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H. Dixon Montague
Vinson & Elkins, LLP
First City Tower 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2300
Houston, TX 77002
Tel:(713) 758-2086 | Fax:(713) 615-5461
dmontague@velaw.com | www.velaw.com

Dixon's principal area of practice is real estate litigation with an emphasis on condemnation and regulatory takings litigation. He leads the firm's condemnation and land-use trial practice group. For the past 25 years, he has represented clients in condemnation, inverse condemnation, and regulatory takings cases against local, state, and federal authorities in both federal and state courts. He lectures on condemnation and other takings issues regularly before various professional, legal, and appraisal organizations throughout the country including the American Law Institute/American Bar Association, the Center for American and International Law and the Southwestern Legal Foundation.

Education and Professional Background

University of Mississippi, J.D., 1977
Tulane University, B.A., with honors, 1974
Admitted to practice: Mississippi, 1977; Texas, 1978; all Texas State Courts; United States Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Professional Recognition

The Best Lawyers in America in commercial litigation and real estate law, 2005-2006
"Texas Super Lawyer" in real estate litigation, Texas Monthly, 2005

Activities and Affiliations

Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Foundation
Past Co-Chair: American Bar Association Subcommittee on Inverse Condemnation
Member: American Bar Association; U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit Bar Association; American Board of Trial Advocates; Houston Bar Association; State Bar College, Texas; Founding Board of Director, Owners Counsel of America

Publications and Presentations

Inversely Yours: The Constitution's "Just Compensation" Mandate, Harris County Attorney's Office, Houston, Texas 2006
The Substantive Impacts of Kelo v. City of New London: Is Public Use Requirement Dead?, Federal Bar Association, Houston, Texas 2006
Fundamentals of an Inverse Condemnation Case, Fundamentals of Condemnation Law and Land Valuation Program, American Law Institute/American Bar Association, San Diego, California 2006