John S. Moody Jr.
Managing Real Estate Attorney
Board Certified in Commercial Real Estate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
John S. Moody, Jr. is Board Certified in Commercial Real Estate, by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has extensive experience in real estate development, leasing, acquisitions, sales, and financing. He represents developers, owners, families, financial institutions, investors, retailers, and private equity funds in acquisitions, sales, development, leasing, financing, and construction of all types of real estate.
Recent Experience
- Representation of a publicly traded energy company on national real estate leasing
- Representation of an investor in purchase of a 325,000 square foot life-style centre in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Representation of a publicly traded software company in leasing new corporate headquarters
- Representation of a developer in the development, financing and leasing of two new LEED Gold office buildings in west Houston;
- Representation of an investment fund in the acquisition of a twelve building industrial portfolio;
- Representation of regional developers in grocery anchored shopping center deals, including five Kroger anchored deals and one HEB anchored deal;
- Representation of regional developers in build-to-suits and sale lease-backs for seven Academy Sports + Outdoor Stores;
- Representation of a REIT in the sale of multiple office buildings;
- General counsel services to a retail and industrial developer;
- Representation of developer of a 500,000-square-foot Wal-Mart anchored shopping center in the acquisition, predevelopment, development, financing, construction and leasing;
- Representation of developers in development and leasing of health care facilities, including urgent care facilities, emergency clinics, dialysis clinics, and surgery centers;
- The representation of a private equity fund in the acquisition, and pre-development of a 450 acre industrial and office park;
- Representation of limited partners in the buy-out of the general partner in a large industrial deal;
- Representation of a mixed-use lifestyle center in its retail and office leasing to national and local tenants.
Employment History
- Moody Law Group, PLLC (f/k/a John S. Moody, Jr., PLLC), 2006 – present
- Thompson & Knight – Partner, Real Estate & Banking, 1999 – 2006
Education
- Juris Doctor – University of Houston Law Center, 1999
- Masters of Business Administration – University of Houston, 1999
- Bachelor of Arts, United States History – Vanderbilt University, 1995
Activities & Affiliations
- Admitted to the State Bar of Texas, 1999
- Board Certified in Commercial Real Estate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2004
- Member, American Bar Association; Business Law Section; Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Law Section
- Member, Texas Bar Association; Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Law Section; Business Law Section
- Member, Houston Bar Association; Real Estate Section
- Member, International Council of Shopping Centers
- Selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers 2013–present, Top 100 Texas Super Lawyer (2017); Top 100 Houston Super Lawyer (2014-2017); and Texas Super Lawyers – Rising Stars Edition, 2004-2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, Texas Super Lawyers is a Thompson Reuters Service published in Texas Monthly.
Non Profit
- Board of Director, DePelchin Children’s Center 2006-2012; 2014-present
- HR Committee, DePelchin Children’s Center 2014– present, Vice Chair 2016, Chair 2017
- Finance Committee, DePelchin Children’s Center from 2009- 2012, Chair 2012 2018-present
- Board of Director, Houston Bar Association, Real Estate Section, 2011-2013
- Board of Director, Crisis Intervention of Houston, 2004-2010; Board President 2007-2009
- YMCA Youth Basketball Coach 2013–2017
- Soccer Coach, West University Rec League 2008-2011
Publications and Presentation
- Moderator, “Future of Montgomery County”, Bisnow, September 5, 2019.
- Moderator, “State of the Office Market – Houston”, Bisnow, August 28, 2019.
- Speaker at Industrial Forecast Luncheon, August 21, 2019.
- Moderator, “Industrial Investment Finance and Development in Houston”, Bisnow, January 29, 2019.
- “Unique Aspects of Retail Leasing,” Speaker and Author, Houston Bar Association, Real Estate Section May 2014.
- “Shopping Center, Retail, and Similar Leases,” Speaker and Co-Author with Timothy R. Brown, Real Estate Documents, Workouts, and Closings Conference, Dallas, April 7-8, 2005 and University of Houston Law Foundation, April 14-15, 2005
- “Mixed Use Subdivision Development: From Start to Finish,” Speaker and Author at Real Estate Development Conference, January 2005