Tara Grundemeier

Capital Partner

Houston, TX | Lufkin, TX | Orange, TX | Richmond, TX | Texas City, TX

Tara Grundemeier serves as the managing attorney for the Houston bankruptcy division, where she oversees bankruptcy matters for the firm’s clients in Greater Houston, East Texas and Southeast Texas.  Ms. Grundemeier provides strategic advice, planning, and representation for the firm’s clients in bankruptcy cases across the United States and cross-border insolvency cases.  She has extensive experience litigating ad valorem tax issues in the country’s largest and most complex corporate reorganization and liquidations, generating millions of dollars in property tax collections for the firm’s clients.

Ms. Grundemeier serves on the firm’s Benefits Committee and the Litigation and Legal Standards Committee.  She also serves on the Board of Directors for the States’ Association of Bankruptcy Attorneys.  She is a member of several professional organizations including the American Bankruptcy Institute, the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, the Turnaround Management Association and many others. Her distinction as a Fellow of both the Texas Bar Foundation and the Houston Bar Foundation is coupled with the honor of receiving the Houston Bar Association’s President’s Award in recognition of her contributions to local literacy programs.

Ms. Grundemeier earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Psychology and Political Science from the University of Houston.  She received her Juris Doctor degree from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, graduating magna cum laude.

She is licensed to practice in Texas and for the United States District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas as well as the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.  She is also licensed to appear before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.