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Gregory M.
Ellis
Currently in a solo law practice, Gregory M.
Ellis has a long history in water law and water
issues. While still in law school in the
mid-eighties, he helped clerk the House Natural
Resources Committee and worked on a variety of
water legislation. After graduating from the
University of Texas Law School he worked as
legislative liaison for the Texas Water
Commission. In 1992 Ellis moved to Houston to
serve as General Council to the Harris-Galveston
Coastal Subsidence District. The Edwards Aquifer
Authority, working to start up operations in
1997, tapped Ellis as their General Manager, a
position he held until October 2004 when he left
to start his solo law practice. In addition to
representing groundwater conservation district
clients across the State, Ellis serves as
Executive Director of the Texas Alliance of
Groundwater Districts. Ellis is well versed in
groundwater law, groundwater conservation
districts and administrative procedures.
Edmond R.
McCarthy, Jr.
Ed McCarthy is a Partner in the Law Firm of
Jackson, Sjoberg, McCarthy & Wilson L.L.P.
Practicing primarily in water and water related
matters, Mr. McCarthy has significant experience
in representing both private landowners and
municipalities, water supply corporations and
other public entities, including water districts
operating pursuant to Article XVI, Section 59,
of the Texas Constitution. His representation
has included matters involving permitting, sales
and transfers of both groundwater and surface
water rights, regional water supply projects,
and the development of water rights and district
legislation, and agency rules and regulations,
CCNs and water/wastewater operations, elections,
contracting, financing, open meetings and
records compliance, water rights applications
and contested cases before the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality. |
All of the forums will be
taped and broadcast on Texas Public Radio.