Creel Law Groups’ managing attorney, Chris Creel, founded the firm in 2015.  Creel’s had a lot of success in many areas of law including; real estate, complex regulatory compliance, administrative law, title work, along with, general legal shenanigans and problem solving.

He grew up playing golf in Houston, Texas and graduated from the Kinkaid School as a Cum Laude Society member. He went on to attend undergrad at University of Richmond before seeking his JD at University of Texas Law School. 

He enjoys spending time outside, particularly lakeside and in West Texas’ Big Bend region. Passions include music, running, and design. He resides in Austin with his two kids, Oliver & Jack, partner, Jackie, and their two cats, Gus & Petunia.

Stephen Dittlinger is the Director of Litigation for the Creel Law Group. Stephen concentrates his law practice in civil litigation with a primary focus on enforcement of transferred ad valorem tax liens. Stephen represents the largest tax transfer lender in Texas. Stephen has extensive litigation experience in general civil litigation and insurance defense litigation. He has served as lead trial attorney in more than a hundred jury and non-jury trials over a forty-year AV peer rating in the legal publication of Martindale-Hubbell, which he has maintained since 1992. In addition to his current practice, Stephen has represented financial institutions and general creditors in state and federal courts throughout Texas on matters involving secured transactions, judicial and non-judicial foreclosures, debt collection, bankruptcy and general commercial disputes.

Jordan's interests in real estate go beyond his current creditor counseling practice. Jordan has experience in regional land use and transportation, urban in-fill, and innovative financing as well as interests in business succession and end of life planning.

Outside of a busy but balanced practice with the firm, Jordan is an avid adventurer and a passionate arts enthusiast splitting time between the Pacific Northwest and the Texas Hill Country. By fusing his interests in these areas and his knowledge of negotiations with entertainment law, Jordan founded Ettu Management to represent important voices of the times. Through this vehicle he has collaborated with prominent photographers, film-makers, visual artists, and musicians, as well as some of the world’s most respected brands.

Favorite Book: Open Heart, Clear Mind
Favorite Movie: Rush
Favorite Austin Restaurant: Hopfields
Favorite Seattle Restaurant: Chan

Gillian Foley-Coates has been a lawyer and a director of development of local non-profits in Austin for many years. She has advocated for justice as a former prosecutor, a former Staff Attorney at the Court of Criminal Appeals, and is now a proud member of the Creel Law Group.

Gillian has also been a long-time mentor to students who strive to be first generation college graduates as well as to children of incarcerated parents. She raised her three children in Austin. Gillian enjoys walks around Austin’s Town Lake, trips to the beach, documentaries, and any movie made by Richard Linklater.

Gillian went to Saint Mary’s Hall High School, Saint Mary’s College, and Saint Mary’s University School of Law. She is hoping Saint Mary will carry her on her wings through life’s adventures!

While serving as a camp counselor in college, Paul was portrayed in a skit by a young man who ran around the stage shouting “Let me organize that!” And that is, more or less the story of his life; from books in the college library, to (way to many) papers in graduate school, to developing training for a courier company, to kids in a large church setting, to bills in the Texas Legislature, to the operations of a Tax Lien lending company. Yes, that was the reader’s digest version of his vitae. As the firm’s first Administrator, Paul is once again in heaven documenting policies and procedures and “organizing that.” In his personal life he enjoys the expensive hobbies of snow skiing and scuba diving. (He claims sharks are NOT dangerous.) A former marathon runner, he’s now overweight and reads a lot! His other passion has been singing – and has acted as a chorus member in several Austin Opera productions.  Paul lives with his husband in Lakeway and is trying to get in the habit of swimming every day. It will probably still be a work in progress as you are reading this!

Chrissy Nguyen is a native Texan, originally from Houston. She attended The University of Texas at Austin – Hook ’em Horns! Chrissy holds a BA in Sociology with a minor in Business Foundations. She fell in love with the city and never left! Chrissy is the Senior Paralegal at Creel Law Group and is part of the foundation on which the firm’s principles and values are built on. She has 10+ years of experience in the mortgage and foreclosure industry. Chrissy values and cherishes her time with her family, friends, and her mini schnauzer – Apollo. She enjoys music, traveling, is a food enthusiast and is an advocate for fitness and healthy living.

Aaron has lived in the Austin Texas area for over 20 years with experience working in the Auto Insurance, Workers Compensation and Tax Lien Foreclosure fields. He is also a Wedding DJ with experience in Event Lighting. During his free time, Aaron enjoys being with his family and friends and experiencing the great outdoors.

Born in Austin, Texas and raised on the small island of Maui, Eaton has over four years of litigation experience in criminal and civil law. Before working at Creel Law Group, Eaton completed the paralegal program at UT Austin and spent several years working for local firms specializing in criminal defense and personal injury. He also worked briefly in the Texas House of Representatives as a legislative analyst.  He is currently enrolled in Austin Community College working to complete his undergraduate degree in political science.

In his free time I enjoy learning about history, traveling and visiting museums.

“Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum”