Director of Land Use & Entitlements at Drenner Group, P.C. in Austin, Texas.
Mr. Anderson’s work touches progressive urban planning/design, responsible public policy development, visionary placemaking, practical environmental protection, and construction of the built environment in each of the projects he leads. He regularly consults with public and private entities on code and ordinance development, while taking a leadership role in urban planning and development issues in Central Texas. Mr. Anderson has served as an advisor to government officials and educators on a wide range of topics — federal environmental policies on the U.S.-Mexico border, leadership principles/practices as a guest lecturer at the University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs, urban planning public policy as an appointed Planning Commissioner, water supply issues impacting both growing metropolises and agricultural irrigators in rural Texas, and utility and transportation infrastructure issues in rapidly growing Central Texas. A professional engineer with a master’s degree in Water Resource Planning, Mr. Anderson communicates on a peer level with other engineers on the client development team. He’s also fluent in the language of architects, landscape architects, our entitlement and transactional attorneys, government officials and community groups, which helps mitigate risk and streamlines development for more cost-efficiency.

Mr. Barkhurst has extensive litigation experience in business and real estate disputes. He has developed a special concentration in the area of eminent domain, representing governmental entities as well as landowners in numerous lawsuits. He has successfully represented numerous owners in ranch power line takings. Mr. Barkhurst also represents governmental entities in construction disputes, and he has represented contractors and subcontractors in private disputes. Mr. Barkhurst has a B.A. degree, with honors, from Southwest Texas State University and a J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Texas Tech University, and he is a former USAF Captain and F-111 Aviator. 

Independent professional land surveyor and owner of B&B Surveying Company in Houston
Mr. Bowles began working in the field of land surveying in 1978 and is certified as a registered professional land surveyor in the State of Texas. Mr. Bowles has given seminars to lawyers, real estate professionals and other land surveyors on land surveying principles, practice and codified standards. He has been an expert witness in a number of legal actions centering around boundary disputes and land surveyor negligence claims. Mr. Bowles has given expert testimony regarding boundary resolution, minimum standards and minimum content regarding land surveys. He is a member of the Texas Society of Professional Surveyors and a former member of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping.

Managing partner at Brown & Ortiz, P.C.
Mr. McKnight specializes in land use, planning, and zoning matters as well as government affairs and economic incentives in San Antonio. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. McKnight worked as an architect and project manager for Adolph Ziemba, AIA, & Associates in Burbank, California specializing in public school and multi-family residential design and construction administration. Additionally, he spent several summers teaching architecture design studio at USC in Los Angeles, California, and has taught Planning and Land Use Law and Land Use Policy courses for the College of Public Policy graduate program at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Mr. McKnight has spoken at multiple UT Land Use Conferences, including a presentation in 2019 on the Hays Street Bridge Project.

Associate with Baker Moran.
Mr. Wilson represents electric utility companies, pipeline companies, cities, and landowners in all facets of the right of way acquisition, from the initial negotiations through litigation. Mr. Wilson also represents parties to real estate transactions and property disputes involving fraud, breach of warranty, property damage, negligence, nuisance, trespass, and other property-related matters.