Professional Experience

Prior to attending law school, Mr. Hene worked at the Texas State Capitol and consulted on two different campaigns.  After attending law school, Mr. Hene was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in November 2009.  Throughout his legal career, Mr. Hene has focused on oil and gas, business, and general civil litigation matters.  He has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas at Tyler, and has served on the City of Tyler's Parks and Recreation Board.  Currently, Mr. Hene serves on the City of Tyler's Civil Service Commission, serves on the Board for St. Paul Children's Foundation, and is General Counsel for Prestige Capital, L.P./GT Engineering.

Professional Development

Mr. Hene has written an article titled, “Funds Transfers under UCC Article 4A: What is a Commercially Reasonable Security System?". This paper was a co-winner of the Financial Services and Consumer Law Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association’s writing competition in 2009. The article was published in the Consumer Finance Law Quarterly report, Winter, 2010 issue.