Lee Elms

Mr. Elms is the managing partner ELMSHARMONMACCHIA, LLC. Lee was raised on a ranch southwest of Marfa, Texas. He attended Marfa High School and Carlsbad Senior High School where he was active in football, track and student council. He spent most summers assisting in ranch operations like digging post holes, working windmills and gathering livestock. He attended New Mexico State University on a football scholarship. In 1975, he received a Bachelor of Business Administration, with honors, with a concentration in finance and management. He received his Juris Doctor degree in 1978 from St. Mary's University School of Law. Since graduating from law school and becoming licensed in Texas, he has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States of America, the United States Court of Appeals - Fifth Circuit, and the United States District Court - Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas.

Lee's areas of practice are banking, commercial litigation, construction, general business and real estate. He has an AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

Lee has been active in the State Bar of Texas, the San Antonio Bar Association and is a member of the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. As a member of the San Antonio Bar Association, he has been a member of the Business Law Section and served on the Legislative Liaison Committee, the Legal Ethics Committee and the Fee Dispute Committee. Currently, he is a committee member on The Supreme Court of Texas' Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee. He is also a member of the San Antonio Law Foundation, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Texas Association of Bank Counsel and Wintergarden Banker's Association, Commercial Law League of America, Inter-American Bar Association and Who's Who in America Law.

Lee authored Texas Construction Law, "What To Do If You Don't Get Paid," NBI, 1987, had two cases published: In re: HLW Enterprises of Texas, Inc., 157 B.R. 592 (Bankr. W.D. Tex. 1993); and Tye v. Apperson, 689 S.W.2d 320 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth, May 8, 1985) (No. 2-84-228-CV), writ granted (Oct 30, 1985), writ withdrawn (Jan 15, 1986), writ refused n.r.e. (Jan 15, 1986); one case affirmed by unpublished opinion in: Ralph v. Kenedy, No. SA-94-CA-0523, United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division; and one case reversed and rendered by unpublished opinion in: Clark v. Kidwell, No. 09-89-00233 CV, Court of Appeals, Ninth Supreme Judicial District, Beaumont, Texas.

Lee was a member of the Bulverde Lions Club and actively participates in its annual fundraiser, which benefits the Lions Camp for Crippled Children, the Lions Eye Bank and supports the Lions Foundation. He is also a member of the U.S. Golf Association and National Cowboy Hall of Fame. In his free time, he enjoys golf, reading and travel.

Lee can be reached by e-mail at

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