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Ph�7 Bickerstaff Robert Heath PARTNER Phone: 512-472-8021 10A Heath Delgado Acosta LLP Email: bheath@bickerstaff.com Benavidez v. Irving Independent School District, 2014 WL 4055366 (N.D. Unites States Court of Tex. 2014). The firm defended the school district's decision to adopt a 5-2 mixed plan rather than a 7-0 single- member -district plan. The court ruled Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for the plaintiff. United States District Cisneros v. Pasadena Independent School District, 2014 WL 1668500 Courts for the Eastern, (S.D. Tex. 2014). The firm successfully defended the school district's use of Northern, Southern, and an at -large election system. Western Districts of Texas League of United Latin American Citizens, District 19 v. City of Boerne, Administrative Law, Texas 2013 WL 12231416 (W.D. Tex. 2013). The firm defended the city against a Board of Legal claim for $500,000 in attorneys' fees. The court ruled that the plaintiff was Specialization not a prevailing party and, thus, was not entitled to recover any fees. Fabela v. City of Farmers Branch, 2012 WL 3135545. The firm defended the city's use of its at -large election system. The court ruled that population changes revealed by the census resulted in a Section 2 violation. Lepak v. City of Irving, 453 F. App'x 522 (5th Cir. 2011). The firm defended the City of Irving in a challenge to the use of total population as the apportionment base where the jurisdiction contains a high percentage of non -citizens. The plaintiffs, who were backed by a Washington -based advocacy group, brought the case in an effort to get the issue to the Fifth Circuit or Supreme Court in hopes of creating a new standard for apportionment. The city prevailed on summary judgment, which was affirmed by the Fifth Circuit. The Supreme Court denied the petition for a writ of certiorari. Lopez v. City of Houston, 617 F.3d 336 (5t" Cir. 2010). The firm represented the City of Houston in an action claiming that the city's failure to add two new council seats violated section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. The district court granted the city's motion to dismiss the suit, and the Fifth Circuit affirmed. Reyes v. City of Farmers Branch, 586 F.3d 1019 (5t" Cir. 2009). The firm successfully defended the City of Farmers Branch's at -large election system. The basic issue involved the ability to measure post-censal growth in the Hispanic population. Benavides v. Irving Ind. Sch. Dist., 690 F. Supp. 451 (N. D. Tex. 2010). The firm successfully defended the Irving school district's at -large election system despite an earlier negative ruling by a district judge involving essentially the same geographic area. Benavides v. City of Irving, 638 F. Supp 700 (N.D. Tex. 2009). The firm defended the City in a challenge to its at -large election system. The district court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, and, rather than appeal, the city and plaintiff agreed to a compromise that was consistent with the city's plan to adopt a mixed system. www.bickerstaff.com Austin El Paso Houston McAllen 2