Association Legal Representation

Candlelight Forest West Maintenance Fund, Inc. is represented by the Law Firm of Bartley & Spears, P.C.

                                                 Richard Bartley                        Walt Spears

Bartley & Spears, P.C. is well versed in all areas of community association law and is experienced in representing the interest of our clients through the maze of unique legal challenges that they face on a day-to-day basis.

The firm's practice is devoted to a comprehensive understanding of the need for careful planning, good draftsmanship, and a command of the vital day-to-day operational requirements needed to successfully represent your community associations.

Bartley & Spears, P.C. offers a skilled and experienced team of competent and knowledgeable attorneys devoted to providing cutting edge legal advice, documentation and consultation with respect to all areas of community association law.

Unlike other firms who may devote only a small portion of their practices and resources to community association law, we work with planned communities on a daily basis and have done so since our inception. As a result, few law firms can boast of a greater repository of knowledge and experience on the subject of community development, regulation, and operation.

The law firm of Bartley & Spears, P.C. was formed in June of 1989 and is organized as a Texas Professional Corporation. The shareholders of the corporation are Richard E. Bartley and Walter E. Spears.

Bartley & Spears, P.C. is engaged in the general practice of civil law with emphasis on real estate litigation. Our firm primarily represents single-family subdivisions, condominiums and townhome maintenance associations. We also represent clients engaged in the development and/or disposition of real estate, and handle a variety of construction, title, commercial and consumer disputes. Our practice is centered in the greater Houston and Austin metropolitan areas.

The firm is a member of the Community Associations Institute as well as the Greater Houston Chapter of the Community Associations Institute, as are Mr. Bartley, Mr. Spears. Association representation encompasses a full range of services including the attendance at regular meetings in an advisory capacity as needed, deed restriction and condominium declaration enforcement, assessment collection, lien filing, foreclosures, insurance and general representation of the associations together with any and all litigation involved in each of these specific areas.