Nicholas P. Laurent Attorney

First Admitted: 2008, Texas

Professional Webpage: https://www.barronadler.com/attorneys/nick-laurent/

Bar/Professional Activity:

State Bars of Texas
American Bar Association, Chair of the Condemnation Committee, 2018-2022
Vice-Chair of the Land Use and Environmental Group of the American Bar Association’s Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law for the 2022-2023
United States District Courts for the Northern Districts of Texas
United States District Courts for the Southern Districts of Texas
United States District Courts for the Eastern Districts of Texas
United States District Courts for the Western Districts of Texas
United States Court of Federal Claims
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuits
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuits
United States Supreme Court
North Dakota

Pro bono/Community Service:

Member of the Real Estate Council of Austin and the Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas

Honors/Awards:

Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Joe Rudd scholarship, University of Tulsa College of Law
https://www.austinmonthly.com/attorneys/nicholas-p-laurent/, Top Eminent Domain Attorney, Austin Monthly, 2023
https://www.austinmonthly.com/attorneys/nicholas-p-laurent/, Top Eminent Domain Attorney, Austin Monthly, 2022
Energy and Mineral Law Foundation scholarship, University of Tulsa College of Law
Order of the Curule Chair, University of Tulsa College of Law

Educational Background:

J.D., The University of Tulsa School of Law, 2008
B.B.A., Finance, Southern Methodist University, 2005

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Spoke at a continued learning education course for ALI Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation evaluating current state of utility easement acquisitions, Speaker, Utility Easements: A Look at New Acquisitions and Existing Easements, ALI Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation CLE, Utilities, 2023
Co-chaired this annual event hosted by Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo, PLLC and discussed current eminent domain issues, Co-Chair, Where Progress and Property Rights Coverage and speaker, Cutting-Edge Eminent Domain Issues, Texas Eminent Domain Conference, 2023
Interviewed for a news article on a particular piece of property in west Austin, Interviewee, Austin property fight: Who owns $3M Tarrytown lot, and who owes its $670K in unpaid taxes?, Austin American-Statesman, 2022
Discussed multi-party representation between clients and attorneys for the Austin Bar Association, Speaker, Attorney/Client Issues in Multi-Party Representation, Austin Bar Association Eminent Domain Section, 2022
Served as an eminent domain subject matter expert on the US-Mexico border wall, Interviewee, Levee system’s integrity questioned as crews begin fixing more prominent breaches in South Texas, BorderReport, 2021
Spoke for easements and right-of-way seminar, Speaker, Participating in the Condemnation Process, HalfMoon Education’s Texas Easements, Rights-of-Way, and Eminent Domain Webinar, 2021
Moderated panel discussion on the Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid case for a continued learning education course, Moderator, Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid: Supreme Court Weighs in on the Definition of Private Property, American Bar Association’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Law eCLE, 2021
Talk with Austin Bar Association Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Section, Speaker, Eminent Domain in the Oilfield, Austin Bar Association Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Section, Oil, Gas, 2021
Spoke for easements and right-of-way seminar, Speaker, Participating in the Condemnation Process, HalfMoon Education’s Easements, Rights-of-Way, and Eminent Domain Webinar, 2020
Spoke for easements and right-of-way seminar, Speaker, Participating in the Condemnation Process, HalfMoon Education’s Easements, Rights-of-Way, and Eminent Domain Webinar, 2020
Discussion at Annual Eminent Domain Superconference in Austin about current eminent domain issues, Co-Speaker, Cutting-Edge Issues in Utility Easement Acquisitions, 19th Annual Eminent Domain Superconference, 2020
Spoke for easements and right-of-way seminar, Speaker, Participating in the Condemnation Process, HalfMoon Education’s Easements, Rights-of-Way, and Eminent Domain Seminar, 2019
Presentation on eminent domain and impacts on the US-Mexico border, Speaker, Special Presentation: Eminent Domain and the Border Wall, Political and Legal Perspectives, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Conference, 2019
Debate on oil and gas eminent domain rights, Speaker, Debate: Danny Vu and Nick Laurent | Eminent Domain and Landowner Rights, Texas Oil & Gas Podcast, 2019
Sat down with Texas Tribune as a subject matter expert on eminent domain for the US-Mexico border wall , Interviewee, Legal experts: Emergency declaration may not be quickest way to build wall, Texas Tribune, 2019
This panel, along with Roy Brandys, disccussed the complex legal, environmental and eminent domain issues present at Texas’ border zones, Panelist, This Land is Whose Land?, University of Texas Hispanic Journal 2019 Symposium, 2019
Online seminar on the border wall and eminent domain , Co-Presenter, Eminent Domain and the Border Wall: Political and Legal Perspectives, Thomson Reuters Practical Law Public Sector Webinar, 2018
Spoke to a statewide members meeting in San Antonio about utility condemnation issues, Speaker, Pipe(line) Dreams: Common Utility and Other Condemnation Issues, Texas Land and Mineral Owner’s Association, 2018
Co-wrote with Roy Brandys and Blaire Knox, Co-Author, United States-Mexico Border Wall: The Past, the Present, and What May Come, American Bar Association Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Journal, 2018
Co-Author with Roy Brandys, Co-Author, Utilities, Inverse Condemnation and More – Point/Counterpoint on Key Eminent Domain Issues from Landowner’s Perspective, CLE International Eminent Domain Superconference, 2017
Co-wrote with Chris Oddo, Co-Author, Pipe(line) Dreams Post-Denbury Green, St. Mary's University, 2017
Moderated panel on the Trans-Pecos Projects for the American Bar Association, Panel Moderator, Do Acquisitions by Private Pipeline Companies Pass Constitutional Muster – North Dakota and Trans-Pecos Projects: Can They Really Do That? What is the Public Purpose?, American Bar Association, Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section’s 29th Annual Spring Symposia, Oil, Gas, 2017
Talk on federal border wall acquisitions process, Co-Presenter and Author, Federal Border Wall Acquisitions: Political and Substantive Condemnation Law Perspectives, CLE International Eminent Domain Conference, 2017
Discussion on compensation in power line and pipeline cases and new thoughts on the U.S./Mexico border wall, Author and Speaker, Recent Condemnation Issues: Compensation in power line and pipeline cases—new thoughts on an old subject and U.S./Mexico border wall: the past, the present, and what may come, 41st Annual Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference, 2017
Spoke to a CLE San Antonio Real Estate Discussion Group about eminent domain case law updates, Speaker, 2014-2015 Condemnation/Eminent Domain Case Law Update, CLE San Antonio Real Estate Discussion Group, 2016
Wrote and participated in a panel discussion about pipeline condemnation, Author and Panel Participant, Pipeline Condemnation Post Denbury, Texas Bar CLE Advanced Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law, Oil, Gas, Energy, 2016
Moderated a panel to the Woodlands/Springwoods Village near Houston, Panel Moderator, Future of The Woodlands/Springwoods Village, Growing Through the Downturn, 2016
Co-Presenter with Blaire Knox, Co-Presenter, Pipe(line) Dreams Post-Denbury and Other Pipeline Valuation Issues, Austin Bar Association Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section monthly meeting, Oil, Gas, 2016
Co-Author with Roy Brandys, Co-Author, Just Compensation in Utility Takings: Thinking Outside the Box, CLE International’s National Eminent Domain Conference, Utilities, 2016
Provided a case law update for eminent domain and condemnation, Author and Speaker, 2014-2015 Condemnation/Eminent Domain Case Law Update, Eminent Domain CLE — Right to Take Issues & Challenges, 2015
Wrote a piece for South Texas College of Law on joint operating agreements , Author and Speaker, A Day in the Life of a JOA- Selected Daily Operational Issues, South Texas College of Law 2011 Energy Law Institute, Oil, Gas, 2012
Discussion on private land owner water rights for a course with the Star Bar of Texas in San Antonio, Author and Speaker, Condemnation of Private Property for Water Projects from the Landowner’s Perspective, State Bar of Texas 18th Annual Changing Face of Water Rights Course, 2011
Participated in panel on how property owner counsels prepare for the courtroom in a continued learning education course , Panel Participant, How Condemnor and Property Owner Counsel Prepare for the Battlefield, ALI Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation CLE, 1997

Industry Groups:

Real Estate

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