Roger B. Borgelt
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 35 years of experience
Environment, Energy, Oil & Gas Law, Land Use & Zoning, Administrative Law
614 S. Capital of Texas Highway, Austin, TX 78746
About Roger B. Borgelt
Practice Areas
- Environment
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Land Use & Zoning
- Administrative Law
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, May, 1988Doctor of Jurisprudence
- Honors: Recipient, First Year Outstanding Student Scholarship, (1986)
- Honors: Member of the UT Chancellor's Council
- Honors: Member of UT Littlefield Society
- Honors: Member of The UT Longhorn Foundation
- The University of Texas at Austin, May, 1984Bachelor of Arts
- Major: Psychology
- Honors: National Merit Scholar
Representative Cases
- Cities of Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth and Hereford, Petitioners v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Respondent, No. 01-0086, 92 SW3d 434 (Supreme Court of Texas 2002)
- Centerpoint Energy Entex, Appellant v. Railroad Commission of Texas, Victor Carrillo, Elizabeth A. Jones, Michael Williams, City of Tyler and the State of Texas Appellees, No. 03-04-00731-CV, 2006 WL 1865439 (Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin, Texas 2006)
Classes and Seminars
- Planning Committee and Moderator, First Annual Advanced Texas Administrative Law Seminar, 2006
- Legislative Update - Utilities Law, Advanced Administrative Law, Austin Bar Association, 2005
- Planning Committee, Administrative Law Conference, University of Texas School of Law, 2003 - Present
- Legislative Update, University of Texas Administrative Law Conference, 2005
- Commissioners Panel, Effective Advocacy for Rule Making and Other Agency Action, University of Texas Administrative Law Conference, 2006
- Attorney General's Environmental Conference for Public Agenics, 1992 - 1995
- U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Special Investigator Training Conference, 1992
- U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Special Investigator Training Conference, 1995
- Texas Recreation and Park Society Annual Conference, 1995
- Speaker, Customer Proprietary Network Information Issues, National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates
- Planning Committee, Telecommunications Conference, University of Texas Law School, 2003
- Presenter, "Telecommunications Deregulation", Travis County Bar Association's Computer and Technology Law Section
- Presenter, Ex Parte Issues, Travis County Bar Association, Administrative Law Section
- Moderator, Administrative Law Portion of the 2003 Travis County Bench-Bar Conference, Travis County Bar Association, Administrative Law Section
- Telecommunications Legislative Update, State Bar of Texas Public Utility Law Section, 2005
- Speaker, Utility matters, State Bar's Annual Meeting in Houston, June 2012
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1988
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
Other Affiliations
- Board of Directors, Austin Bar Association, Administrative Law Section, 2006 - 2007 (Chair)
- Texas Bar Foundation, 1997 - Present (Life Fellow 2006)
- Section Council, State Bar of Texas Public Utility Law Section, 2006 (Member)
- Austin Bar Foundation (Fellow)
- North University Neighborhood Association, 1998 - 2000 (President)
- Celtic Cultural Center of Texas (Legal Advisor)
- Austin Celtic Association, 2005 - 2006 (Board of Directors)
- College of State Bar of Texas, 1993 - Present
- Council of Licensure Enforcement and Regulation, 1996 - 1999 (Member, Professional Discipline and Program Committee)
- Council of Licensure Enforcement and Regulation, 1996 - 1999 (Member, Regulatory Issues Committee)
- Council of Licensure Enforcement and Regulation, 1996 - 1999 (Member, National Certified Inspector Training Committee)
- Travis County Bar Association, Administrative Law Section, 2003 - Present (Board of Directors)
- Austin Bar Association, Technology and Computer, and Oil, Gas, and Minerals Sections (Member)
- Federal Communications Bar Association, Texas Chapter (Member)
- State Bar of Texas Administrative & Public Law, Environmental & Natural Resources, Oil, Gas & Mineral, and Computer & Technology Section (Member)
- Federal Communications Bar Association (Texas Co-Chair)
- The College of the State Bar of Texas (Member)
- Public Utility Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (Past Chair)
- Austin Bar Association Environmental Law Section (Secretary)
- State Bar's Annual Meeting, Houston (Chair of the Public Utility Law Section, 2012)
- Texas Department of Agriculture Structural Pest Control Advisory Committee (Chair, 2013)
- Small Business Group of Central Texas (Executive Committee Member)
- Real Estate Council of Austin (Member, Key Advocacy Committee)
Past Positions
- Railroad Commission of Texas, Austin, Texas, Law Clerk, 1987 - 1989
- Texas Structural Pest Control Board, Austin, Texas, General Counsel, 1990 - 1999
- Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division, Austin, Texas, Assistant Attorney General, 1999 - 2006
- Office of the Attorney General, Deputy Chief of the Consumer Protection Division
Articles
Published Works
- Texas Administrative Discovery (Co-Author) 1990, Contested Case Workshop, Travis County Bar Association, 1990
- Informal Dispositions, Essentials of Administrative Law Seminar, Travis County Bar Association, 1992
- Ex Parte Issues and Questions, Nuts and Bolts of Administrative Law, Travis County Bar Association, 2003 and 2004
Office Info
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- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Land Use & Zoning
- Administrative Law
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