Roy R. Brandys joined Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo, PLLC in 2008. He exclusively represents landowners in eminent domain, inverse condemnation, and related land use matters. He has represented landowners in hundreds of cases related to road, highway, power line and pipeline projects. He has worked on well-known cases such as the US-Mexico border wall project, and his practice serves all of Texas including Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, the Rio Grande Valley, and west Texas.

Prior to joining Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo, Mr. Brandys was a civil trial lawyer and tried more than 50 civil cases to jury verdict in Texas, Illinois, and New Mexico. He has extensive appellate experience in state and federal appellate courts. Before representing clients in eminent domain, inverse condemnation, and related land use matters, he represented clients before administrative bodies including the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Merit Systems Protection Board.

Mr. Brandys earned his B.A. from Knox College in 1980 and his J.D. from Wake Forest University in 1985. While at Wake Forest University, he was a member of the Law Review.

Accolades & Experience

Mr. Brandys was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1985 and the State Bar of New Mexico in 1986. He has also been admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas as well as the U.S. Federal Court of Claims. Mr. Brandys has also been selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list in 2005 – 2006 and 2020 – 2024.

Speaking Engagements & Publications

  • Co-Speaker, How Condemnor and Property Owner Counsel Prepare the Battlefield in a Utility Easement Acquisition: Looking at the Issue from Both Points of View, 21st Annual Eminent Domain Superconference (Austin, April 2022)
  • Panelist, How Condemnor and Property Owner Counsel Prepare for the Battlefield, ALI Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation CLE (Scottsdale, January 2022)
  • Speaker, Participating in the Condemnation Process, HalfMoon Education’s Texas Easements, Rights-of-Way, and Eminent Domain (Webinar, October 2021)
  • Speaker, Participating in the Condemnation Process, HalfMoon Education’s Easements, Rights-of-Way, and Eminent Domain (Webinar, December 2020)
  • Speaker, Participating in the Condemnation Process, HalfMoon Education’s Easements, Rights-of-Way, and Eminent Domain (Webinar, August 2020)
  • Speaker, Participating in the Condemnation Process, HalfMoon Education’s Easements, Rights-of-Way, and Eminent Domain Seminar (Austin, September 2019)
  • Co-Author, The US-Mexico Border Wall: A Unique Project with Unique Real Estate Issues 33 Prob. & Prop. 36 (2019)
  • Panelist, University of Texas Hispanic Journal 2019 Symposium: This Land is Whose Land? (Austin, February 2019)