David Hugin Austin

David Hugin has been practicing law for more than twenty-five years and has focused exclusively on representing property owners in ad valorem tax litigation for more than fifteen years. He has tried numerous property tax cases to successful outcomes, both to the bench and in jury trials in Texas and has also litigated as counsel pro hac vice in other states, including New York, Ohio, Virginia, and Oklahoma. He has represented and served as lead trial counsel for owners of oil refineries, computer manufacturing facilities, office buildings, hotels, mineral deposits, electrical grid control centers, student housing, and premium residential estates. Prior to devoting his time to property tax litigation, David clerked for Justice John Cornyn at the Supreme Court of Texas, spent years practicing complex commercial litigation and handling class action defense with Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal and Winstead P.C, and in public service as an Assistant Attorney General. David has even tried two criminal cases, including defense of a first-degree murder trial.

A frequent author and sought after expert, David has spoken at many tax-focused organization’s seminars including the Council on State Taxation, the Institute for Professionals in Taxation and the Texas A&M Real Estate Center. He has been quoted in Inc. Magazine, the Austin American Statesman, and CNN’s Money website and has authored the Commercial Litigation chapter in the second edition of the International Law Section of the State Bar of Texas’ Doing Business in Texas, as well as the Prosecuting a Property Tax Appeal chapter in the Institute for Professionals in Taxation’s fourth edition of Property Taxation.