Your Dedicated Advocates For Single-Family and Commercial Association Law
Margaret R. Maddox
Margaret R. Maddox
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Practice Areas
- Property Owners Association Law
- Residential and Commercial Real Estate Law
- Corporate Law
- Litigation
Education
- University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas
- J.D. - 1999
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Dean’s Distinguished Academic Honors List
- Honors: Dean’s Best Brief Award – 1L Class
- Honors: Dean’s Best Brief Award – 1 L Section
- Texas A&M University
- B.B.A. - 1987
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Dean's List
- Honors: Recipient, Jones Foundation Scholarship
- Honors: Recipient, Hamman Foundation Scholarship
Honors
- Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell
- Houston’s Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2013 to present
Bar Admissions
- Supreme Court of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
Pro-Bono Activities
- Texas Community Association Advocates (TCAA), Bill Review Committee, Member
- Houston Bar Association, Teach for Texas Committee/Reading in Schools Program, Volunteer
- Freedom of Information Foundation, Pro Bono Attorney
- Texas A&M Century Club, Member
- Calvary Chapel Houston, Member
- Galveston Historical Society, Member
Professional Associations
- State Bar of Texas, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section, Member
- Houston Bar Association, Member
- Galveston County Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Texas Aggie Bar Association, Member
- Greater Houston Chapter of Community Associations Institute, Member
- First Amendment Institute, Graduate
Past Positions
- Young & Brooks – Municipal Utility District Attorney
- Enron – Corporate Tax Attorney
Classes & Seminars
- “Property Owners Association Law from a Manager’s Perspective” – Houston Community Management Services Corporate Office, Houston, TX, 09/26/2016
- “Association Rules and Governance” – PMG Seminar, Houston, TX, 09/28/2016
- “Condominium Association Law” – Community Association Institute Legal Seminar – Condo Law Panel speaker, Norris Conference Center, Houston, TX, 10/20/2016
- “Property Owners Association Governance for Boards Subject to the Texas Open Meetings Act and Texas Public Information Act” – Clear Lake City Community Association Seminar, Houston, TX, 06/15/2017
- “Property Owners Association Law for Coastal Communities” – West End Galveston Property Owners Association Presentation, Galveston Country Club, Galveston, TX, 08/19/2017
- “POA Law and Legislative Update” – Association Board Members Seminar, Village at Tuscan Lakes Ballroom, League City, TX, 02/28/2018
- "POA Collections, Deed Restriction Violations and Governance Issues for Board Members” – Association of Clear Lake City Communities Presentation, Houston TX, 06/13/2018
- “Amending Governing Documents and Dealing with Difficult Clients” – Crest Management Company Presentation, Houston, TX, 06/21/2018
- “The ABCs of DRVs” – Texas Bar CLE co-author of article for Advanced Property Owners Association Law Seminar – Texas Law Center, Austin, TX, 09/12/2018
- “Spring Board Member Training” – Inframark, Katy, TX, 04/04/2019
- “Deed Restriction Enforcement for Texas Property Owners Associations” – Real Manage Preferred Partner Guest Blogger, 10/15/2019
- “Navigating Through COVID-19 for POAs: Reopening Safely & Responsibly, Inframark Manager Seminar, Houston, TX, 05/07/2020
- “POA Splash Law: Private Pools and Fair Housing Act/ADA Considerations for Texas Property Owners Associations” – Texas Bar CLE Author and Speaker at the 31st Annual Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course, 08/13/2020
Professional Education
- July, 2007, NBI Author/Speaker, “Community Association Transition and Management”
- February, 2011, Houston Bar Association Co-Author/Speaker, “Community Association Law”
- April, 2011, Co-Author, “Community Association Law: Houston Has NO Zoning, but THOUSANDS of Deed Restrictions!”
- November, 2014, State Bar of Texas Faculty Member, “Handling Your First (or Next) HOA Assessment Lien Foreclosure for Condos or Subdivisions”
- November, 2014, State Bar of Texas Author, “Role of the Attorney in an HOA Foreclosure”
- 1998-Present, Various educational presentations on community association law for individual management companies and Greater Houston CAI
- September, 2018 to present,, State Bar of Texas Faculty Member, “Advanced Property Owners Association Law”
- September, 2018, State Bar of Texas Author/Speaker, “Amending POA Governing Documents”
- September, 2019, State Bar of Texas Author/Speaker, “Landmark Texas POA Cases”
- September, 2020, State Bar of Texas Author/Speaker, “Payment Dilemmas in POA Collection”
- September, 2021, State Bar of Texas Author/Speaker, “Committees and Task Forces”
- September, 2022, State Bar of Texas Author/Speaker, “Volunteer-Managed POAs”
Honor Fraternities
- Phi Delta Phi
- Beta Gamma Sigma
- Sigma Tau Delta