Justin A. Hodge - Austin, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 2002
    J.D.
    Law Review: Texas Review of Law and Politics, Member

• Non Legal Education

  • Texas Tech University, 1999
    B.S.
    Major: Agriculture and Applied Economics

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Partner

Past Positions

• General Counsel's Office, Office of the Governor, George W. Bush, Law Clerk, - 2000

Classes and Seminars

• Eminent Domain and Land Takings, University of Houston School of Law

Pro Bono Activities

• International Council for Shopping Centers; Christian Legal Society (Vice President - Houston Chapter)
• Texas Farm Bureau
• Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association

Published Works

Articles

• “Making the Property Owner Whole: Answering Highest and Best Use Issues When Property Is Condemned" April 2008
  
• “Homeowners Flooded by Water Release of Barker-Addicks Dam,” Houston Chapter of the Appraisal Institute, September 2018
  
• “Legal Impacts of Hurricane Harvey Ongoing Barker Addicks Takings Litigation Against the Government by Flooded Home and Business Owners,” CLE International’s Houston Eminent Domain Conference, May 2018 (Program Co-Chair)
  
• “Understanding Utility Easements and Rights of Way,” Boundaries and Easements, HalfMoon Education, Inc., June 2018
  
• “Groundwater Law: The Ancient Rule of Capture and the Modern Accommodation Doctrine,” Texas Bar Journal, Vol. 80, No. 11, December 2017 (co-author)
  
• “Understanding Utility Easements and Rights of Way,” Land and Water Law: Ownership and Access Conference, HalfMoon Education, Inc., December 2016
• “Texas’ Yellow-Brick Road to Acquiring Common-Carrier Status,” (co-author), Real Estate, Condemnation, and Trust Litigation: **previously published via: American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Summer 2015, Vo. 13, No. 2
• “Enjoyment and Preservation of Property: The Great and Chief End of Government,” ALI-CLE; The American Law Institute, San Francisco, California, February 2015
• “Property Damages: Valuing Property Rights in Condemnation, Groundwater, and Oil-and-Gas Disputes,” (co-author), State Bar of Texas, Damages in Civil Litigation, 2014
• “Landownership as a Keystone Right: Five Issues in Condemnation for Pipeline Easements,” Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute and Fundamentals Conference, University of Texas Law CLE, 2013
• “Texas Eminent Domain: Practices and Procedures for Energy Infrastructure,” Austin Bar Association, Oil Gas Mineral Law Section, 2012
• “Expert Challenges in an Eminent Domain Case: Robinson/Daubert Analyses; Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice; Project Influence” (coauthor), CLE International, 2010
• “The Fundamentals of Eminent Domain,” Ector County Bar Association, January 2010
• “Conservation or Preservation Easements: Answering Highest and Best Use and Valuation Issues When Dealing With Encumbered Property” (coauthor), ALI-ABA, January 2008
• “Can Communications Between an Accountant and Client Be Privileged? How to Make Use of This Narrow Evidentiary Rule,” Defense Research Institute, Young Lawyers Compendium, 2008
• “The Law of Eminent Domain—State of Texas” (coauthor), ABA Section of Litigation—Condemnation Zoning and Land Use Litigation, 2007
• “Recent Developments in Products, General Liability, and Consumer Law” (coauthor), Tort Trial & Ins. Prac. L.J., Winter 2007

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 2002
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
• Oklahoma
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Other Affiliations

• Young Lawyer’s Steering Committee U.S. Supreme Court Subcommittee (Chair)
• Defense Research Institute (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Texas Young Lawyers Association (Member)
• Houston Bar Association (Member)
• Houston Young Lawyers Association (Member)
• Christian Legal Society (Board of Directors)