Read Hammond - Houston, TX
Attorney at Murrah & Killough, PLLC
Commercial Real Estate Lawyers in Houston, TX
3000 Weslayan St. Suite 305 Houston, TX 77027
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Houston Commercial Real Estate Lawyer
Updated: 09/24/2026
Areas of Practice
- Commercial Real Estate
Attorney Information
Overview
Read Hammond is Of Counsel to Murrah & Killough and the Co-Owner, President and CEO of Sage Title Company, which offers a full range of commercial real estate, title, and closing services and serves as an agent for four major title insurance underwriters. A real estate attorney with over two decades of experience, Read focuses his law practice on commercial real estate in the areas of acquisition, disposition, development, and financing. Read’s expertise in title adds key support to the firm’s real estate matters. He is a trusted advisor to a wide variety of clients engaged in real estate transactions, including buyers and sellers, investors, developers, and lenders. In his role at Sage Title Company, Read serves as Commercial Underwriting Counsel and is a Licensed Escrow Officer.
Prior to founding Sage Title Company and joining Murrah & Killough, Read served in leadership roles at three national title insurance companies and as an attorney with Jones Walker, LLP.
Read and his wife Laina, who co-owns Sage Title Company and serves as the company’s Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, are the proud parents of five grown children.
Education
Legal Education
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University of Houston Law Center,
Houston,
Texas, 2000
J.D.
Non Legal Education
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The University of Texas,
Austin,
Texas, 1997
B.A.
Current Employment Position(s)
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Of Counsel
Languages
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Spanish
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 2000
Other Affiliations
- State Bar of Texas
- Houston Bar Association
- HBA Real Estate Law Section
- Texas Land Title Association
- American Land Title Association
- Urban Land Institute
- CRES (Commercial Real Estate Society), Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
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