Practice Areas:  general business and transactional law merger and acquisitions entity selection and formation business contracts employment agreements commercial  lease review and negotiation bank loan documentation

Experience:

2006 to present -- Partner with AshbyCrinion, LLP.

2002 to 2006 -- Shareholder in the Business Section of Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe and Dawson, PC where she also served on the Board of Directors.

1985 to 2002 – Shareholder with Calvin, Richardson, Verner, Armstrong & Camp, PC where she also served on the Board of Directors.

Professional Affiliations:

Corporate Counsel section of the Houston Bar Association.

Business Section of the State Bar of Texas.

Representative Engagements:

Negotiated and created an entity for the collaboration of four separate national trade associations to organize and host semi-annual expositions.

Represented local business in sale of all business assets where principal of seller remained as employee.

Negotiated independent contractor agreement on behalf of vendor to local quasi governmental entity.

Negotiated several Master Service Agreements on behalf of the service supplier.

 

Speaking Engagements:

“Doing Business in a Foreign Land” Houston CPA Society, August 2007; Champions Area Group of Houston CPA Society, December 2007.

“A Practical Guide to Due Diligence” Houston CPA Society, June 2007, June 2008.

“Breaking Down the Deal Process” Bay Area Group of Houston CPA Society, July 2007.

“Selecting the Right Entity for you” CEO Network Partners, Spring, 2006.

Marian Richardson has also appeared on Business Radio 650 as a guest business law contributor.

Community Service:

1994 to present:  Rotary Club of Houston as Secretary (twice), Sergeant at Arms and member of the Board of Directors.  Additionally, she served as chairperson of the Club’s Burnett Bayland Committee and continues to work with the young people at this juvenile detention center.

Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.

1987 to present:  Houston Marathon 19 years as a volunteer and the past 2 years as an active participant.

Education:

1981 -- University of Texas at Austin with BBA in Finance (cum laude).

1985 – University of Texas at Austin with a JD.

While in law school, she was selected to write for the Legal Research Board. She was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1985.

 

Marian Richardson may be contacted via phone at 713.739.1100 or email at mrichardson@ashbycrinion.com.