Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP

57 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Real Estate Law

Biography

Sharon S. Millians represents clients in transactions in all areas of real estate ownership, real estate-based financing, and development of various real estate products, including office, hotel, resort, retail, ranch land, industrial and multi-family uses. She also has represented various clients in the acquisition of millions of dollars of troubled asset portfolios consisting of real estate, loans, and other assets. Additionally, Ms. Millians’ practice includes representation of clients in the acquisition of technology, as well as in commercial contract matters, including strategic alliances and licensing and technology agreements.

Ms. Millians has been a member of the firm’s Executive Committee since 1998. U.S. News and World Reports included Ms. Millians on The Best Lawyers in America® ranking every year since 1992. From 2003 through 2023, Thomson Reuters named her a Texas Super Lawyer. She has been recognized as one of the Top 50 Women Texas Super Lawyers and Top 100 Super Lawyers in the Dallas/Fort Worth region. Her peers also voted Ms. Millians among the city’s best attorneys in Fort Worth Magazine and 360 West polls. She has also been recognized nationally by being elected to the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, the premier national organization of distinguished real estate practitioners and scholars. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the American Bar Association, the Tarrant County Women’s Bar Association, and a Sustaining Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.

Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP

57 Best Lawyers awards

Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP logo

Overview

  • Southern Methodist University, J.D., graduated 1981
  • Texas Christian University, M.A., graduated 1973
  • Texas Christian University, B.A., graduated 1970

  • Texas, 1981

  • Tarrant County Bar Association - Director
  • Tarrant County Bar Foundation - Life Fellow
  • TCU Board of Visitors, AddRan College of Liberal Arts - Executive Committee
  • Texas Bar Foundation - Past Chair, Sustaining Life Fellow
  • The Women's Center of Tarrant County Foundation, - Board Member
  • Texas, 1981
  • Tarrant County Bar Association - Director
  • Tarrant County Bar Foundation - Life Fellow
  • TCU Board of Visitors, AddRan College of Liberal Arts - Executive Committee
  • Texas Bar Foundation - Past Chair, Sustaining Life Fellow
  • The Women's Center of Tarrant County Foundation, - Board Member
  • Southern Methodist University, J.D., graduated 1981
  • Texas Christian University, M.A., graduated 1973
  • Texas Christian University, B.A., graduated 1970

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Real Estate Law
Special Focus:
  • Commercial
  • Contract
  • Office Buildings
  • Real Property Law
  • Shopping Center Transactions
  • Tax Certiorari
  • Transactions
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers in America®, 1992-2026

  • Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2003-2025

  • Top Attorney, 360 West magazine, 2017-2018, 2020-2025

  • Top Attorney, Fort Worth Magazine, 2001-2023

  • Top 50 Women Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2009, 2010, 2014-2016, 2020
  • Attorney of Excellence, Fort Worth Business Press, multi-year recognition
  • Professionalism Award, Tarrant County Bar Association Law Day, 2015
  • Outstanding Woman in the Workplace, Fort Worth Commission for Women, 2013
  • Power Attorney, Fort Worth Business Press, 2010
  • Great Woman of Texas, Fort Worth Business Press, 2003

Case History

Transactions
  • Real Estate Transaction
Represented a partnership that purchased the largest insolvent thrift in the U.S.
  • Real Estate Acquisition
Assisted an investor group in acquiring approximately 140 acres of improved and unimproved property located near downtown Dallas
  • Real Estate Transaction
Represented a real estate development company in selling a portfolio of eight retail-related properties located in Texas and Mississippi for approximately $160 million
  • Real Estate Acquisition and Disposition
Represented clients in the acquisition and disposition of various ranch properties throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado
  • Real Estate Acquistion
Represented clients in the purchase and development of a 450-acre site in Gaithersburg, MD, with a mix of product types: apartments, condominiums, townhouses and single-family homes

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