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

Jason Rammel

Sidney Reed

Justin Plescha

Nick Coker

Brenna Green

Ashley S. Tello

Sharon Garces-Trejo

Murray Lind

Lexi Halfen

Brooke Compian

April Graves

Elizabeth Parra-Cox

Chandler Grace

Jennifer Compean

Matthew Reed

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

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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...

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14th Court of Appeals holds Plaintiff in vehicle accident failed to estbalish City recieved a proper notice of claim or actual knowledge of the claim within deadline so case was dismissed

Brian F. Wilson v. City of Houston, 14-22-00666-CV (Tex.App. -- Hous , Oct. 10, 2023) This is a Texas Tort...

Waco Court of Appeals holds fact question exists on who could terminate a police officer

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Beaumont Court of Appeals holds civil service employee’s suit deadline was not extended by Supreme Court’s emergency orders

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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals holds trial court granting of plea to the jurisiction did not address amended pleadings

Trisa Crutcher (Trisa St. Clair) v City of Forth Worth, No. 05-22-00650-CV (Tex. App-Dallas, May 15,2023) In this case the Dallas...