Rodgers & Miller, P.C.

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.

Experienced and reputable central Texas attorneys

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.

Experienced and reputable central Texas attorneys

Firm Overview

Rodgers & Miller, P.C. has served the business community for more than 30 years and continues to receive favorable recognition from clients who appreciate our attorneys' attention to quality, effectiveness, and efficiency. We utilize proactive methods to ensure the protection of our clients in business issues, insurance defense, banking law, construction disputes, and other legal concerns. Contact us to speak with an experienced Bryan-College Station, Texas lawyer. Our range of services includes:

-Business and commercial litigation including oil and gas, construction, products liability, banking and agricultural disputes
-Insurance and self-insured defense
-General litigation and contract disputes
-Professional liability including engineering, legal and dental
-Real estate and real estate broker litigation
-Tax appraisal litigation
-Guardianship, probate, and estate planning

The benefits of working with Rodgers & Miller, P.C.:
At Rodgers & Miller, you will have confidence knowing that your case is being managed by experienced counsel. Mr. Rodgers and Mr. Miller have each been Board Certified in Civil Trial Law-Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Many larger metropolitan law firms will boast experience but only provide an inexperienced associate to attend to your legal concerns. Our Texas law office assigns an experienced attorney-legal assistant team to each client to provide exceptional personal attention and representation.

Main Office

Main Office
4444 Carter Creek Parkway, Suite 208
Bryan, TX 77802

Phone

979-260-9911

Fax

979-846-7083

Business

Rodgers & Miller, P.C. is a prominent business law and commercial litigation law firm in the Bryan-College Station, Texas community.

Our lawyers offer more than 30 years of legal experience and Stephen Rodgers and Jon Miller have each been Board Certified in Civil Trial Law-Texas Board of Legal Specialization for more than 20 years. We offer extensive skills and are able to provide quality representation and personal attention that is often not available at large law firms. Contact us to discuss your commercial law needs.

Unfortunately, not all disputes or claims that arise within a business are covered under liability insurance. We have exceptional experience with litigation and other legal implications surrounding commercial establishments, such as:

Oil and gas lawWe are skilled at guiding clients through litigation involving the complex legal procedures involved in oil and gas transactions, including purchasing and utilizing land, drilling, pipelines and wells, and other mineral rights issues.

Banking defenseWe routinely work with banking clients in defending against claims for errors and omissions, customer complaints, garnishments, mistakes regarding interest rates, and other banking litigation.

Construction lawWe have extensive experience handling construction law concerns, such as litigation involving bond claims, construction defects, unmet expectations, and alleged poor quality. We regularly review contracts for construction industry clients as they prepare to start new projects.

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.
W. Stephen Rodgers

W. Stephen Rodgers is a director of the firm. Board Certified in Civil Trial Law-Texas Board of Legal Specialization, he is admitted to practice in Texas and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas. He is AV Preeminent Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell. He graduated from Texas Tech University in 1975 with his B.A. and received his J.D. from the Texas Tech School of Law in 1978.

Steve taught the Advanced Construction Law component in the Construction Science Department at Texas A&M University for two semesters and has also been a guest instructor numerous times in the Texas A&M University School of Engineering. He is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and has achieved membership in the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates. Committed to his peer community, he has served as president of the Brazos County Bar Association and has served on various committees of the State Bar of Texas. Presently, he serves on the State Bar Rules of Civil Procedure Committee and is appointed by the Texas Supreme Court to the Unauthorized Practice of Law investigations committee. Previous appointments include the Committee on Funding the Judiciary, Committee on Administration of Justice, and Grievance Committee where he served as chairman. He is a former director of the Texas Young Lawyers Association.

His litigation and appeals practice includes:
-Products liability
-Insurance defense in all matters
-Personal injury
-Oil and gas
-Construction disputes
-Probate litigation

His representative clients include Devon Energy, Inc., Chartis Insurance (formerly AIG), British Petroleum, Mid-Continent Insurance, Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. and The Bank & Trust of Bryan/College Station.

Representative results:

-Jury verdict for oil operator on negligence, DTPA and product liability claims against casing manufacturers after a downhole casing seperation leading to casing ejection. The jury awarded the oil operator all of its actual damages and three times the amount of attorney fees requested.

-Jury verdict for defense of one of world's largest public oil companies in the trial of a wrongful death claim.

-Jury verdict for homeowners in significant construction defect case against residential homebuilder.

-Significant appellate reversal and rendition in favor of defendant oil company after a plaintiff's jury verdict in complex oil and gas litigation.

-Defense judgment in favor of engineer in construction defect claim by property owners.

-Settlement in favor of homeowners' association to cover all costs or remediating and re-engineering a flooding problem caused by an adjacent subdivision development.

-Reimbursement of all defense attorney's fees on behalf of a "non-manufacturing seller" in a products liability case when the manufacturer refused to indemnify.

-Co-counsel for defendants in numerous class action cases in Central Texas including claims involving genetically altered seed, royalty owner disputes over payments for gas production and computer component defects.

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.
W. Stephen Rodgers

W. Stephen Rodgers is a director of the firm. Board Certified in Civil Trial Law-Texas Board of Legal Specialization, he is admitted to practice in Texas and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas. He is AV Preeminent Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell. He graduated from Texas Tech University in 1975 with his B.A. and received his J.D. from the Texas Tech School of Law in 1978.

Steve taught the Advanced Construction Law component in the Construction Science Department at Texas A&M University for two semesters and has also been a guest instructor numerous times in the Texas A&M University School of Engineering. He is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and has achieved membership in the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates. Committed to his peer community, he has served as president of the Brazos County Bar Association and has served on various committees of the State Bar of Texas. Presently, he serves on the State Bar Rules of Civil Procedure Committee and is appointed by the Texas Supreme Court to the Unauthorized Practice of Law investigations committee. Previous appointments include the Committee on Funding the Judiciary, Committee on Administration of Justice, and Grievance Committee where he served as chairman. He is a former director of the Texas Young Lawyers Association.

His litigation and appeals practice includes:
-Products liability
-Insurance defense in all matters
-Personal injury
-Oil and gas
-Construction disputes
-Probate litigation

His representative clients include Devon Energy, Inc., Chartis Insurance (formerly AIG), British Petroleum, Mid-Continent Insurance, Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. and The Bank & Trust of Bryan/College Station.

Representative results:

-Jury verdict for oil operator on negligence, DTPA and product liability claims against casing manufacturers after a downhole casing seperation leading to casing ejection. The jury awarded the oil operator all of its actual damages and three times the amount of attorney fees requested.

-Jury verdict for defense of one of world's largest public oil companies in the trial of a wrongful death claim.

-Jury verdict for homeowners in significant construction defect case against residential homebuilder.

-Significant appellate reversal and rendition in favor of defendant oil company after a plaintiff's jury verdict in complex oil and gas litigation.

-Defense judgment in favor of engineer in construction defect claim by property owners.

-Settlement in favor of homeowners' association to cover all costs or remediating and re-engineering a flooding problem caused by an adjacent subdivision development.

-Reimbursement of all defense attorney's fees on behalf of a "non-manufacturing seller" in a products liability case when the manufacturer refused to indemnify.

-Co-counsel for defendants in numerous class action cases in Central Texas including claims involving genetically altered seed, royalty owner disputes over payments for gas production and computer component defects.

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.
Jon Miller

Jon Miller is a director of the firm. Board Certified in Civil Trial Law-Texas Board of Legal Specialization, he is admitted to practice in Texas, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and in the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas. He is AV Preeminent Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell. He graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a B.A. in 1977 and received his J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law in 1981.

He is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and has achieved membership in the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates. He is also a member of several organizations, including the Brazos County Bar Association, and the State Bar of Texas sections on litigation, business litigation, construction law, consumer law, and taxation law.

He practices in the following areas:
-Real estate litigation
-Real estate broker litigation
-Tax appraisal litigation
-Trials and appeals
-Commercial litigation
-Personal injury litigation
-Banking litigation
-Construction litigation

His clients include Coldwell Banker United, Realtors, The Bank & Trust of Bryan/College Station, and the Brazos County Appraisal District.

Representative results:

-Jury verdict for electrical contractor sued by a bank. The bank alleged that electrical contractor conspired with another bank customer to defraud bank and to convert equipment and other property securing loans by bank.

-Jury verdict in defense of real estate broker in suit arising out of mold infestation of substantial home in Houston, Texas.

-Jury verdict in defense of physicians in suit by former physician employee alleging breach of contract and fraudulent inducement.

-Jury verdict in defense of real estate broker and agent in suit arising out of alleged toxic chemical contamination of a Texas city.

-Jury verdict in defense of attorney in legal malpractice suit arising out of real estate transaction.

-Jury verdict in defense of bank in suit by construction loan customer alleging funding irregularities.

-Jury verdict in defense of real estate broker and agent in suit arising out of residential subdivision built on site of oil and gas operations.

-Summary judgment affirmed on appeal in favor of Appraisal District in suit pertaining to exemption claim.

-Numerous summary judgments in suits against real estate agents and their broker arising out of residential property transactions.

-Summary judgment in favor of bank in suit by former customer. Judgment affirmed by Court of Appeals by successful assertion of alter ego defense.

-Summary judgment in favor of employer in Title VII claim, affirmed by United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.
Jon Miller

Jon Miller is a director of the firm. Board Certified in Civil Trial Law-Texas Board of Legal Specialization, he is admitted to practice in Texas, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and in the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas. He is AV Preeminent Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell. He graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a B.A. in 1977 and received his J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law in 1981.

He is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and has achieved membership in the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates. He is also a member of several organizations, including the Brazos County Bar Association, and the State Bar of Texas sections on litigation, business litigation, construction law, consumer law, and taxation law.

He practices in the following areas:
-Real estate litigation
-Real estate broker litigation
-Tax appraisal litigation
-Trials and appeals
-Commercial litigation
-Personal injury litigation
-Banking litigation
-Construction litigation

His clients include Coldwell Banker United, Realtors, The Bank & Trust of Bryan/College Station, and the Brazos County Appraisal District.

Representative results:

-Jury verdict for electrical contractor sued by a bank. The bank alleged that electrical contractor conspired with another bank customer to defraud bank and to convert equipment and other property securing loans by bank.

-Jury verdict in defense of real estate broker in suit arising out of mold infestation of substantial home in Houston, Texas.

-Jury verdict in defense of physicians in suit by former physician employee alleging breach of contract and fraudulent inducement.

-Jury verdict in defense of real estate broker and agent in suit arising out of alleged toxic chemical contamination of a Texas city.

-Jury verdict in defense of attorney in legal malpractice suit arising out of real estate transaction.

-Jury verdict in defense of bank in suit by construction loan customer alleging funding irregularities.

-Jury verdict in defense of real estate broker and agent in suit arising out of residential subdivision built on site of oil and gas operations.

-Summary judgment affirmed on appeal in favor of Appraisal District in suit pertaining to exemption claim.

-Numerous summary judgments in suits against real estate agents and their broker arising out of residential property transactions.

-Summary judgment in favor of bank in suit by former customer. Judgment affirmed by Court of Appeals by successful assertion of alter ego defense.

-Summary judgment in favor of employer in Title VII claim, affirmed by United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.
Marie Portales Rodriguez

Attorney: Marie Portales Rodriguez

Legal Assistant: Susan Hulsey-Pennington

Marie Portales Rodriguez is admitted to practice in Texas. She graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.A. in Journalism in 1998 and received her J.D. from South Texas College of Law in Houston in 2005. She has held a Texas State Bar certification as an attorney ad litem in guardianships since 2005, and has devoted a significant portion of her practice to representing applicants, interested parties and proposed wards in guardianship. She is a member of the Texas Guardianship Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Brazos County Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, and the State Bar of Texas Standing Committee of Paralegals.

Her areas of practice include:

-Guardianship
-Estate planning and probate
-Commercial litigation
-Collections
-Mechanic's lien
-Insurance defense
-Real estate broker defense
-Personal injury litigation

Outside of the law office, she donates her time to the Hispanic Forum of Bryan/College Station, the Junior League of Bryan/College Station, and the Texas Young Lawyer Association (TYLR), and is a board member at the Prenatal Clinic of Bryan/College Station.

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.
Marie Portales Rodriguez

Attorney: Marie Portales Rodriguez

Legal Assistant: Susan Hulsey-Pennington

Marie Portales Rodriguez is admitted to practice in Texas. She graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.A. in Journalism in 1998 and received her J.D. from South Texas College of Law in Houston in 2005. She has held a Texas State Bar certification as an attorney ad litem in guardianships since 2005, and has devoted a significant portion of her practice to representing applicants, interested parties and proposed wards in guardianship. She is a member of the Texas Guardianship Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Brazos County Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, and the State Bar of Texas Standing Committee of Paralegals.

Her areas of practice include:

-Guardianship
-Estate planning and probate
-Commercial litigation
-Collections
-Mechanic's lien
-Insurance defense
-Real estate broker defense
-Personal injury litigation

Outside of the law office, she donates her time to the Hispanic Forum of Bryan/College Station, the Junior League of Bryan/College Station, and the Texas Young Lawyer Association (TYLR), and is a board member at the Prenatal Clinic of Bryan/College Station.

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.
James B. Bond

James B. Bond is of counsel at Rodgers & Miller, P.C. He is admitted to practice in Texas, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. He graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in 1958. After serving his country as a captain in the United States Army, he attended law school and received his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 1968.

He served as vice chancellor, legal affairs and general counsel for Texas A&M for 21 years. He also served on the Texas Industrial Commission and College Station City Council. He is a member of the Brazos County Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas. He was a trustee for the Navasota Independent School District. His areas of practice include:

-Elder law
-Education law
-Mediation
-Real estate
-Probate
-Trust law
-Municipal law

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.
James B. Bond

James B. Bond is of counsel at Rodgers & Miller, P.C. He is admitted to practice in Texas, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. He graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in 1958. After serving his country as a captain in the United States Army, he attended law school and received his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 1968.

He served as vice chancellor, legal affairs and general counsel for Texas A&M for 21 years. He also served on the Texas Industrial Commission and College Station City Council. He is a member of the Brazos County Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas. He was a trustee for the Navasota Independent School District. His areas of practice include:

-Elder law
-Education law
-Mediation
-Real estate
-Probate
-Trust law
-Municipal law

Firm Overview

Rodgers & Miller, P.C. has served the business community for more than 30 years and continues to receive favorable recognition from clients who appreciate our attorneys' attention to quality, effectiveness, and efficiency. We utilize proactive methods to ensure the protection of our clients in business issues, insurance defense, banking law, construction disputes, and other legal concerns. Contact us to speak with an experienced Bryan-College Station, Texas lawyer. Our range of services includes:

-Business and commercial litigation including oil and gas, construction, products liability, banking and agricultural disputes
-Insurance and self-insured defense
-General litigation and contract disputes
-Professional liability including engineering, legal and dental
-Real estate and real estate broker litigation
-Tax appraisal litigation
-Guardianship, probate, and estate planning

The benefits of working with Rodgers & Miller, P.C.:
At Rodgers & Miller, you will have confidence knowing that your case is being managed by experienced counsel. Mr. Rodgers and Mr. Miller have each been Board Certified in Civil Trial Law-Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Many larger metropolitan law firms will boast experience but only provide an inexperienced associate to attend to your legal concerns. Our Texas law office assigns an experienced attorney-legal assistant team to each client to provide exceptional personal attention and representation.

Main Office

Main Office
4444 Carter Creek Parkway, Suite 208
Bryan, TX 77802

Phone

979-260-9911

Fax

979-846-7083

Business

Rodgers & Miller, P.C. is a prominent business law and commercial litigation law firm in the Bryan-College Station, Texas community.

Our lawyers offer more than 30 years of legal experience and Stephen Rodgers and Jon Miller have each been Board Certified in Civil Trial Law-Texas Board of Legal Specialization for more than 20 years. We offer extensive skills and are able to provide quality representation and personal attention that is often not available at large law firms. Contact us to discuss your commercial law needs.

Unfortunately, not all disputes or claims that arise within a business are covered under liability insurance. We have exceptional experience with litigation and other legal implications surrounding commercial establishments, such as:

Oil and gas lawWe are skilled at guiding clients through litigation involving the complex legal procedures involved in oil and gas transactions, including purchasing and utilizing land, drilling, pipelines and wells, and other mineral rights issues.

Banking defenseWe routinely work with banking clients in defending against claims for errors and omissions, customer complaints, garnishments, mistakes regarding interest rates, and other banking litigation.

Construction lawWe have extensive experience handling construction law concerns, such as litigation involving bond claims, construction defects, unmet expectations, and alleged poor quality. We regularly review contracts for construction industry clients as they prepare to start new projects.

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.
W. Stephen Rodgers

W. Stephen Rodgers is a director of the firm. Board Certified in Civil Trial Law-Texas Board of Legal Specialization, he is admitted to practice in Texas and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas. He is AV Preeminent Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell. He graduated from Texas Tech University in 1975 with his B.A. and received his J.D. from the Texas Tech School of Law in 1978.

Steve taught the Advanced Construction Law component in the Construction Science Department at Texas A&M University for two semesters and has also been a guest instructor numerous times in the Texas A&M University School of Engineering. He is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and has achieved membership in the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates. Committed to his peer community, he has served as president of the Brazos County Bar Association and has served on various committees of the State Bar of Texas. Presently, he serves on the State Bar Rules of Civil Procedure Committee and is appointed by the Texas Supreme Court to the Unauthorized Practice of Law investigations committee. Previous appointments include the Committee on Funding the Judiciary, Committee on Administration of Justice, and Grievance Committee where he served as chairman. He is a former director of the Texas Young Lawyers Association.

His litigation and appeals practice includes:
-Products liability
-Insurance defense in all matters
-Personal injury
-Oil and gas
-Construction disputes
-Probate litigation

His representative clients include Devon Energy, Inc., Chartis Insurance (formerly AIG), British Petroleum, Mid-Continent Insurance, Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. and The Bank & Trust of Bryan/College Station.

Representative results:

-Jury verdict for oil operator on negligence, DTPA and product liability claims against casing manufacturers after a downhole casing seperation leading to casing ejection. The jury awarded the oil operator all of its actual damages and three times the amount of attorney fees requested.

-Jury verdict for defense of one of world's largest public oil companies in the trial of a wrongful death claim.

-Jury verdict for homeowners in significant construction defect case against residential homebuilder.

-Significant appellate reversal and rendition in favor of defendant oil company after a plaintiff's jury verdict in complex oil and gas litigation.

-Defense judgment in favor of engineer in construction defect claim by property owners.

-Settlement in favor of homeowners' association to cover all costs or remediating and re-engineering a flooding problem caused by an adjacent subdivision development.

-Reimbursement of all defense attorney's fees on behalf of a "non-manufacturing seller" in a products liability case when the manufacturer refused to indemnify.

-Co-counsel for defendants in numerous class action cases in Central Texas including claims involving genetically altered seed, royalty owner disputes over payments for gas production and computer component defects.

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.
W. Stephen Rodgers

W. Stephen Rodgers is a director of the firm. Board Certified in Civil Trial Law-Texas Board of Legal Specialization, he is admitted to practice in Texas and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas. He is AV Preeminent Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell. He graduated from Texas Tech University in 1975 with his B.A. and received his J.D. from the Texas Tech School of Law in 1978.

Steve taught the Advanced Construction Law component in the Construction Science Department at Texas A&M University for two semesters and has also been a guest instructor numerous times in the Texas A&M University School of Engineering. He is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and has achieved membership in the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates. Committed to his peer community, he has served as president of the Brazos County Bar Association and has served on various committees of the State Bar of Texas. Presently, he serves on the State Bar Rules of Civil Procedure Committee and is appointed by the Texas Supreme Court to the Unauthorized Practice of Law investigations committee. Previous appointments include the Committee on Funding the Judiciary, Committee on Administration of Justice, and Grievance Committee where he served as chairman. He is a former director of the Texas Young Lawyers Association.

His litigation and appeals practice includes:
-Products liability
-Insurance defense in all matters
-Personal injury
-Oil and gas
-Construction disputes
-Probate litigation

His representative clients include Devon Energy, Inc., Chartis Insurance (formerly AIG), British Petroleum, Mid-Continent Insurance, Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. and The Bank & Trust of Bryan/College Station.

Representative results:

-Jury verdict for oil operator on negligence, DTPA and product liability claims against casing manufacturers after a downhole casing seperation leading to casing ejection. The jury awarded the oil operator all of its actual damages and three times the amount of attorney fees requested.

-Jury verdict for defense of one of world's largest public oil companies in the trial of a wrongful death claim.

-Jury verdict for homeowners in significant construction defect case against residential homebuilder.

-Significant appellate reversal and rendition in favor of defendant oil company after a plaintiff's jury verdict in complex oil and gas litigation.

-Defense judgment in favor of engineer in construction defect claim by property owners.

-Settlement in favor of homeowners' association to cover all costs or remediating and re-engineering a flooding problem caused by an adjacent subdivision development.

-Reimbursement of all defense attorney's fees on behalf of a "non-manufacturing seller" in a products liability case when the manufacturer refused to indemnify.

-Co-counsel for defendants in numerous class action cases in Central Texas including claims involving genetically altered seed, royalty owner disputes over payments for gas production and computer component defects.

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.
Jon Miller

Jon Miller is a director of the firm. Board Certified in Civil Trial Law-Texas Board of Legal Specialization, he is admitted to practice in Texas, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and in the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas. He is AV Preeminent Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell. He graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a B.A. in 1977 and received his J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law in 1981.

He is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and has achieved membership in the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates. He is also a member of several organizations, including the Brazos County Bar Association, and the State Bar of Texas sections on litigation, business litigation, construction law, consumer law, and taxation law.

He practices in the following areas:
-Real estate litigation
-Real estate broker litigation
-Tax appraisal litigation
-Trials and appeals
-Commercial litigation
-Personal injury litigation
-Banking litigation
-Construction litigation

His clients include Coldwell Banker United, Realtors, The Bank & Trust of Bryan/College Station, and the Brazos County Appraisal District.

Representative results:

-Jury verdict for electrical contractor sued by a bank. The bank alleged that electrical contractor conspired with another bank customer to defraud bank and to convert equipment and other property securing loans by bank.

-Jury verdict in defense of real estate broker in suit arising out of mold infestation of substantial home in Houston, Texas.

-Jury verdict in defense of physicians in suit by former physician employee alleging breach of contract and fraudulent inducement.

-Jury verdict in defense of real estate broker and agent in suit arising out of alleged toxic chemical contamination of a Texas city.

-Jury verdict in defense of attorney in legal malpractice suit arising out of real estate transaction.

-Jury verdict in defense of bank in suit by construction loan customer alleging funding irregularities.

-Jury verdict in defense of real estate broker and agent in suit arising out of residential subdivision built on site of oil and gas operations.

-Summary judgment affirmed on appeal in favor of Appraisal District in suit pertaining to exemption claim.

-Numerous summary judgments in suits against real estate agents and their broker arising out of residential property transactions.

-Summary judgment in favor of bank in suit by former customer. Judgment affirmed by Court of Appeals by successful assertion of alter ego defense.

-Summary judgment in favor of employer in Title VII claim, affirmed by United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.
Jon Miller

Jon Miller is a director of the firm. Board Certified in Civil Trial Law-Texas Board of Legal Specialization, he is admitted to practice in Texas, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and in the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas. He is AV Preeminent Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell. He graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a B.A. in 1977 and received his J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law in 1981.

He is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and has achieved membership in the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates. He is also a member of several organizations, including the Brazos County Bar Association, and the State Bar of Texas sections on litigation, business litigation, construction law, consumer law, and taxation law.

He practices in the following areas:
-Real estate litigation
-Real estate broker litigation
-Tax appraisal litigation
-Trials and appeals
-Commercial litigation
-Personal injury litigation
-Banking litigation
-Construction litigation

His clients include Coldwell Banker United, Realtors, The Bank & Trust of Bryan/College Station, and the Brazos County Appraisal District.

Representative results:

-Jury verdict for electrical contractor sued by a bank. The bank alleged that electrical contractor conspired with another bank customer to defraud bank and to convert equipment and other property securing loans by bank.

-Jury verdict in defense of real estate broker in suit arising out of mold infestation of substantial home in Houston, Texas.

-Jury verdict in defense of physicians in suit by former physician employee alleging breach of contract and fraudulent inducement.

-Jury verdict in defense of real estate broker and agent in suit arising out of alleged toxic chemical contamination of a Texas city.

-Jury verdict in defense of attorney in legal malpractice suit arising out of real estate transaction.

-Jury verdict in defense of bank in suit by construction loan customer alleging funding irregularities.

-Jury verdict in defense of real estate broker and agent in suit arising out of residential subdivision built on site of oil and gas operations.

-Summary judgment affirmed on appeal in favor of Appraisal District in suit pertaining to exemption claim.

-Numerous summary judgments in suits against real estate agents and their broker arising out of residential property transactions.

-Summary judgment in favor of bank in suit by former customer. Judgment affirmed by Court of Appeals by successful assertion of alter ego defense.

-Summary judgment in favor of employer in Title VII claim, affirmed by United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.
Marie Portales Rodriguez

Attorney: Marie Portales Rodriguez

Legal Assistant: Susan Hulsey-Pennington

Marie Portales Rodriguez is admitted to practice in Texas. She graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.A. in Journalism in 1998 and received her J.D. from South Texas College of Law in Houston in 2005. She has held a Texas State Bar certification as an attorney ad litem in guardianships since 2005, and has devoted a significant portion of her practice to representing applicants, interested parties and proposed wards in guardianship. She is a member of the Texas Guardianship Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Brazos County Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, and the State Bar of Texas Standing Committee of Paralegals.

Her areas of practice include:

-Guardianship
-Estate planning and probate
-Commercial litigation
-Collections
-Mechanic's lien
-Insurance defense
-Real estate broker defense
-Personal injury litigation

Outside of the law office, she donates her time to the Hispanic Forum of Bryan/College Station, the Junior League of Bryan/College Station, and the Texas Young Lawyer Association (TYLR), and is a board member at the Prenatal Clinic of Bryan/College Station.

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.
Marie Portales Rodriguez

Attorney: Marie Portales Rodriguez

Legal Assistant: Susan Hulsey-Pennington

Marie Portales Rodriguez is admitted to practice in Texas. She graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.A. in Journalism in 1998 and received her J.D. from South Texas College of Law in Houston in 2005. She has held a Texas State Bar certification as an attorney ad litem in guardianships since 2005, and has devoted a significant portion of her practice to representing applicants, interested parties and proposed wards in guardianship. She is a member of the Texas Guardianship Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Brazos County Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, and the State Bar of Texas Standing Committee of Paralegals.

Her areas of practice include:

-Guardianship
-Estate planning and probate
-Commercial litigation
-Collections
-Mechanic's lien
-Insurance defense
-Real estate broker defense
-Personal injury litigation

Outside of the law office, she donates her time to the Hispanic Forum of Bryan/College Station, the Junior League of Bryan/College Station, and the Texas Young Lawyer Association (TYLR), and is a board member at the Prenatal Clinic of Bryan/College Station.

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.
James B. Bond

James B. Bond is of counsel at Rodgers & Miller, P.C. He is admitted to practice in Texas, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. He graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in 1958. After serving his country as a captain in the United States Army, he attended law school and received his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 1968.

He served as vice chancellor, legal affairs and general counsel for Texas A&M for 21 years. He also served on the Texas Industrial Commission and College Station City Council. He is a member of the Brazos County Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas. He was a trustee for the Navasota Independent School District. His areas of practice include:

-Elder law
-Education law
-Mediation
-Real estate
-Probate
-Trust law
-Municipal law

Rodgers & Miller, P.C.
James B. Bond

James B. Bond is of counsel at Rodgers & Miller, P.C. He is admitted to practice in Texas, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. He graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in 1958. After serving his country as a captain in the United States Army, he attended law school and received his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 1968.

He served as vice chancellor, legal affairs and general counsel for Texas A&M for 21 years. He also served on the Texas Industrial Commission and College Station City Council. He is a member of the Brazos County Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas. He was a trustee for the Navasota Independent School District. His areas of practice include:

-Elder law
-Education law
-Mediation
-Real estate
-Probate
-Trust law
-Municipal law

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