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Kent Newsome

USA 2026

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP
 Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Real Estate

Texas

24 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Kent is Chair of the firm's Texas Real Estate Practice and Co-Managing Shareholder of the Houston office. He has more than 30 years of experience in commercial real estate, real estate development, health care acquisitions and development, financing transactions, and general business law.

Career

Chambers USA, 2003-2020.

Professional Memberships

Board Member: Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts; Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston. Adjunct Professor, University of Houston Law Center. Fellow: Houston Bar Association. Member: ABA; American College of Real Estate Lawyers; Houston Real Estate Lawyers' Council; State Bar of Texas.

Personal

JD, Vanderbilt University Law School, 1985; BA, Wake Forest University, 1982.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Real Estate - Texas

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Kent Newsome is chair of Greenberg Traurig's Texas real estate practice. He is highly sought after for his expert handling of acquisition and development matters associated with energy, education and mixed-use projects.

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Strengths

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  • Kent knows real estate backwards and forwards.

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  • Kent is an excellent lawyer with a great reputation.

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  • Kent is definitely one of the very top Texas real estate lawyers.

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