regularly conducts business or renders professional services in this state under an assumed name. Tex. Bus. & CormCode § 71.101. The certificate must set forth “the assumed name under which such business or professional service is or is to be conducted or rendered.” Id. § 71.102. Admittedly, W. Fulton Broemer & Associates, L.C. never filed an assumed name certificate for B & A LLC. But failure to register an assumed name does not “impair the validity of any contract or act by the person.” Id. § 71.201. Accordingly, when evidence shows an entity is doing business under another name, it may be held liable under that name without regard to whether it filed an assumed name certificate. See Fogal v. Stature Const., Inc., 294 S.W.3d 708, 717 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2009, pet. denied) (<HOLDING>). In its petition seeking confirmation of the
holding that a defective acknowledgment does not affect the validity of a mortgage as to the parties holding that an official capacity suit should be treated as a suit against the entity holding that shepard did not affect the continuing validity of almendareztorres holding entitys failure to register assumed name did not affect entitys capacity to defend suit or impair validity of any contract holding that failure to follow state law requiring issuing judge to record testimony did not affect validity of warrant