Governmental Law

The Governmental Law practice at Langley & Banack encompasses both municipal and school law practices. The municipal law practice includes service by specific Langley & Banack attorneys for both home rule and general law cities in the San Antonio area and in South Texas. The Firm currently represents various forms of local governmental and quasi-public entities, including cities, counties, water districts, conservation districts, industrial development authorities, rural electric cooperatives and others for which the primary municipal and public laws and regulations are the same.

Langley & Banack has experience handling school, municipal and governmental law issues involving the following:

Federal Voting Rights Act
Conflicts of interest
Police powers and corresponding ordinances
Contracts
Finance issues including selection of depository banks, maintenance of adequate collateral for deposits, innovative planning for advantageous investment of public funds, the permissible use of public funds, credit problems, and rate and regulatory matters
Texas Open Meetings Act issues
Texas Open Records Act issues
Requests for Attorney General opinions
Water law and water rights
Environmental law issues including hazardous waste, water, air, and toxic substances statutes
Zoning and land use planning issues, including condemnation and bidding
Labor and personnel matters, including EEOC complaints
Ad valorem tax issues

Governmental Law News

Congratulations to our 2023 Texas Super Lawyers

Langley & Banack is proud to announce that we have 15 attorneys on the Thomson Reuters-published Texas Super Lawyers list in 2023. Attorneys are selected based on peer nominations and evaluations, along with independent research evaluating a candidate’s professional achievement.
14 attorneys named 2022 Texas Super Lawyers

Thomson Reuters has published its annual list of Texas Super Lawyers and 14 Langley & Banack attorneys are named to the list in 10 different practice areas. We are proud to have our attorneys recognized by this prestigious award.
Celebrating Women’s History Month: Meet Erica Valladares

Erica splits her time between our Labor and Employment and Government practice groups. Fluent in Spanish and a native of the Rio Grande Valley, Erica assists clients all over South and Central Texas with diverse and complicated matters.
March 1st marks the beginning of Women’s History Month

This March we are excited to feature our incredibly talented group of women lawyers. We have 17 women lawyers whose contributions to their profession, their communities, and our firm will be celebrated throughout the month.