Background
Kreager, Michael Lee was born on August 30, 1954 in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Son of David Jay and Ann Kreager.
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Michael Lee Kreager, American Lawyer. Chapter chairperson San Antonio chapter American Red Cross, 1996-1997; vice chairperson South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, San Antonio, since 1995; board directors Instnl.Rev. Board University Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, since 1989. Member American Bar Association, National Health Lawyers Association, Texas Bar Association, Order of the Coif.
Education
Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1976). Southern Methodist University (Juris Doctor, 1978. Master of Laws in Taxation, 1988).
Order of the Coif.
Member, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 1978.
Career
Worked at Jeffers & Banack, Incorporated (San Antonio, Texas) specializing in General Civil Practice including Ad Valorem Taxation, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial and Civil Litigation, Corporation, Creditors Rights, General Business, Employment Law, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Estate Planning, Family Law and Domestic Relations, Health Law, Insurance, Municipal, Oil and Gas, Pension and Profit Sharing Plans, Personal Injury, Probate, Product Liability, Real Estate, School Law, Securities and Tax Law. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Texas. 1985, District of Columbia.
1988, United States.
Tax Court. United States. District Court, Western and Northern Districts of Texas. United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
United States.
Supreme Court. United States. Claims Court. Order of the Coif. Recipient, Johnson, Bromberg, Leeds & Riggs Award for Outstanding Student in Corporation and Finance Law, 1979.
Listed in, International Who"s Who of Professionals.
Member: Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 1978. Board of Directors and Executive Committee, American Red Cross, San Antonio Chapter.
Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, South. Texas Blood & Tissue Center. Institutional Review Board, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio.
Member: San Antonio and American (Member, Tax Section Partnership Committee) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas (Member, Business Law Section Partnership Committee). National Health Lawyers Association. (Board Certified, Tax Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) (Also Practicing Individually).
On October 1, 1996, the firm formerly known as Jeffers, Brook, Kreager & Gragg, Incorporated. changed its name to Jeffers & Banack, Incorporated as the result of the addition of fifteen former members of Foster, Lewis, Langley, Gardner & Banack, Incorporated. joining the firm.
The Jeffers, Brook, Kreager & Gragg, Incorporated. firm was established in May 1986 when William A. Jeffers, Junior Steven R. Brook, Michael L. Kreager and David South. Gragg, all shareholders of two of the larger firms in San Antonio decided to form a quality, business-oriented law firm. The fifteen attorneys who joined the firm on October 1, 1996 left the firm of Foster, Lewis, Langley, Gardner & Banack, which traced its roots back to 1928, when it was founded by A.J. Lewis, Judge Richard French Spencer and former Texas Senator Woodville J. Rogers.
With the addition of Ralph Langley, Ben Foster, Pat Gardner and Emerson Banack, Junior in the ensuing years, the firm took its present name in 1970. The newly named Jeffers & Banack, Incorporated firm has particular expertise in the areas of ad valorem taxation, antitrust, asset preservation, banking, bankruptcy, commercial and civil litigation, corporate and general business, creditors rights, employment law, estate planning, family law and domestic relations, health law, insurance and personal injury, municipal law, oil and gas, pension and profit sharing plans, probate, product liability, real estate, school, securities and tax law.
The firm has a broad client base that includes numerous Fortune 500 corporations, financial institutions, school districts, public agencies, as well as many individuals and partnerships.
Achievements
Membership
Member: Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 1978. Board of Directors and Executive Committee, American Red Cross, San Antonio Chapter. Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, South. Texas Blood & Tissue Center.
Institutional Review Board, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio.
Member: San Antonio and American (Member, Tax Section Partnership Committee) Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas (Member, Business Law Section Partnership Committee).
National Health Lawyers Association. (Board Certified, Tax Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) (Also Practicing Individually).
Connections
Married Lillian Ann Lehr, May 29, 1976. Two children.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1979
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1980
Awards
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Recipient, Johnson, Bromberg, Leeds & Riggs Award for Outstanding Student in Corporation and Finance Law, 1979. Listed in, International Who"s Who of Professionals.Recipient, Johnson, Bromberg, Leeds & Riggs Award for Outstanding Student in Corporation and Finance Law, 1979. Listed in, International Who"s Who of Professionals.