Practice Areas - Civil Appeals
- Water Law
- Election Law
- State Government Law
| - Constitutional Law
- Public Law
- Local Government Law
|
|
|
|
| University | University of Texas at Austin, B.A., with honors, 1969 |
|
| Law School | University of Texas at Austin, J.D., with honors, 1976 |
|
| Admitted | 1977, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth and District of Columbia Circuits; U.S. District Court, Western, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Claims |
|
| Memberships | Austin and American Bar Associations; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. |
|
| Born | Denison, Texas, May 12, 1947 |
|
| Biography | Law Clerk to Sarah T. Hughes, U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Texas, 1976-1977. Assistant and Special Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, 1977-1980, 1984-1993. State Solicitor, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, 1993-1995. Litigation Director, Advocacy, Inc., 1980-1984. Partner & Associate, George & Donaldson, L.L.P., 1995-1999; Solo Practice, 1999—. Adjunct Professor, University of Texas School of Law, 1999-2003. Selected Texas Super Lawyer, Appellate, 2003-2010; Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Appellate, 2004. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) |
|
| Reported Cases | City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, 473 U.S. 432 (1985); Texas v. New Mexico, 482 U.S. 124 (1987); Houston Lawyers' Association v. A.G. of Texas, 501 U.S. 419 (1991); LULAC v. Perry, 126 S.Ct. 2594 (2006); Nw Austin MUD v. Holder, 129 S.Ct. 2504 (2009); Texas Workers' Compensation Commission v. Garcia, 862 S.W.2d 61 (Tex. 1993); Bexar Met. W.D. v. San Antonio, 228 S.W.3d 887 (2007). |
|
| ISLN | 906497676 |
|
View Ratings & Reviews |
Profile Visibility  | | #170 in weekly profile views out of 8,896 lawyers in Austin, Texas | | #60,094 in weekly profile views out of 1,461,250 total lawyers Overall |
|
|