PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Admitted to bar, 1982, Texas.

Education: Texas Lutheran College (B.A., History, summa cum laude, 1979); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1981). Order of the Coif; Chancellors. Member: Texas Law Review, 1980-1981.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Represented landowners and water companies in the purchase, sale, lease, and permitting of surface and groundwater rights.
• Represented cities, districts, and corporations in litigation regarding wholesale and retail water supply contracts and water rights.
• Represented landowners in negotiating development agreements with cities, including agreements consenting to the creation of municipal utility districts.
• Represented landowners in negotiating agreements with cities, districts, and private utilities for the extension of water and wastewater service to new development.
• Represented landowners and districts in litigation involving development rights. See, e.g., Greater New Braunfels Home Builders Ass’n v .City of New Braunfels, 240 S.W.3d 302 (Tex. App. – Austin 2007, pet. denied); Save Our Springs Alliance, Inc. v. Lazy Nine Municipal Utility Dist. , 198 S.W.3d 300 (Tex. App. – Texarkana 2006, pet. denied); Save Our Springs Alliance v. City of Austin, 149 S.W.3d 674 (Tex. App. – Austin 2004, no pet.).
• Participated in representation of insurance companies in litigation involving insurance rates and workers’ compensation regulation. See, e.g., State Farm Lloyds v. Geeslin, 267 S.W.3d 438 (Tex. App. – Austin 2008, no pet.); Texas Mutual Insurance Co. v. Texas Dept. of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation, 214 S.W.3d 614 (Tex. App. – Austin 2006, no pet.); Texas Mutual Insurance Co. v. East Side Surgical Center, 142 S.W.3d 541 (Tex. App. – Austin 2004, no pet.).
• Participated in the representation of public utilities in appeals from orders of the Public Utility Commission. See, e.g., Public Utility Commission v. City Public Service Bd. , 53 S.W.3d 310 (Tex. 2001); City of Corpus Christi v. Public Utility Comm’n, 51 S.W.3d 231 (Tex. 2001); State v. Public Utility Comm’n, 883 S.W.2d 190 (Tex. 1994).
• Participated in the representation of natural gas companies in the “white oil” and “high perf” Panhandle Field cases at the Railroad Commission. See, e.g., Hufo Oils v. Railroad Commission, 717 S.W.2d 405 (Tex. App. – Austin 1986, writ denied).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member: Austin Bar Association (Administrative Law Section); American Bar Association (Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section; Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law Section); State Bar of Texas (Administrative Law Section and Public Utility Law Section); Austin Young Lawyers Association.

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® published by Woodward/White, Inc., Water Law, 2008 - 2011
• Distinguished Alumni Award, Texas Lutheran University

COMMUNITY

• Board of Regents Chair, Texas Lutheran University
• Former Board Member, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas, Inc.