Associated Practice Areas

• Administrative Law
• Public Finance

Terri Sprouse has worked over twenty years with the Public Finance Division of the Attorney General's office. Ms. Sprouse brings an extensive experience in bond law, reviewing over 5,000 bond transcripts on behalf of the Attorney General's office. Many of these were highly complex transcripts relating to bonds and similar obligations issued by state agencies, cities, counties, school districts, institutions of higher education and other governmental entities and instrumentalities of the state, plus certain non-profit corporations created to act on behalf of some of these political subdivisions. During her tenure in the Attorney General's office, Terri provided assistance to bond counsel in structuring many cutting edge financings; including lease purchases, pass-though toll revenue transactions, regional mobility authority bond issues, public improvement districts and tax increment financings, as well as serving as counsel for several state agencies responsible for issuing bonds. She has developed an expertise in water district law and financings. She has also served as the agency specialist in Public Finance Law for water districts. She has been an advisor to an interim working group for the Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations and has been a presenter at the Texas Association of Water Board Directors annual meeting.


Educational and Professional Background

University of Houston (B.A. & J.D.)

Admitted to practice: Supreme Court of Texas; United States District Courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas

Professional Organizations and Community Involvement

State Bar of Texas

National Association of Bond Lawyers

Austin Bar Association

Texas Speleological Association

Austin Cycling Association

Litigation Experience; bond validation lawsuits

Ex Parte: City of Robinson (1994);

Ex Parte: Lavaca Navidad River Authority (1994);

Ex Parte: Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (2002);

Ex Parte: El Paso County Municipal Utility Districts No. 1 & 2 (2003);

Ex Parte: Upper Trinity Regional Water District (2003);

Ex Parte: Sonterra Municipal Utility District (2006);

Ex Parte: City of Orange

Ex Parte: South Buda Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 (2007)

Falcon's Lair Utility & Reclamation District v. All Taxpayer and Property Owners (2007)