Creative Representation For Governmental Entities
Allison Bastian-Rodriguez
- Senior Associate Attorney
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Biography
Allison A. Bastian-Rodriguez joined the Rio Grande Valley office of the Firm as an Associate in 2018 and has over 20 years of municipal legal experience. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Bastian-Rodriguez served as the Assistant, and then Deputy, City Attorney for the City of Brownsville.
Her practice focuses on public entity real estate transactions, including purchase and sale, lease, and easement agreements, along with related financing agreements; economic development corporations, including incentives agreements and related land transactions; regulation and governance of land use; and general contracting issues for governmental entities.
She also provides general legal support in the Firm's City Attorney/General Counsel practice areas – including open meetings and elections issues, ordinance drafting, and public information requests.
Ms. Bastian-Rodriguez earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in visual communication from the University of Oklahoma in 1994 and received her Juris Doctor from Oklahoma City University in 2007.
Areas Of Practice
- Public Entity Real Estate Transactions
- Economic Development Corporations
- General Contracting Issues for Governmental Entities
- City Attorney/General Counsel Practice Area – Open meetings and elections issues
- City Attorney/General Counsel Practice Area – Ordinance drafting, and public information requests
Education
- Oklahoma City University School of Law, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Juris Doctor - 2007
- University of Oklahoma
- B.A. - 1994
- Major: BFA, Visual Communication
Biography
Allison A. Bastian-Rodriguez joined the Rio Grande Valley office of the Firm as an Associate in 2018 and has over 20 years of municipal legal experience. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Bastian-Rodriguez served as the Assistant, and then Deputy, City Attorney for the City of Brownsville.
Her practice focuses on public entity real estate transactions, including purchase and sale, lease, and easement agreements, along with related financing agreements; economic development corporations, including incentives agreements and related land transactions; regulation and governance of land use; and general contracting issues for governmental entities.
She also provides general legal support in the Firm's City Attorney/General Counsel practice areas – including open meetings and elections issues, ordinance drafting, and public information requests.
Ms. Bastian-Rodriguez earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in visual communication from the University of Oklahoma in 1994 and received her Juris Doctor from Oklahoma City University in 2007.
Bar Admission
- Texas, 2007
Professional Activities
- Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
- Council member, Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
- Member, State Bar of Texas Real Estate Forms Manual Committee
- Member, State Bar Advanced Real Estate Strategies Continuing Legal Education course planning committee (2023)
Professional Associations
- Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
- Texas City Attorneys Association
- Cameron County Bar Association
- Hidalgo County Bar Association
Papers and Presentations
- Dealing with Municipalities in Real Property Transactions Advanced Real Estate Drafting (State Bar) (2023)
- Overview of the Real Estate Forms Manual Real Estate Law 101 (2022, 2023)
- Letters of Credit: Don’t Forget the Real Estate Forms Manual Advanced Real Estate Drafting (State Bar) (2021)
- City as Landlord: Leasing Considerations for Municipalities TCAA Fall Conference (2021)
- Spelling Out Letters of Credit William W. Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending and Servicing Institute (2021)
- Real Estate Issues for City Attorneys TCAA Summer Conference (2020)
Past Positions
- City of Brownsville, Assistant, then Deputy City Attorney, 2009 to 2018
Pro Bono Activities
- Executive Board, Good Neighbor Settlement House, 2016 to 2018
- North Brownsville Rotary Club, member and past Board member