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Education & Training:
University of Texas Law School, J.D. (1981)
- Editor, TEXAS INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL
University of Texas, B.A. summa cum laude (1978)
Areas of Concentration:
Business and Entity Formation
Business and Real Estate Transactions
Corporate, Partnership, and Commercial Law
Employment Law Matters
Contract Negotiations and Drafting
Intellectual Property
International Transactions
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Bar Admissions:
State Bar of Texas (1981)
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Biography:
Mr. Sonsino represents businesses of all shapes and sizes, from the budding entrepreneur needing to set up an entity for his or her business, to well-established companies with millions of dollars in revenue. He has over 25 years experience representing businesses in the following practice areas: contract negotiation, drafting and review; corporate and partnership operations and transactions; asset and stock sales and purchases; commercial and financing transactions; commercial collections; real estate transactions; employment law matters; international transactions; trademark and copyright issues; and general business planning and entity formation.
Mr. Sonsino's clients, encompassing a broad range of industries, include manufacturing concerns, health care providers, personal service companies, telecommunications providers, retailers, and internet-based concerns. Mr. Sonsino often serves as outside general counsel for his clients, providing all of the services in-house counsel would provide without the ongoing expense burden.
He began his law career in 1981 in the oil and gas industry as in-house counsel for Tesoro Petroleum, based in San Antonio, and then for the Southwest Division of Tenneco Oil Company, also in San Antonio. After a stint with the downtown law firm of McCamish, Ingram, Martin & Brown, Mr. Sonsino established his own law practice in 1987 and practiced on his own and then with this wife, Kerry until 2007, when he merged his practice with Pulman, Cappuccio, Pullen & Benson, LLP.
In addition to a traditional law career, Mr. Sonsino has also been involved in the business sector, having established or participated in a number of ventures, including an asphalt manufacturing and distribution company, an automated test equipment company (focusing on the aviation industry), and a signage company. In 2000, Mr. Sonsino founded, and served as General Counsel, Chief Operating Officer, and Vice President of Administration, for Kintera, Inc. (NASDAQ: KNTA), a leading provider of software as a service to the nonprofit industry, until the company relocated to San Diego, California.
Mr. Sonsino was born in Alexandria, Egypt, and enjoys meeting and representing people from all walks of life and from all types of cultures. Having been raised in a home where French was spoken, Mr. Sonsino has an affinity for foreign languages and speaks Hebrew, French, Spanish, and Italian with varying degrees of proficiency. He has served over the years on various boards and committees of civic and religious organizations, including the Jewish Federation of San Antonio, the Eleanor Kolitz Academy, San Antonio Little Theatre, the Jewish Campus of San Antonio, and others. He received the President's Award from the Jewish Federation of San Antonio in 2006.
In 2006, Mr. Sonsino was voted by his peers to "San Antonio's Best Lawyer's List," Scene in SA Monthly, August issue.
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