Barnum, Samuel F.

Marty Barnhill is a native of Nacogdoches, Texas. Prior to joining the Zeleskey Law Firm, he worked for 14 years at Barnhill Poultry Supply, a family-owned business engaged in the sale of poultry equipment and poultry vaccine. While serving in various offices of Barnhill Poultry Supply, including President of the company, he oversaw the construction of hundreds of poultry houses at the three locations of the business: Nacogdoches, Pittsburg, and Gonzales, Texas. Barnhill traveled throughout Mexico for the company and consummated several large equipment and vaccine transactions with customers of Barnhill Poultry Supply in Mexico. From 1990 to 1996, he also owned a 50% interest in a fast food restaurant in Nacogdoches.

Since joining Zeleskey, Barnhill has capitalized on his experience in the business arena by concentrating his practice in the areas of commercial and real estate litigation and transactions. He has participated in matters including:

• Commercial litigation and arbitration involving various issues, including contract disputes, partnerships, fraud, misrepresentation and employment issues
• Real estate litigation involving disputes concerning title and ownership of property, partitions, lease disputes, enforcement of restrictive covenants, adverse possession, easements, evictions, timber rights and disputes among co-tenants
• General corporate representation
• Setting up business entities, including corporations, professional corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships
  Preparation of documents related to the sale and purchase of ongoing businesses
• Preparing real estate closing documents and contracts for the sale of real estate
• Texas Deception Trade Practices Act litigation representing both plaintiffs and defendants
• Loan restructuring and workouts representing creditors and debtors
  Debt collections for businesses, both large and small
• Real estate foreclosures
• Real estate dispute resolution under the state-sponsored inspection and dispute resolution process of the Texas Residential Construction Commission

Barnhill has also participated in a number of seminars offered by Zeleskey. He gave a series of seminars concerning revisions in the Uniform Commercial Code, which was attended by over 100 bankers from the East Texas area. In conjunction with Community Title, the title company which is affiliated with Zeleskey, he has participated in seminars given to new real estate agents concerning real estate contracts.