Joseph O. Slovacek P.C. San Felipe Plaza Suite 2200 5847 San Felipe Houston, Texas 77057-3918

Joe Slovacek has been with the firm since his graduation from the University of Houston Law School in 1976. In his over thirty-four (34) years of practice, he has engaged in a general business practice encompassing real estate, corporate law and commercial litigation representing a variety of clients principally involved in all facets of real estate. A number of the clients he represents includes brokers, developers, owners, lenders and property managers of commercial, retail and industrial properties. He presently serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Public Affairs Chairman of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) and, since 1983, has been General Counsel of Houston Office Leasing Brokers Association, Inc. (HOLBA).

Current Employment Position(s):

Principal

Year Joined Organization:

1976

Areas of Practice:

Business & Commercial Law

Litigation & Appeals

Real Estate Law

Lending & Secured Transactions

Mortgages & Foreclosures

Bar Admissions:

Texas, 1976

U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1976

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1978

U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981

U.S. Supreme Court, 1983

Education:

University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1976
Doctor of Jurisprudence

University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 1972
B.B.A., Bachelor of Business Administration

Honors and Awards:

Texas Super Lawyer, 2008-2010

Texas Bar Foundation, Life-Fellow

"AV" Rated - Martindale-Hubbell Attorney

Deer Park Independent School District Educational Foundation "Felton F. Waggoner Hall of Honor" Inductee , 2001 - 2002

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Hoover Slovacek LLP

Executive Committee, Member, Chairman, 1984 - Present

Houston Bar Association (1996, 1997, 1998)

Member, Real Estate Section, Board of Directors

Houston Building Owners and Managers Association, Inc. (BOMA), 1987 - Present

Member

Houston Office Leasing Broker's Association (HOLBA), 1983 - Present

General Counsel

Harris County - Houston Sports Authority, 2005 - Present

Board Member

Houston Realty Business Coalition (HRBC)

Trustee

PAC, 2001 - Present

Treasurer

Past Employment Positions:

Licensed Real Estate Broker, State Of Texas, 1972-Present

Pro Bono Activities:

- Bunker Hill Village City Council, 1997 - 1999

Member, Position 4

- Memorial Village Police Department (includes cities of Bunker Hill Village, Piney Point and Hunters Creek Village, 1997 - 1999

Deputy Commissioner representing Bunker Hill Village, 1997 - 1999

- "C" Club, Political Action Committee, 1994

President

- "C" Club, Political Action Committee, 1996 - Present

Treasurer

- Deer Park Educational Foundation

Charter Member

- Incarnate Word Academy, Private Girls Catholic Academy Founded in 1872

Member, Board of Directors

- Lakeside Country Club

Member

- Limbs of Love, Inc., 1983 - 1998

Member, Board of Directors

- National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), 1994 - Present

Member, Board of Directors

- National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), 1996 - 1998

Chairman, Public Affairs Committee

- State Bar Grievance Committee (6 years)

Member

- Chapelwood United Methodist Church, 1976 - Present

Member

- Chapelwood United Methodish Chruch (MYF), 1976 - 1980

Methodist Youth Counselor

- Chapewood United Methodist Church

Member, Administration Board

- Chapelwood United methodist Church, 1993 - 1994

Charge Lay Leader

- Chapelwood United Methodist Church, 1994 - 1995

Vice-Chairman, Administrative Board

- Chapelwood Methodist Church, 1995 - 1996

Chairmain, Administration Board

- The Chapewood Foundation

Member, Board of Directors

- The Houstonian

Member

- Coached various boys and girls basketball, baseball and softball teams since 1984, including West Houston Christian

League, Chapelwood United Methodist Church 3rd Grade Girls Softball Team (1997), 4th Grade Girls Softball Team (1998) and

5th Grade Girls Softball Team (1999)

- Incarnate Word Academy, 2001 - Present

Member, Advisory Board