J. Tyler Topper - Amarillo, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas, 2009
    J.D.
    Honors: Order of the Barristers

• Non Legal Education

  • Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, Texas, 2005
    B.B.A.
    Honors: summa cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Pro Bono Activities

• Wayland Baptist University Board of Trustees, Vice-Chairman of the Board, 2019 - Present

Representative Clients

• Semi-Urban Development Property (215 acres) – Randall County property on with TxDOT was threatening to condemn 34 acres for a new roadway.

• TxDOT’s initial offer – $544,836 | Client’s gross proceeds from settlement – $2,204,736

• South Texas Ranch (8,744 acres) – working ranch property in Webb County on which a utility company was threatening to condemn an 87-acre easement for a power line.

• Utility’s initial offer – $352,800 | Client’s gross proceeds from settlement – $834,174

• Panhandle Farm (991 acres) – farm property in Castro County on which a utility company condemned a 13.1- acre easement for a power line.

• Utility’s initial offer – $35,563 | Client’s gross proceeds after litigation – $140,608

• Permian Basin Oil & Gas Property (560 acres) – Reeves County property on which a pipeline company was threatening to condemn a 9.3-acre easement for an oil and gas pipeline.

• Pipeline company’s initial offer – $44,098 | Client’s gross proceeds from settlement – $134,739

• Panhandle Ranch (2,400 acres) – ranch property in Collingsworth County on which a utility company condemned a 54.3-acre easement for a power line.

• Utility’s initial offer – $65,232 | Client’s gross proceeds after litigation – $237,336

• East Texas Timber Property (2,901 acres) – heavily forested property in Bowie County on which a utility company was threatening to condemn a 63-acre easement for a power line.

• Utility’s initial offer – $222,602 | Client’s gross proceeds from settlement – $517,910

• Semi-Urban Development Property (670 acres) – Randall County property on which TxDOT condemned 8 acres for a new roadway.

• TxDOT’s initial offer – $62,308 | Client’s gross proceeds after litigation – $306,785

• South Texas Ranch (906 acres) – Webb County ranch property on which a utility company was threatening to condemn a 6-acre easement for a power line.

• Utility’s initial offer – $24,400 | Client’s gross proceeds from settlement – $121,208

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 2009
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2010

Other Affiliations

• State Bar of Texas
• Amarillo Area Bar Association (Board of Directors, 2019 - Present (President))