OUR TEAM

Tucker Royall joined the Real Estate Litigation section of Flowers Davis in 2021, bringing 12 prior years of litigation and mediation experience to the firm. He has extensive experience in written discovery, depositions, mediation and settlement negotiations throughout the State of Texas.

Tucker has a strong background in the energy sector as well, having worked as a landman and also as advisor and general counsel for various Texas governmental agencies. He advised Governor Rick Perry and his senior staff on policy issues related to energy and the environment and served as Special Counsel to Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Commissioner Toby Baker before becoming General Counsel for TCEQ. As General Counsel, he served as statutory chief legal officer and ethics advisor to TCEQ, served as director of the Office of General Counsel, the Office of the Chief Clerk, the Office of Public Interest Counsel, and the Chief Auditors Office. From 2018 until 2021, he was Committee Director & General Counsel for the Texas Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development. There he advised the committee chair, members and staff on legal, legislative and political matters as well as crafted policy and drafted legislation in the areas of oil and gas, environmental regulation, and state economic development.

EDUCATION

St. Mary’s University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 2006

The University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing, 2002

BAR ADMISSIONS

State Bar of Texas

EXTRACURRICULAR

Phi Delta Phi Legal Honors Society

Moot Court – Twice selected as Best Speaker

2005 Larry G. Hayden Mock Trial Competition – Best Oral Advocate and Second Place Team

2006 Larry G. Hayden Mock Trial Competition – First Place Team

Undergraduate Real Estate Society Member

American Marketing Association – Social and Professional Chapter Relations Chairs Delta Tau Delta Fraternity - Academic Chair

Evidence and Oil and Gas Law Course Work at the University of Texas Law School

Graduate of University of Texas, L.B.J. School of Public Affairs, Governor’s Executive Development Program and the Transformative Leadership Program

HONORS & AWARDS

Dean’s Scholarship Award

Phi Delta Phi Legal Honors Society

Real Estate Litigation

MEMBERSHIPS

State Bar of Texas

• Environmental and Natural Resources Section
• Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section
• Legislative and Campaign Law Section

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Former City of Austin Human Rights Commissioner appointed by Councilwoman Ellen Troxclair