Our Services

Spivey and Valenciano have defended eminent domain cases across Texas, providing representation for developers, ranchers, business owners, trustees, family partnerships, and executors, among others, in cases involving commercial tracts, national chains, mixed-use developments, improved and unimproved properties, office buildings, restaurants, retail centers, family businesses, century ranches, rural residential tracts, recreational ranches, farms, industrial sites, and oil and gas parcels.

Their representations have included virtually every type of condemnation: road expansions, high voltage electric transmission lines, pipelines, school district takings, public transit condemnations, railroad expansions, water lines, dams and water detention ponds.

In addition to their eminent domain work, Spivey and Valenciano provide representation in PUC Routing Cases and in select commercial and real estate matters involving personal injury, construction defects, trespass, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and governmental immunity.

Eminent Domain Experience

• Represented commercial developers in road expansion cases in Bexar County.

• Represented local restaurant in road expansion case.

• Represented specialty automotive shop in road expansion case in Bexar County.

• Represented commercial office space high rise building in road expansion/parking loss case in Bexar County.

• Represented boat storage facility in road expansion case in Bexar County.

• Represented landlord in road expansion case in Bexar County.

• Represented homeowner and developer in road expansion project in Kendall County.

• Represented court-appointed receiver in condemnation case in Kendall County involving the construction of an electric substation facility.

• Represented landowners in over 100 special commissioner hearings in electric transmission line cases in over 50 Texas Counties.

• Obtained jury verdicts in electric transmission line cases in Erath, Tom Green, Gillespie, and McMullen Counties.

• Represented owners of commercial properties in HVTL cases in Kimble, Kerr, and Kendall Counties.

• Represented youth wilderness camp and school in HVTL case in Kerr County.

• Represented family partnership in condemnation by school district in Bexar County involving over 100 acres of property.

• Represented national retailer in public transit condemnation in Bexar County.

• Represented landowners in drainage easement case in Bexar County.

• Represented industrial manufacturer in railroad expansion condemnation case.

• Represented landowner in special commissioners hearing in pipeline case in LaSalle County.

• Represented landowners in pipeline easement cases in Bee, LaSalle, Brown, Val Verde, Kinney, Burnet, Karnes, Guadalupe, Goliad, Medina, Atascosa, Frio, Fayette, Colorado, Callahan, Jackson and San Saba Counties.

• Negotiated water line easements for clients with properties located in Guadalupe and Lampasas County.

• Represented developer in inverse condemnation case (zoning).

• PUC Routing: Successfully represented "1888 Alliance" in opposing LCRA's 345kV line in CCN Application filed for proposed HVTL in Gillespie, Blanco and Kendall Counties. 

• PUC Routing: Successfully represented trustee in opposing 345kV line in CCN Application filed for proposed HVTL in Guadalupe County.

• PUC Routing: Successfully represented trustees in opposing 345kV line in CCN Application filed for proposed HVTL in Reeves County.

• PUC Routing: Successfully represented subdivision developer in opposing 345kV line in CCN Application filed for proposed HVTL in Hidalgo County.

Other Trial Experience

• Obtained jury verdict in breach of contract lawsuit filed in Kerr County.

• Obtained summary judgment in favor of safety consultant in construction site death case.

• Successfully defended Rule 257 venue dispute in McMullen County.

• Obtained favorable settlement in favor of mineral interest holder in environmental contamination case.

• Obtained favorable settlement in favor of surface estate owner in trespass case against oil and gas processing plant.

• Represented several physician groups in arbitration proceedings against insurance companies concerning CMS sequestration-based payment reductions.

• Represented physician group in contract dispute against hospital.

• Represented trustee and general partner in lawsuits alleging breach of fiduciary duties.

• Represented structural engineer in multi-party construction dispute with school district.

• Represented emergency services provider in contractual dispute with county.

• Represented clothing retailer in employee fraud case.

• Represented dewatering facility in contractual dispute with municipality and obtained favorable waiver of immunity finding from Court of Appeals.

• Assisted employer in responding to investigation and discovery in lawsuit involving workplace accident and suit against coil supplier and manufacturer.

• Represented employee in recouping unpaid sales commissions from medical supply company in Bexar County.

• Assisted mineral interest owners in obtaining division orders and recouping past payments for property located in Zavala County.

• Obtained favorable settlement and protected mineral interests in adverse possession/suit to quiet title lawsuit filed in Atascosa County.

• Obtained favorable settlement and reserved non-participating royalty interest in adverse possession/suit to quiet title lawsuit filed in LaSalle County.

• Obtained favorable settlement in boundary line lawsuit filed in Bexar County.

• Represented trustee and general partner in lawsuits filed in Kerr and Colorado County regarding division of large working ranch.

• Represented homeowners’ association in dispute with neighboring subdivision developer concerning access and construction easements.

Mediation

Ms. Valenciano provides mediation services for civil (non-family) cases. She also volunteers at the Bexar County Dispute Resolution Center.