Attorney Profile
Attorney Profile
After starting his legal career as a judicial law clerk for a United States Bankruptcy Judge in the Southern District of Texas, Preston obtained shareholder status at a well-established downtown Houston law firm. Preston successfully ventured out
on his own as Of Counsel to a downtown law firm and then started the Towber Law Firm in 2008 in response to satisfying numerous client’s needs for providing cost effective, high quality legal services.
Preston has been AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell® continuously since 1985, a Super Lawyers® in bankruptcy by Texas Monthly Magazine from 2006 to 2011, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and a Lawyers of Distinction in 2018. Preston has extensive experience representing secured lenders and landlords in chapters 11, 7 and 13 cases, Trustees in chapter 7 cases and Debtors in chapter 11 and chapter 7 bankruptcy cases. When you hire the Towber Law Firm, you hire Preston who will draft every pleading, attend every hearing on your behalf and personally respond to your questions or inquiries within 24 hours. Preston has extensive experience in buying and selling assets in and out of bankruptcy, as well as prosecuting and defending preference and fraudulent transfer matters. Preston was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1985 and State of New York in 1984. He is licensed to practice law in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of Texas, Southern District of New York, and the Courts of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Preston has been AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell® continuously since 1985, a Super Lawyers® in bankruptcy by Texas Monthly Magazine from 2006 to 2011, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and a Lawyers of Distinction in 2018. Preston has extensive experience representing secured lenders and landlords in chapters 11, 7 and 13 cases, Trustees in chapter 7 cases and Debtors in chapter 11 and chapter 7 bankruptcy cases. When you hire the Towber Law Firm, you hire Preston who will draft every pleading, attend every hearing on your behalf and personally respond to your questions or inquiries within 24 hours. Preston has extensive experience in buying and selling assets in and out of bankruptcy, as well as prosecuting and defending preference and fraudulent transfer matters. Preston was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1985 and State of New York in 1984. He is licensed to practice law in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of Texas, Southern District of New York, and the Courts of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
EDUCATION
• Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, Cum Laude, New York University, 1980• Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude, The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1984
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• Houston Bankruptcy Bar Association• Houston Bar Association• Houston Bar Foundation, Life Fellow• American Bar Association• Moller/Foltz American Bankruptcy Inns of Court
ARTICLES
A Uniform Approach to Determining Finality in Bankruptcy Appeals Under 28 USC section 158(d), 29 South Texas Law Review 587 (1987-1988)
Co-Authored with the Hon. Manuel D. Leal, Fundamental Bankruptcy Concepts for the Non-Bankruptcy Practitioners, 49 Texas Bar Journal 822 (1986)
Co-Authored with the Hon. Manuel D. Leal, Fundamental Bankruptcy Concepts for the Non-Bankruptcy Practitioners, 49 Texas Bar Journal 822 (1986)
AWARDS AND HONORS
• Named a Texas Super Lawyer in bankruptcy by Texas Monthly Magazine 2006 through 2011, 2018 through 2022• AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, 1995 to present• Lawyers of Distinction® in Bankruptcy Law, 2018• Preston served as President of the Moller/Foltz American Bankruptcy Inns of Court from 2016 through 2017.• Preston was on the Executive Committee for the Moller/Foltz American Bankruptcy Inns of Court from 2007 to 2019.• Speaker, Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference, 2008, 2010, 2014 and 2016.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND NOT FOR PROFIT INVOLVEMENT
• Preston was past president of the International Wine & Food Society from 2007-2008 and a current board member. • Leadership Team-Congregation Shma Koleinu, Houston, Texas• Preston was a board member on the Bellaire Little League from 2013-2014.
HOBBIES AND SPECIAL INTERESTS
Preston enjoys fitness, running, cooking, wine tastings, acting, snow skiing and his three sons, Andrew, Jacob and Ethan.