Kilpatrick Townsend announced the addition of Shannon Jones as an associate in the firm’s Dallas office. She joins the Real Estate Investment and Development Team in the firm’s Corporate, Finance, and Real Estate Department. Jones focuses her practice on commercial real estate with an emphasis on development, investment, leasing and finance. Prior to joining Kilpatrick Townsend, she was at a law firm based in Santa Margarita, California, where she advised a variety of businesses and individuals in the agriculture and western industries with an emphasis on equine law, business and real estate transactions, entity formations and land use. She earned her J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. She received a B.A. in communications studies from California Polytechnic State University.

The Texas-based residential mortgage law firm Polunsky Beitel Green has added experienced lending industry attorney Peter Idziak as an associate in their Dallas office. Idziak joins the firm with a legal track record spanning over 10 years in every area of residential mortgage lending. His clients regularly call him to access his expertise in regulatory matters and compliance issues. He also furnishes client guidance concerning Veterans Administration (VA), Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Government-Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) requirements. Licensed to practice in both Texas and New York, Idziak joins the firm with extensive experience in the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). He is an honors graduate of Harvard University and the University of Texas School of Law. While in law school, Idziak served as a member of UT Law’s Texas International Law Journal and as a director with the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas and Energy Law.

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