Attorney Profiles

Linda J. Braga
Dallas, Texas

Of Counsel
phone	(214) 691-1776 (Ext. 221) (214) 373-2580
fax	(214) 373-6810 (214) 373-2597
email	Email Me

Areas of Practice:: Lending & Secured Transactions; Loan Workouts; Mortgages & Foreclosures; Commercial Leasing; Contracts; Joint Ventures; Secured Transactions; Transactions; Warranties; Closely Held Businesses; Corporate Governance; Formation & Business Planning; Limited Liability Companies; Partnerships; Electric Power; Minerals & Mining; Oil & Gas; Public Utilities; Living Wills; Powers of Attorney and Appointment; Trusts; Wills; Estate Administration; Commercial Real Estate; Condominiums & Cooperatives; Conveyancing; Land Use & Zoning; Landlord/Tenant; Residential Real Estate; Title Insurance

Bar Admissions:: Texas, 1978; New York, 1989; U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1979; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1981

Education:: State University of New York, Buffalo School of Law, Buffalo, New York
J.D.
Honors: Erie County Trial Lawyers Assoc.'s Trial Practice Award of Excellence, 1977; State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
B.A.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Major: English and Political Science

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Garland Plan Commission, 1987 - 1989; Commissioner; Garland Plan Commission, 1989; Chairman; Garland Utility Advisory Board , 1989 - 1991; Vice-Chairman; Garland City Council, 1991 - 1993; City Council Member (Dist.4); Garland Chamber of Commerce, 1989 - 1997; Director; Garland Chamber of Commerce, 1993; Chairman of the Board; Texas Municipal Power Agency, Board of Directors, 1997 - 1998; President; Texas Municipal Power Agency Board of Directors, 1992 - 1998; Director

Past Employment Positions:: Southwest Land Title Company, Title Attorney, 1977 - 1978; Green, Gilmore, Rothplez & Hyden, Associate/Partner/Managing Partner, 1979 - 1986; Linda J. Braga, APLC, President, 1986 - 2007; Chicago Title Insurance Company, Fee Attorney, 1993 - 2007

Fraternities/Sororities:: Phi Beta Kappa

The lawyers of Bennett, Weston & LaJone, PC, are pleased to serve the Dallas/Fort Worth communities, including the counties of Collin, Denton, Dallas, and Tarrant; and the cities of Arlington, Plano, Carrollton, Dallas, Fort Worth, Irving, Las Colinas, Frisco, Lewisville, Garland, Addison, Richardson, Farmers Branch, Coppell, Flower Mound, Denton, Grapevine, and Southlake.