de la Fuente, José

Joe is an aggressive advocate who loves fighting on behalf of Texans and the entities that represent them in all corners of the State.  Joe is comfortable in any courtroom, state or Federal, trial or appellate.  As the chair of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group and as a member of a skilled and efficient team, Joe uses his knowledge of his clients and the law, along with his skills as a seasoned advocate, to help clients both avoid disputes through pre-litigation counseling and resolve disputes through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, trial, and appeals.  The cases that Joe handles are often complex, unique, or unusual, involving novel questions of law, frequently with hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars at stake, with implications for people throughout the State.  Joe’s Texas and nationwide clients include numerous public and governmental entities, as well as businesses in the areas of health care, oil and gas, construction, commercial finance, computer software, marketing technology, and large retail industries.  He is the recent past chair of the Construction Law Section of the Austin Bar Association, a former trustee on the board of Mo-Ranch Conference Center, in Hunt, Texas, and has served as a member of the City of Austin Ethics Review Commission.  He speaks regularly on topics unique to public entities, such as governmental immunity, ultra vires litigation, and bond validation lawsuits.