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Albert Hiller at Spencer Fane: A Harvard-Trained, Board-Certified Real Estate Attorney at a National Firm’s Houston Office

Origin and Background

Spencer Fane LLP’s Houston office is located in the Galleria area at 3040 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, TX 77056, confirmed through the firm’s own site, Martindale, and FindLaw (directories differ slightly on suite number, listing both Suite 1300 and Suite 1400). Albert H. Hiller earned his law degree from Harvard Law School and has practiced for nearly 50 years. He is Board Certified in Commercial Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Spencer Fane is a national firm with 320 attorneys selected to Super Lawyers or Rising Stars lists firm-wide, according to Super Lawyers’ own firm profile.

Practice Concentration

Hiller practices real estate law within Spencer Fane’s Houston office, which the firm’s Martindale listing describes as covering real estate, banking, general business, finance, and public and tax-exempt finance. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a detailed individual practice narrative for Hiller beyond his Real Estate Law designation in Best Lawyers and TBLS certification listings, and is disclosing that limited public bio detail directly rather than filling the gap with generic description. See this Houston Real Estate & Property directory for how this national-firm real estate practice compares to other Harris County firms.

Notable Work / Track Record

As is typical for a large-firm transactional real estate practice, Awesome Attorneys did not identify a table of individual case verdicts or settlements attributed to Hiller specifically, nor detailed representative-matter descriptions in the sources reviewed. Hiller’s inclusion across multiple consecutive years of Spencer Fane’s firm-wide Best Lawyers announcements — including releases recognizing both 132 and more than 330 Spencer Fane attorneys firm-wide in different years — is the clearest available signal of sustained peer recognition specifically in Real Estate Law.

Client Voice

Awesome Attorneys did not identify a public consumer-review presence for Hiller at the time of research; his FindLaw directory listing shows no submitted reviews. This is consistent with a large national firm whose real estate clients are typically institutional rather than individual consumers.

Beyond the Courtroom

Awesome Attorneys did not identify specific pro bono program detail or individual nonprofit board service documented for Hiller in the sources reviewed.

Recognition for This Houston Real Estate Firm

Hiller has been named to The Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law across multiple consecutive years, appearing in Spencer Fane’s own firm-wide press releases announcing its Best Lawyers honorees. His 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 applied to him individually.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Commercial real estate transactions handled within a full-service firm like Spencer Fane’s Houston office often intersect with the firm’s banking and finance practice, since institutional real estate deals frequently involve secured lending governed by Texas’s version of the Uniform Commercial Code alongside deed-of-trust provisions under Property Code Chapter 51. Public and tax-exempt finance work, another stated Houston-office specialty, can intersect with real estate when municipal bonds fund infrastructure for private development. None of this is legal advice; a specific commercial real estate or finance matter should be evaluated by a licensed Texas attorney based on the actual facts involved.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Spencer Fane’s clearest differentiator in this profile is institutional depth: a Harvard-trained, TBLS-certified real estate attorney with nearly five decades of practice inside a national firm carrying 320 Super Lawyers-recognized attorneys firm-wide and consistent multi-year Best Lawyers recognition in Real Estate Law. The honest trade-off is that Awesome Attorneys found unusually thin public-facing bio detail for Hiller individually — no detailed representative-matter list, consumer reviews, or civic-service record — meaning this profile leans more heavily on institutional and peer-review credentials than the kind of specific case narrative available for other attorneys in this category. For a client who prioritizes national-firm backing and sustained peer recognition over a detailed public track record, Hiller’s credentials are a reasonable basis for a shortlist; clients who want more visible case history should ask directly during an initial consultation.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from Spencer Fane LLP’s official website (spencerfane.com), including its Best Lawyers announcement press releases naming Hiller, Martindale’s Houston office listing, FindLaw’s attorney directory profile, and Super Lawyers’ firm profile for Spencer Fane LLP.

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 Spencer Fane LLP 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.