Practice Areas
- Property Owner Association Law
- Civil Trial
Certified Legal Specialties
- Property Owner Association Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Practice Areas
- Property Owner Association Law
- Civil Trial
Certified Legal Specialties
- Property Owner Association Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
About Chris
Chris is the Managing Attorney for the HOA Section at the Porter Law Firm and joined the firm in 2022. As a real estate and litigation attorney since 2012, Chris’ primary focus is residential and commercial property owner association law. His law practice has included representing hundreds of associations and real estate developers in Austin and the Greater Houston area. Chris was one of the first attorneys in Houston to be Board Certified in Property Owner Association Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Chris’ approach to property owner association law emphasizes communication and customer service that extends from the community’s manager and Board of Directors to the individual homeowners he interacts with on behalf of his clients. As your association attorney, you can feel confident that partnering with the Porter Law Firm, is putting your community first.
Chris’ dedication to the communities that he represents also allows him a lot of volunteer opportunities, ranging from trash clean up along the Houston bayous and volunteering at the Houston Marathon. As a volunteer, Chris also serves on the Board of Directors of the Community Associations Institute’s Greater Houston Chapter and was elected Board President in 2021. In 2022, Chris was elected Chairman of the organization’s statewide Legislative Action Committee, an organization dedicated to legislative advocacy and lobbying on behalf of the community association industry.
Bar Admissions
- Supreme Court of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- All courts in the State of Texas
Education
- South Texas College of Law Houston, Houston, Texas
- J.D. - 05/2012
- Texas A&M University
- B.S. - 2008
- Major: Economics
Honors
- Community Associations Institute Volunteer of the Year
- Texas Super Lawyers - Rising Star, 2016 - 2023
Professional Associations
- Community Associations Institute, Board Member, 2018 to Present
- State Bar of Texas, Member, 2012 to Present
Published Works
- "Manning the Barricades: Chaos and Mayhem in the POA" - Texas Bar CLE Panel Presentation at the Advanced Property Owner Assoc. Law Seminar, September 21, 2021
- “POA Assessment Foreclosure, Which and When: Judicial, Non-Judicial, and Expedited” – Texas Bar CLE co-author at the Advanced Property Owners Assoc. Law Seminar – Texas Law Center, Austin, TX, September 17, 2020
- “The ABC’s of DRV’s” – Texas Bar CLE co-author at the Advanced Property Owners Assoc. Law Seminar – Texas Law Center, Austin, TX, September 12, 2018
- “Extreme Problems and Extraordinary Remedies for POAs” – Texas Bar CLE lecture panel at the Advanced Property Owners Assoc. Law Seminar – Texas Law Center, Austin, TX, September 12, 2018
- “Introduction to HOA’s” – Alief Super Neighborhood Presentation – Alief Community Center, Alief, Texas, February 27, 2018
- “Board Leadership and Development Workshop” – Community Association’s Institute – Walden on Lake Conroe Yacht Club, Conroe, Texas, 2016 – 2020
- “Residential Governance: Property Owners Associations” – Community Association’s Institute – Memorial Super Neighborhood, December 14, 2015
Classes & Seminars
- Advanced POA Law Seminar, State Bar of Texas, 2020
- Advanced POA Law Seminar, State Bar of Texas, 2018
- Board Leadership Development Workshop, Community Associations Institute, 2015 - Present
Pro-Bono Activities
- Community Association Institute, Member
- Community Association Institute, Board of Directors, Chapter President, 2021
- Community Association Institute, Board of Directors, Chapter President-Elect, 2020
- Community Association Institute, Board of Directors, Chapter Treasurer, 2018 to 2020
- Community Association Institute, Community Outreach Committee, Chair, 2018 to 2020
- Texas Community Association Advocates, Houston Advisory Council, 2016 to Present
- Texas Legislative Action Committee, Chairman, 2022 to Present
Representative Cases
- Li Li v. Pemberton Park Community Association, No. 14-18-00319-CV, Tex. App. (Tex.App. Houston [14th Dist.], mem. op) (2020)
Past Positions
- Daughtry & Farine, P.C., Shareholder, 2013 to 2022
Languages
- English