C. Keith Lea

Houston Civil Litigation Attorney

C. Keith Lea
Shareholder
Wilhite & Lea, P.C.
(281) 537-2171
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Keith is an experienced civil litigation attorney with a strong background in family law, business litigation and incorporation, contract disputes, and personal injury. He has conducted numerous bench trials first chair, managed jury trials second chair in state and federal court, and successfully appealed a small business contract dispute and a health care liability claim in the Houston appellate courts.

After graduating from Marshall High School in Marshall, Texas, Keith went on to his undergraduate studies at Texas A&M University in College Station where he graduated with a degree in Political Science in 2000. After completing his studies at Texas A&M, Keith worked with a safety engineering consultant in Bryan, Texas until beginning law school at South Texas College of Law in Houston in 2002. He began working with George Wilhite as a law clerk in 2003, and became an associate with the firm after passing the Texas Bar Exam in November 2005. Less than two and a half years later, Keith became a shareholder in Wilhite & Lea, P.C.

Areas of Practice

• Family Law
• High Asset Divorce/High Net Worth Divorce
• Business Litigation
• Small Business Planning and Incorporation
• Sale and Purchase of Small Business
• Personal Injury
• Contract Disputes
• Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA)

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of Texas, 2005
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2006

Education

• Doctor of Jurisprudence, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, 2005
• Bachelor of Science, Political Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2000

Associations and Memberships

• College of the State Bar of Texas, Member
• Houston Bar Association (HBA), Member
• Houston Northwest Bar Association (HNBA), Member
• Houston Trial Lawyers Association (HTLA), Member
• Houston Young Lawyers Association (HYLA), Member
• Northwest Houston Young Professionals (NHYP), Founding Member