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BickerstafF Heath Delgado Acosta LLP others) the cities of Colorado City, Lockhart, Bryan, Brenham, and Stockdale; Bexar, Wilson, Brazos, Waller, Llano, and Schleicher counties; and Bryan ISD. Syd also has experience handling voting rights litigation, both through his work on cases handled by the Firm and as a former Fifth Circuit briefing attorney. He defended Dallas County and Bexar County in lawsuits challenging abolishment of justice precincts (from which JPs and constables are elected) -- the counties prevailed in those cases. He was co -counsel with Bob Heath in the Chen v. City of Houston case and participated with other Firm attorneys in the 1991 Campos v. City of Houston litigation -- the City of Houston prevailed in those cases. More recently, he defended Bexar County in a case challenging the County's elimination of a Justice of the Peace position — that case settled, and the abolition of the JP position stood. Prior to obtaining his law degree, Syd received a Ph.D. in Astronomy (theoretical astrophysics) from the University of Texas at Austin and performed post -doctoral work at CalTech and the University of Chicago. He was an Assistant Professor of Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin for four years, and he was also a science consultant at the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1980-1986. Syd's background in mathematics and statistics is valuable in analyzing relevant redistricting statistics and the expert testimony in voting rights cases. Gunnar P. Seaquist, Partner Prior tojoining the Firm, Gunnar Seaquist worked as an Assistant Attorney General in the General Litigation Division of the Office of the Attorney General of Texas. He graduated from Baylor University School of Law in 2006 and is licensed to practice law by the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Gunnar has counseled Texas cities on voting -related charter amendments, led the redistricting efforts for cities, counties, public school districts, and community college districts, and he regularly assists the Firm's senior redistricting team with voting rights and litigation issues as noted in the examples below: Assisted Bob Heath in defending the City of Grand Prairie in a redistricting challenge under the U.S. Constitution and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act; drafting of an amicus curie brief on behalf of Harris County in the Evenwel v. Abbott U.S. Supreme Court Case; and defending the City of Pasadena in a redistricting challenge under the U.S. Constitution and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Assisted in the redistricting of Beaumont ISD with a specific focus on ensuring compliance with federal voting rights laws and analyzing and preventing litigation risks. Led the Firm's efforts in a mid -decade redistricting project for the City of Mesquite and the Town of Little Elm. 5