Art Anderson

Real Estate Development & Investments

Land Use/Entitlements

Business Litigation

Infrastructure & Eminent Domain

Home Builders

Art Anderson represents landowners, developers, and builders in major land use issues with local governmental entities. He also litigates matters before both federal and state courts. For more information, please visit www.winstead.com.

State Bar of Texas

- Legal Services to the Poor in Civil Matters Committee

Dallas Bar Association

American Planning Association, Texas Chapter

American Bar Association

Texas Young Lawyers Association

Texas Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)

Dallas Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)

Leadership Dallas (Alumni)

Texas Association of Builders (Attorneys' Council Legal Affairs Committee)

Grant Halliburton Foundation Annual Luncheon Honorary Co-Chair (2020)

Chambers USA Guide to America, Chambers & Partners Publishing, 2021-2025

The Best Lawyers in America - Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, and Real Estate Litigation, (BL Rankings, LLC), 2006-2025

The Best Lawyers - "Lawyer of the Year" - Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, and Real Estate Litigation (BL Rankings, LLC), 2013, 2016-2017, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025

Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers, 2024

Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, 2011-2023

Best Lawyers Hall of Fame, D Magazine, 2023

Texas Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters, 2007-2017, 2019-2023

Pro Bono Service Awards

Preventing an impact fee increase in violation of the Texas Impact Fee Act

Enforcing a development agreement despite the city’s claim of immunity

Preventing a city from extending its building code to its ETJ

Obtaining vested rights determinations

Securing an $8 million jury verdict for an involuntary downzoning

Obtaining condemnation awards significantly greater than the government’s original offer

Obtaining temporary regulatory takings damages due to delay in city building permit approval

Securing a $33 million jury verdict for a regulatory taking which was the largest jury verdict in the State of Texas in 2020

The author of two published books on Texas land use law, Art Anderson has spoken at over 75 seminars, written 33 seminar papers, and published eight law review or bar journal articles.