The Law Offices of Ryan Henry – Municipal Lawyers

Your Municipal Legal Team

General Counsel

We provide legal counsel to local government boards and municipalities on an as-needed basis as well as serve as the city attorney for several Texas cities.

Litigation

We defend governmental entities as well as individuals representing those agencies from lawsuits in both state and federal court.

Municipal Court

We provide prosecutor and municipal judge services to several Texas cities as well as handle civil abatements, court auditing and city/court interaction services.

The Law Offices of Ryan Henry, PLLC is dedicated to the efficient, effective, professional and high-quality representation of local governmental entities, such as municipalities, counties and special districts. Not every local governmental entity needs or can afford to have a full-time attorney in-house. However, all of them need competent legal representation in order to maneuver the minefield of legal issues they face every day. Most entities are looking for a lawyer skilled in the nuances of governmental representation, along with a personality and relationship they can trust. Local governmental entities have very particular needs -- from constitutional obligations to specialized whistle blower rules, to open meetings and open records requirements and sovereign immunity. The rules are very different when working with a governmental entity client. The Law Offices of Ryan Henry is distinctively familiar with those very different rules. Contact us to see about adding us to your local government team.

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Ryan Scott Henry

Sidney Reed

Justin Plescha

Nick Coker

Brenna Green

Ashley S. Tello

Sharon Garces-Trejo

Brooke Compian

Elizabeth Parra-Cox

Chandler Grace

Jennifer Compean

Matthew Reed

Texas Supreme Court holds Texas Constitutional Religious Services Clause is absolute when applied, but only applies to services and not the free exercise of religion

GARY PEREZ AND MATILDE TORRES v. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, Cause No. 24-0714 (Tex. June 13, 2025). This is a statutory...

Texas Supreme Court holds officer was not reckless when responding to emergency call

CITY OF HOUSTON v. MARIA CHRISTINA GOMEZ, Cause No. 23-0858 (Tex. June 20, 2025) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act/emergency...

Houston Court holds City failed to address invitee status as alleged by Plaintiff, so plea was properly denied under TTCA

This is a premise defect case under the Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) in which the First District Court of Appeals...

Texas Supreme Court holds TTCA waives immunity for negligence per se claims

City of Houston v Manning, et al. 24-0428 (Tex. May 23, 2025) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (TTCA) case...

Texas Supreme Court holds recklessness standard may not apply to emergency responders under TTCA – only whether a law was violated

City of Killeen v Aamir Terry, et al., 22-0186 (Tex. April 25, 2025) In this Texas Tort Claims Act (TTCA) case,...

First District Court of Appeals holds tree limb falling from City truck constituted TTCA operation and use of motor vehicle

City of Houston v. Mary Johnson, 01-23-00938-CV, (Tex. App. Houston , April 8, 2025) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act...

First Court of Appeals says Sheriff properly alleged civil service commission violated TOMA

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzales v. Harris County Sheriff's Civil Service Commission, et al., 01-23-00411-CV (Tex. App. – Houston , April...

Texas Supreme Court holds condemnation objections at trial court must include the date filed with trial court clerk

REME, L.L.C., A TEXAS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, 23-0707 (Tex. February 21, 2025) This is a condemnation...