bmeredith@toase.com

Bryn Meredith

Partner

Areas of Practice

  • Municipal Law
  • Oil and Gas
Contact Info

Education

  • B.A. Southern Methodist University, 1995
  • J.D. St. Mary’s University School of Law, 1999

Bryn was born in Nyon, Switzerland. Before joining the firm, he worked as Assistant City Attorney for City of Corpus Christi from 2000-2001. His primary area of practice is municipal law and is currently serving as City Attorney to the Towns of Flower Mound and Dish, and the Cities of Saginaw and Bedford. In addition, he provides sophisticated guidance on all municipal oil and gas matters in the Barnett Shale, including conducting Town Hall meetings as well as drafting, editing and amending mineral lease agreements for many of our clients.

Professional Affiliations and Memberships

Licensed:

  • State Bar of Texas

Admitted:

  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas

Member:

  • Tarrant County Bar Association, Energy Section
  • Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association
  • Texas City Attorneys Association
  • International Municipal Lawyers Association

Awards, Publications & Presentations

  • Member of the UT Law Land Use CLE Fundamentals Faculty and Planning Committee.
  • “PUDs/PDDs, SUPs, and Zoning Variances,” UT Law Land Use Conference, April 2023.
  • “What Have We Missed Panel,” UT Law Land Use Conference, April 2023.
  • Susan Rocha Award for Outstanding Public Service, Texas City Attorneys Association, May 2020
  • “Nuts and Bolts of Preemption and House Bill 40,” PowerPoint Presentation for Texas Bar CLE Webinar, July 2020
  • “H.B. 40: Implementation Challenges Webinar,” Texas Municipal League Webinar, April 2018.
  • “Between a Gas Rock and a Hard Place,” UT Law Land Use Conference, April 2017.
  • “HB 40: What the Oil and Gas Bill Means for Cities,” Texas Municipal League Conference, October
  • “HB 40: What the Oil and Gas Bill Means for Cities,” Texas Municipal League Webinar, October 2015.
  • “How are Cities Regulating Oil and Gas?” Texas Municipal League and Texas Oil & Gas Association Oil Conference – January 2015
  • Gas Drilling Town Hall Presentation, Southlake Town Hall, March 2011.
  • “Local Government Regulation of Oil and Gas Operations in a Shale Play,” for Short Course on the Law of Shale Gas Plays – June 2010.
  • “Municipal Regulation of Urban Drilling,” for Texas Wesleyan Urban Gas Drilling Symposium; March 2011.
  • Author, “Gas Pipeline Litigation – The New Frontier”, PowerPoint presentation for Texas Wesleyan Urban Gas Drilling Symposium; March 2010.
  • “Current Issues and Hot Topics for Shale Gas Development,” for Sixty-First Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Law; February 2010.
  • Author, Regulatory Takings of Mineral Interests and the “Parcel as a Whole,” for Sixty-First Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Law, February 2010.
  • “Municipal Regulation of Gas Drilling,” for American Planning Association, Texas Chapter, Annual Conference; October 2009.
  • City Attorney Panel, Texas Wesleyan Urban Gas Drilling Symposium; April 2009.
  • “Got Gas? Drilling for Natural Gas in Your Community and in Your Park System,” for Texas Recreation and Parks Society Annual Conference, March 2006.
  • Author, “The Real Estate Developer Meets the Gas Producer: A Brave New World,” for Development Issues & Conflicts in Modern Gas and Oil Plays, 2004.
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