About Greer, Herz & Adams
Formed over eighty years ago on Galveston Island, Greer, Herz & Adams, L.L.P. has grown from a three lawyer practice in insurance law to a thirty-three lawyer full-service law firm with offices located in Galveston and the Bay Area/Houston.
Originally focusing only on insurance law and real estate, GHA now provides a diverse range of services reaching in scope from sophisticated civil trial and appellate practice for both plaintiffs and defendants to complex corporate, lending and development transactions.
GHA’s primary practice areas include:
- Insurance Law
- Litigation & Appellate Law
- Corporate Transactions, Securities & Bankruptcy
- Commercial & Residential Real Estate Law
- Foundations & Non-Profit Corporations
- Probate, Wills & Estates
- Computer & Technology
GHA’s clients, which include insurance companies, investment advisors, charitable foundations, real estate developers and banks rely on the firm’s representation in courts, regulatory agencies and diverse matters throughout the country.
GHA’s lawyers are assisted in their representation of clients by a well-trained professional support staff, including paralegals, professional legal secretaries and support personnel. In addition, lawyers and staff utilize a variety of emerging technologies to provide efficient communications and customer service.
GHA’s professionalism and expertise has resulted in the firm being named General Counsel by a number of its clients, including:
American National Insurance Company, the largest life insurance company domiciled in the State of Texas with more than $18,000,000,000 in assets
The Moody Foundation, one of the three largest charitable foundations in Texas with assets exceeding $700,000,000
Moody Gardens, Inc, named annually as one of Texas’ top ten tourist attractions and the number two tourist attraction in the Galveston- Houston area---a 242 acre educational and recreational facility featuring Texas’ largest IMAX 3D theater, the 4D Special FX Theater in the Visitors Center, a tropical rainforest pyramid, a 1.5 million gallon aquarium exhibiting creatures from the Caribbean, the South Pacific, the North Atlantic and the South Atlantic, a 428 room hotel and convention center, a magnificent 18 hole tropical golf course, and the Discovery Museum which houses traveling exhibits and a 2D ride film motion simulator as well as Palm Beach.
The Moody National Bank
Transitional Learning Community at Galveston, one of the world’s leading medical facilities providing treatment and research in the field of brain injury rehabilitation.
Other representative clients include:
- Kempner Capital Management, Inc.
- Frost National Bank
- National Western Life Insurance Company
- American National Property and Casualty Company
- Farm Family Life Insurance Company
- Galveston Historical Foundation
- Robert L. Moody Interests
- Security Management & Research, Inc.
Greer, Herz & Adams is proud of the counsel/representation the firm has provided its many clients for almost 80 years. The firm’s strength and professional reputation are evidence of the superior representation provided to every client.