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Condemnation and Land Use
Condemnation and Land Use
Overview | National Recognition | Scope of Practice | Representative Experience | Resources
Overview
Federal, state, and local governments have the legal authority to condemn private property, and property owners are therefore entitled to be fairly compensated for their loss. When landowners face these condemnation or eminent domain situations, understanding their options and deciding on the best course of action is paramount to protecting their rights.
Vinson & Elkins' nationally recognized Condemnation and Land Use litigation group is dedicated to condemnation and land use trial and appellate work. V&E's condemnation lawyers have significant experience litigating against federal, state, county, and local governments as well as private corporations that have been legislatively delegated the power of eminent domain. Our representation includes properties of all sizes, shapes, and uses including residential, commercial, industrial, ranch, and special purpose properties (schools and churches), as well as vacant land. We have been involved in some of the largest condemnation and inverse condemnation cases in Texas and throughout the Southwest (and some of the smallest), and have tried many precedent-setting condemnation and inverse condemnation cases in the state and federal courts that have involved takings for roads, streets, highways, drainage projects, flood control projects, national preserves and parks, schools, energy and utility plants, salt domes, electric transmission lines, telecommunications lines, and pipelines of all sorts.
National Recognition
The lawyers in V&E's Condemnation and Land Use litigation group are known throughout the country as being tops in their field of practice, frequently lecturing on eminent domain and land use issues before such nationally acclaimed organizations as the American Law Institute/American Bar Association, The Southwestern Legal Foundation, CLE International as well as before various statewide organizations including the State Bar of Texas and various right-of-way and appraisal organizations. In addition, our condemnation lawyers have written numerous articles that deal with eminent domain, condemnation and land use issues, which have been published in nationally recognized legal publications.
Scope of Practice
Coordination of Experts and Consultants
Vinson & Elkins' Condemnation and Land Use litigation group has extensive experience working with real estate appraisers, land planners, engineers, real estate brokers, and other professionals to assess carefully the highest and best use of the property, and its market value, that may be involved in a condemnation proceeding or that otherwise may be detrimentally affected by a public project giving rise to a compensation claim. One of the important services we bring to the table for our clients is coordinating the efforts of the various professionals who may be necessary to assess the property use and valuation issues that are involved in cases like these to assure that the client is given every reasonable opportunity to be justly compensated.
Services
No case is too large or too small for us to handle if it makes economic sense for the client. A nutshell view of the services that we provide and resources that we have available to our clients is as follows:
Representative Experience
The following is a representative sample of various types of cases in which our Condemnation and Land Use trial and appellate lawyers have been involved:- Acquisitions for road, street, and highway expansion projects
- Acquisitions for drainage, flood control, and reservoir projects
- Acquisitions for electric transmission and distribution lines, fiber optics lines, and pipelines for the transportation of various types of substances
- Acquisition of gas storage facilities
- Acquisitions for National parks, State parks, nature preserves and refuges, and for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve program
For specific examples of cases and the results we have achieved, follow this link.
Resources
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
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