McLeod, Alexander, Powel & Apffel was established in 1965 and offers a wide range of legal services to its clients. The firm s practice areas include admiralty and maritime business transactions, elder law, environmental regulatory practices and cost recovery, and property tax and appraisal. It also offers various services in estate planning and probate family law, will contests and interpretation actions, contested guardianship proceedings and fiduciary litigation. The firm s clients include BP America, BNSF Railway Company, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Union Pacific Railroad Company and University of Texas System. McLeod, Alexander, Powel & Apffel s other practice areas include general and civil law, human resources and employment, intellectual property medical malpractice, and property tax and appraisal public law. It additionally provides various legal services in real estate covering issues, such as sales and acquisitions, leasing, financing and construction. McLeod, Alexander, Powel & Apffel is located in Galveston, Texas.
Mills Shirley, L.L.P., is the oldest continuous law firm in the State of Texas. Established in the 1840s when Galveston was the largest city in the state, the firm has always been an integral part of Texas history and the Gulf Coast community.From the beginning, attorneys of the firm have set legal precedents and community service examples that have shaped the future of Galveston and the entire state. The firm has successfully confronted the challenges that come with change, from the earliest days of Texas statehood and the founding of Galveston, through disasters such as the Great Storm of 1900 and the Texas City Railway explosion in 1947, to the economic redevelopment of the island today.
