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Roger B. B

Roger B. Borgelt  Roger Borgelt is a highly regarded Austin lawyer with 30 years’ experience primarily in the practice of environmental, energy, utility, land use and zoning, administrative, election law, professional licensure law and legislative affairs. He is a Texas Super Lawyer and is listed in Best Lawyers in America® for the tenth consecutive year since opening his own firm in 2010. His firm, Borgelt Law, is listed in "Best Law Firms" by U.S. News & World Report -- Best Lawyers®. He represents individuals, landowners, suburban areas, businesses, political subdivisions and large institutions before state and federal regulatory agencies, the courts, local governments and the Texas Legislature with consistently favorable and unprecedented results.

His law firm has repeatedly received high profile media coverage, first by its representation of Homeowners United for Rate Fairness in its appeal of the Austin Energy rate increase to the Texas Public Utility Commission, which cost the City of Austin $1.6 million to defend and resulted in an unprecedented discount for his suburban customers.

Annexation cases brought to him by homeowners' associations and districts surrounding Austin and throughout Texas also led to a successful result and to the creation of the firm's Government Relations Practice at the Texas Legislature, which led to the passage of landmark annexation laws in Texas, and continued representation of clients in land use matters and other high profile city and suburban-related initiatives and political matters in the area of annexation law.

orgelt  is a highly regarded Austin lawyer with 30 years’ experience primarily in the practice of environmental, energy, utility, land use and zoning, administrative, election law, professional licensure law and legislative affairs. He is a Texas Super Lawyer and is listed in Best Lawyers in America® for the tenth consecutive year since opening his own firm in 2010. His firm, Borgelt Law, is listed in "Best Law Firms" by U.S. News & World Report -- Best Lawyers®. He represents individuals, landowners, suburban areas, businesses, political subdivisions and large institutions before state and federal regulatory agencies, the courts, local governments and the Texas Legislature with consistently favorable and unprecedented results.

His law firm has repeatedly received high profile media coverage, first by its representation of Homeowners United for Rate Fairness in its appeal of the Austin Energy rate increase to the Texas Public Utility Commission, which cost the City of Austin $1.6 million to defend and resulted in an unprecedented discount for his suburban customers.

Annexation cases brought to him by homeowners' associations and districts surrounding Austin and throughout Texas also led to a successful result and to the creation of the firm's Government Relations Practice at the Texas Legislature, which led to the passage of landmark annexation laws in Texas, and continued representation of clients in land use matters and other high profile city and suburban-related initiatives and political matters in the area of annexation law.