Austin, Texas

Potts & Reilly, L.L.P.

Tel & Fax: 866-876-7825
Email: E-Mail Us

Horseshoe Bay &
Primary Business Office

Mailing: P.O Box 4037
Horseshoe Bay, TX 78657-4037

Physical: 112 Par Three Court
Horseshoe Bay, TX 78657

Austin Office

Mailing: P.O. Box 13125
Austin, TX 78711-3125

Physical: 208 West 14th Street
Suite 204
Austin, TX 78701

Dallas Office

7017 John Carpenter Fwy.
Suite 225
Dallas, Texas 75247-5132

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