Helping primarily Texas-based clients, Tyler Wright focuses on public construction and procurement projects, including public-private partnerships (PPPs) and joint ventures. Tyler works with public and private entities, as well as nonprofits, to navigate complex construction and development matters. He provides strategic guidance on project structuring, compliance, and contract negotiation to help clients achieve their goals efficiently and effectively. Additionally, he handles mergers and acquisitions, commercial real estate, and mechanic’s lien laws, among others.
Joseph Shamp
Joe Shamp is an attorney in Carrington Coleman’s transactional department, having extensive hands-on experience in high-value and sophisticated transactions ranging from seven to eight figures. He is particularly adept at Corporate Transparency Act compliance, having counseled numerous clients, including those with complex corporate structures, on adherence and strategic measures. Joe drafts and negotiates transaction documents and contracts, advises clients on intricate transaction matters, and prepares corporate documents such as company agreements, shareholders’ agreements, and limited partnership agreements. Clients enjoy working with Joe for his personable and collaborative approach. With a background as an entrepreneur, he brings a unique perspective to his practice, offering insight into the challenges and priorities of business leaders.
Phillip A. Hecker
Phil Hecker is an associate in our transactional department, where he assists clients with a wide variety of real estate transactions, including purchasing, selling, leasing, and financing real property. Phil has worked on significant legal matters, including multimillion-dollar deals and the sale of a multi-family housing portfolio containing 25 apartment complexes. Clients appreciate his knowledge, attention to detail, and determination to achieve the best possible outcomes in every transaction.
Victor Solyanik
Victor Solyanik is recognized for his strong litigation skills and clutch potential when it matters most. Comfortable under pressure, he achieved notable success in a moot court competition at Texas Law, ranking in the top 10% of his class and showcasing his advocacy ability. With nearly two years of experience at various District Attorney’s offices, Victor developed valuable skills in trial preparation and high-stakes litigation. He is committed to building lasting client relationships and delivering exceptional results tailored to each client’s needs.
LaCrecia Perkins
LaCrecia is a member of Carrington Coleman’s Business Litigation Practice Group. She represents businesses and individuals in a variety of industries and practices in both state and federal courts. After law school, LaCrecia served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Renée Harris Toliver, United States District Court Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Texas.
LaCrecia Perkins is a real estate lawyer that assists property owners and property interest holders alike in navigating through complex litigation. She helps her clients navigate a wide variety of real estate issues involving purchase and sale agreements, lease agreements, property management agreements, and other real estate contracts. She’s pursued and defended against claims that include breach of contract, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, commercial evictions, and large commercial foreclosures. LaCrecia’s experience extends to real estate finance disputes under construction loan agreements, including promissory notes, deeds of trusts, mortgages, and personal guarantees.
LaCrecia is also adept at navigating the legal complexities of legal practice across a variety of other industries, including private equity, telecommunications, insurance, public housing, and others. Her extensive background allows her to provide comprehensive legal solutions tailored to the unique needs of her diverse clients. Skilled in advisory, pre-litigation, and litigation roles, LaCrecia has consistently demonstrated the ability to achieve favorable outcomes for her clients.
Chris Anaya
The solution to effectively solve any client matter must be tailored to that client’s wants and goals. I believe in a tactical approach to every matter that satisfies the client’s overall objectives, whether that’s thinking ahead to prevent an issue, negotiating a resolution to a dispute, or bringing or defending a lawsuit.
Chris Anaya works closely with clients to find effective business solutions to complex business disputes. Through his construction practice, Chris offers clients the full range of services from strategic counsel on transactional matters and project planning to resolving often complex disputes through negotiation, arbitration, or litigation. His extensive construction experience includes representing owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers in transactional and litigation matters involving contract negotiations, lien and payment bond issues, construction defects, professional liability for design professionals, as well as many other contract disputes.
As part of the commercial litigation practice group, Chris works with a range of business clients including regional and national corporations in telecommunications, agriculture, real estate, and finance industries, to resolve conflicts efficiently and effectively through pre litigation negotiations, litigation, arbitration, appeals, and alternative dispute resolution.
Chris graduated, cum laude, from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. He received his Bachelor’s degree with high honors in Government with a minor in Philosophy from New Mexico State University. After graduating from law school, Chris clerked for the Honorable Justice Richard C. Bosson of the New Mexico Supreme Court.
Jennifer Larson Ryback
Inspired by the Good, Better, Best poem she learned from her grandmother growing up, Jennifer is focused on helping her clients be the “good, better, best” they can be, whether that’s thinking ahead to prevent an issue, negotiating a resolution to a dispute, or bringing or defending a lawsuit.
Jennifer’s clients think of her as a problem solver, and she excels at helping clients navigate complicated issues, avoiding litigation when possible and helping her clients navigate in court or arbitration when necessary. Throughout the course of her career, Jennifer has handled many types of litigation, including defending employers against wrongful termination and wage claims, pursuing and defending breach of contract cases, bringing and defending claims related to construction defects and construction project payment issues, and handling a variety of disputes related to commercial real estate transactions. She also routinely advises clients on non-litigation employment law issues, including developing and updating employee handbooks, conducting investigations related to alleged employee misconduct, providing training to prevent discrimination and harassment in the workplace, and negotiating executive compensation and severance agreements.
Haley Ablon
No matter the obstacle, I am always ready to jump in. My ability to listen, coupled with my passion for creativity, allows me to assess a situation from many perspectives and respond with creative and effective solutions.
Haley Ablon represents clients facing a myriad of commercial and construction litigation needs in both state and federal courts. She knows that legal problems are human problems and faces each challenge with compassion, curiosity, creativity, and attention to detail.
Haley’s prior experience helps her to ask the hard questions and leave no stone unturned. She approaches situations with an eye toward resolution but will go to bat for her clients when needed.
Andrea C. Reed
Andrea Reed is an associate at Carrington Coleman working primarily in our litigation group.
Andrea Reed works with diverse clients ranging from small businesses to multi-national companies, municipal entities, and nonprofit organizations in disputes related to labor and employment, contract and business matters, and with compliance and counseling. Andrea also works with our service and industry groups representing and advising clients in intellectual property and construction disputes. She has experience litigating in the Texas Business Court and state and federal courts nationwide.
Before becoming an attorney, Andrea spent a decade teaching in higher education and partnering with nonprofits. She brings this insider perspective and on-the-ground experience to her practice counseling nonprofits, public entities, and educational institutions to best navigate the unique legal issues they face.
Shelby K. Taylor
By offering practical, forward-thinking advice, I aim to prevent legal challenges before they arise, allowing employers to focus on what they do best—running their business.
As a labor and employment attorney, Shelby Taylor advises and represents employers on a wide range of employment law matters. Her experience working with nationwide and Texas-based businesses across various industries allows her to adapt and effectively guide clients through HR challenges, large and small. Shelby provides counsel on topics such as employee discipline and terminations, leaves of absence, accommodations, workforce reductions, safeguarding confidential information and client relationships through non-compete, non-solicitation, and confidentiality agreements, as well as drafting and reviewing employee agreements, company policies, and handbooks. Beyond Shelby’s counseling practice, she also represents employers before federal and state agencies (including the EEOC, DOL, NLRB, and Texas Workforce Commission), at mediation, arbitration, and throughout all stages of litigation and pre-litigation.