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Vernon E. Rew, Jr.
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Vernon Rew has 30 years of legal experience representing business clients in corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions transactions, and securities law compliance matters. Vernon has represented both public companies and privately held entities in a wide variety of industries. His mergers and acquisitions practice has included representation of both sellers and buyers in a large number of successfully completed transactions ranging in size from $5 million to $250 million. In his securities law compliance practice, he has counseled clients with SEC filings, tender offers, public offerings and going private transactions. Vernon is an experienced counselor and negotiator on behalf of his clients.
- J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1979
- B.A. with honors, University of Texas at Austin, 1976
- Named a Top Attorney in Corporate Finance / Mergers & Acquisitions by Fort Worth, Texas Magazine for 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009
- Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
- Fellow, Tarrant County Bar Foundation
- Martindale-Hubbell AV-rate
- American Bar Association, member of both the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee and the Federal Regulation of Securities Committee
- Texas Bar Association, member of the Securities Law Committee
- Tarrant County Bar Association, member of the Corporate Counsel Section
- Member of the Texas Business Law Foundation
- State Bar Section Newsletter, Corporate Counsel Section: SEC Guidance on the Use of Company Web Sites (State Bar of Texas, Spring 2009)
- Securities Law Techniques, Chapter 4: Securities Regulation of Sales of Oil and Gas Interests (LexisNexis Matthew Bender 2006)
- Current Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tech Fort Worth, a technology business incubator
- Current member of the Board of Directors and past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Amon G. Carter Downtown Fort Worth YMCA
- Past Chairman of the Board of Directors of Leadership Fort Worth
- Past Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kids Who Care of Fort Worth, a performing arts and leadership organization
- Elder and Trustee, First Presbyterian Church of Fort Worth
