PRACTICE DESCRIPTION
David Hartman has a diversified land use and real estate development practice, including experience in a broad range of land development permitting, entitlement, and natural resource issues. His practice focuses on the representation of clients in the areas of zoning, planning, and entitlements law, including representation before city councils, boards, commissions, and other governmental entities. His practice encompasses environmental and regulatory compliance issues arising under the Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, and other natural resource regulatory matters. His ESA experience includes developing, implementing, and modifying individual and regional habitat conservation plans on behalf of public and private sector clients. His transactional practice includes representing clients in the acquisition, leasing, sale and development of real estate, and condominium creation and property owner association matters. Seventeen years of working in and around local, county, state, and federal governmental agencies and legislative bodies (both prior to and after obtaining his law degree) allows him to offer clients unique insights to their dealings with governmental entities and related regulatory matters.
EDUCATION
 Texas Tech University School of Law
 J.D., 1999
Texas A&M University
B.S., Agricultural Economics, 1988
M.S., Agricultural Policy, 1990
PUBLICATIONS
Author, Risky Business: Vested Real Property
Development Rights - The Texas Experience and
Proposals for the Texas Legislature to Improve
Certainty in the Law, 30 TEX. TECH L. REV.
299 (1999)
Co-Author, Senate Bill 1 and Texas Water Rights,
CLE International 2nd Annual Conference on Land
Use Law, January 2000
Co-Author, Legal Basis for Development
Agreements, 32 TEX. TECH L. REV. 4 (2001)
Co-Author, A Practical Guide to Habitat Conservation
Banking Law and Policy, Natural Resources &
Environment (2005)
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES AND ASSOCIATIONS
Legislative Aide (Agriculture) to former U.S. House
of Representatives House Agriculture Committee
Chair Larry Combest 1990-1991
Legislative Aide (Agriculture and Natural Resources)
to former U.S. Senator Phil Gramm, 1991-1996
Admitted to State Bar of Texas, 1999
Member, American Bar Association: State & Local
Government; Real Property; Environment, Energy
and Natural Resources Sections
Member, State Bar of Texas: Environmental and
Natural Resources; Real Estate, Probate and
Trust Sections
Member, Travis County Bar Association: Real
Member, Austin Bar Association, Real
Estate Law Section, Board of Directors
Real Estate Council of Austin: Board Member (2003-
2007); Co-Chair, Legislative Committee; Chair,
Transportation Committee (2005); Ordinance and
Legislative Review Committee (1999-present); Chair,
Neighborhood Plan Amendment Task Force (2002)
Central Texas CCIM Chapter: Board of Directors
(2005-06)
Home Builders Association of Greater Austin,
Land Use Council (1999-present)
Downtown Austin Alliance, Economic Development
Committee (2000-present)
RECOGNITIONS
2005, 2006 and 2007 Texas Monthly, Rising Star of
Texas Law
2005 Austin Under 40 Award, Real Estate
2004 Austin Business Journal, Rising Star COMMUNITY
Leadership Austin, Class of 2000-2001
McBee Fellow, Austin Area Research Organization,
2008
Young Men's Business League of Austin, Board
Member (1999-2004)
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