Results Matter
Results our lawyers have obtained for clients
Real cases. Real numbers. Real outcomes for Texas landowners.
6.48×
average obtained vs. pipeline company offers to Texas landowners since 2018
5.4x
average net amount clients took home after fees vs. initial offer
Where the initial offer ends.
Where we take it.
PIPELINE EASEMENTS - BY THE NUMBERS
INITIAL WRITTEN OFFER
settlement: more than 27 times the initial offer
pipeline taking · ranch owner
INITIAL WRITTEN OFFER
settlement: more than 27 times the initial offer
pipeline taking · ranch owner
INITIALLY OFFERED
settlement: more than 4,333 times the initial offer
TxDOT highway taking · Texas manufacturing facility
ORIGINALLY OFFERED
settlement: $174,285 net to client
TxDOT highway taking · commercial tenant
PIPELINES DEFEATED ENTIRELY
Sometimes the best result
is stopping the project entirely.
In a narrow but important set of cases, the right strategy is not just maximizing compensation — it is challenging the taking itself.
Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Represented landowners in helping shut down this multi-billion-dollar pipeline project on the East Coast.
Defeated entirely
Pacific Connector Pipeline
Represented landowners in helping shut down another multi-billion-dollar pipeline project in Oregon.
Defeated entirely
MVP Southgate
Obtained dismissal of a FERC-permit pipeline taking and reimbursement of legal and expert fees for landowner clients.
Dismissed + fees recovered
Condemnation & property takings
In the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, obtained the reversal of the trial court's dismissal of landowners' claims that the City of Austin illegally annexed their land, allowing the landowners' claims against the City to go forward
Obtained summary judgment for landowners, with the court invalidating the City of Taylor's alleged development agreement that would have prevented land development
Successfully represented more than 50 sets of landowners in the Taylor, Texas area to challenge a municipality's abuse of regulatory power, culminating in the passage of a new state law providing relief
In a condemnation case brought by Port Freeport, successfully appealed to establish the landowners' right to continue their court challenge to the port's taking of their property
Obtained $450,000 for a landowner against a TxDOT contractor who took dirt from the landowner's property without permission for a highway-construction project
In an important groundwater-rights case, authored the landowners' successful trial briefing and the merits brief on appeal, which prompted the State to settle for $5.5 million (just $300,000 less than the jury verdict) just days before oral argument
Obtained an $850,000 settlement for a ranch owner when an electric utility breached an easement agreement
Obtained the reversal and rendering of a judgment for clients in a federal appeal, vindicating their property interests in a right-of-way
Represented landowners as lead appellate counsel, defending a judgment of over $2 million for the landowners in a pipeline taking, leading to a confidential settlement following briefing and oral argument
Successfully defended a jury verdict on appeal for a buyer asserting a negligent-misrepresentation claim related to a ranch sale
Successfully represented a plaintiff in a multi-million-dollar real-estate contract dispute to enforce the specific performance of the deal
Routinely advise and represent one of Texas's largest residential land developers in negotiations with and litigation against local-government entities
Helped draft and support the ETJ removal statute (SB 2038) in 2023
Drafted and helped obtain passage of SB 1844 in 2025, expanding disannexation rights for landowners who don't receive full municipal services
Won a full defense victory in arbitration for a seller of a multifamily property in Northern California, obtaining an award of over $300k in defense costs
Won a defense victory in arbitration in a dispute between neighbors, using the settlement-offer rule to reduce the plaintiffs’recovery to $0.
Your case could be next.
The first offer is almost never the fair offer. Let us tell you what we think yours is worth.