Lauren Burgess joined Linebarger in 2016 as an attorney and is the current Managing Partner of the Philadelphia Office. Ms. Burgess also manages other contracts for the firm’s delinquent fees and fine clients in the Philadelphia Office.

Before joining Linebarger, Ms. Burgess practiced law and advised clients in various areas including regulation and compliance, real state, entertainment and art law, intellectual property, and environmental law. 

Ms. Burgess is a member of the Pennsylvania and Texas Bar Associations.

Ms. Burgess received her Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University in 2014, graduating cum laude. She majored in Finance, receiving her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 2010 from the University of Texas, McCombs School of Business.

Lilia Gibson is the managing partner of the Houston office. She was promoted to the firm’s Management Committee in January 2026 and is one of twelve partners that oversee the management of the firm.

Ms. Gibson joined Linebarger in its Edinburg office as a delinquent tax attorney in June 2003. In 2006, she was promoted to partner. In that office she represented governmental entities in Hidalgo, Starr and Zapata counties. In 2012, she moved to the firm’s San Antonio office, where she managed the Bexar County docket, representing school districts and cities within Bexar County for delinquent tax collection. Ms. Gibson is bilingual in English and Spanish and has more than 25 years of experience representing governmental entities in Central South Texas. In 2016, she was selected to oversee the day-to-day operation of Linebarger’s San Antonio office. That office represents eleven counties and numerous taxing jurisdictions. She is proud to work with a team of dedicated professionals.

She is a member of the State Bar of Texas and a past member of the Local Bar Services Committee and Disaster Response Committee. She currently serves on the firm’s Audit and Ethics Subcommittee and the firm’s CLE Committee. Ms. Gibson has served on the Bexar County Family Justice Center Foundation, Edgewood Education Foundation of San Antonio, and the Judson Education Foundation. She currently serves as President of the Northside Education Foundation. 

Ms. Gibson earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993 and a juris doctor from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 1997. She began her law career in 1997 with the Law Firm of James E. Darling, representing many governmental entities such as South Texas Community College. She served as an assistant city attorney for the cities of McAllen, La Joya, Alamo, and Rio Grande City. There, she gained experience in delinquent tax collection, employment law, and representing governmental entities in a general counsel capacity.

Clif Douglass manages Linebarger’s San Antonio law office and serves on the firm’s Management Committee.

Mr. Douglass served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the First State Savings Association from 1983 to 1987. He has been with Linebarger since. Mr. Douglass received an “AV” rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory, the highest rating an attorney can achieve.

Mr. Douglass serves or has served as a director or an advisory director for numerous civic and charitable organizations in San Antonio, including the American Cancer Society, Big Brothers-Big Sisters, the Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital, and the Witte Museum.

Mr. Douglass was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1983. He is licensed to practice in all Texas courts and the United States District Court, Western District of Texas. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the San Antonio Bar Association. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1979 and his Juris Doctor from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 1982.

Jim Lambeth manages Linebarger’s Tyler and Northeast Texas offices. In this role, he oversees law firm operations and ensures strong relationships with clients from the Corsicana, Kaufman, Longview, Lufkin, Paris, Rockwall, Waxahachie, Waco, and Tyler law offices. He also oversees the firm’s Property Value Study Appeals Division that represents over 180 Texas school districts. The firm’s PVS division challenges the state Comptroller’s School District Property Value Study findings through administrative and district court appeals and these actions result in tens of millions of dollars in aid gain for the firm’s school district clients each year.

Mr. Lambeth has deep ties to East Texas, serving as an Assistant District Attorney in Smith County. He serves as the Northeast Texas Joint TAAO/TAAD Chapter Treasurer and teaches TDLR Certified Property Tax Professional continuing education classes and required courses including ethics, case law, and legislative updates. Mr. Lambeth serves his local community as a member of the Smith County Peace Officers Association and as an Advisory Board member during the inception of the Tyler Junior College Law Enforcement Academy. Mr. Lambeth has held leadership positions on various boards and committees, including the Tyler Economic Development Council, and previously served as Chairman of the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce. He has volunteered with the Tyler Literacy Council, CASA program of Smith, Van Zandt, and Wood Counties. Additionally, he is a former Lay Leader and Trustee of Lanes Chapel United Methodist Church.  

Mr. Lambeth earned his Juris Doctorate from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1995 and was honored with the prestigious American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Studies. 

Corey Fickes oversees the operation of the firm’s Fort Worth office as Managing Partner, leading collection contracts for multiple municipal and justice courts, as well as delinquent ad valorem tax clients.

He has extensive experience in municipal law, including delinquent tax collection, municipal defense litigation, and municipal court prosecution.

Mr. Fickes is a member of several professional organizations, including the Tarrant County Bar Association, Northeast Leadership Forum, Hurst Euless Bedford ISD Education Foundation, Northeast Tarrant Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Texas Aggie Bar, and Fort Worth/Tarrant County Texas A & M Club. He teaches courses for the North Texas Chapter of Municipal Court Clerks, Government Finance Officers Association of Texas, and North Texas Chapter of the Texas Association of Assessing Officers, among others. He has also served on the Fort Worth Appeals Board, the Keller ISD Education Foundation Board of Directors, and the United Way of Tarrant County Board, where he held leadership roles.

Mr. Fickes is licensed by the Supreme Court of Texas, the State of Alaska, and the United States District Court for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Mr. Fickes earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Texas Tech School of Law.

Scott McGlasson has been with Linebarger since 2003 and is a management committee member and capital partner/owner of the law firm. He currently manages our delinquent national state-level income and business tax collection operations. Throughout his career, he has leveraged technology to effectively and efficiently manage high-volume client collection programs. As a solo practitioner for several years, Mr. McGlasson handled every aspect of the collection and client/customer service process. This hands-on experience helps him understand client challenges and offer specific services to meet and exceed client needs. In managing the law firm’s national marketing and sales functions, he shares this experience with our various sales, operational, technology, and collection teams to provide customized collection plans tailored to each client’s unique needs and preferences.

His collection experience began in 1986 with General Motors Acceptance Corporation and expanded into his legal practice upon earning a law degree. Mr. McGlasson represents numerous court fees and fines clients and state-level clients throughout the United States. He was responsible for opening our Kansas City, MO, regional office in 2006, our Gig Harbor, WA, and San Diego, CA, facilities in 2015, and overseeing operations in the Denver, Colorado office location.

Mr. McGlasson advises and counsels the law firm on Fair Debt Collection Practices Act issues. He serves on the firm’s Litigation and Legal Standards Subcommittee, which oversees the firm’s policies and procedures relating to collections. He served as the head of the firm’s National Marketing Committee for several years and currently represents the firm in the ACA International Member Attorney Program.

Mr. McGlasson is admitted to practice in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Texas and oversees key contracts, including state-level tax collection operations. 

Lucy Canales oversees five South Texas offices for Linebarger and is a member of the firm’s Management Committee.

Following law school, Ms. Canales gained valuable experience as a one-year judicial law clerk with the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review. She has over three decades of legal expertise specializing in delinquent tax collections.

Ms. Canales holds memberships in various professional organizations, including the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Association of Assessing Officers (TAAO), the Hidalgo County Bar Association, and the Hidalgo County Women’s Bar Association. Her involvement extends to past memberships with Leadership Edinburg, Edinburg Junior League, Hidalgo County Cotillion, and a former board position with the McAllen Association of the Performing Arts. She has also played an active role as a member of the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and served as the co-chair of Leadership Edinburg from 2012 to 2013. In addition, she contributes as a board member of the St. Mary’s University Law Alumni Board.

Ms. Canales is admitted to practice law in Texas. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Service and a Certificate of Achievement in Latin American Studies from Baylor University in 1984. During her time at Baylor, Ms. Canales studied multiple foreign languages, including Russian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Her Juris Doctorate was obtained in 1988 from St. Mary’s University School of Law.

Paul Chapa manages Linebarger’s Austin and Corpus Christi offices. He also serves on the firm’s Management Committee and chairs the firm’s Marketing committee.

Mr. Chapa worked as an intern for the National College of District Attorneys and interned for the Honorable Leticia Z. Clark, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Texas. He began his career as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Corpus Christi.

Mr. Chapa is an active member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of Texas, Corpus Christi Bar Association, and Austin Bar Association. He is a member and former Vice President of the Texas Association of Assessing Officers, Coastal Bend Chapter. He served as a commissioner and Vice Chairman on the Nueces County Board of Park Commissioners. He currently serves on the Corpus Christi boards of South Texas Academic Rising Scholars, The Buccaneer Commission, and Driscoll Children’s Hospital. He is the past President of the USS Lexington Museum on the Bay Association and an alumni of Texas Lyceum.

Mr. Chapa is admitted to practice in all Texas courts and the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Texas A&M University in May 1988 and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Houston Law Center in May 1991.

Bridget Moreno Lopez is the Managing Partner of the Dallas Office, the firm’s management committee partner over the New York City and Boston offices, and chairs the firm’s Public Affairs Committee. 

Her journey started as a child abuse and family violence prosecutor, for the Dallas County District Attorney’s office, where her Spanish-speaking abilities and humble background enabled her to connect with vulnerable communities, filling a crucial gap in the legal system. She joined Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson in 2004,  and managed the litigation division for seven years before being named Managing Partner of Dallas in 2014.

Ms. Lopez is deeply engaged in community projects and philanthropy. She has served on the DFW International Airport Board representing Dallas and secured funding for therapy and treatment of child victims on the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center Board of Directors. She co-chaired multiple successful events, raising substantial funds for nonprofits and underserved communities. Bridget has received various distinctions for her achievements, including recognition as one of Dallas’ Best Lawyers by D Magazine in 2023 and 2024, a Women in Business honoree by the Dallas Business Journal, an Outstanding Award in Business from the City of Dallas, and was named a rising star by Texas Monthly Magazine. Most recently, she received the “La Luz Award” from the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association for her service and impact to the Hispanic community in Dallas and the “Women of Distinction” honor given by the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas for creating opportunities for women and girls to lead and succeed. In 2024, Ms. Lopez received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Texas Tech Law School.

She holds memberships in various legal and community organizations, including the Dallas Bar Association, Dallas Hispanic Bar Association, Hispanic 100, and the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce, among others. Ms. Lopez was elected to the esteemed Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation, an honor bestowed on a select few Texas attorneys annually. Bridget earned her JD and BA in Political Science from Texas Tech University School of Law.