Our Focus
Policy Advice
Government leaders face questions every day that have no clean answer. The statute is silent or contradictory, two authorities both claim jurisdiction, an open-government obligation collides with a practical necessity. The facts of a matter are usually clear enough. The judgment about what to do with them rarely is, and that is where the real work of public law happens.
That judgment carries further than a single decision; policy advice becomes the rule people live under, the process a community relies on, the standard a public body will be held to for years. We advise with that permanence in view, helping our clients act decisively in the moment without losing sight of who has to live with the decision afterward.
This is counsel, not volume, and it calls for depth rather than staffing. On the hardest questions, we work as an extension of your team's judgment, the specialized experience your in-house lawyers can reach for when a decision is too consequential, too novel, or too exposed to get wrong.
What We Handle
- —Open Meetings Act and Public Information Act compliance
- —Intergovernmental authority, jurisdiction, and conflicts between public bodies
- —Board and staff governance, policy drafting, and procedure
- —Economic development, incentives, and public-private structures
- —Public contracting, procurement, and conflict-of-interest matters
- —Statutory and regulatory interpretation on questions of first impression
Representative Experience
- —Served as primary outside counsel to numerous Texas public entities and local government corporations, guiding open-government compliance, contract formation, and litigation matters.
- —Guided a major metropolitan economic development corporation through every phase of its formation, from its first day forward.
- —Advised a tax economic development corporation on attracting billion-dollar projects through tailored infrastructure incentives.
- —Resolved conflicting mandates between a special district and a local municipality, building the legal architecture that let the district comply with both and keep operating.
- —Negotiated interlocal agreements for infrastructure and resource sharing between government entities.
- —Advised Texas cities on developing arenas and convention centers, including funding mechanisms, procurement, and public-private partnership structures.
- —Negotiated a historic energy savings performance contract benefiting Harris County, including upgrades to NRG Park, supporting significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
- —Drafted board policies and staff procedures on personnel and business matters, strengthening governance and compliance for public institutions.
- —Provided open-government and records training to public officials, equipping them for transparent governance.
- —Litigated Public Information Act and open-meeting matters, defending the integrity of the public record.
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