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Fax: 817-332-4740
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In 2010 and 2011, Fritz was recognized as a "Rising Star" in "Government/Cities/ Municipalities" by the Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star Edition published by Law & Politics and The Texas Monthly. He was also recognized as a Top Attorney in Fort Worth in municipal law in the November 2010 edition of Fort Worth, Texas Magazine. Before law school, he attended Texas A&M University in College Station, where he proudly served as a member of the Corps of Cadets and the Texas Aggie Band. A fifth generation native Texan, he was born in Bryan, Texas, and was raised in the small central Texas town of Comanche. |
Fredrick “Fritz” W. Quast
Associate
Fritz is a graduate of Baylor University Law School, where he served as an Articles Editor and Executive Editor for the Baylor Law Review. His law school honors include being a recipient of the Harry R. Jones Memorial and the Angus S. McSwain-Texas A&M University Scholarships, being inducted into Phi Delta Phi, and being a pupil in the Abner V. McCall American Inn of Court. After law school, he served as law clerk for the Honorable Terrie Livingston, Justice, Second District Court of Appeals in Fort Worth, from 2001-2002.
Practice Areas
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Appellate (Public Entities and Officials) |
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Litigation (Public Entities and Officials) |
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Annexation |
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Condemnation and Inverse Condemnation |
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Zoning and Land Use |
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Nuisance Abatement/Substandard Structures |
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Municipal Law |
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Civil Rights |
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First Amendment |
Education
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B.S. in Political Science, Texas A&M University |
1997 |
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J.D., Baylor University School of Law |
2001 |
Professional Affiliations and Memberships
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas |
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United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas |
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United States District Court for the Western District of Texas |
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
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State Bar of Texas, Appellate and Government/Administrative Sections |
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Tarrant County Bar Association, Appellate Section |
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Bench Bar Conference Committee (2010-2011) |
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Fort Worth Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association |
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Texas City Attorneys Association |
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Eldon B. Mahon American Inn of Court, Barrister (2007) Membership Committee Chairman (2008-2010) |
Awards, Publications & Presentations
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Hot Topic Update: Municipal Smoking Regulations presented at the Texas City Attorneys Association annual meeting on October 13, 2011. |
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"Named a "Rising Star" in the area of "Government/Cities/ Municipalities" by the Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star Edition, a Thompson Reuters service printed in The Texas Monthly, for 2011. |
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Named a Top Attorney in Municipal Law by Fort Worth, Texas Magazine for 2010 |
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Co-Author, How Much Will That Substandard Building Demolition Really Cost You?, Texas City Attorneys Association Fall Meeting, Corpus Christi, October 2010 |
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Named a "Rising Star" in the area of "Government/Cities/ Municipalities" by the Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star Edition, a Thompson Reuters service printed in The Texas Monthly, for 2010. |
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Co-Author, Conflicts of Interest - Who is Your Client?, 2009 TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool Attorney Workshop, Austin, August 2009 |
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Panel Discussion on Municipal Regulation of Gas Drilling, Texas Wesleyan School of LawEnergy Symposium, Fort Worth, March 2009 |
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Panel Discussion on Urban Drilling and Relevant Legal Issues, 2009 Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law Symposium, Austin, January 2009 |
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Co-Author, Hot Topics in Regulating Development, State Bar of Texas, Suing and DefendingGovernment Entities Conference, Austin, July 2008 |
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Speaker, Texas Open Government & Ethics, Northeast Leadership Forum Council Boot Camp, Westlake, July 2004 |
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Author, Does Morally Straight Mean Only Straight is Moral?: The First Amendment Versus Public Accommodation Laws in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, 53 Baylor L. Rev. 507 (2001) |
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Fritz Quast was a panelist at the 19th Annual Municipal Courts Education Center Prosecutor's Conference on Stewart v. City of Dallas - Implications for Municipal Courts on March 26, 2012 |
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