Mr. Bebel earned an LL.M. (Securities Regulation) from Georgetown University Law Center. He received his J.D. from the William Mitchell College of Law, cum laude (top 5%), and obtained a B.S. as a Williams Scholar at the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, where he was also a varsity athlete in football.

Mr. Bebel previously served as an attorney for the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (Division of Enforcement) and the NASD, now known as FINRA, (Division of Enforcement), where he was on the subcommittee that prepared the NASD Sanction Guidelines. For approximately seven years, Mr. Bebel prosecuted securities law offenses and other white collar crimes while working as an Assistant United States Attorney. After leaving the U.S. Attorneys Office, District of Minnesota, Mr. Bebel continued to work on securities fraud cases after being asked to serve as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. The U.S. Attorneys Office, District of Minnesota, thereafter retained him as a consulting expert on securities matters.

Mr. Bebel has lectured on securities law to students at approximately one-half dozen law schools and graduate degree programs, including Baylor University School of Law; Texas Tech University School of Law; William Mitchell College of Law; University of Houston School of Law; and the University of Dallas. He has also addressed a wide array of securities issues while serving as a speaker at presentations hosted by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission and the Texas State Securities Board; NASD; State Bar of Texas; U.S. Attorneys Office, Northern District of Texas; FBI Academy; South Texas College of Law; Dallas Bar Association; Houston Bar Association; PIABA (Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association) and PLI (Practising Law Institute). Mr. Bebel is a member of the South Texas College of Law Corporate Compliance Committee Advisory Board. During the period in which he practiced law in Houston, Mr. Bebel was a member of the Council of the Houston Bar Association, Securities Law Section. He previously served on the Advisory Board to the Texas Tech University Student Managed Investment Fund.

Todd is a 5th generation Upshur County native who can trace his roots back to his great great grandfather who was a citizen of the Republic of Texas that settled in Upshur County after returning from fighting in the War of Northern Aggression. Todd’s grandfather Tully Reynolds was the U.S. MARSHALL for the Eastern District of Texas in the sixties.Appointed by President Kennedy and then re-appointed by President Johnson.Mr. Reynolds’ constant efforts to help the poor and disenfranchised had a great effect on Mr. Tefteller. Todd was born in Gilmer in 1960 four blocks from the law office. Todd serves on the Gilmer ISD school board, and was absent from the county for only three years while he attended law school in Houston. Todd is married to JoEllen Tefteller and they are the parents of three Texas Longhorn sons, Jarom, Clayton and Andy. Clayton #27 was on the Longhorn football team when the Horns won the National title in 2005. Hook’em Horns!

Todd graduated from South Texas College of Law in Houston Texas in 1984 with honors, finishing 4th of 102 in his class and 1st of 135 on the Texas Bar Exam from his class on the March 1985 bar exam.

Todd was licensed by the Texas Supreme Court on his 25th birthday (May 10, 1985) and has been trying cases ever since. At the age of 31 on January 31, 1992 Todd was one of the youngest attorneys in the State to be certified as a specialist in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a mark reserved to less than 1% of Texas attorneys which requires extensive documented trial experience, rigorous peer review, and a written comprehensive examination by the Board. "Back in the eighties nobody could afford to incur the costs of depositions and big time pre-trial discovery so we simply had to try everything from homicide and domestic relations cases and on down. When I first applied to take the certification test the Board at first told me I lacked 'substantial involvement' because I had only been in the game 5 years, but when they looked at my record they changed their minds." Todd passed it on his first attempt and has practiced as a certified trial lawyer 24 of his 30 years ever since. Mr. Tefteller also prosecutes and defends cases in the federal courts.

Todd primarily handles tort and injury cases, criminal cases, probate, domestic relations and hard civil cases, focusing primarily on high profile cases that usually draw media attention. Todd also handles a good deal of cases brought against public officials. Frequently the government will indict someone by a grand jury that doesn’t hear both sides of the story. Then the indictment is always leaked to the media. Those cases are real challenges because the public assumes guilt if indicted and your client’s mug shot is on TV. Not only do we have to deconstruct the government’s case but we have to inoculate the potential jury pool from the negative publicity to assure the client receives the best fair trial money can buy. Todd also has two undergraduate degrees in police science and criminal justice that gives him a good sense of scene investigation and witness contamination. Most people who are catastrophically injured are at a disadvantage because while they are in critical care the insurance company or corporate defendant already has trained professionals at the scene and are contacting witnesses to try to posture their client in the best possible position.

Jarom is an East Texas native who is a 6th generation resident of Upshur County, Texas. After becoming an Eagle Scout and graduating from Gilmer High School Mr. Tefteller enrolled in The University of Texas at Austin where he earned his Business degree from the Red McCombs School of Business which is ranked year in and year out as one of the top 5 undergraduate business schools in the nation. Upon completing his undergraduate studies in Austin, Jarom decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and attend law school at South Texas College of Law, a private law school located in downtown Houston, Texas.

His primary motivation for choosing South Texas college of Law was its top ranked Advocacy program which annually ranks above schools such as Harvard, Yale and Stanford. According to him, “I knew when I decided to become an attorney that I wanted to be a trial lawyer. I did not want to be another one those lawyers who talks a big game, but is really nothing more than a paper tiger. My goal is to take the fight to my opponents and the only way to do that is in the courtroom.” With over 100 national championships in Mock Trial and Moot Court competitions, Jarom knew he had come to the right place. While at South Texas, Jarom was hand selected out of a class of over 300 law students by Dean T. Gerald Treece to represent the Law School around the country in national Mock Trial and Moot Court competitions.

Upon finishing law school, Jarom came back to North East Texas where he was made the head of the Tort Section of the Tefteller Law firm. This section of the firm handles wrongful death and personal injury cases of all types. Jarom’s practice routinely takes him all over Texas in pursuit of justice for the families of injured people or killed loved ones.

Currently, Mr. Tefteller is happily married to his outstanding and very understanding wife Regina who has a full time career raising their two children, son Crockett and daughter Bonnie Anne. Jarom’s greatest passion in life other than his family is Longhorn Football which he follows with particular devotion. His other interests primarily revolve around hunting and firearm collecting and he takes every opportunity he can to enjoy the great outdoors.

Clayton D. Tefteller was born in Houston Texas in 1984 and admitted to the Texas State bar in 2012. He received his B.S. from the University of Texas in 2008, and a J.D. from Baylor Law School in 2011. He is a member of the Upshur County Bar Association.

At UT, Clayton #27 was on the Longhorn football team when the Horns won the National title in 2005. Hook’em Horns!

Clayton takes that same winning attitude and utilizes it to best serve his clients at Tefteller Law.

The same discipline and tenacity to belong on a nationally recognized athletic organization is now placed in service to protect people from the insurance companies, big corporations, local government and enforcement agencies, or other “Big Boys”.  Clayton’s forte is in personal injury especially as related to auto, truck, and vehicular accidents. If you and your family have been the victim of an auto accident, don’t hesitate to contact Clayton at (903) 843-5678.

Tom Scott McCorkle was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, where he graduated from Highland Park High School. He attended the University of Texas at Austin receiving a Bachelors of Business Administration (B.B.A) degree in 1966. From there Mr. McCorkle went on study law at South Texas College of Law in Houston and received a Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) degree in 1971, being admitted to the State Bar of Texas that same year. Mr. McCorkle has been Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1976.

Being a founding partner of the Dallas firm McCorkle Westerburg & Thornton, P.C., Mr. McCorkle spent the first 38 years of his legal career as a litigator, both trial and appellate, in the areas of Criminal and Family Law, as well as in various types of civil litigation.

Additionally, Mr. McCorkle has always been dedicated to improving the legal system and the law through volunteerism and active involvement in numerous organizations whose aim is to improve the quality of legal representation and services both in Texas and across the nation. Mr. McCorkle is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the American Bar Association, the Texas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.

Although having practiced law in Dallas so many years, Mr. McCorkle has been a virtual resident of Upshur County for the last 35 years working his farm that he acquired as young lawyer. He has deep roots in the area as well being a direct descendant of William Thomas Scott, who settled Harrison County in 1837 and founded the plantation community of Scottsville. Mr. McCorkle and his wife Mary reside in Dallas, Texas and on their family farm in Upshur County.

Andy Reynolds 'Andy' Tefteller is practicing law since 2013 (currently in Gilmer) and has over 8 years of experience in Criminal Law and related legal activities.