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Stephanie S. Potter

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Stephanie Potter joined the firm in 2009. Her practice focuses on civil litigation and administrative law.

Before joining the firm, Stephanie served as a law clerk to the Honorable Randy Crane in the McAllen Division of the Southern District of Texas, 2008-2009. She assisted the judge with civil cases in which issues ranged from alleged violations of federal laws such as the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, to questions of federal jurisdiction or international comity, to employment discrimination and civil rights claims.

Since joining the firm, a significant portion of Stephanie’s practice has been devoted to public utilities law. Stephanie has represented utility clients in regulatory proceedings involving hundreds of millions of dollars before the State Office of Administrative Hearings, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, in state court, and in arbitration. She also assists utility clients with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission filings. Stephanie was also on a team that acquired hundreds of miles of utility easements through negotiated purchase or condemnation. In addition to utilities work, Stephanie has a wide-ranging regulatory and administrative practice, assisting individuals and businesses with licensing and enforcement actions before Texas state agencies.

In addition to her regulatory practice, Stephanie is involved in varied litigation work. She has represented clients in the construction and agriculture industries in state and federal court disputes. Stephanie has first-chair experience in state and federal debt collection disputes.

In 2010, Stephanie presented issues in Constitutional law at the Eminent Domain Conference in Dallas, Texas. In 2010 and 2011, Stephanie assisted in presenting wind energy issues at the Huffaker Agricultural Law Course in Lubbock, Texas. She is assisting in presenting condemnation issues for farmers and ranchers at this course in 2016. In 2014, Stephanie presented issues relating to Public Utility Easements at a Lorman CLE in Austin.

Year Joined Firm

2009

Areas of Practice

  • Civil Litigation
  • Administrative

Bar Admissions

  • Texas, 2008
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2017

Education

  • The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
    J.D. – 2008
    Honors: With Honors
  • Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
    B.A. – 2004
    Honors: magna cum laude
  • Study Abroad: Universidad de Alicante, Spain, 2002
  • Study Abroad: University College London, England, 2007

Honors and Awards

  • Selected to the 2017 Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star List

  • Texas Rising Stars®by Thomson Reuters (Utilities); 2016

  • Rio Grande Valley Legal Network, Co-Founder 2005

  • Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy, Operations Editor and Submissions Editor, 2006-2008
  • Dean’s Award Fall 2007, Environmental Law and Natural Resources


Professional Associations and Memberships

  • State Bar of Texas, 2009-Present
  • Austin Young Lawyers Association, 2009-Present
  • Travis County Bar Association, 2009-Present
  • Travis County Women Lawyers Association, 2009-Present
  • Hidalgo County Young Lawyers Association, 2008-2009
  • Mother Attorney Mentoring Association (MAMAs) Austin, 2011-Present; President, 2015-Present
  • Junior League of McAllen, Member 2008-2009
  • Junior League of Austin, Member, 2009-Present, Spanish Immersion Program / Texas Rio Grande Legal Aide volunteer, 2010, Animal Trustees Austin volunteer, 2012, Spanish Immersion Project Chair, 2012-2013, Capital Campaign Ambassador 2014-2015, Drive a Senior Project Chair 2015-2016

  • Volunteer Legal Services, Intake Volunteer and/or Attorney ad litem, 2009-Present

Recent Presentations & Publications

  • “Public Utility Easements and Eminent Domain: We All Want Power but We Don’t All Want Power Lines,” at Legal and Practical Issues of Easements in Texas, Lorman CLE, September 17, 2014
  • “Navigating the Winds of Change: Licensing, Registration, and Regulatory Overlay for Wind Farms and Associated Transmission in Texas," Dennis W. Donley, Jr. and Stephanie S. Potter, Texas A&M School of Law, Journal of Real Property Law Volume One Number 3 (Wind Law Edition) 2014, available at

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