisitions and more. Our attorneys offer full-service solutions, not only handling the complex real estate projects our clients bring to us, but concurrently overseeing corporate planning and asset protection issues, setting up appropriate entities for ownership and operation of the properties, and offering our clients the most advantageous tax structure for their projects.
Intellectual Property

Wrongful Termination
Iwana’s litigation practice includes the defense of private and public employers, benefit plans, insurers, plan fiduciaries, and service providers against ERISA and benefits lawsuits asserting claims for benefits, breach of fiduciary duty, statutory penalties, and state law claims. She also represents employers in the defense of federal and state lawsuits of unlawful discrimination or retaliation, wage and hour violations, and wrongful discharge at both the trial and appellate levels. Advocacy on behalf of employers in state and federal agency administrative actions and complaints is also part of her skillset, resulting in dismissals of those proceedings.
Employment Contract
The use of restrictive covenants in other contexts, such as the sale of a business, would not be impacted by this rule. However, when an employment agreement is entered into as part of such a sale, the rule will apply to any non-competition provisions in that agreement unless the person subject to the non-compete owned at least 25% of the acquired entity.
Employment Litigation
Iwana Rademaekers is Of Counsel with Sprouse Shrader Smith, and she focuses on managing the critical employment and benefits issues businesses face with an approach that incorporates both practical solutions and risk management in furtherance of her clients’ goals. In her litigation practice, Iwana has appeared as lead counsel in 26 states and in six United States Courts of Appeals, and she has a distinguished list of case victories across the country for her clients. She also counsels clients on employment policies and practices to minimize the risk of employment litigation and ensure compliance with applicable laws, including issues relating to personnel policies, EEO compliance, benefits, wage and hour laws, hiring and termination practices, harassment and discrimination investigations, non-competition clauses, and work-related contracts. Working with clients in a range of industries, including agriculture, banking, insurance, construction, technology, health care, and retail, Iwana tailors her representation to each client’s circumstances to develop strategies that best protect against claims and disruptions while working within the realities of her clients’ business operations.
Non-compete Agreement
Employment-related non-compete agreements that prevent employees from accepting a job with a new employer that competes with their previous employer have long been subject to regulation by the states. Through legislation and court cases, the states have taken various approaches to the issue. For example, California and Oklahoma ban the use of non-compete agreements in the employment context. However, Texas is among the majority of states that permit such agreements with certain limitations.

Real Estate Litigation
As an Associate with Sprouse Shrader Smith PLLC, Eric Clinton’s practice focuses on oil and gas title examination, general real estate, business organizations and banking. Eric has experience drafting a variety of contracts, title opinions, mechanics liens in the construction and oil and gas industries, and loan documents as well as counseling property owners through real estate matters.
Construction Litigation
Our securities legal work focuses primarily on private offerings and encompasses everything from energy, livestock real property, deeds of trust and syndication. We possess the ability to work on transactions of any size, large or small, and have worked on numerous multi-million dollar transactions, including representing various independent energy projects, including wind, gas, waste-to-energy, geothermal and solar projects, among others. Our experienced attorneys are able to commence work on projects promptly and see them through to fruition, getting transactions done and over the finish line in an efficient, cost-effective manner. We take a comprehensive approach and are able to execute projects from letters of intent, to obtaining financing, to negotiating with suppliers, to negotiating purchase agreements – including developing all administrative contracts, construction contracts, and management contracts.
Real Estate Transactions
Terry Irion is an Of Counsel with Sprouse Shrader Smith PLLC. His primary practice area is real estate purchases and sale transactions, land use planning and development services, and advocacy
Easement
Land Use and Zoning
Terry Irion is an Of Counsel with Sprouse Shrader Smith PLLC. His primary practice area is real estate purchases and sale transactions, land use planning and development services, and advocacy of real property rights. Terry assists clients in navigating the complete regulatory environment of municipal, county, and state agencies to secure permits and licenses required for development. He represents clients before Boards, Commissions, and Councils at the local and state government levels.

Personal Injury
Brantley Jones is a Member of Sprouse Shrader Smith PLLC whose practice focuses primarily on civil litigation. Brantley has worked on cases in both state and federal court throughout Texas. His experience includes pre-trial, trial and appellate work in a wide variety of contexts including commercial disputes, oil & gas litigation, and water law. Brantley has assisted clients in cases also involving employment matters, real property disputes, and personal injury cases.

Trusts and Estates

Estate Planning
Having a clear estate plan – whether written in a will or a revocable “living” trust – will certainly streamline some of the estate administration tasks. However, every decedent’s estate requires
Wills
Sprouse Shrader Smith strives to be a full-service law firm for our clients. Each practice area has multiple lawyers dedicated to providing innovative and comprehensive counsel to each matter that walks through our door. Whether you are looking for an experienced attorney to help with your business contracts, purchasing real estate or someone to advise you on a last will and testament, Spouse Shrader Smith is here to help.
Trusts
Power of Attorney
Texas provides detailed rules for taking care of minors and incapacitated adults who are unable to take care of themselves physically and/or financially. The first step in the process is an application that must be completed and filed with the court. The application will contain factual information pertaining to the proposed ward and the circumstances leading up to the guardianship proceeding. Additionally, the applicant must explain to the court that alternatives to guardianship were evaluated, and determined not feasible. Examples of alternatives to guardianship include, supported decision-making agreements, power of attorney documents, and ABLE accounts.
Probate
Sprouse Shrader Smith’s Wealth Planning and Probate attorneys have more than 100 years of combined experience and boasts two Fellows of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and three attorneys who are Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. With individual experience levels ranging from 1 to 41 years, we provide both innovation and proven experience.

Bankruptcy
Tax Law
With energy resources in a state of constant evolution, you need a law firm with extensive experience across a broad range of energy options to oversee your energy-related matters. The Power & Utilities Attorneys at Sprouse Shrader Smith have represented public utilities, independent power plant owners, electric co-ops, and other utility entities as well as landowners, corporations, and municipalities, in various transactional and litigation matters. In cooperation with our Oil & Gas, Water, and other key practices, we advise and represent clients comprising the full spectrum of electric utilities, oil and gas producers, pipeline operators, power producers, commercial and industrial users of energy, marketers of energy, water companies, and publicly owned utilities, as well as investment bankers and investors in these industries, including businesses and governmental entities in Texas, Arizona, Colorado, California and New Jersey. We also advise clients in these industries in connection with bankruptcy, contracting, financing and tax issues.

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