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Andrews Myers: A Houston-Founded Firm Whose Austin Real Estate Team Grew Big Enough to Make Its Own Shareholders

Andrews Myers opened its doors in Houston in 1990 as a construction-law shop, and for years its Austin presence was a satellite of that practice. That changed enough that, in 2022, the firm elevated Scott McKaig — an attorney whose practice is devoted specifically to commercial real estate, based in the Austin office — to shareholder, alongside construction litigator Andy Harris. A firm doesn’t promote a dedicated real estate partner in a secondary office unless that office’s real estate book has become large enough to justify it.

Origin and Background

Andrews Myers, P.C. is headquartered in Houston, with a standing Austin office at 919 Congress Avenue, Suite 1050, in downtown Austin. The Austin office employs eight lawyers across construction, commercial real estate, corporate, and employment law. The firm was founded in 1990 and has grown into a recognized Texas construction-law market leader, with commercial real estate as one of its four core disciplines alongside construction, corporate, and business litigation.

Practice Concentration

Scott McKaig’s Austin-based real estate practice covers the full lifecycle of commercial property work — acquisition, ownership, development, financing, leasing, and disposition — along with entity formation and easement negotiation. He relocated from the firm’s Houston office to Central Texas in 2020 before making shareholder in 2022. The firm’s real estate group as a whole represents owners, developers, and investors on matters ranging from routine commercial leasing to complex, high-value transactions; the firm cites work on a $150 million high-rise condominium project as an example of the upper end of its transactional range. Andrews Myers attorneys are also active in real estate industry groups including NAIOP, ICSC, ULI, and CREW Network. See this Austin Real Estate & Property directory for how a dual-office construction-and-real-estate firm compares to Austin-only boutiques.

Notable Work / Track Record

As a transactional commercial real estate practice, Andrews Myers does not publish a running table of verdict or settlement figures, and Awesome Attorneys did not identify one specific to its real estate group. The firm’s own client materials cite a long-term client relationship — one commercial client states it has relied on the firm for 15 years across earnest money contracts, partnership agreements, tenant leases, loan closings, and construction contracts — as an indicator of retained institutional trust rather than case-by-case results.

Client Voice

Awesome Attorneys did not locate a substantial sample of independent, platform-based consumer reviews specific to the Austin real estate group; the firm’s public profile is built primarily around Best Lawyers and Chambers USA peer recognition and long-term client relationships rather than a high-volume consumer review presence, consistent with a practice serving institutional and business real estate clients rather than individual consumers. Awesome Attorneys discloses this gap directly.

Beyond the Courtroom

Awesome Attorneys did not identify real-estate-specific civic or nonprofit board service for the Austin office’s real estate attorneys distinct from their professional industry-group memberships (NAIOP, ICSC, ULI, CREW Network) documented above.

Recognition for This Austin Real Estate Firm

Andrews Myers was recognized in the 2026 edition of Best Law Firms across ten practice groups, with its construction practice ranked both nationally and within the Austin metropolitan market; the firm’s real estate, corporate, and bankruptcy teams were also rated for expertise in the broader Texas region. The firm has separately been recognized as a “Band One” Top Construction Law Firm by Chambers USA. Awesome Attorneys notes these are peer-review and client-evaluation-based rankings, distinct from pay-to-play marketing awards. Awesome Attorneys did not verify any individual TBLS Board Certification in Real Estate Law for the Austin real estate team specifically and does not apply “specialist” language to this firm on that basis.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Commercial real estate transactions in Texas — the core of this firm’s Austin real estate practice — are shaped by Texas Property Code provisions governing conveyances, liens, and commercial leasing, as well as the Texas Constitution’s homestead and lien-priority protections, which apply more narrowly to commercial property than residential but still affect financing structures. Large-scale development and financing deals of the kind this firm handles also commonly implicate Texas UCC Article 9 filings for secured transactions and, for public-facing or mixed-use projects, municipal zoning and platting requirements specific to the City of Austin. None of this is legal advice; a specific commercial real estate transaction should be evaluated by a licensed Texas attorney based on the actual facts and property involved.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Andrews Myers’ clearest differentiator for an Austin client is dual-office depth: a firm large enough to staff a $150 million condominium project, with a dedicated Austin shareholder whose practice is exclusively commercial real estate, backed by a Houston-based construction and business-litigation bench if a transaction turns into a dispute. The honest trade-off is that this is fundamentally a Houston-headquartered firm with an Austin satellite rather than an Austin-born real estate boutique, and Awesome Attorneys did not locate a substantial independent consumer review sample or a published transaction results table. For a business client with a commercial or development-stage real estate matter who wants big-firm bench strength without hiring out of Houston directly, that combination is a reasonable basis for a shortlist; an individual homeowner with a residential closing is likely better served by a smaller, residential-focused practice.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from Andrews Myers’ own website (firm history, Austin office page, commercial real estate practice page, and 2022 shareholder announcement), Yelp’s business listing for the Austin office, and Super Lawyers’ firm profile documenting the firm’s Best Law Firms rankings.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Andrews Myers, P.C. or its attorneys prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placement products to attorneys and firms, including this one, but sponsorship has no bearing on the editorial content, inclusion, or findings of this profile.