Rice Stewart N - Corpus Christi, TX

Six Decades of Trusted Real Estate and Banking Legal Counsel

With an exceptional career spanning over sixty years, Stewart N. Rice stands among the most seasoned attorneys in South Texas. Practicing as a shareholder at Wood, Boykin and Wolter, P.C., located in the heart of Corpus Christi, Mr. Rice concentrates his non-litigation practice on commercial real estate, banking law, financial lending matters, and business governance. Financial institutions, commercial developers, and corporate enterprises seeking to hire an attorney for complex transactional representation rely on his profound legal mastery, meticulous contract drafting, and strategic foresight.

Sophisticated Lending, Banking Law, and Creditor Representation

The lending landscape demands rigorous compliance and protective loan documentation. Stewart N. Rice possesses unmatched insight into institutional financing, representing national, regional, and community banks as well as non-bank financial lenders and commercial borrowers. When lending institutions need a lawyer to structure complex credit facilities, Mr. Rice delivers authoritative guidance across every phase of the transaction:

• Structuring and drafting commercial loan agreements, promissory notes, and security instruments.
• Protecting lender interests through comprehensive collateral perfection and title evaluations.
• Navigating complex loan workouts, debt restructurings, and refinancing agreements.
• Providing strategic counsel alongside bankruptcy lawyers and debt relief lawyers in creditor rights and foreclosures.

Commercial and Residential Real Estate Transactions

Real estate transactions require seamless execution to protect capital investments and avoid costly delays. Serving clients as both commercial real estate lawyers and residential real estate lawyers, Mr. Rice oversees sophisticated property dealings throughout Nueces County and South Texas. His extensive transactional experience covers:

• Negotiating high-value commercial purchase and sale contracts for industrial, retail, and office properties.
• Guiding developers through land acquisition, zoning compliance, and subdivision platting.
• Overseeing residential real estate closings, title examinations, and title defect cures.
• Drafting protective commercial leases, ground leases, and tenant agreements.
• Establishing utility easements, access rights-of-way, and restrictive covenants.

Business Entity Formation and Commercial Contracts

A thriving business begins with an airtight legal structure. As part of a respected team of business formation lawyers, Mr. Rice counsels clients on the legal and tax ramifications of various organizational models. He structures limited liability companies, corporations, general and limited partnerships, and professional associations tailored to each client's business vision. Furthermore, operating as meticulous contract lawyers, he drafts and reviews buy-sell agreements, joint venture agreements, vendor contracts, and asset purchase documentation.

Exemplary Legal Credentials and Dedicated Client Service

After graduating with a chemical engineering degree from Lamar University and earning his law degree from Baylor University School of Law in 1963, Stewart N. Rice commenced his legal career as a patent attorney and examiner with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. For more than forty-five years since, his unwavering focus has been serving Corpus Christi's business and financial community. When individuals and corporate leaders need to find an attorney who blends institutional banking knowledge with decades of real estate acumen, Stewart N. Rice at Wood, Boykin and Wolter, P.C. provides unmatched legal guidance.