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 Frank M. Reilly
Austin, Texas
Partner
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Mr. Reilly is a partner with the Firm and has practiced constitutional administrative, governmental, legislative, property rights, ethics, campaign and election law for over 16 years. In 2005, he was elected mayor of the City of Granite Shoals, Texas, a city of about 5,000 located West of Austin on Lake Lyndon B. Johnson, and was twice re-elected. He left office in 2011 without seeking a fourth term.
Noted as an "expert in Texas takings law" by the Wall Street Journal (October 6, 1999, T1), Mr. Reilly has a keen interest in property rights, environmental and natural resource issues, and water law. Mr. Reilly was involved in the drafting and passage of the state's Private Real Property Preservation Act, which gave Texas property owners a new tool to preserve their property rights.
Mr. Reilly represents clients in Texas courts, before the Texas Legislature, and at state and federal agencies.
Further, Mr. Reilly represents officeholders, candidates and political action committees (PACs) concerning lobby, campaign, and ethics laws. He also advises and assists clients on general business and non-profit organization matters.
- Texas, 1990
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1991
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2002
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2003
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2003
- University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas
J.D.
Law Review:
Houston Law Review, Research Editor, 1989 - 1990
- University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA,
December, 1982
M.B.A.
Major: Real Estate Analysis
- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA,
December, 1981
B.B.A.
Major: Finance
Major: Real Estate
- Texas Political Subdivisions Can Now Opt Out of Section 5 Preclearance, Texas Town & Country, 2010.
- Senate Bill 14; Much Ado About Nothing, Texas Lawyer, Environmental Law Supp. 16, May 5, 1997
- Rat's Nest of Regulation: The Proliferation of Regulations & Administrative Appeals is Smothering the Courts & Spawning Injustice, Texas Lawyer, January 26, 1998
- Internet Essentials for the Administrative Law Practitioner, 1 Texas Tech Journal of Texas Administrative Law 135, Summer, 2000
- 2009 and 2011 Legislative and Litigation Update, Central Texas Justices of the Peace and Constables Association, 2011
- Legal Aspects of Easements, International Right-of-Way Association, Austin, TX, 2009
- Real Estate Law, Right-of-Way Association, Austin, TX, 2008
- Legal Aspects of Involving People In Campaigns, Texas Election & Campaign Law Institute,
2006
- Raising Money in Compliance With the Law, Texas Election & Campaign Law Institute,
June 23, 2006
- Negotiating Through the Minefields of the Bi-Partisan Campaign Reform Act", Texas Election & Campaign Law Institute,
November 18, 2005
- Personal Involvement in Texas Campaigns, Texas Medical Association, Grassroots Advocacy Retreat,
2005
- Compliance with Environmental and Special Use Regulations, Land Use in Texas Update Seminar, National Business Institute,
2001
- Water and Water Rights in Texas, Natural Resources Institute, Texas Tech University,
2000
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2001
- Legislative Update: Environmental & Water Law, State Bar of Texas,
1999
- Online Public Information for the Administrative, State Bar of Texas, PractitionerAdvanced Administrative Law Course,
1999
- The East Texas Ecosystem Plan, Natural Resources Foundation of Texas seminar,
1996
- Takings After the Private Real Property Preservation Act, Advanced Administrative Law Course, State Bar of Texas,
1996
- Protecting Private Property Rights, Texas Forestry Association Convention,
1994
- Protection of Private Property Rights, National Cowboy Symposium,
1994
- Standing to Review Agency Actions, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Administrative Law Course,
1994
- A Primer for Ethics Compliance, Texas Water Conservation Association,
1992
- Federal Government Pulls the Plug on Hydroelectric Power, Texas Water Conservation Association,
1991
- Mayor, City of Granite Shoals, Texas,
2005
- 2011
- Houston Law Review, research editor,
1989
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1990
- Municipal Solid Waste and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- Member, 2007-Present
- Capital Area Council of Governments
- General Assembly, Member, 2006-Present
- Texas Review and Comment System (Grants) Committee, Member, 2008-2010
- Nominations Committee, 2009-present
- Executive Committee, 2011
- Criminal Justice Advisory Committee, 2011
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- Marble Falls Independent School District
- Strategic Planning Committee, 2010
- Bond Steering Committee, 2008
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- International Right of Way Association (certified instructor in real estate law)
- Member
- Weather Modification Advisory Committee of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
- Chairman
- Austin Chapter of the Federalist Society
- Member of Advisory Board
- Access for Youth,
1984
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1987
- Board of Directors
- Ecology Action of Texas,
1991
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1995
- Advisory Board for the Greek and Services Organization of the University of Texas
- Vice Chairman
- Trinity River Authority, Acting Staff Attorney,
1991
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1992
- Texas House of Representatives, Legislative Staff,
1983
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1990
- The Republican Party of Texas, Assistant General Counsel,
1994
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1997
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