Terry H. Sears

Terry H. Sears is the Managing Partner of Sears, Bennett & Gerdes, LLP. He earned his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center in 1993 and served as an adjunct professor there, teaching legal negotiations from 1993 to 2000.

Since beginning his legal career in 1993, Mr. Sears has concentrated his practice on representing community associations. In 2000, he founded his own law firm, which now provides comprehensive legal services in community association law, residential and commercial real estate, civil litigation, and business planning and governance.

Today, Mr. Sears serves as legal counsel to a wide range of community associations across Texas—including single-family residential subdivisions, townhome communities, condominiums, commercial associations, and master-planned developments.

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