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B. Tyler Milton
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B. Tyler Milton

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B. Tyler Milton




Tyler’s principal area of practice is real estate litigation with an emphasis on eminent domain and inverse condemnation litigation.  He has successfully represented clients against condemning authorities at the local, county, and state levels involving various types of takings from residential, commercial, industrial and rural properties, including takings for: highway expansions, sanitary sewer lift stations, water transmission lines, natural gas transmission and gathering pipelines, and, electric transmission power lines.

 

Tyler received his undergraduate degree in 2003 from The College of William and Mary, graduating with a B.A. in History.  During college, Tyler spent his summers interning in Washington D.C. at The White House and on Capitol Hill. In 2006, he earned his law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law.  During law school, Tyler clerked in the Counterterrorism Section of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C., served as an associate editor of the St. Mary’s Law Journal, and was selected to the Order of the Barristers. 

 

Tyler was admitted to practice in Texas in 2006 and is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, the Dallas Bar Association, the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, and the Real Estate Council of Dallas.   In addition to his law practice, Tyler volunteers as a mentor through the Mercy Street West Dallas mentoring program and serves on the fundraising committee, the Touch Down Club, for the Rise School of Dallas.  Tyler and his wife, Sloan, reside in Dallas and are members of Highland Park United Methodist Church.

Representative Matters

·         Represented landowners against the State of Texas in relation to the expansion of LBJ Freeway (US-635), Airport Freeway (SH-183), State Highway 26, State Highway 121, and Interstate-30.

·         Represented landowners all across North Texas against various natural gas pipeline companies for the condemnation of easements for both natural gas gathering and natural gas transmission pipelines.

·         Represented landowners in Parker County against Brazos Electric Cooperative in relation to the construction of a new electric transmission power line.

·         Represented a landowner against the City of McKinney in relation to the construction of a water transmission line.

·         Represented landowners against the City of Fort Worth in relation to the construction of a water transmission line.

·         Represented a landowner against the City of Mansfield in relation the construction of one of the largest sanitary sewer lift stations in North Texas.

·      Assisted with and/or conducted jury trials, special commissioners’ hearings, and expert and fact witness depositions in a variety of condemnation matters.

·         Assisted with the briefing of appeals of condemnation matters before the Texas Supreme Court, the Austin Court of Appeals, the Dallas Court of Appeals, and the Fort Worth Court of Appeals.

Publications and Presentations

·         The “Unable to Agree” Requirement and Texas Condemnation Law: A Critical Analysis of Hubenak v. San Jacinto Gas Trans. Co., published in Vol. 37, Issue 2 of the St. Mary’s Law Journal.

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