The Best Lawyers in America® has included seven Bickerstaff attorneys across multiple practice areas in its 2027 edition.

Recognition by Best Lawyers® is based entirely on peer review surveys designed to capture the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical region and practice area.

Congratulations to our attorneys who were named in the 2027 guide:

Stefanie P. Albright – Water Law

Philip B. Arnold – Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law

Cobby A. Caputo – Litigation-Municipal

Douglas G. Caroom – Water Law

Bill Dugat – Water Law

Emily W. Rogers – Water Law

Gunnar P. Seaquist – Litigation-Labor and Employment

BHDA partners Emily Willms Rogers and Stefanie P. Albright will present at the Texas Water Association’s (TWA) 2025 Annual Convention, which will be held March 5-7 in Austin.

Stefanie will participate in the Case Law Update panel discussion during the speaker sessions on Thursday afternoon, March 6.  Before those sessions, Emily, chair of the TWA Board’s Navigation and Flood Control Panel, will present a case law update on Bonin v. Sabine River Authority of Texas during a meeting of the Panel’s members.

Please visit the TWA website for more information on this year’s program.

About Our Speakers

Emily Willms Rogers practices in the areas of water and environmental law. From permitting to transactional matters, she represents cities, river authorities, and water districts in matters involving surface and groundwater water rights, water and wastewater utility matters, water issues, and industrial and municipal solid waste disposal. She has served as the firm’s managing partner since 2018 and also leads the firm’s water practice group.

Stefanie P. Albright represents municipalities, water districts, water supply corporations, and regional authorities with matters involving environmental permitting, compliance, and enforcement; water quality; water and wastewater utilities; and water rights. She also provides general counsel services and advises clients on open government issues, real estate and construction transactions, competitive bidding, ethics, and governmental immunity.

BHDA partner Stefanie P. Albright will present on October 5, 2023, during the Texas City Attorneys Association (TCAA) Fall Conference, which will be held in conjunction with the Texas Municipal League’s 111^th Annual Conference and Exhibition in Dallas.

Ms. Albright’s presentation “The Nuts and Bolts of a SOAH-Contested Case Hearing (including Virtual Hearings)” will provide an overview of the elements of a general contested case hearing at the State Office of Administrative Hearings from initiation through discovery, testimony, and the hearing on the merits. She will also discuss details regarding holding the hearing on the merits in a virtual setting versus an in-person setting.

About Stefanie Albright

Stefanie represents municipalities and other types of governmental entities with matters involving environmental permitting, compliance, and enforcement; water quality; water and wastewater utilities; and water rights. She also provides general counsel services, and advises clients on open government issues, real estate and construction transactions, competitive bidding, ethics, and governmental immunity.

Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP is pleased to announce that Stefanie P. Albright has joined the firm’s water law team as a partner.

Ms. Albright has more than 13 years of experience in the area of water law and environmental law. She focuses her practice on matters involving water quality, water and wastewater utilities, water rights, permitting and compliance, open government, and general counsel services. Prior to joining BHDA, Ms. Albright was a partner at a private practice in Austin where she was a member of that firm’s water law group.

She received her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 2008 and her B.A. in political science from the Southwestern University in 2002.

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