Stephen Howell’s practice focuses on aviation litigation, products liability and personal injury litigation. As an expert in aviation litigation, Mr. Howell has represented clients all over the country in federal and state court. Mr. Howell is also a certified mediator and a member of the Defense Research Institute.

Aviation
Personal Injury, Wrongful Death
Commercial Litigation

showell@canteyhanger.com

817-877-2832
817-877-2807

600 West 6th Street, Suite 300
Fort Worth, Texas 76102

State Bar of Texas, 1975

Honored as a Texas Super Lawyer, by Thomson Rueters, 2006-Present
Top Attorney, by Fort Worth Texas Magazine

University of Texas, J.D., 1975
Texas Christian University, B.A., History, 1972

Kate is a member of the firm’s litigation section where she focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation.  Her broad experience covers litigation and appeals involving general business disputes, contract disputes, fiduciary litigation, covenants not to compete, fraud, and construction disputes in federal and states courts.  Prior to joining Cantey Hanger, Kate was a law clerk to the Honorable John H. McBryde of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Commercial Litigation
Health Law
Internal and Independent Investigations
Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, J.D., 2017, cum laude
Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas, B.B.M., 2013, magna cum laude
khancock@canteyhanger.com
(817) 877-2842
(817) 877-2807
600 West 6th Street, Suite 300
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Kate is a member of the firm’s litigation section where she focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation.  Her broad experience covers litigation and appeals involving general business disputes, contract disputes, fiduciary litigation, covenants not to compete, fraud, and construction disputes in federal and states courts.  Prior to joining Cantey Hanger, Kate was a law clerk to the Honorable John H. McBryde of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
State Bar of Texas
Tarrant County Bar Association
Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association

Allan Howeth has represented clients in estate planning, probate, estate, gift and income tax practice since joining Cantey Hanger in 1963.
Mr. Howeth served as Managing Partner of the firm for twenty years, first serving as an interim Managing Partner, then as the elected Managing Partner from 1985 to 2004.

Estate Planning
Tax
Trusts & Estates
SMU School of Law (J.D., 1963, cum laude)
Texas Christian University (B.A., 1960)
Texas Tech University
thoweth@canteyhanger.com
(817) 877-2844
(817) 877-2807
600 W. 6th St., Suite 300
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Mr. Howeth is the former managing partner of the firm and is a former section head of the Taxation, Trust and Estates, Small Business Organizations Group in the Fort Worth office. A native of Fort Worth, Mr. Howeth joined Cantey Hanger in 1963, after receiving his law degree from Southern Methodist University that year. As an undergraduate, he first attended Texas Tech University, and then transferred to Texas Christian University, earning his B.A. in 1960.

His legal expertise includes individual and business tax planning, purchase and sale of business organizations, estate planning, probate and trust related matters.
Licensed to practice, all courts in State of Texas, U. S, District Court N.D. Texas; U. S. Tax Court; U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Past Director, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Past President & Board Member, Texas Academy of Probate and Trust Lawyers
Past Director, State Bar of Texas
Past Chairman, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section, State Bar of Texas
Past President, Tarrant County Bar Association
Past President, Fort Worth-Tarrant County Junior Bar Association
Member, Tarrant County Bar Foundation
Best Lawyers in America recognition by Woodward/White, Inc. 2014, 2019, 2020
Recognized as a “Super Lawyer”, by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters rating service, 2003 – 2015
Former Chairman, Estate and Gift Tax Committee (Legislative), Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, American Bar Association
Recognized as a “Texas Super Lawyer” in Estate Planning and Probate by Texas Monthly Magazine in the special September/October issue, 2018-2021
Recognized in Fort Worth Inc. Magazine for being a “Top Attorney” for 2018
How to Avoid Probate: An Answer from Texas, Texas Bar Journal (1966).
Chapter Author, The Impact of the TRA 2010 on Estate Planners and Their Clients, Inside the Minds: Estate Planning Client Strategies (2012 ed.)
Chapter Author, How to Live and Die with Texas Probate, Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section, State Bar of Texas.
Numerous Continuing Legal Education presentations with State Bar of Texas. Southwestern Legal Foundation, and American Bar Association.

Mr. Herman is a graduate of St. Mary’s University School of Law, J.D. 1971. He was a founder and associate editor of The St. Mary’s Law Journal. Post-graduate studies include work on an LLM at George Washington School of Law in Washington, DC. Upon graduation from law school, he worked in Washington, D.C. in the Office of General Counsel Federal Communications Commission, from 1970-1972, during the tenuous times of the Watergate scandal. He was first licensed to practice law in Texas in 1971.

Business Law
Energy
Estate Planning
Trusts & Estates
B.A., The University of Texas, Austin, Texas
J.D., St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, TX
The George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC, Post Graduate Work
mherman@canteyhanger.com
(817) 877-2841
(817) 877-2807
600 W. 6th St., Suite 300
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Fort Worth native and veteran attorney, Mr. Herman’s practice is centered in real estate law, business and commercial transactions, probate estate administration, and commercial law.

His undergraduate degree, a B.B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin in 1965, preceded a two-year stint in the U.S. Army serving in Japan and Vietnam as a first lieutenant during the Vietnamese Conflict.

He is a graduate of St. Mary’s University School of Law, J.D. 1971. He was a founder and associate editor of The St. Mary’s Law Journal. Post-graduate studies include work on an LLM at George Washington School of Law in Washington, DC.

Upon graduation from law school, he worked in Washington, D.C. in the Office of General Counsel Federal Communications Commission, from 1970-1972, during the tenuous times of the Watergate scandal. He was first licensed to practice law in Texas in 1971.
Licensed to practice law in Texas, 1971
Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
Tarrant County Bar Association Member
State Bar of Texas – Member Texas Bar Foundation
Federal Communications Bar Association Member
Carter Blood Care Board Member / Officer / Executive Committee
Fort Worth Club Board of Governors/Officer/Past President/Executive Committee
Fort Worth Symphony; Arts Organization; American Heart Association; Cancer Society; United Way; Women’s Center of Fort Worth
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
Officer, Director and Past President of Congregation Ahavath Sholom, Fort Worth, Texas
The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Cowboys Alumni Association Founding Member
The University of Texas at Austin, College of Liberal Arts Advisory Council Member / Executive Committee
The University of Texas at Austin, T Association Member
The University of Texas at Austin, The Century Club Member
The University of Texas at Austin, Ex-Students’ Association Member

Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell, and Chair of Cantey Hanger’s Labor and Employment Law Practice Group, Laura Hallmon is a 1996 graduate of Baylor University and received her Juris Doctor degree from Baylor University School of Law in 1999.
A career-long employment law litigator, Laura strives to offer her clients practical solutions to the variety of challenges that arise in the modern workplace, specifically focusing her practice on the prosecution and defense of a variety of state and federal employment law matters, including discrimination/harassment, retaliation, wage and hour disputes and restrictive covenants prohibiting competition/solicitation/trade secret disclosure. In addition to litigation, Laura also represents clients in a wide range of administrative proceedings and investigations conducted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, State Office of Administrative Hearings, and Texas Workforce Commission. Laura also counsels clients on litigation avoidance through effective employment practices and compliance, and regularly conducts independent, third-party investigations. Having completed the 40-Hour Mediation Training by The University of Texas at Austin School of Law’s Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution, Laura likewise serves as a mediator in all varieties of civil disputes.
Laura was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in May of 1999 and is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, each of the U.S. District Courts for the four Districts of Texas, and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Laura is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and a Fellow of the Tarrant County Bar Foundation.
Laura began her practice with the Law Offices of David Fielding in March 1999, becoming a partner in January 2005. In September 2015, after nearly 11 years of serving clients together as Fielding, Parker & Hallmon, Laura, David and Frank Parker brought their Labor and Employment Law practice to Cantey Hanger.

Labor & Employment
Internal and Independent Investigations
Wage & Hour
Restrictive Covenants
Commercial Litigation
Executive Compensation & Benefits
Insurance Defense
Public & Regulatory
Baylor University School of Law, J.D., 1999
Baylor University, B.A., 1996
lhallmon@canteyhanger.com
(817) 877-2839
(817) 877-2807
600 W. 6th St., Suite 300
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Fielding, Parker & Hallmon, LLP (January 2005 – August 2015)
Law Offices of David Fielding, LLP (March 1999 – December 2004)
Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court
Admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
Admitted to the State Bar of Texas
Texas Mediator Credentialed, The University of Texas School of Law, Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution
Meritas Law Firms Worldwide
– Chair of U.S. Leadership Committee, September 2024 – Present
–Board of Directors, May 2021 – May 2024
–U.S. Leadership Committee, April 2019 – November 2022
–Litigation/Labor & Employment Group Steering Committee, July 2019 – June 2022
– Member Engagement Committee, May 2020 – April 2021
Baylor Line Foundation (originally the Baylor Alumni Association)
– Board of Directors, June 2016 – present
– Executive Committee, June 2016 – December 2022
– President, June 2019 – December 2021
Baylor Scott & White Health Research Institute, Institutional Review Board, 2014 – Present
Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, 2007 – Present
Fellow of the Tarrant County Bar Foundation, 2018 – Present
National Charity League, Inc.
– Member/Patroness, 2018 – 2024
– Board of Directors, 2019 – 2020
Junior League of Arlington, 2009 – Present
Girls Inc. of Tarrant County’s Summer SMART Camps Facilitator, 2014
Leadership Fort Worth, 2007 – 2008
Associate Member of the Eldon B. Mahon American Inn of Court, 2002 – 2003
American Bar Association, 1999 – Present
Tarrant County Bar Association
Labor and Employment Law Section
– Board of Officers, 2002 – 2006
– Section Chair, 2005 – 2006
Women’s Section
– Board of Officers, 2001 – 2006
– Section Chair, 2005 – 2006
National Adoption Day Committee, 2002 – 2004
Member, 1999 – Present
“EEOC Guidance for Employers on impact of COVID-19” , March 19, 2020