Hendershot Cowart P.C.

Focus and practice areas

Hendershot Cowart P.C. is a Houston law firm that works in two connected fields: business law and health law. The firm's own pages describe it as a Texas business and health law practice, and its service pages point to clients across the state. That pairing shapes the rest of the listing.

The firm carries the P.C. designation, which marks it as a professional corporation under Texas law. Two of the names on its roster, Trey Hendershot and Katie Cowart, match the firm's name. The site does not list a founding year, and the practice areas do most of the work in describing what the firm handles.

The business side of the docket

On the commercial side, the firm handles business disputes and litigation, contract law, and mergers and acquisitions. Mergers and acquisitions work covers the review, negotiation, and paperwork when one company buys or joins another. Business formation covers the start of a company: it sets up a new entity with the right structure, governing documents, and state filings.

Contract law and business disputes often connect. A contract sets the terms, and a dispute tests them when a party claims a breach. The firm's litigation work can mean a partnership breakup, a fight over a company sale, or a claim for money owed. Many of these matters resolve through negotiation or mediation before a Texas court reaches a trial.

Litigation and industry work

Several practice areas point to industries common in the Houston economy. The list includes oil and gas law, construction law, and labor and employment matters. In my opinion, that mix reads as a firm oriented toward operating companies and their owners, the kind of clients who face a contract question one quarter and a regulatory one the next.

Probate litigation covers fights over wills, estates, and the duties of an executor, and these cases run through the county probate courts in Texas. Construction law brings in payment disputes, lien claims, and contract terms among owners, contractors, and subcontractors. The firm also lists bankruptcy and creditor's rights, OSHA defense, and tax controversy with IRS audits. OSHA defense means responding to workplace safety citations, often within tight deadlines set by the agency. Tax controversy usually starts with an audit notice and can move to an IRS appeal before any court gets involved.

Health and medical law

The firm's other main area covers health and medical law, and it breaks this into several named services. These include regulatory compliance, medical and professional license defense, healthcare litigation, Medicare issues, and the set-up of a new medical practice.

License defense and compliance

License defense follows a specific path. In Texas, a physician facing a complaint answers to the Texas Medical Board, which can investigate, hold an informal settlement conference, and set conditions on a license. A firm doing this work prepares the response, gathers records, and represents the licensee through those steps.

Healthcare litigation can involve payer disputes, contract fights between providers, and claims tied to how a practice bills or operates. These cases mix the usual rules of civil procedure with the regulations that govern medicine, so the firm's pairing of health and business work suits this ground.

Healthcare compliance covers the rules a medical practice follows to bill correctly and stay inside federal and state law. Medicare questions often turn on documentation and coding, where an error can trigger a repayment demand or an audit. Setting up a new practice brings in entity choice, licensing, and the contracts that tie physicians to a group.

How the team is presented

The firm publishes its roster under an "Our People" heading that it labels attorneys and staff. The named people include Trey Hendershot, Katie Cowart, Philip D. Racusin, Sarah M. Vida, Crystal Batterson, Michelle Becerra, Korri D. Bryant, Matthew M. Buschi, and Sarah C. Caton. The roster continues with Jacky Cortiaus, Brady Dunlop, Victoria J. Johnson, Lauren Koch, Keith Lefkowitz, Patricia McDade, Kristin Reis, Patrick Sheets, Anton J. Stewart, Laura Vacker, Bryan Tehrani, and Taylor M. Wood.

The heading groups attorneys and staff together under one label. As a reviewer, I read that as a plain way to show the whole team on one page. A reader who wants a specific person's role can check the firm's people section directly. A roster of this size lines up with the number of practice areas the firm lists, since work across litigation, transactions, and regulatory defense calls for lawyers with different training.

What the record shows

Judged on its own pages, Hendershot Cowart offers a wide legal menu built on two areas: business and health. The breadth is real, since the navigation names about a dozen practice areas across litigation, transactions, and regulatory defense. A business owner and a medical practice could each find a relevant service inside the same firm.

In my opinion, the clearest strength here is the fit between the firm's two focus areas and the Houston economy, where energy, construction, and healthcare produce steady legal work. The site does not list a founding year, and the current practice areas carry the description. The pages show a two-part firm, a roster of more than twenty named people, and services that cover business litigation, corporate deals, regulatory defense, and health law.