Daniel Gonzales Email & Phone Number

Georgetown, Texas, United States

Corpus Christi, Texas Area

Corpus Christi, Texas Area

Austin, Texas Area

Austin, Texas Area

Austin, Texas

Hilliard & Shadowen pursues economic and social justice cases on behalf of people and businesses that have been hurt by corporate or institutional wrongdoing. The Firm focuses on antitrust, civil and human rights, toxic tort, and consumer fraud cases.

Austin, Texas

Associate in Firm’s Energy and Utility Practice Group representing clients before the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Railroad Commission of Texas, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in complex regulatory proceedings. Experience includes:• Deposed expert tax witness regarding regulatory tax practices, including Accumulated Deferred Federal Income Tax, Excess Deferred Federal Income Tax, Investment Tax Credits, and tax normalization issues;• Presented oral argument, and drafted supportive briefs, before district court in appeal of Railroad Commission decision regarding regulatory accounting issues, including the Gas Utility Regulatory Act’s Purchased Gas Adjustment Clause, factoring of accounts receivable, and municipal franchise fees issues;• Headed all discovery, including drafting requests, responses, objections, motions to compel, responses to motions to compel, communicating with client and opposing counsel, and coordinating document production in large, heavily litigated rate case involving more than ten parties, all of whom propounded discovery on Firm’s client; and• Drafted pleadings and researched contested issues in litigated electric, natural gas, and water utility rate and permit proceedings at the various regulatory agencies.

Research Assistant To Gabriel Eckstein

Research Assistant to Gabriel EcksteinGeorge W. McCleskey Professor of Water Law, 2003Director, Center for Water Law and Policy• Assisted in researching and drafting “The Greening of Water Law,” a report for the United Nations Environment Programme as Research Assistant to world-renowned water-law expert Gabriel Eckstein.

Corpus Christi

Law clerk for litigation defense firm that specializes in commercial, personal injury, and oil and gas litigation. Representative experience included: • Researched and drafted memos regarding the Texas Business Organizations Code, Civil Practices and Remedies Code, and Texas Family Code;• Drafted objections and responses to discovery requests; and • Supported attorneys in preparation for trial and mediation, including conducting time-sensitive research for evidentiary hearings, preparing trial exhibits, and drafting pleadings.

Doctor, Jurisprudence

B.A., Philosophy