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RESUME OF BRUCE D. MOSIER

Attorney at Law

         

       

    PERSONAL: Native Houstonian.  Married.  Four (4) children; seven (7) grandchildren.

    CREDENTIALS: Graduate: University of Houston:  BBA 1960    JD 1965

       

        Licensed: State of Texas; United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; United States Court of

                                      Appeals, Fifth Circuit       

            Board Certifications: Residential Real Estate Law and Commercial Real Estate

                                      Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization (1983-present).       

                   Mediator: Certified by American Arbitration Association

    MEMBER:  Texas Bar Association

         Houston Bar Association

         Texas District & County Attorneys Association

         Various local Bar Associations

       

OVERVIEW:Office Practice with primary emphasis on real estate. Previously engaged in litigation and civil appellate practices.

GENERAL CIVIL PRACTICE: Wide variety of general civil practice including personal injury, wills and estate planning, probate and                     guardianship proceedings, business formation and dissolution, commercial collections.

REAL ESTATE:

Eminent Domain:

Condemnororganized the Eminent Domain Division of County Attorney's

            Office and served as its first Division Chief

Condemneerepresented interests of landowners, lien holders, mineral owners,

lessees and others for more than 20 years.

       

                            Land Titles: Examination, closing and curative work and litigation, commercial and residential, past Vice-President of title company, assisted in formation of land title division in County Attorney's office.

Right of Way:Coordinator between County Attorney's office and Harris County Right of Way Department, Harris County Flood Control District and State of Texas; negotiator for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company; eminent domain.

             

Ad Valorem Taxes:  Government and owners; assisted in formation of tax collection

    division in County Attorney's office.

General Real Estate:  All aspects from purchase and sale of raw land, partition, development, construction, liens and mortgages, residential and commercial conveyances, leasehold interests, teacher.

GENERAL CIVIL PRACTICE:  Wide variety of general civil practice including personal injury, wills and

estate              planning, probate and guardianship proceedings, business formation and dissolution, commercial collections.

       

EXPERIENCE

CURRENTLY: Assistant County Attorney, Harris County, Texas from 1/1/'2009 to present: After Vince Ryan was elected County                 Attorney in November, 2008, he requested that I serve on his Transition Team. I was responsible for interviewing attorneys and    paralegal personnel in four (4) divisions of the County Attorney’s office. In late December, 2008, he offered me a  position as Assistant      County Attorney and I accepted. I serve in all areas of the Real Property Division – transactional matters, real property title examinations    and eminent domain cases

Private practice from 4/1/'83 to 12/31/2008:

Wide variety of civil matters, litigation and office practice, including real estate and real estate litigation, eminent domain, miscellaneous civil litigation, incorporations, formation and dissolutions of partnerships, divorce and other family matters, Wills and Probates, commercial collections, etc.  I have served in a number of cases as an Umpire in casualty insurance disputes and have served as Mediator in many cases by appointment from a Court or agreement of counsel.

Division Chief of the Eminent Domain Division, office of the County Attorney of Harris County, Texas from 1/1/'81 through 3/31/'83: Member of the transition team organized by Mike Driscoll (elected in 1980); active in the re-design, reorganization and computerization of the County Attorney’s office; active in establishment of office policies and procedures; assisted in organizing and staffing the land title division; organized, staffed and managed the Eminent Domain Division; responsible for interviewing and recommending hiring of staff attorneys; conducted hearings before Special Commissioners; employed expert witnesses; responsible for all eminent  domain  cases, from inception through appeals.

Private practice, Harris County, Texas from 1/1/'75 through 12/31/'80:

Wide variety of matters, primarily in real estate, condominium development and condominium conversions, eminent domain, family law and commercial law; extensive office practice, including all phases of real estate law, business organization and estate planning.

Vice-President and Chief Title Officer of Investors Title Company from 6/1/'73 through 2/31/'74:

Title examination, residential and commercial closings, employment and supervision of personnel, design and implementation of a central title plant.

Private practice, Harris County, Texas from 12/1/'70 through 6/1/'73:

Wide variety of litigation matters, primarily in real estate, eminent domain, family law and commercial law; extensive office practice, including all phases of real estate law, business organization and estate planning.

  Assistant County Attorney, Harris County, Texas from 10/1/'64 thru 12/1/'70:

Wide variety of litigation matters, primarily in real estate and eminent domain, but including environmental, suits for and against public officials, administrative law appeals and other civil matters; legislative drafting.

       

                

       

SUMMARY:

       

My practice has always been directed principally toward representing buyers and sellers of residential and commercial real estate, borrowers and lenders, closing refinance transactions for a large national real estate information company, and representing landowners in eminent domain and related matters. Though I have represented many individuals and companies, on January 1, 2009, I accepted a position as Assistant County Attorney in Harris County, Texas, and now represent governmental agencies.  I have heavy experience in real estate titles (from examination through title curative litigation), real estate contract preparation and review, preparation and review of closing documents, right-of-way acquisition (from the determination of necessity through closing or condemnation), Eminent Domain  (from the organization and management of a government office responsible for condemnation and the organization and management of a law firm representing land owners through the appeal of a case to the Supreme Court of Texas), ad valorem taxation from both sides of the docket, paving lien  from  their assessment  by a governmental agency through the trial of a  case and its appeal through the Supreme Court of Texas, mortgages  and other liens and many other areas of the law. I have extensive experience in the trial of many other types of matter in District, County Civil Courts at Law, Family Courts and Probate Courts.

       

        List of references available upon request.

Pd Pol Adv by Bruce Mosier Campaign, J.C. Mosier, Treasurer.  Internally Generated.

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