Wednesday, 2 January 2013

[AUSTIN, TX]— HAY COMPERE, PLLC is pleased to announce that partner John A. Hay III has been named to the Board of Directors of the Real Estate Council of Austin, Inc. (RECA).

One of the founders, and managing member of the title department, of Hay Compere, PLLC, Hay practices in the areas of business, real estate, mortgage, family, and property law, is certified as a mediator, and holds a Texas Escrow Officers License. Prior to forming the Firm, Hay spent eight years in the mortgage industry, most recently as a managing member of Level Funding, LLC, a company rated in the Austin Business Journal's Top 20 Mortgage Companies in Austin. Additionally, he held his Real Estate License for over three years with Resident Realty, LLC and represented over $500M in mortgage and real estate transactions before founding the Firm.

RECA is a non-profit corporation created in January 1991 to advocate for the interests of the commercial real estate industry. RECA’s membership of nearly 1,500 represents a broad spectrum of the local economy, ranging from landowners and developers to the various service professions that facilitate the industry. RECA members are responsible for building the houses, office buildings, and shopping centers that provide property tax revenues used to fund our public schools. As a founding member of the Hill Country Conservancy, RECA was the first to pledge more than $500,000 to open space preservation in Central Texas. Since 1998, RECA has contributed more than $1.7 million to worthy organizations in Central Texas.

With its principal office located in downtown Austin, and offices located in Lakeway, San Angelo, and South Padre Island, Hay Compere PLLC has truly become a Texas law firm. Founded in 2010 by Hay and J. Bradley Compere, the Firm to have been honored by the Austin Young Chamber of Commerce as Austin’s “Favorite Professional Services Company” for 2012. Hay Compere serves as a real estate title closing office for Independence Title Company, and offers a full range of legal services and counseling in the areas of business, general litigation, mergers and acquisitions, outside counsel, entity formation, real estate, construction, development, property tax, banking, mortgage lending, mortgage document preparation, title insurance, trademark, copyright, administrative, probate, estate planning, family, energy, legislative affairs, and regulatory compliance.