First Admitted: 1982, Texas

Professional Webpage: https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/77002-al-walker-beavers-11153...

Bar / Professional Activity:

Member of the Texas Bar, Houston Bar, and American Bar Associations and a member of the Texas Bar Foundation. Admitted to practice before all Texas state courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Southern, Northern, and Eastern Districts of Texas, along with the Western District of Oklahoma. Testified as an expert before the Texas Legislature in support of laws to provide additional protection to Texas property owners. Served as an arbitrator for the New York Stock Exchange. Served as a Harris County, Texas, Special Commissioner. Lectured on evidence and trial procedure issues in continuing legal education programs and on constitutional law issues at the South Texas College of Law

Verdicts / Settlements:

Walker has been very fortunate in having an extremely diverse trial practice and equally fortunate in achieving substantial success with each of the diverse matters he has handled during his career. Of particular significance has been his success with condemnation cases. Walker has successfully tried to a jury verdict and/or has reached settlements in highway expansion cases involving Interstate 10 (Katy Freeway), US 59 (Southwest Freeway and Eastex Freeway), Highway 290 (Northwest Freeway), Interstate 45 (Gulf Freeway and North Freeway), Highway 99 (Grand Parkway), Highway 6, Highway 249 (Tomball Parkway), Highway 105, Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Toll Road), Fort Bend Parkway, Westpark Toll Road, Interstate 610 (the Loop), Hardy Toll Road, Highway 75 (Central Expressway), Interstate 35 E (Stemmons Freeway), Interstate 635 (LBJ Freeway), Interstate 35 W (North Freeway), Highway 183, and Highway 71. Walker's condemnation representations have included all types and uses of property including office buildings, shopping centers, restaurants, car dealerships, hotels, single tenant retail, pad sites, lumber yards, car washes, oil and gas wells, salt dome storage facilities, churches, apartments, mobile home parks, residential subdivisions, regional malls, banks, commercial storage facilities, commercial parking lots, schools, park land, golf courses, farms, vacant land, leasehold estates, pipeline corridors, industrial, and single family residential properties. The trial of more than thirty of these condemnation cases resulted in Walker recovering between $1,000,000 and $10,000,000 more for his clients than the condemning authority had offered prior to litigation. Walker has also settled prior to trial more than seventy-five condemnation cases in which his clients have recovered between $500,000 and $15,000,000 more than the condemning authority had offered prior to litigation beginning. Although most of Walker's condemnation practice has been devoted to representing property owners, he has represented a select few condemning authorities. For example, Walker successfully represented the Fort Worth Sports Authority in acquiring the numerous properties necessary to construct the Texas Motor Speedway Project in north Texas for the benefit of all of you who may be NASCAR fans.

Representative Clients:

Shell Oil Company, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Cockrell Oil Corporation, Pennzoil, Mitchell Energy & Development, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Occidental Chemical Corp., Mesa Petroleum Corporation, Mesa Transmission Company, Mesa Water Company, Gulf Oil Corp., Lone Star Gas Company, North Shore Oil Company, Fina Oil and Chemical Company, The Williams Companies, Sempra Energy Corp., Forest Oil Corporation, Constellation Power Development, Western Gas Resources, Texas Eastern, Colonial Pipeline Company, United Texas Transmission Company, Tortuga Operating Company, Tomball Production Company, Jamex, Inc., Tandem Energy Corporation, Enbridge, Inc., Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co., Toyo Menka Kaisha (Tomen Corporation), Cameron Iron Works, Halliburton Services, Inc., Air Products and Chemicals, Allied Chemical Corp., Northrup Grumman Corp., US Steel Corp., Cherry Demolition Corp., Warner Cable Communications, Inc., Service Corporation International, Kansas City Southern Railway, BMW USA, Anheuser-Busch Company, Burger King Corporation, Burger King franchisees, McDonalds franchisees, Wendy's franchisees, Dairy Queen franchisees, Popeyes franchisees, Pizza Hut franchisees, Salata franchisees, Shell franchisees, Exxon franchisees, Mobil franchisees, Intercontinental Hotel, Inc., Holiday Inn franchisees, CCP, Inc., Academy, Inc., Toys R Us, Al's Formal Wear, Inc., J. P. Morgan, First City Bank, Enterprise Bank, Humble National Bank, GE Financial Group, Countrywide Funding Corp., American Mortgage Co., Stonebridge Investments, Gaylor Investment Trust, Freemont Investment Co., Sonic Financial Corporation, Group 1, Chapman & Cole, The Methodist Hospital, Shriners Cripple Children's Hospital, Stehlin Foundation, Moody Foundation, Houston Music Hall Foundation, Boy Scouts of America, the Catholic Church (Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston), Creekside Church, Radha Soami Society Beas-America, Allright Parking Corporation, Heep Ranch Properties, Metro National Corporation, Simon Property Group, Inc., Cushman & Wakefield, Woodlands Development Corporation, Johnson Development Corp., Hines Interests, Mason Westgreen Development Corporation, Giro Realty Investments, Ltd., Global New Millenium Corporation, Allstate BK Real Estate Holdings, Stubner Properties, Inc., University of Houston, St. Thomas University, Rice University, Klein ISD, Port of Houston, Houston Gamblers, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth Sports Authority, City of Dallas, Fort Bend County, Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority, Hunters Creek Village, City of Bellaire, City of Katy, Uptown Development Authority, Gulf Coast Water Authority, Coastal Water Authority, Prudential Life Insurance Company, St. Paul Insurance Company, Carson Productions Group, Inc., Johnny Carson, Robert Moody, Ed Wulfe, Jerry Argovitz, Walter Mischer, Archie Dunham, and Alfred Glassell.

Scholarly Lectures / Writings:

Board Certified in Civil Trial Law since 1989.

Pro bono / Community Service:

Past Chairman of the Board of Trustees for The Post Oak Montessori School.

Honors:

AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell

Educational Background:

Columbia University, J.D., 1982; University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1978.

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Walker's reported cases include City of Houston v. Van de Mark, 83 S.W.3d 864 (Tex. App.--Texarkana 2002, pet. denied); State v. Enterprise Bank, 873 S.W.2d 117 (Tex. App.-- Waco 1994, writ denied); State v. Landry, 793 S.W.2d 281 (Tex. App.--Houston [14th Dist], 1990, no writ); Pryor v. State, 773 S.W.2d 21 (Tex. App.--Houston [14th Dist.], 1989, writ denied); Tandem Energy Corp. v. State ex rel. Dept. of Transp., 2003 WL 22349032, (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Oct. 16, 2003, no pet.); In re Tandem Energy Corp., 2003 WL 22104611, (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Aug. 29, 2003, no pet.); In Re Olin Corporation, 14-03-01353-CV, (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] March 14, 2005, no pet.); FW Sports Authority v. Holman-Bolding, 02-01-00005-CV, (Tex. App.—Fort Worth, Aug. 29, 2003, no pet.); Texas New Mexico Power Company v. Moody, 14-98-00288-CV, (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] November 18, 1998, no writ); Western Gas Resources Storage v. Harrelson, 14-95-00288-CV, (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] March 13, 1995, no writ); State of Texas v. Florence, 14-91-00479-CV, (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] May 24,1991, no writ); City of Houston v. Memorial Woods Townhouses Owners Association, 14-88-01068-CV, (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] December 13, 1988, no writ); and Hernandez v. M/V Rajaan, 841 F.2d 582 (Fifth Cir. 1988).

Industry Groups:

Banking
Construction
Oil & Gas
Real Estate Development

Walker W. Beavers