Virtually all of the firm's practice areas are active in Houston, with more than 380 lawyers serving the corporate and civil law needs of our clients.  Core areas of practice offered by our Houston lawyers include:

Business Transactions
Our business and transactional lawyers facilitate domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, public and privatization finance, and real estate and energy finance transactions, and provide regulatory and antitrust counseling.

Litigation
Lawyers practice all areas of civil litigation in state and federal courts throughout the country.

Environmental
V&E; offers a full-service environmental practice, supporting transactions, regulation, litigation, policy and legislation.

Public Finance
V&E; is a leader in the development and implementation of financing techniques and structures for state and local governments and certain non-profit institutions.

Employment/Labor
We represent employers in all aspects of employment and labor law, including dispute resolution (litigation, arbitration, mediation), government regulation (EEOC, OFCCP, OSHA, DOL, NLRB), and management/labor issues.

Corporate and Securities
V&E; corporate and securities lawyers advise and represent clients in public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, regulatory compliance and all aspects of corporate finance.

Tax
Our tax practice encompasses all issues arising from complex domestic and international business transactions, tax litigation, employee benefits and executive compensation, and personal and estate tax counseling.

Intellectual Property
Engaging in all major components of intellectual property practice, we help protect our clients’ most valuable intellectual assets via litigation, transactions and prosecution.

Real Estate
Our practice covers the full range of legal issues relating to the modern real estate industry.

Healthcare
The health industry group at V&E; advises all types of health care providers on a wide range of issues, including mergers and acquisitions of health care facilities, managed care contracting, state and federal legislation and regulations, Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement, False Claims Act and fraud and abuse compliance issues.

Appellate
Appellate lawyers handle all levels of appeals for cases tried by V&E; litigators or by other firms, and provide invaluable advice on error preservation in the trial court.

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Did You Know 
The dynamic atmosphere of our Houston office is enhanced by the 4500-square foot Training Center, appointed with a formal courtroom, multiple classrooms and conference rooms, and state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment.  We use this venue for many purposes, including client seminars, mock trials and jury simulations, attorney training sessions, and CLE programs.  All events may be interactively and simultaneously broadcast to our other offices.

V&E; is located in First City Tower, in the southeastern quadrant of downtown Houston, near the George R. Brown Convention Center, the Four Seasons Hotel, and the Toyota Center, home of the Houston Rockets (NBA).  Houston's world class Theater District—housing the Houston Grand Opera, Houston Ballet, Houston Symphony and the Tony Award-winning Alley Theater—is close by, as is Minute Maid Park, fielded by the Houston Astros (MLB).  Our location provides easy access to local attractions such as Rothko Chapel, the Houston Zoo, Bayou Bend, and the acclaimed museum district—boasting the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Museum of Natural Science, the Contemporary Arts Museum, the recently-opened Holocaust Museum, the Menil Collection and the Cy Twombley Museum.