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than its national competition. Its successes for national and international clients have been high profile. Most notable may be the $624- million verdict for Valores Corporativos, a Mexican wholesale grocer and distributor against Wal-Mart and a judgment on behalf of HouseCanary, Inc. against Title Source, Inc. for $706 million. Thirty-Two years after its founding, Davis, Cedillo & Mendoza, Inc. is still focused on its original goals. The firm’s diversity reflects the diversity of Bexar County, and its success is clearly the result of a formula that has worked very well. G Top: Brandon Strey, Courtney Gaines and Charles Cantu. Middle: Susan Holt, J. Russell Davis, Brandy Peery. Bottom: Derick Rodgers, Les Strieber and Brian Lewis. U n d e r w r i t e r s F 8 3
LINEBARGER GOGGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON, LLP Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP is the largest national law firm that focuses on collection of government receivables. The firm’s goal is total client satisfaction, which is achieved by tailoring comprehensive services to the client’s criteria, retaining professional and courteous legal and collection personnel, developing and supporting the most advanced collection technology systems available, and maintaining personal communication with its clients and the communities they serve. The firm’s history dates from 1976 when the State of Texas first allowed cities and school districts to hire private attorneys to collect taxes and other receivables. To provide these services, Chester Young, Larry Calame and Dale Linebarger established the law firm Young Calame & Linebarger as a limited liability partnership. Also instrumental in establishment of the firm was Oliver S. Heard, who was a founder and managing partner. An established leader in advancing the legal profession, Heard brought more than 20 years experience to the new firm. He was known as the ‘King of Tax Collections in Texas’ and was named one of the 20th century’s top 102 lawyers in a special publication entitled Legal Legends: A Century of Texas Law and Lawyers. Heard died in 2000. The firm’s San Antonio roots date from 1980 and the firm of Heard Goggan and Blair. Bexar County hired the firm in that year, becoming the first large metropolitan authority in Texas to hire an outside law firm to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes. That partnership between the firm and Bexar County has culminated in one of the nation’s best tax collection programs for a metropolitan community. The delinquent tax collection program developed in Bexar County is now used by more than 1,700 entities across Texas, including Dallas County, Harris County, and Tarrant County. A Fees and Fines Collection program was also begun in Bexar County in 2006. This collection program became the basis of a national model and clients now include the cities of Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Austin, Columbus, and Fort Worth. In 2002, the firm changed its name to Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP. Several founding partners retired in 2006 and a new Management Committee, composed of 21 capital partners, assumed leadership. DeMetris Sampson served as the new MC’s first chair and Clif Douglass of San Antonio assumed the role in 2007, a position he continues to hold. 8 4 F T H E H E A R T O F B E X A R C O U N T Y
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THE HEART OF BEXAR COUNTY RESTORATI
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CONTENTS FOREWORD .................
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I E V O L U T I O N O F C I T Y H A
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III T H E D E C L I N E O F T H E C
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