J. Milton Chapman, Partner

J. Milton Chapman was born in 1962 and was raised in Olney, Illinois. He graduated as class valedictorian of East Richland High School in Olney, Illinois in 1980 and received his B.A. degree from Baylor University in 1984. He received his J. D. degree from the law school in 1986. Mr. Chapman was admitted to the bar in Texas in 1986.

Mr. Chapman joined the firm in 1990 and became a partner in 1998. He is Board Certified in Residential Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and his principal areas of practice are real estate law, commercial transactions, estate planning and probate law, corporate and business law, and oil & gas law. He is a member of the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Sections of the State Bar of Texas, and has been a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas.

From 1991 through 1993, he served as a director of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce and as treasurer of that organization. He has additionally served as President of the Victoria Rotary Club, the Victoria Jaycees, the Mid Coast Baylor Club, the Boys & Girls Club of Victoria and the Deleon District of the Boys Scouts of America, along with serving as a director on various charitable boards in Victoria.

Email: mchapman@andersonsmith.com



Pamela D. Orsak

Pamela D. Orsak was born in Houston, Texas in 1973, and received her BBA summa cum laude from the University of Houston in 1996 and her J.D. from Duke University in 1999. Ms. Orsak was admitted to the bar in Texas in 1999. She served as a briefing attorney for Justice Kem Frost on the Fourteenth Court of Appeals from 1999 to 2000. She then served as a staff attorney for Harris County Probate Court No. 3 from 2000 to 2002. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Victoria County Bar Association. Her principal areas of practice are estate planning, probate law, and appellate law.

Email: porsak@andersonsmith.com

James N. Stofer, of Counsel

Mr. Stofer was born in Victoria, Texas, in 1937, attended Washington and Lee University and graduated from the University of Texas in 1959, and the University of Texas School of Law in 1962. Mr. Stofer was admitted to the bar in Texas in 1962. He served as Assistant Attorney General of Texas from 1963 through 1964. He is a member of the Victoria County Bar Association, State Bar of Texas, Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Texas Association of Railroad Trial Counsel and Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. He is primarily a personal injury and civil trial attorney, including condemnation.