Attorney Profile

Mr. Elias V. Lorenzana Jr.

Austin, Texas and surrounding counties
Phone: (512) 338-0529
Fax: (512) 338-6005
email: Please use the contact form

Areas of Practice:

• Administrative Law
• Banking & Finance
• Bankruptcy
• Business Law & Litigation
• Child Custody
• Collection
• Condemnation & Inverse Condemnation Litigation
• Contracts & Contract Litigation
• Corporate & Commercial Law
• Creditor Rights & Litigation
• Divorce Law
• Elder Law
• Energy
• Estate Planning
• Family Law
• Financing Transactions
• Government Law
• Health Care Law & Litigation
• Insurance Defense
• Internet Law & Litigation
• Military Law & Representation
• Pension Plan Review & Retirement Plan Legal Review
• Probate Matters
• Real Estate & Real Property Litigation
• Representation of Landowners
• State & Federal Regulatory Issues
• State & Local Tax Representation
• Tax Planning & Tax Litigation
• Transactional
• Mergers & Acquisitions

Certification/Specialties:

• Public Accountants, American Institute, Texas Society of CPAs, 1993

Bar Admissions:

• Texas, 1995
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 2007
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1996
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Texas, 2004
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Tax Court, 2000

Education:

• St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, May, 1995
  J.D.
  Honors: Mock Trial/Moot Court

• The University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, December, 1989
  B.B.A.
  Major: Accounting

• Ateneo De Davao University, Davao City, Davao, Philippines, June, 1985
  Associates in Computer Programming
  Honors: Outstanding Performance Certificate

Published Works:

• Texas Corporate Franchise Tax - The Applicability of Officer and Director Compensation Addback in Determining Net Taxable Earned Surplus, Vol. 30, No. 3 The Texas Tax Lawyer, May, 2003

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• Texas Franchise Tax Update, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, June 9, 2004

Honors and Awards:

• Who's Who Among American Law Students, 1993
• Marquis Who's Who in Finance & Industry, 1993
• Outstanding College Students of America, 1989

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Austin Asian American Bar Association
  Council Member
• Austin Bar Association
  Board Member
• Austin Filipino American Association
  General Counsel
• New Life UPC Church of Austin
  Board Member
• The Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Inc. (TADC), 2006
  Member
• College of the State Bar of Texas, 2000 - 2002
• Texas Asian Chamber of Commerce, 2005 - 2006
  Board Member
• Federal Bar Association
  Former Member
• Austin Young Lawyers Association
• Texas State Board of Public Accountancy, 1992 - 1999
• San Antonio Chapter, CPA's, 1993 - 1994
  Committee on Colleges & Universities
• State Bar of Texas, Tax Section
  Member
• Past Employment Positions:
  Texas Attorney General's Office, Assistant Attorney General
• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Tax Hearings Division, Assistant General Counsel
• United States Army, Judge Advocate General's Corps, Captain

Pro Bono Activities:

• Texas Bar Pro Bono College, 2004 - 2007