Covering corporate law departments and in-house attorneys for Texas Lawyer and other American Lawyer Media publications, reporter Kristen Rasmussen profiles Michael Puryear, general counsel with HOLT Companies.

Family-owned Holt Cat, based in San Antonio, runs the largest Caterpillar dealership in the United States, with more than 2,500 employees and 40 locations in its Texas operations. The company sells, rents and services heavy equipment — including trucks and trailers, engines and generators — for the construction, earthmoving, mining, industrial, petroleum and agriculture industries.