Established in 1983, Walsh, Anderson, Gallegos, Green & Treviño, P.C. is a professional corporation of lawyers focusing on education law and general insurance defense. With experience comes success!
For over 25 years, Walsh Anderson has dedicated itself to serving school districts and other educational institutions. Our attorneys in
We are innovators in client service and pride ourselves on practical, straightforward counsel on matters involving personnel, student issues, facilities & business, special education and litigation. In addition to being recognized as outstanding school lawyers, we are also known by our clients to be friendly, helpful and down-to-earth.
With Walsh Anderson, you can be confident that your attorneys have the motivation and experience to protect and promote the best interests of your district.
Because neither the State Bar of Texas nor the State Bar of New Mexico offers any certification of special competency in education law, no member of the firm has a certificate of specialization in that area.
Some of the precedent-setting cases by Walsh Anderson attorneys
Administrator Immunity
- Deaver v. Bridges, 47 S.W.3d 549 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2000, no pet.)
Civil Rights/Free Speech
- Chavez v. Brownsville Indep. Sch. Dist., 135 F. App'x. 664 (5th Cir. 2005)
Contract Nonrenewal
- Temple Indep. Sch. Dist. v. English, 896 S.W.2d 167 (Tex. 1995)
Employee Grievance
- Grigsby v. Moses, 31 S.W.3d 747 (Tex. App.—Austin 2000, no pet.)
Employee Termination
- Reyes v. Weslaco Indep. Sch. Dist. , 354 F.App’x 904 (5th Cir. 2009).
- Van Indep. Sch. Dist. v. McCarty, 165 S.W.3d 351 (Tex. 2005)
- Wilmer-Hutchins Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Sullivan, 51 S.W.3d 293 (Tex. 2001)
- Montez v. South San Antonio Indep. Sch. Dist., 817 F.2d 1124 (5th Cir. 1987)
Employment
- Adams v. Groesbeck Independent School District, 475 F.3d 688 (5th Cir. 2007)
Federal False Claims Act
- U.S. ex rel. Fried v. West Independent School Dist., 527 F.3d 439 (5th Cir. 2008)
Real Estate Purchase
- Bandera Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Hamilton, 2 S.W.3d 367 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1999, pet. denied)
Sovereign Immunity
- Judson Indep. Sch. Dist. v. ABC/Associated Benefit Consultants, Inc., 244 S.W.3d 617 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008, no pet.)
- Columbus Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Five Oaks Achievement Center, 197 S.W.3d 384 (Tex. 2006)
Special Education
- R.H. v. Plano Indep. Sch. Dist., 607 F.3d 1003 (5th Cir. 2010)
- M.L. v. El Paso Indep. Sch. Dist. 369 F. App’x 573 (5th Cir. 2010)
- El Paso Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Mark Berry, 400 F. App’x 947 (5th Cir. 2010)
- El Paso Indep. Sch. Dist. v. R.R., 591 F.3d 417 (5th Cir. 2009)
- Richardson Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Michael Z., a/n/f of Leah Z., 580 F.3d 286 (5th Cir. 2009)
- Adam J. v. Keller Indep. Sch. Dist., 328 F.3d 804 (5th Cir. 2003)
- Socorro Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Angelic Y., 107 F.Supp.2d 761 (W.D. Tex. 2000)
- Sylvie M. v. Dripping Springs Indep. Sch. Dist., 48 F.Supp.2d 681 (W.D. Tex. 1999)
Student Discipline
- Stafford Mun. Sch. Dist. v. L.P., 64 S.W.3d 559 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2001, no pet.)
- Moore v. Willis Indep. Sch. Dist., 233 F.3d 871 (5th Cir. 2000)
- Nevares v. San Marcos Consol. Indep. Sch. Dist., 111 F.3d 25 (5th Cir. 1997)
Student Rights
- Bastrop Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Toungate, 958 S.W.2d 365 (Tex. 1997)
Student Testing
- Hubbard v. Buffalo Indep. Sch. Dist., 20 F.Supp.2d 1012 (W.D. Tex. 1998)
Title VII Retaliation
- Adams v. Groesbeck Indep. Sch. Dist., 475 F.3d 688 (5th Cir. 2007)
Tort Liability
- Morales v. Barnett, 219 S.W.3d 477 (Tex. App.—Austin 2007)
Voting Rights
- Brewer v. Ham, 876 F.2d 448 (5th Cir. 1989)
Whistleblower
- Conroy v. Nacogdoches Indep. Sch. Dist., No. 09-05-362 CV, 2007 WL 1627649
- Anders v. Weslaco Indep. Sch. Dist., 960 S.W.2d 289 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1997, no pet.)
Workplace Environment
- Foster v. Denton Indep. Sch. Dist., 73 S.W.3d 454 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2002, no pet.)
- Proctor v. Wackenhut Corrections Corp., 232 F. Supp. 2d 709 (N.D. Tex. 2002)

