Feldman & Feldman, PC

Focus and practice areas

Feldman & Feldman is a civil litigation firm in Houston, Texas. The firm represents clients on both the plaintiff and defense sides. Its cases run through state and federal trial and appellate courts.

The client list covers individuals, corporations, estates, trusts, and governmental entities. Commercial and business litigation is the firm's main area of work. Within that area, the firm handles breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and partnership disputes.

The practice also covers business appeals, contract drafting and review, franchise law, and real estate disputes. Alongside these, the firm takes government litigation across education, municipal, and political law. Employment work rounds out the list, with matters in discrimination and harassment, sexual harassment, overtime, and wrongful termination.

How the team is built

Cris Feldman is a founding partner and the managing attorney. He represents individuals and companies in commercial litigation. He works in election law, and he has served as an ethics commentator for Houston media.

David Feldman was a partner and a former Houston City Attorney. He worked in public law and contract negotiation, representing government entities and private sector employers. He died in 2023, and the firm lists him in memoriam. The site records combined civil litigation experience of over 63 years for the two founders.

The current roster adds partners Shannon Almes and Gordon Hall. Fernando De Leon is senior counsel, and Christin Grant Petty is senior legal counsel. Artur Zigman is listed as an attorney. Melinda Strahan is named as the firm administrator.

Matters the firm points to

Cris Feldman has represented Houston neighborhoods in noise disputes. He has also acted for Galveston Bay oyster fishermen in a fishing rights matter. These are local cases that a general commercial docket often leaves out.

David Feldman's work touched public institutions in the city. He was involved in the effort for equal pay for Houston firefighters. He also represented the former auditor of HISD.

As a reviewer, I read these named matters as useful detail. They attach real clients to the practice areas the firm lists. A visitor can see the type of work behind each heading.

How these disputes tend to work

The facts above describe the firm. The notes here give general context on the areas it names, so a reader knows what such cases usually involve.

Business and contract claims

Breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty cases turn on the written agreement and the duties it creates. Partnership disputes often bring in the partnership agreement and the money owed between partners. Contract drafting and review happens before a dispute, while litigation comes after one. A firm that does both sees the same documents from two sides.

Government and employment matters

Government litigation can involve public bodies, elected offices, and school districts. David Feldman's background as a former Houston City Attorney connects to this line of work. Employment claims such as discrimination and harassment often begin with a charge filed at a government agency, and a lawsuit can follow if the charge does not resolve. Overtime and wrongful termination claims run on their own rules and timelines.

Election law

Election law matters can reach the courts on tight schedules. Deadlines around ballots and offices are often fixed by statute. That puts a premium on quick filing and clear records.

What the record shows

The commercial litigation page states the firm has litigated business disputes for over 40 years. The site does not list a founding year, so the firm presents that figure on the practice page itself. For a client weighing whom to hire on a business matter, the length of a track record often carries weight.

The firm keeps its work public in a way that a directory built on evidence can check. It names its attorneys and their titles. It names specific clients and the fields those clients came from. In my opinion, that habit of naming things is the clearest read on Feldman & Feldman: the record it points to is the record it is willing to put on the page.