Potts and Reilly: Susan Potts

Susan E. Potts
Austin, Texas

Partner
phone	(512) 469-7474
fax	(512) 469-7480
email	Email Me

Called a "savvy Austin lawyer" by the New York Times (November 16, 1995) for her efforts in obtaining a then-controversial registration from the Texas Water Commission to allow treated New York City sewage sludge to be land applied on West Texas Rangeland, Ms. Potts is no stranger to controversy or challenges. Ms. Potts, a native Texan, represents political subdivisions, companies and individuals before the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC), the Texas Legislature, and in state and federal courts for solid waste transportation, transfer, landfill and recycling issues; water quality, wastewater and water rights issues; water rate litigation; sludge registrations and permits; hazardous and municipal solid waste permits; and underground storage tank matters. Ms. Potts also represents clients before the legislature and other state and federal agencies on various administrative law issues. Ms. Potts also has an interest in the poverty-stricken colonias along the Texas border, and she volunteers a great deal of her time working toward a sustainable solution to provide economic growth to those areas.

Bar Admissions:: Texas, 1983; U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1984; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1987; U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1996; U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1997; U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1985; U.S. Supreme Court, 2003

Education:: Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, 1983
J.D.
Law Review: Texas Tech Law Review, Comment Editor, 1982 - 1983; University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA, 1980
B.J., Bachelor of Journalism
Major: Journalism

Published Works:: A Rats Nest of Regulation: The Proliteration of Regulations & Administrative Appeals is Smothering the Courts, 13 Texas Lawyer 32, 1998; Prevention of Section 1983 Civil Rights Action in Agency Context, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Administrative Law Course; Rising Federal Water: The Nation's Quagmire, 18 State Bar of Texas Environmental Law Journal

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Legislative Trends, Travis County Bar Association, 1995; Program Chair, Advanced Administrative Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1994; Speaker, Edwards Underground Aquifer Litigation, Texas; Speaker, Americans With Disabilities Act, University of Texas, Austin; Instructor, "Water and Water Rights in Texas", State Bar of Texas, Advanced Real Estate Law Course, 2001

Professional Associations and Memberships:: State Bar of Texas, Administrative and Public Law Section; Council Member; State Bar of Texas, Administrative and Public Law Section, 1993 - 1994; Chair-Elect; State Bar of Texas, Administrative and Public Law Section, Texas Administrative Law Journal, 1993 - 1995; Editor-in-Chief; Travis County Bar Association; Member; Texas Water Conservation Association; Member

Past Employment Positions:: Amarillo, Court of Appeals, Seventh Supreme Judicial District of Texas, Briefing Attorney, 1983 - 1985

Pro Bono Activities:: CASA-Court Appointed Special Advocate for Abused and Neglected Children, 1997 - 1998

Ancillary Businesses:: Public, Governmental and Community Relations, Environmental Projects