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L161 Bickerstaff 10A Heath Delgado Acosta LLP C. Robert Heath I PARTNER Phone: 512-472-8021 Email: bheath@bickerstaff.com League of United Latin American Citizens v. Midland ISD, 829 F.2d 546 (5th Cir. 1987) (en banc). The firm prepared an amicus brief and participated in the oral argument before the en banc Fifth Circuit. The basic issue involved whether two minority groups could be combined to constitute a single group that was large enough to meet the Supreme Court's threshold requirement set out in Thornburg v. Gingfes. This case was decided on procedural grounds so the court did not reach the substantive issues. Overton v. City of Austin, 871 F.2d 529 (5th Cir. 1989). The firm successfully represented the City of Austin in defending its at -large council election system. Salas v. Southwest Texas Junior College, 964 F.2d 1542 (5th Cir. 1992). The firm successfully represented thejunior college district in defense of its at -large election system. LeRoy v. City of Houston, No. H-78-2174 (S.D. Tex. 1985). A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order halting absentee balloting in the 1985 mayoral and council election for the City of Houston. The firm was hired to assist the City Attorney in representing the City before the Department of Justice and the three - judge court. The election was able to proceed as scheduled. Alfred Valero, et al. v. City of Kerrville, et at., No. SA-96-CA-413 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division. The firm represented the city in a challenge to its at -large election system. After presentation of expert reports, the plaintiffs dropped the case. Bosquez v. City of Amarillo, No. 2-05CV-324-J in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Amarillo Division. The firm represented the city in a challenge to its at -large election system. After presentation of the expert reports, the plaintiffs dropped the case. Career Highlights ♦ Partner, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP, 1980 - present ♦ Chairman, Attorney General's Opinion Committee, 1974-1980 ♦ Assistant Attorney General of Texas, 1973-1980 ♦ Law Clerk to Honorable Jack Roberts, U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1972-1973 ♦ Texas Super Lawyers list, 2007-2022 ♦ The Best Lawyers in America©, Administrative/Regulatory Law, 2022-2023 Publications & Presentations "Managing the Political Thicket: Developing Objective Standards in Voting Rights Litigation," (21 Stetson Law Review, 819 [1992]). This article is an expansion of Mr. Heath's presentation to a symposium on voting rights co -sponsored by Tulane Law School, Stetson Law School, and the Local Government Section of the Florida State Bar held in Clearwater, Florida in April 1991. The article has been cited and quoted by the U.S. Supreme Court. "Thornburg v. Gingles: The Unresolved Issues," 79 National Civic Review 50 (1990). (This article relates to issues arising from the leading U.S. Supreme Court case on single -member districts.) "Baker v. Carr" (encyclopedia article); The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress (Simon & Schuster: New York 1995). Editor and Foreword to Gerrymandering Texas by Steve Bickerstaff, ix-xiv. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2020. www.bickerstaff.com Austin El Paso Houston McAllen 4