At Akerly Law, we bring decades of experience to businesses, entrepreneurs, and professionals without the stress, runaround, or inflated fees of a big firm. With our team, you’ll get strategic counsel, clear answers, and the kind of personal service that puts your mind at ease.
We give you straight talk and practical advice, not confusing legal language. You’ll know where you stand and what to expect.
You’ll get the same insight and legal firepower you’d expect from a big firm, without the overhead, layers, or inflated cost.
– Jim Nelson, Director – Payment, Collection & Recovery
American Airlines Federal Credit Union
– Shawn Richmor, CPA, CA Strategic Capital
– Keith Aslam, Legal Department Manager CBL Services LLC
– Alex Morachis AM Fresh Produce LLC
– George Ainsworth
We represent a wide range of business and professional clients across Texas and the U.S. What they share is a need for smart legal help delivered with urgency, empathy, clarity, cost efficiency and effectiveness.
Super Lawyers
Martindale Hubbel A-Rated
Trusted PACA Counsel Across US
40+ Combined years of Business Law and Litigation Experience
Learn what “responsibly connected” means under PACA and how sanctions can affect owners and officers through employment, licensing, and surety bond requirements.
Learn about PACA prompt-payment deadlines, documenting negotiated terms, handling disputed balances, and what recent USDA enforcement means for produce buyers.
A recall does not decide the payment issue. What produce sellers should preserve, review, and ask about PACA trust rights when recalled product triggers a payment dispute.
A practical readiness checklist for produce sellers: invoice language, payment terms, PACA license status, electronic invoicing, and accounts receivable triggers.
When produce sellers can recover interest and attorneys' fees in PACA claims.
Understanding who is protected by, and who is bound by, the PACA trust.
The five elements required to create and preserve PACA trust protection.
An overview of the federal law that protects produce buyers and sellers.
How the statutory trust gives unpaid sellers a priority claim to payment.
