Phone: 817-332-2580
Fax: 817-332-4740
ataylor@toase.com
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Prior to embarking on a legal career, Allen 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. |
E. Allen Taylor, Jr.
Founding Partner
Allen is a Fort Worth native and currently serves as City Attorney to the cities of Burleson, Southlake, Mansfield, and Cleburne. He 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 Institute for Local Government Studies of The Center for American and International Law 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. 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.
Practice Areas
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Public Law |
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Municipal Law |
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Land Use Law |
Education
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Master of Urban Planning, Texas A&M University |
1973 |
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BA, Texas A & M University |
1973 |
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Master of Public Administration, Southwest Texas State University |
1980 |
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J.D Baylor University School of Law
Honors:
• Cum Laude
• National Order of Barristers
• Law Review: Research and Topics Editor |
1983 |
Professional Affiliations and Memberships
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Texas Supreme Court |
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U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit |
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U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit |
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U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas |
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U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas |
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U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas |
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U.S. District Court Western District of Texas |
| Member: |
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Texas Bar Association, Administrative and Public Law and Litigation Sections |
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Tarrant County Bar Association |
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American Bar Association – State and Local Government and Environment, Energy and Resources Sections |
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American Planning Association |
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Institute for Local Government Studes of the Center for American and International Law |
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Texas City Attorney Association |
Awards, Publications & Presentations
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A Journey Through the Jargon and Jungle of Planning and Zoning Law,
presented at the Institute for Local Government Studies' Planning & Zoning
Seminar on June 28, 2011. |
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Overview on Zoning, Subdivisions, Development Exactions and Liability Issues Emphasizing Real World Planning and Zoning Commissions and City Council Decision-Making presented at The University of Texas at Arlington on May 25,
2011. |
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Planning and Development Issues, presented to Northwest Communities Partnership at the Northwest ISD Administrative Building on January 12, 2011. |
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Councilmember Orientation presented to City of Granbury in Budget Workshop, July, 2010 |
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Home Rule and General Law Cities – Legal Powers and Responsibilities presented to NCTCOG, June, 2010 |
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Planning and Zoning Commission Training on Platting and Zoning presented to City of Waxahachie, May, 2010 |
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How Can They (or We) Do That?: Understanding the Constraints on Land Use Regulators presented to the University of Texas School of Law at the 2010 Land Use Conference, March, 2010 |
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Workshop with P&Z and Board of Adjustment, City of Corsicana, February, 2010 |
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