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Art Rodriguez

512.600.2308

Art Rodriguez

Partner

PRACTICE AREAS

  • Trial Litigation Administrative Law
  • General Counsel
  • City Attorney
  • Appellate Litigation
  • Labor & Employment
  • Law Enforcement
  • Civil Rights
  • Economic Development
  • Constitutional Law Procurement
  • Eminent Domain
  • Water Law Special Legal Counsel Contracts
  • Real Property
  • Utilities
  • City Land Use
  • Municipal
  • Investigations
  • Ethics
  • Employee Discipline
  • Zoning
  • Air
  • Negotiation Consulting
  • Public Information Act
  • Open Meetings Act
  • Torts
  • Special Prosecutor
  • Governance
  • Environmental
  • Solid Waste
  • Water Quality
  • Emergency Services Districts

PRACTICE DESCRIPTION

Mr. Rodriguez has close to 30 years experience as general/special/litigation legal counsel to local governmental entities to include not only their boards and commissions but also their officials and employees. Art’s focus has been in water quality, water districts, oil and gas, administrative, and utility law to name a few. Art is a member of the Texas City Attorneys Association and the International Municipal Lawyers Association, as well as the Williamson and Travis County Bar Associations, and the Hispanic Bar Association. In his off time, Art serves as President of the Georgetown Palace Theatre where you can occasionally see him perform – then demand a refund.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Messer Fort – Partner
  • Russell Rodriguez Hyde Bullock, LLP – Partner
  • Russell & Rodriguez – Partner
  • Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle and Townsend, P.C. – Associate Attorney Associations
  • City of Georgetown – Assistant City Attorney
  • City of San Antonio – Assistant City Attorney

MEMBERSHIPS & COMMUNITY RELATED ACTIVITIES

  • Texas Bar Association
  • Texas City Attorneys Association
  • Association of Hispanic Municipal Officials
  • Georgetown Palace Theatre, Inc. – Board of Directors (Currently Board President)
  • Wesleyan Homes, Inc. – Board of Directors

LICENSURE

  • Texas Supreme Court and All Texas State Courts
  • Iowa Supreme Court and All Iowa State Courts
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas

EDUCATION

  • St. Mary’s University School of Law, J.D. 1994
  • University Of Texas (with honors), B.B.A. 1991