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John S. Moody Jr. at Moody Law Group: Named Houston’s 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” for Real Estate Law

Origin and Background

Moody Law Group, PLLC is located at 3003 W. Alabama Street, Houston, TX 77098, confirmed through the firm’s own site and State Bar of Texas records. Founder John S. Moody, Jr. holds a B.A. in U.S. History from Vanderbilt University and both an MBA and J.D. from the University of Houston, graduating in 1999, and has been licensed in Texas since that year. He is Board Certified in Commercial Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. The firm, which focuses exclusively on complex commercial real estate matters, celebrated its 20th anniversary according to its own site, and today has roughly six lawyers including fellow Super Lawyers-recognized attorney Kelly M. Beaudry.

Practice Concentration

Moody has extensive experience across real estate development, leasing, acquisitions, sales, financing, and construction of all types of commercial property, representing developers, owners, families, financial institutions, investors, retailers, and private equity funds, according to his Super Lawyers biography. He has also served as an expert and co-counsel to litigators in disputes, mediations, and settlements involving commercial real estate. See this Houston Real Estate & Property directory for how this exclusively-commercial-focused boutique compares to other Harris County firms.

Notable Work / Track Record

Moody’s professional bio describes several representative matters: representing a buyer in the acquisition of a 6,200-acre historic ranch in Kenedy County, Texas; representing a developer in the development, financing, and leasing of two LEED Gold office buildings in Houston; serving as outside general counsel for a local real estate developer across retail, office, multifamily, lot development, and medical real estate projects; and representing several companies relocating their corporate headquarters, including an international trading firm and a publicly traded construction company. These are firm-reported representative matters rather than litigated case outcomes with a stated dollar recovery.

Client Voice

Awesome Attorneys did not identify a public consumer-review presence for Moody or Moody Law Group, consistent with a boutique whose clients are developers, financial institutions, and private equity funds rather than individual consumers. The firm’s own materials describe its founding premise as delivering “business-minded legal advice” with lower overhead than larger firms while retaining boutique-level attention, a self-description of its positioning rather than a quoted client testimonial.

Beyond the Courtroom

Moody serves on the board and human resources committee of the DePelchin Children’s Center, a Houston child-welfare nonprofit, and has previously served on the board of the Houston Bar Association’s real estate section and on the board of Crisis Intervention of Houston, Inc., according to his Super Lawyers biography. He has also appeared as a recurring guest on KSEV AM 700’s “Ask the Experts” radio show, discussing commercial real estate development, sales, and leasing topics for a general audience.

Recognition for This Houston Real Estate Firm

The Best Lawyers in America named Moody its 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” for Real Estate Law in Houston. He has been recognized by Texas Super Lawyers every year since 2013, has been named to The Best Lawyers in America guide for nine consecutive years, and has been included in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Real Estate Lawyers and 500 Leading Dealmakers guides. Chambers USA has recognized the firm in its Spotlight guide for real estate law. Moody’s Board Certification in Commercial Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization is the credential Awesome Attorneys treats as decisive for “specialist”-level language in this profile.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Large-scale acquisitions like the ranch purchase described in Moody’s bio typically involve mineral-rights and surface-rights considerations distinct from ordinary residential transactions, since Texas allows severance of mineral estates from surface ownership. Commercial leasing and office development work intersects with Texas contract law and, for financed projects, the deed-of-trust and foreclosure framework under Property Code Chapter 51. Corporate headquarters relocations combining real estate and business considerations may also implicate local economic-development incentive agreements with municipalities or counties. None of this is legal advice; a specific commercial real estate acquisition, development, or leasing matter should be evaluated by a licensed Texas attorney based on the actual facts involved.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Moody Law Group’s clearest differentiator is a founder named 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” for Real Estate Law in Houston by Best Lawyers, backed by more than a decade of continuous Super Lawyers recognition and a boutique built exclusively around commercial real estate rather than diluted across a general practice. The honest trade-off is that this is a small, specialized firm built for developers and institutional clients rather than individual homeowners, and Awesome Attorneys did not identify a public consumer-review presence to independently corroborate day-to-day client experience. For a developer, investor, or company navigating a complex commercial real estate acquisition, development, or relocation, Moody’s award-year recognition and two-decade track record are a reasonable basis for a shortlist.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from Moody Law Group’s official website (moodylawgroup.com), John Moody’s Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers profiles, State Bar of Texas member directory records, a September 2025 BusinessWire press release on Moody’s Super Lawyers selection, and ConnectCRE’s 2022 Lawyers in Real Estate Awards profile.

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 Moody Law Group, PLLC 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.