Justin A. Hodge
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500 Dallas St., Suite 1350, Houston, TX 77002
About Justin A. Hodge
Practice Areas
- Trusts
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 2002J.D.
- Law Review: Texas Review of Law and Politics, Member
- Texas Tech University, 1999B.S.
- Major: Agriculture and Applied Economics
Classes and Seminars
- Eminent Domain and Land Takings, University of Houston School of Law
Qualifications
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
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)
Past Positions
- General Counsel's Office, Office of the Governor, George W. Bush, Law Clerk, - 2000
Articles
Published Works
- “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
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- 19 years of experienceEminent Domain, Intellectual Property, Admiralty & Maritime Law, Probate, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
- Civil Litigation, Property
- Trusts
Nearby Lawyers
- Trusts
- 0.3 mile away
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