Terry H. Sears

Terry H. Sears, Managing Partner of Sears, Bennett, & Gerdes, LLP, earned his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center in 1993 and served as adjunct professor teaching legal negotiations from 1993 to 2000. For the last 26 years, Mr. Sears’ practice of law has focused on representation of community associations. In 2000, Mr. Sears opened his own firm which practices community associations law, residential and commercial real estate law, civil litigation, and business planning and governances. Currently, Mr. Sears represents a large number of community associations of all types, including: single-family residential subdivisions, townhomes, condominiums, commercial associations, and master-planned communities throughout Texas.

PRACTICE AREAS

Community Association Law
Real Estate Law – Residential and Commercial
Business Law

EDUCATION

J.D., University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1993
B.S., Cum Laude, Univeristy of Houston, Texas, 1989

BAR ADMISSIONS

State Bar of Texas, 1993
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 2005

AFFILIATIONS

Fellow, Houston Bar Association
Member, Fort Bend County Bar Association
The Albertus Magnus Society
The University of Houston In Tempore Legacy Society 

PRO BONO ACTIVITIES

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Board Member
Fort Bend Christian Academy, Board Member, 2008-2014
Served as Court-Appointed Attorney for Criminal Cases, Fort Bend County, Texas