E. Allen Taylor Jr.  Suite 200 6000 Western Place Fort Worth, Texas 76107

E. Allen Taylor, Jr.

A Fort Worth native, born in 1948. He received Bachelors and Master of Urban Planning degrees from Texas A&M University, and a Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Baylor University School of Law. He was the Research & Topics Editor of the Baylor Law Review and was a member of the National Order of Barristers. Mr. Taylor is admitted to practice before the Texas Supreme Court, the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, the Fifth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeal and the United States Supreme Court. Prior to embarking upon a legal career Mr. Taylor served as Planning Director of the City of Edinburg, Texas, Director of Planning & Community Development of the City of Pharr, Texas, and the Director of Planning & Community Development for the City of Killeen, Texas. He is currently serving as City Attorney to the cities of Newark, Burleson, Southlake, Mansfield, Aledo and Cleburne, Texas. Mr. Taylor is the former Chairman of the Plan Commission of the City of Fort Worth, a former member of the Zoning Commission of the City of Fort Worth, a member of the Advisory Board of the Municipal Legal Studies Center of the Southwestern Legal Foundation and was previously a member of the Pre-Application Review Panel and the Section 208 Water Quality Advisory Committee of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council. Mr. Taylor practices primarily in the areas of public, municipal and land use law. He has served as a speaker and panelist for a number of conferences and seminars in these fields and has authored a number of articles in the land use and development law area.

Current Employment Position(s):

Founding Partner

Year Joined Organization:

1997

Areas of Practice:

Public, Municipal and Land Use Law

Bar Admissions:

Texas, 1983

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1983

U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1984

U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1985

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1985

U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1985

U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1983

U.S. Supreme Court, 1987

Education:

Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas, 1983
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: National Order of Barristers
Law Review: Baylor Law Review, Research and Topics Editor

Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 1980
M.P.A., Master of Public Administration

Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, 1973
B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, 1973
M.U.P., Master of Urban Planning

Published Works:

Impact Enabling Legislation A New Approach to Exactions (Co-Author), Zoning and Planning Law Report, No. 11, Vol. 2, February, 1988

How to Develop Use Impact Fees Successfully, Institute on Planning, Zoning and Eminent Domain, 1988

Professional Associations and Memberships:

City of Fort Worth Planning Commission, 1985 - Present

Chairman

Southwest Legal Foundation, Municipal Legal Studies Center, 1987 - Present

Advisory Board

City of Edinburg, Texas

Planning Director

City of Killeen, Texas

Director of Planning and Community Development

Tarrant County Bar Association

Member

American Bar Association

Member

State Bar of Texas

Member

American Planning Association

Member

Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council

Section 208 Water Quality Advisory Committee

Past Employment Positions:

Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller, 1983 - 1987

Reynolds, Shannon, Miller, Blinn, White & Cook, 1987 - 1988

Fielding, Barrett & Taylor, L.L.P., 1988 - 1997

Fraternities/Sororities:

Phi Alpha Delta

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