Bankruptcy & Family Law Firm in Houston

Busby & Associates is a bankruptcy and family law firm that offers professional legal services in the following areas of law: Debt Consolidation, Consumer Bankruptcy, and Family Law.

We want to be your attorney! Our law firm offers discounted attorney fees and high quality professional legal services. We take the fear out of hiring a lawyer. For information about our legal services, please call at (713) 974-1151 and talk to one of our friendly and professional staff members.

Attorneys and Bios

Michael G. Busby Jr., - Houston Bankruptcy Lawyer

Mr. Busby is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Houston Bar Association, the Houston Association of Debtor's Attorneys and is admitted to practice in the Federal Courts in the Southern District of Texas.

He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served as a Field Artillery Cannoner from 1989 to 1993. Mr. Busby also served in the National Guard from 1993 to 1997 in the states of Arkansas, Oklahoma and North Carolina.

Mr. Busby received his Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Central Oklahoma in 1996.

He graduated from South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas. Mr. Busby is a member of the Phi Delta Phi International Law fraternity and authored an international law legal article in a law journal published by South Texas College of Law.

Mr. Busby is married and is the proud father of two daughters, Viktoria and Hannah Busby.

Eric Southward

Mr. Southward is a member of the State Bar of Indiana and is admitted to practice in the Southern District of Texas, Northern District of Illinois, and the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. He is a member of the Houston Association Debtor's Attorneys and the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.

Mr. Southward has nine years of federal bankruptcy and consumer law experience. Prior to joining Busby & Associates, he was a Senior Managing Attorney with Legal Helpers, P.C., a national bankruptcy firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. While at Legal Helpers, Eric oversaw its regional offices and previously managed its Indianapolis, Indiana office.

Prior to the practice of law, Mr. Southward was a marketing manager with an advertising and marketing firm and a pharmaceutical research company, both based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Prior to that, he was a national account manager with magazine publishing services company based in Des Moines, Iowa.

Although raised and schooled in Iowa, Eric is a native Texan, born in Corpus Christi. He has re-joined his family, who all reside in the greater Houston area now. Mr. Southward received his undergraduate degree in 1992 from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa, and his law degree in 1999 from Indiana University.

Roberto Reyes

Roberto Reyes is a native of Alice, Texas. Roberto graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology and a Minor degree in Business Foundations from The University of Texas at Austin in May, 2003. During his undergraduate studies, Roberto served as an athletic trainer in the University of Texas athletic program, working with the Football, Men’s Track and Field and Women’s Tennis programs. Roberto also accumulated three Athletic Director’s Honor Roll Awards for the 2000, 2001 and 2002 academic years. Roberto graduated from The University of Tulsa School of Law in December, 2006.

Wen (Jessica) Chen

Wen (Jessica) Chen is our of-counsel, and she is also the principal and founding attorney of Chen & Associates. Before being accepted by the Law School of Renmin, University of China, Jessica was a senior accountant for the Central Bank of China with a bachelor's degree in Finance and Economics. She attended the top law school in China and obtained a Master of Law Degree from China; Jessica joined the Indiana University School of Law, and obtained the second LL.M. degree.

Since Jessica became an attorney, she has assisted various and numerous clients with their green card applications. She has also successfully helped her clients set up companies, resolve disputes between shareholders, complete loan executions, settle lawsuits between landlords and tenants, draft wills and trusts, draft and execute company agreements, prepare corporate by-laws, and prepare related company documents. Also, Jessica assisted clients with investment activities in China, including entry into the Chinese financial and economic markets, regulatory counseling, company registration and incorporation, joint-venture investments, corporate mergers and acquisitions, real estate investments, etc.

Jessica's wide ranging experience has provided her with a variety of points of view with respect to the law, which enables her to efficiently analyze, address and resolve complex legal problems. Her combined knowledge of Chinese and U.S. law provides her with excellent training as an attorney, and a varied practice has allowed her to develop a flexible and considerate approach to the law, which, in turn, enables her to handle difficult legal issues.

Jessica is a proud member of the New York Bar Association, a regular member of Asian American Bar Association, and a member of the board of the Chinese Association of Professions in Science and Technology. Jessica is fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese.

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2909 Hillcroft, Suite 350
Houston, Texas 77057
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1804 Snake River Road, Suite C
Katy, TX 77449
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Phone: (713) 974-1151
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