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Robert Wendland

Mr. Wendland is an "AV" rated attorney.  He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin in 1980 and a J.D. from the Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1983. After graduating from law school, he spent two years as a Senior Assistant City Attorney in Arlington, Texas, emphasizing land use and zoning matters, as well as litigation, before joining a large downtown Dallas law firm in 1985. Mr. Wendland practiced in downtown Dallas for seventeen years, and with a smaller firm in North Dallas for two years, before moving his practice to Allen in 2004. He has a diverse and broad practice which includes litigation in federal and state courts, as well as administrative proceedings and arbitration. In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Wendland practices in the areas of school law and local government law, real estate, construction, land use and zoning, condemnation, banking, insurance law, utility cooperatives and special districts, and general commercial and business law.

Current Employment Position(s):

Shareholder

Areas Of Practice:

Litigation

Local Government (Municipalities, School Districts, and Utility Districts)

Utility Law

Water Law

Real Estate

Banking Law

Land Use and Zoning

Eminent Domain

Administrative Law

Construction Law

Corporation Law

Contracts

Governmental Contracts

Bar Admissions:

Texas, 1983

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

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1990

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1988

Education:

Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1983

J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1980

B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Representative Cases:

Gaynier v. Ginsberg, 1994 WL 400989 (Tex. App.- Dallas 1994)

Fish v. Dallas Independent School District, 31 S.W.3d 678 (Tex. App.- Eastland, writ den 2000)

II Deerfield Ltd. Partnership v. Henry Building, Inc., 41 S.W.3d 259 (Tex. App.- San Antonio, no writ 2001)

Omnibus International, Inc. v. AT&T, Inc., 111 S.W.3d 818 (Tex. App.- Dallas 2003)

Dugan v. Compass Bank, 129 S.W.3d 579 (Tex. App.- Dallas, no writ 2003)

Bonnie Blue, Inc. V. Reichenstein, 127 S.W.3d 366 (Tex. App.- Dallas, no writ 2004)

Representative Clients:

Allen Independent School District

Town of Northlake, Texas

Capital One, N.A.

American National Bank

Northwestern Investment Management Company

McKinsey & Co.

High Point Water Supply Corporation

Okmetic, Inc.

Professional Associations and Memberships

Dallas Bar Association, 1983 to present

Collin County Bar Association, 2005 to present

Allen Sunrise Rotary Club, 2005 to present

Foundation for Allen Schools
Board of Directors, 2004 to present

Cross Timbers Youth Orchestra
Board of Directors

Texas City Attorneys' Association