Winstead public finance attorneys serve as general counsel and bond counsel to special districts providing water, sewer, drainage, roadway and transportation infrastructure for master-planned developments, commercial developments and mixed-use developments, including the following types of districts: Municipal utility districts (MUD), Municipal management districts (MMD), Freshwater supply districts (FWSD), Water control and improvement districts (WCID), and Other improvement districts.
Ross Martin
Ross focuses his practice on public finance, special districts, and public law. He serves as general counsel and bond counsel to special districts, including municipal utility districts, freshwater supply districts, special utility districts, municipal management districts, water control and improvement districts, and other improvement districts providing water, sewer, drainage, roadway, and transportation infrastructure for master-planned developments, commercial developments, and mixed-use developments.
Dan Martinez
Dan has served as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel in tax exempt financings involving revenue and tax supported debt obligations for various public entities including cities, counties, special school districts, and colleges. Dan focuses his practice on all aspects of public finance and general corporate matters. He has served in a variety of roles on numerous financings for public entities throughout the state. He serves as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, disclosure counsel, and bank counsel in connection with public and private offerings of tax-exempt and taxable bonds for school districts, counties, cities, institutions of higher education, and utility districts.
James Aldredge
James is a regulatory, administrative, and environmental attorney focused on creative solutions for water and wastewater suppliers. James is skilled at navigating the increasingly complicated and confusing tangle of State and Federal regulatory agencies. He focuses on clearing regulatory hurdles while taking the time to explain the nuances of agency processes so that his clients always know where they stand. James represents clients before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC), and the State Office of Administrative Hearings, as well as other administrative agencies and state judicial courts.
Ryan Hafner
Ryan’s practice focuses on the negotiation of economic development incentives and the use of special districts (public improvement districts, municipal management districts, municipal utility districts, and tax increment reinvestment zones) to finance the development of master-planned residential and mixed-use communities. He has experience representing landowners on zoning requests, specific use permits, variance and special exception appeals, annexation requests, and approvals for historic buildings. He also advises clients on platting and subdivision regulations and dedications of rights-of-way and easements.
Sarah Landiak
Sarah’s practice focuses on the use of special districts and development incentives to aid in the development of master-planned communities. She has experience in all stages of entitlement transactions, including negotiating and drafting development agreements, forming special districts, and providing counsel through bond issuance stages.
Matt McPhail
Matt’s practice is focused on public finance and local government law with an emphasis on representing water supply corporations, municipal utility districts, and other special districts as general counsel.
Victor Cristales
Victor focuses his practice on public finance with a particular emphasis on the creation and administration of special-purpose districts throughout Texas. He represents clients before various governmental entities, including the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, cities, counties, and various regional service providers.
Justin Cox
Justin is an associate in Winstead’s Public Finance Practice Group. He focuses his practice on public finance, real estate development, and local government law, primarily representing municipal utility districts, public improvement districts, and other special districts as general counsel and bond counsel. He also represents real estate developers in the formation of special districts, in the annexation of property into special districts, and in all other matters relating to special districts.
Taylor Elliott
Taylor focuses on the creation and management of special-purpose districts across Texas, including municipal utility districts, freshwater supply districts, municipal management districts, water control and improvement districts, and other improvement districts providing water, sewer, drainage, roadway, and transportation infrastructure for master-planned developments, commercial developments, and mixed-use developments.
Darsey Norton
Darsey is a member of Winstead’s Public Finance Practice Group. Her practice is focused on public finance and local government law, with an emphasis on representing special-purpose districts as general and bond counsel. She provides guidance to her clients on Texas Commission on Environmental Quality rules and regulations relating to the development and financing of property throughout Texas.