Jonathan represents clients throughout the country, ranging from individuals to NYSE companies. In 2005 and for the third consecutive year, Texas Monthly and Law & Politics Magazine has named him a "Texas Super Lawyer." In 2003, D Magazine named him one of the “Best Lawyers in Dallas” in commercial real estate law.

• Represents servicers and originators in commercial debt obligation transactions
• Represents administrative and collateral agents in loan syndication transactions
• Represents originators in originating conduit mortgage loans
• Represents plaintiffs and defendants in real estate related litigation
• Represents commercial lenders and borrowers
• Represents purchasers, sellers and developers in all aspects of commercial real estate
• Jonathan is AV® Peer Review Rated by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell.

• J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1982; Board of Directors of the Post Conviction Assistance Program


• B.A., magna cum laude and with Special Honors, Yale University 1979, Winner of the Morse College Fellows Award

• Fellow of American College of Mortgage Attorneys
• Fellow of American College of Real Estate Lawyers
• Member of the Mortgage Bankers’ Association


• Member of the Loan Syndications and Trading Association


• Executive Board Member, Master Member and Program Co-Chair of the William “Mac” Taylor, Jr. 112th American Inn of Court


• Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation


• Life Fellow of the Dallas Bar Foundation


• Member, Dallas Bar Association, 1982-present
• Former Chairman Legal Leadership Committee
• Former Chairman Cultural Events Committee
• Former Chairman Ad Hoc Committee on the 1995 Dallas Mayoral Debates
• Council Member of the Dallas Bar Association’s Computer Use and Technology Section


• Former Director and member, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers 1982-1992
• Former Board Sponsor and Chairman Walk Through The Courts
• Former Board Sponsor and Chairman Dinner With the Judiciary Committee
• Former Chairman Aid to the Homeless Committee.
• Former Board Sponsor and Member Homeowner’s Strike Force
• Former Chairman Public Information Committee
• Former Chairman and Sponsor Hunger Relief Project
• Former Chairman of the National Mock Trial Committee


• Admitted to Practice before the Texas State Courts and the United States District Court – Northern District of Texas, and the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 1983

• Member of the Board of Directors of the Reading & Radio Resource, 2003–06


• Treasurer, Regina Montoya Coggins for Congress Campaign, 1999-2000


• Former Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors of the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Clinic, Inc. - a federally qualified health care provider providing medical services to the South Dallas community, 1993-96


• President of the Yale Club of Dallas, 1991-93

• Faculty member for the State Bar of Texas’ 27th Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course July 7-9, 2005, on the topics of “Mezzanine Financing” and “Commercial Mortgage Backed Lending”
• Steering Committee for the 39th Annual William W. Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute sponsored by the University of Texas School of Law for the year 2005
• Chairman of The University of Texas; William W. Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute (2008); Steering Committee and Faculty Member for the 36th- 41st Annual William W. Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute on the topics of "Mezzanine Financing," Intercreditor Agreements: Junior vs. Senior Debt," "Conduit Mortgage Lending," "Dealing with Defeasance" and "Negotiating Intercreditor Agreements."
• Speaker, State Bar of Texas’ 12th and 15th Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course for the years 2001 and 2004 on the topics of “Selected Issues in Loan Documentation” and “Intercreditor Agreements - The Giants Fight It Out”
• Speaker, Texas Land Title Association’s Advanced Closing Issues Seminar on November 13, 2003, on the topic of “Mezzanine Financing”
• Speaker, Dallas Area Real Estate Lawyers Discussion Group on November 13, 2002, on the topic of “Conduit Mortgage Lending”
• Workshop Faculty for the leasing module of the Dallas Bar Association’s Minority Attorney Business Development Initiatives on October 12, 2002
• Steering Committee and Faculty Member for the years 1997-2000, Real Estate Law: Transactions and Leases In-Depth seminars sponsored by the SMU School of Law on the topics of “A Primer on Platting and Zoning,” and “Negotiating Carve-Outs to Loan Non-Recourse Provisions (Lender’s and Borrower’s Perspective)”
• Presenter and panelist at the Real Estate Law: Leases In-Depth seminar sponsored by the SMU School of Law in 1996 and 1999 on the topics of "Tenant Remedies when Landlord Defaults or in Other Actionable Circumstances,” and “Property Management and Leasing Agreements”
• Moderator, William Mac Taylor, Jr. 112th American Inn of Court meeting on Opening Statements, November 11, 1997