Kerry E. Braxton

Background

About Kerry E. Braxton

Mr. Braxton is General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for Acme Brick Company, a Berkshire Hathaway company, the leading brick manufacturer in the US. Mr. Braxton is legal advisor to the C-Suite executives on legal and business affairs of the company and renders guidance to the senior management executives on legal and corporate risk strategies for the company. Prior to joining Acme Brick Company, Mr. Braxton was Assistant General Counsel & Vice President Legal and Corporate Risk for Lincoln Property Company, the second largest property management company in the US. He was responsible for overseeing the national legal functions for property management operations and the corporate insurance and risk initiatives for the company. Prior to Lincoln Property Company, Mr. Braxton was Senior Counsel, Legal and Risk Management for FedEx Office, a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation. In that role, he was responsible for managing the domestic and international legal functions for the real estate legal division and the corporate insurance and risk initiatives for the company. Prior to FedEx Office, Mr. Braxton was a Partner at Squire Patton Boggs, an Am Law 100 global law firm, where he provided legal advice and consultation to Fortune 500 domestic and international corporations and major financial institutions in the acquisition, development, and finance of commercial and retail real estate assets. Mr. Braxton is a distinguished recipient of Marquis Who’s Who Top Lawyers in America and has been honored twice by Marquis Who's Who in America for Achievements in Law. He is rated Top 1% of America's Most Honored Lawyers by Martindale­-Hubbell, Texas Top-Rated Lawyer by Martindale­-Hubbell, and AV Preeminent Attorney by Martindale­-Hubbell. Mr. Braxton is also rated Top 1% of America's Most Honored Professionals by The American Registry of Business and Professional Excellence. Mr. Braxton is an esteemed legal author of real estate and insurance publications and a frequent speaker at national and international legal and risk management conferences and former Adjunct Professor of Law at Dallas College. Mr. Braxton's civic engagements include the Fort Worth Chamber and the North Texas Commission where he is the Government Affairs and Business Task Force corporate liaison for Acme Brick Company. Mr. Braxton is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Dallas Bar Association, Tarrant County Bar Association, Association of Corporate Counsel, RIMS Risk Management Society and is a Tarrant County Bar Foundation Fellow and Board Member on the Texas General Counsel Forum.