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| | Address | | Wortham Tower, Suite 600, 2727 Allen Parkway | | Houston, Texas 77019 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Olson & Olson, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Municipal, Administrative, Environmental, Land Use Litigation, Labor and Employment, Planning and Zoning, Condemnation, Utility, Telecommunications and Ad Valorem Taxation Law. | | Year Established: 1974 | | Firm Size: 23 | Clients:
A List of Representative Clients will be furnished upon request. | | OF COUNSEL | | William A. Olson (Of Counsel) born Waco, Texas, July 1, 1923; admitted to bar, 1950, Texas. Education: Baylor University (LL.B., J.D., 1950). City Attorney, City of Houston, 1966-1974. General Counsel, Texas Municipal League, 1958-1963. Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Chairman, Public Utility Law Section, 1976-1977); Texas City Attorneys Association (President, 1969-1970). | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | William A. Olson, Jr. (Member) born Waco, Texas, July 17, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Southwest Texas State University (B.B.A., 1970); Baylor University (J.D., 1972). Phi Delta Phi. Member: State Bar of Texas; Texas City Attorney's Association. Fellow, Houston Bar Association. Email: William A. Olson, Jr. | | John F. Olson (Member) born Waco, Texas, October 20, 1950; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas. Education: Houston Baptist University (B.A., 1973); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1977). Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Texas City Attorney's Association (Director, 1981-1987). Email: John F. Olson | | Kenneth E. Wall (Member) born Beaumont, Texas, April 6, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Texas; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Lamar University (B.A., 1966); University of Texas (J.D., 1969). Phi Delta Phi. City Attorney, 1973-1984, City of Beaumont, Texas. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas City Attorneys Association (President, 1982-1983). Email: Kenneth E. Wall | | Mario L. Dell'Osso (Member) born Galveston, Texas, September 2, 1949; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas. Education: Loyola University (B.B.A., 1971); Stephen F. Austin State University (1973); South Texas College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1982). Delta Theta Phi; Order of Lytae. Assistant Editor, South Texas Law Journal, 1981. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation; Texas City Attorney's Association. Email: Mario L. Dell'Osso | | John J. Hightower (Member) born Batesville, Arkansas, May 5, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas; 1979, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Sixth Circuits; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, U.S Court of Federal Claims; 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.S., 1975); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1978). Phi Alpha Delta. City of Houston: Chief, Corporate Section, 1984-1987; Chief, Litigation Section, 1987-1991. Vice Chairman, City of Houston Civil Service Commission, 1995-1997. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; Texas City Attorneys Association. Email: John J. Hightower | | Robert P. McConnell (Member) born Jackson, Mississippi, October 23, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1977); Baylor University (J.D., 1980). Delta Theta Phi. Associate Editor, Baylor Law Review, 1979-1980. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Email: Robert P. McConnell | | G. Todd Stewart (Member) born San Antonio, Texas, February 25, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.B.A., 1984); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1987). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Email: G. Todd Stewart | | Brian J. Begle (Member) born Ferdinand, Indiana, September 7, 1960; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Indiana University (B.S., 1983); University of Houston (J.D., 1992). Assistant City Attorney, City of Houston, 1992-1997. Member: State Bar of Texas; Texas City Attorneys Association. Email: Brian J. Begle | | James D. Robinson (Member) born Dennison, Ohio, July 8, 1959; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Kent State University (B.A., 1980); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1989). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Email: James D. Robinson | | Scott Bounds (Member) born Dallas, Texas, July 12, 1952; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas; 1977, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2001, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1973; J.D., 1975). Author: "Secured Transactions," 53 Texas Law Review 1343 (1975). City Attorney: Baytown, 1978-1980; Huntsville, 1980-1999. Member: State Bar of Texas; Texas City Attorneys Association. Email: Scott Bounds | | ASSOCIATES | | Loren B. Smith (Associate) born Denver, Colorado, April 25, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., with honors, 1988; J.D., 1991). Member: State Bar of Texas. Email: Loren B. Smith | | Tammy White-Chaffer (Associate) born Houston, Texas, December 19, 1968; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: University of North Texas (B.S., 1991); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1998). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Email: Tammy White-Chaffer | | Patricia L. Hayden (Associate) born Angleton, Texas, July 3, 1954; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Dominican College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Order of Barons. Phi Delta Phi. Member: State Bar of Texas; Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Municipal Litigation. Email: Patricia L. Hayden | | Sarah M. Morrow (Associate) born Houston, Texas, October 20, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: Duquesne University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2004); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Email: Sarah M. Morrow | | David W. Olson (Associate) born Houston, Texas, July 29, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1998); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Email: David W. Olson | | Corey R. Ouslander (Associate) born November 9, 1977, Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 2001); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2007). South Texas Law Review, 2006-2007. Articles Editor, Currents, International Trade Law Journal, 2006-2007. Member: American Bar Association; Texas Young Lawyers Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association; Houston Bar Association. Email: Corey R. Ouslander | | Arthur L. Pertile, III (Associate) born Midland, Texas, March 9, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1992, U.S District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: McMurry College (B.A., 1983); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1986). Formerly with Waco City Attorney's Office, April 1995-November 2007. City Attorney, First Assistant City Attorney, January 1987-April 1990. Assistant City Attorney, City of Houston, February 1993-March 1995. Assistant District Attorney, Harris County District Attorney's Office, May 1990-January 1993. President, Texas City Attorneys, 2001-2002. Commissioner, Texas Commission on Fire Protection, 2002—. Texas State Chair, International Municipal Lawyers Association, 2007—. Member: State Bar of Texas (Board of Directors of the Government Lawyers Section); McLennan County Bar Association (Board of Directors). Email: Arthur L. Pertile, III | | Darren M. Poutra (Associate) born Houston, Texas, July 27, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: Sam Houston State University (B.B.A., 2001); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2005). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association. Email: Darren M. Poutra | | Janice N. Rich (Associate) born Houston, Texas, July 17, 1948; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Houston, Clear Lake (B.S., 1985); Texas Southern University (J.D., 1991). Phi Alpha Delta. City of Houston Police Department, May 1992-December 2007. Instructor, City of Houston Police Academy, November 1993 - December 2007. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Email: Janice N. Rich | | Sara J. Sundrla (Associate) born Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 29, 1973; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: University of St. Thomas (B.A., summa cum laude, 2004); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Email: Sara J. Sundrla | | Robert J. Gervais (Associate) born Thibodaux, Louisiana, January 28, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Trinity University (B.A., 1990; B.A., 1990 ); Baylor University (J.D., 1993). City Attorney, City of Texas City, 2000—; Acting City Attorney, City of Galveston, 1999-2000; Assistant City Attorney, City of Galveston, 1994-1999. Member: State Bar of Texas; Texas City Attorneys Association; Houston Bar Association; Galveston County Bar Association. Email: Robert J. Gervais | | John E. Fisher (Associate) born Texarkana, Arkansas, August 30, 1942; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas; 1977, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Southern Arkansas University (B.A., 1964); University of Texas (J.D., 1976). Phi Alpha Delta. Sr. Assistant City Attorney, City of Houston, 1981-2004; Assistant City Attorney, City of Houston, 1976-1981. Email: John E. Fisher |
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