Edwin M. Callender
Attorney & Counselor at Law
ecallender@callender-law.com 
T: 281-973-4725

Licensed in Texas and New York, Edwin Callender focuses his practice in the areas of business law, commercial transactions, real estate law, oil & gas, energy, and industrial law, estate and wealth planning, private placements, consumer law, immigration law, and employment law. Mr. Callender earned his JD (magna cum laude) from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas, and was admitted to practice in Texas since 2011. During his final year in law school, Edwin was Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt (U.S. District Judge) and assisted the Court in resolving a variety of legal issues involving both federal and state law. Mr. Callender is a member of The College of the State Bar of Texas.

Prior to law school, Mr. Callender worked for more than fifteen years as an energy consultant, quantitative manager, and chemical engineer. Specifically, he held positions of increasing responsibility at major petrochemical-, refining-, natural gas-, and electric power- companies, and has good expertise in business strategy, commercial transactions, energy deal structuring and risk analysis, business planning, and business optimization. Mr. Callender has a unique combination of legal-, analytical-, and business- skills that informs his perspective of providing Quality Service to clients.

Education
• Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, TSU, Houston, Texas
• MBA (Finance Concentration), University of Houston, Houston, Texas
• MSc., Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
• BSc., Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Bar Admissions

  • Texas, 2011
  • New York, 2018
Court Admissions
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern District of Texas

Association Memberships
• Member, The College of the State Bar of Texas
• Member, Houston Bar Association
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Member, State Bar of Texas
   – Member, Computer & Technology Section
   – Member, Business Law Section
   – Member, Consumer & Commercial Law Section
   – Member, Oil, Gas, & Energy Resources Law Section
   – Member, Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section
• Member, American Bar Association
   – Member, Business Law Section
   – Member, Banking Law Sub Committee 
   – Member, Commercial and Real Estate Lending Sub Committee 
   – Member, Consumer Financial Services Sub Committee 
   – Member, Corporate Documents and Process Sub Committee 
   – Member, Debt Collection Practices and Bankruptcy Sub Committee
   – Member, Derivatives and Futures Law Sub Committee 
   – Member, Energy Business Sub Committee 
   – Member, Energy Market Derivatives & Regulatory Issues Sub Committee
   – Member, Retail Banking and Consumer Law Sub Committee
   – Member, Secured Transactions Sub Committee
   – Member, Taxation Sub Committee
   – Member, Uniform Commercial Code Sub Committee