Terry Kernell - Lawyer in Houston, TX

Withnearly 30 years of experience, Terry D. Kernell assists clients in complexcommercial litigation, although he often lends his experience and expertise inprobate litigation and personal injury matters. Mr. Kernell has handled casesin federal and state courts as well as domestic and international arbitrations.His experience includes business contracts and torts, trade secrets, antitrust,and qui tam claims under the federal False Claims Act. He has servedas lead counsel for individuals and businesses on both sides of the aisle in awide variety of cases in industries such as health care, energy, banking andfinance, entertainment, and commercial and residential real estate andconstruction. In fact, there are very few industries Mr. Kernell hasnt dealtwith in some shape or form.

Ineach case he handles, Mr. Kernells goal is always the same: further hisclients interests by finding creative and practical solutions. His approachhas resulted a high level of success. This success doesnt always come easy.

Thosewho have worked with Mr. Kernell have come to depend on his unwaveringlyzealous advocacy for their positions and expect him to always give theunvarnished truth, whatever that may be. This is an indispensable part of hisjob and helps to solve his clients issues as efficiently and expeditiously aspossible. He has always believed that the best decisions are made after thehardest conversations.

Mr.Kernell received his law degree from Baylor Law School, graduating second inhis class. From there, he practiced at Mayer Brown in Houston for 16 years.After working with Rusty Hardin for three years, he cofounded the CommercialLitigation and Employment Law boutique of Hoover Kernell in 2010. There, hecontinued representing and counseling businesses, business owners, andindividuals in complex commercial litigation matters. He returned to RustyHardin Associates in 2017, where he now serves as managing partner.