MEMBERS OF FIRM
Patricia E. Carls (Managing Partner) born Huntingdonshire, England, September 10, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas. Education: Loyola University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981); University of Texas at Austin School of Law (J.D., 1985). Author: "Texas Open Meetings Act," Advanced Administrative Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 2008; "Texas Open Meetings Act," Texas Environmental Super Conference, 2007. City Attorney, City of Georgetown, 2001-2009. Formerly with: Brown McCarroll, LLP; Brown and Carls. Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Administrative and Public Law Section; Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section; Government Lawyers; Health Care); Texas City Attorneys Association. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Municipal; Water Law; Public Law; Health Care.Email: Patricia E. Carls
Kelly A. McDonald (Member) born St. Paul, Minnesota, June 5, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., with special honors, 1982); University of Texas at Austin School of Law (J.D., 1988). Phi Alpha Delta. Briefing Attorney, Hon. David F. Farris, 1988-1989. Formerly with: Brown & Carls, LLP, 1999-2007; Davis & Wilkerson, P.C., 1989-1999. Member: Austin and Travis County Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; American Health Lawyers Association; Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging; Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals; Texas Association for Home Care. Reported Cases: State v. Haltom Medical Investors, LLC, 1530 S.W.3d 884; Karagounis v. PCA, 970 S.W.2d 761; Tankersley v. Durish, 855 S.W.2d 241. Practice Areas: Health Law; Civil Litigation; Employment Law.Email: Kelly A. McDonald
Kenda B. Dalrymple (Member) born Dallas, Texas, August 11, 1963; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., Communication, 1985); Baylor University School of Law (J.D., 1993). Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Barristers; Harvey M. Richey Moot Court Society; The Federalist Society. Elected Dean's List, 1984-1985. Associate Attorney, May 1993-November 1999 and Shareholder, 1999-2001, Austin, Texas, Davis & Davis, P.C. Of Counsel, Brown & Carls, L.L.P., Austin, Texas, November 2001-Austust 31, 2007. Presented: "Confidentiality of Medical Records," Austin, Corpus Christi, Houston, Dallas, El Paso, Forth Worth, and San Antonio, Texas, 1994-2008; "HIPAA Compliance: Understanding and Implementing the Security and Privacy Regulation in Texas," Austin and San Antonio, Texas, 2001-2003; "State Laws and the new HIPAA Standards," Austin, Texas, 2002-2004; "Discovery of Confidential Records," Austin, Texas, 2000; "Managing and Acquiring Confidential Records for Attorneys," Austin, Texas, 2000; "Confidential Records: Maintenance, Access and Legal Issues" and "Avoiding and Responding to Complaints," Texas Counseling Association Professional Development Conferences, Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Houston, Austin, Galveston, and San Antonio, Texas, 1998-2007; "Using and Maintaining Confidential Records in Texas," Texas Psychological Association Annual Conventions, San Antonio and Dallas, Texas, 2006-2007; "Confidentiality Issues ad HIPAA," Capital of Texas Counseling Association, Texas Chiropractic Association, Texas Psychological Association, Texas Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors, Texas Association of Home Care, Austin Independent School District, Del Rio Independent School District, Eanes Independent School District, Elgin Independent School District, Conroe Independent School District Medina Children's Home, Texas Network of Youth Services, Lake Dallas Independent School District, Training Seminars for School Counselors, Region IV and Region XIII Service Centers, 1998-2008. Member: Austin Bar Association (Member, Administrative Law, Health Law, Appellate and Labor and Employment Sections, 1993); State Bar of Texas; American Health Lawyers Association; American Society for Pharmacy Law; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Texas Association of Home Care (Firm Membership, 2007); Texas Counseling Association (Associate Member, 2003); Texas Health Care Association (Firm Membership, 2007); Texas Pharmacy Association (Association Member, 2005). Fellow: College of the State Bar of Texas. Reported Cases: Texas Hospital Ass'n v. Texas Workers' Compensation Comm'n 911 S.W.2d 884 (Tex.App.-1995, writ denied); Edinburgh Hospital Authority v. Trevino 941 S.W.2d 76 (Tex. 1997); Jacquelyn Morgan v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Petition for Review. Languages: English. Practice Areas: Professional License Defense; Health Law; Administrative Law.Email: Kenda B. Dalrymple
OF COUNSEL
Mary K. Sahs (Of Counsel) born Fort Bragg, North Carolina, April 3, 1951; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas; 1987, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas-El Paso (B.A., History, with high honors, 1974); University of Texas at Austin School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1985). Registered Texas Lobbyist, 1993-1999. Speaker and Author: "Developing Pre-Rules and Initial Rules," Groundwater Conservation District Seminar Series: Programs, Plans and Rules for Your Groundwater Conservation District, Texas A&M, August 2003; "Environmental and Water Law Go Local," Representing Clients in the Multi-Jurisdictional Setting, Litigation Section, Travis County Bar Association Seminar, May 2003; "Groundwater Regulation in Texas," Industry Council on the Environment Meeting, January 2003, Austin Industry Environmental Counsel Meeting, February 2003 and Environmental Superconference, 2003; "Groundwater in Rural Texas," Travis County Bar Association, Real Estate Section Meeting, May 2002, Central Texas Section, Water Environment Association of Texas Meeting, September 2002 and San Antonio Bar Association, Environmental Section Meeting, November 2002; "Legislative Update on Environmental Law," Texas Advance Paralegal Seminar, September 2005; "Open Government Requirements for Texas Groundwater Conservation Districts," Groundwater Conservation District Seminar Series: Being and Effective Board Member, Texas Water Resources Institute of Texas A&M University Seminar, January 2003; "The Role of Groundwater Conservation Districts in Sales and Exports," Seminar, November 2004; "Texas Groundwater 2004, Towards Sustainability," Texas A&M, April, July and September 2004; "Landowner and Citizen Information on Groundwater Leasing, Marketing and Sales Seminar," Travis County Bar Association, Mineral Law Section Meeting, June 2004; "Water and Sewer Services: Update on Certificates of Convenience and Necessity (CCNs)," Austin Bar Association Real Estate Section Meeting, February 2006 and Lorman Education Services Zoning, Subdivision, and Land Development Law Conference, April 2007. Presented: "Fly Over: What's New in Groundwater Law," The Changing Face of Water Rights in Texas, State Bar of Texas Seminar, 2005; "Fundamentals of Groundwater Law," Nuts and Bolts of Texas Water Rights, State Bar of Texas Seminar, 2005; "Groundwater-Desired Future Condition, Science, Law and Policy," CLE International Texas Water Law Conference, September 2007; "Groundwater Conservation Districts: Their Role in Sales and Exports," CLE International Texas Water Law Conference, April 2008; "Groundwater Conservation Districts: The Legislature's Preferred and Localized Method of Regulation," The Changing Face of Water Rights in Texas, State Bar of Texas Seminar, 2006. Speaker: "Groundwater Conservation Districts: Oil, Gas and Minerals," Austin Bar Association Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section Meeting, April 2007; "Groundwater Districts, Implementation of HB 1763 and More," Fall Meeting, Texas Water Conservation Association, October 2006. Author: "Groundwater Regulation in Texas," Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts, January 2003. Panelist, "Roundtable on Groundwater District Powers: Enough, Not Enough, Just Right?" Texas Groundwater: Yours? Mine? Ours? Environmental Defense Seminar, March 2003. Managing Editor: "Texas Law of Water Resources," Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section, State Bar of Texas, State Bar Books, October 2008. Co-editor: "West's Texas Practice Series, Environmental Law," Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section, State Bar of Texas, 1997. Planning Committee Member: "Texas Environmental Superconference," Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section, 1990, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007; "Texas Groundwater 2004; Toward Sustainability," International Institute for Sustainable Water Resources and Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center, Texas State University, San Marcos, 2004; "Flows for the Future," River Systems Institute, 2005; "Charting the Course," River Systems Institute, 2006; "Changing Face of Water Rights," State Bar of Texas, 2005 and 2006; "Texas Water Summit: Focusing on Water for Agriculture and Natural Resources," Texas Agricultural and Natural Resources Summit Initiative of the Texas A&M Systems, 2003. President, Sahs & Associates, P.C., Austin, Texas, September 1998. Principal, Law Offices of Mary K. Sahs, Austin, Texas, November 1995-September 1998. Associate: Gardere and Wynne LLP, Dallas, Texas, September 1992-November 1995; Scanlan, Buckle & Fleckman, Austin, Texas, 1985-1987. Public Interest Counsel, January-September, 1992 and Hearings Examiner August 1988-January 1992, Texas Water Commission, Austin, Texas. Regulatory Consultant, Texas Department of Agriculture, Austin, Texas, 1987-1988. Legal Writing Lecturer, University of Texas School of Law, 1987-1988. Assistant City Attorney, West Lake Hills, Jonestown, Village of Lakeway, City of Sunset Valley, Texas, 1985-1987. Member: Austin Bar Association (Member: Board of Directors; Administrative Law Section, 1999; Environmental, Natural Resource, and Water Law Section, 2006; Solo/Small Firm Section, 1998; Chair Elect, 2001-2002; Program Chair, 1999-2001); State Bar of Texas (Member, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section, 1986); College of the State Bar of Texas; Air and Waste Management Association (Member, Central Texas Chapter, Southwest Section; Program Chair, 1999-2002; Membership Chair, 1996-2002); Texas Water Conservation Association; Travis County Women Lawyer's Association (Member, Board of Directors, 2001-2002 and 2003-2004); Water Environment Association of Texas. Practice Areas: Water Law; Environmental Law; Administrative Law.Email: Mary K. Sahs
Nancy A. Shellhorse (Of Counsel) born San Antonio, Texas, April 16, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas; 1997, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., Government, 1991); University of Tulsa (J.D., 1994). Phi Delta Phi. Selected for inclusion in listing of Texas Rising Stars, Texas Monthly, 2006, 2007. Recipient, Congressional Youth Leadership Award, 1990. Articles Editor, Tulsa Journal of Comparative and International Law. Member, Congressional Youth Leadership Conference, 1987 and 1990. Member: Austin and American Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Transactions: Prosecuted and defended a variety of health care providers in administrative hearings and district court proceedings. Practice Areas: Health Care; Administrative Law.Email: Nancy A. Shellhorse