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About Kemp Smith
Founded in 1866, Kemp Smith is the second oldest law firm in Texas. It is the largest law firm in El Paso and the only El Paso firm with offices in Austin.
The firm boasts 12 partners who have been named Texas Super Lawyers or Best Lawyers in America, more than any other firm in El Paso. These attorneys practice in Business (Allan Goldfarb, Gene Wolf), Environmental(Drew Miller), Labor & Employment (C.B. Burns, Charles High, Mike McQueen) Legislative Advocacy (Tom Forbes), Litigation (Richard Bonner, Milton Colia, Jim Curtis), and Real Estate (Chris Paul). Two partners were also named in Texas Lawyer’s Go-To Guide as Top Notch attorneys in Immigration and Labor & Employment.
Jim Curtis and Milton Colia are the only two El Paso lawyers who are fellows in the American College of Trial Lawyers.
The firm is renowned for its participation in the State Bars of Texas and New Mexico, and in the El Paso Bar Association. Kemp Smith lawyers are dedicated to ensuring the delivery of prompt, world-class personal service and advice. The firm is fully staffed to address a wide range of legal needs, including
Corporate, Tax and Real Estate
Litigation and Appellate
Labor and Employment
Immigration, Customs and International
Environmental and Administrative
Regulatory and Legislative Advocacy
Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights
Intellectual Property
Health Care
Estate Planning
Kemp Smith is the Texas member of State Law Resources, Inc., a national network of independent law firms -- one from each state and the District of Columbia -- selected for their experience in administrative, regulatory and government relations at the state and federal level. The SLR network helps businesses, trade associations and public policy coalitions navigate the complex and time-consuming process of managing both legal issues and state government relations.  Community and Professional Involvement
To us, being part of a community means giving back. Kemp Smith attorneys are actively engaged with dozens of organizations to improve the quality of life in our communities and to promote professional development.
Click here for a complete list of our community involvement efforts. History
Kemp Smith is the second oldest law firm in Texas. It was founded in 1866 in Bryan, Texas, when Major Bennett Hillsman Davis and Captain Thomas Jeremiah Beall formed the law firm of Davis & Beall.
Major Davis came to Texas from Tennessee in 1854 and served in the Confederate Army with Terry’s Texas Rangers, winning his battlefield commission at Shiloh. He was a friend of Sam Houston, a member of the first Texas Democratic Convention in 1857, and served on the Texas Constitutional Commission in 1875.
Captain Beall moved to Texas from Georgia in 1850. He joined the Confederate Army in 1861, organized the Marshall Confederate Company and served under General Robert E. Lee.
Judge Wyndham Kemp came to Texas from Virginia in 1870 and in 1874 joined Davis and Beall. The firm name was changed to Davis, Beall & Kemp.
Major Davis and Captain Beall moved to El Paso in 1881 to represent Southern Pacific Company which began operations in El Paso that year. The firm represented Southern Pacific for more than 100 years. Major Davis died in 1897. Captain Beall practiced until his retirement in 1914.
Maury Kemp, son of Judge Kemp who died in 1909, joined the firm in 1902, practicing until his death in 1954. Eugene R. Smith, from La Grange, Georgia, joined the firm in 1924, and the firm name was changed to Kemp, Nagle & Smith in 1933. Wyndham Kemp White, grandson of Judge Kemp and nephew of Maury Kemp, joined the firm in 1935, practicing until his retirement in the mid1970’s. Tad Smith, son of Eugene, joined the firm in 1951 and practiced until his retirement in 1999. Members of the Kemp and Smith families were in the firm for over 125 years.
In 1996, Kemp Smith opened offices in Austin to address regional needs in environmental and water law, and in legislative and regulatory advocacy. Today Kemp Smith is the largest law firm in El Paso, with the Austin offices just steps from the State Capitol.
Kemp Smith attorneys carry on the tradition of ensuring the prompt delivery of world class service and advice.
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