For almost six years, Senior Counsel Kelly Conklin represented the owners of three sets of townhouses in what originally began as a boundary dispute with a neighboring property owner. Upon further investigation, Ms. Conklin discovered that the source of the dispute was how surveys should be conducted in Houston’s old First Ward, an area that was first platted in the 1860’s. The City’s position regarding how surveys should be conducted in the First Ward resulted in many property owners – including her clients – losing several feet of their property. If the City’s position regarding how surveys should be conducted was correct, the loss to Ms. Conklin’s clients would have been devastating. They would have had to completely remodel their new three story homes at a substantial loss of square footage, which would have resulted in a huge financial loss. After resolving the boundary dispute with the neighbor, Ms. Conklin filed suit on behalf of her clients against the City of Houston to establish that its position regarding how surveys should be conducted in the First Ward was incorrect. Ultimately, Ms. Conklin was able to negotiate a settlement with the City of Houston that allowed her clients to keep their new townhouses. However, the surveying problem in the First Ward remains. Ms. Conklin’s lawsuit was the inspiration for a recent article in the Houston Chronicle. The article quotes from the petition Ms. Conklin filed against the City of Houston. Read the full article
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