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Wayne K. Olson Wayne was born in Lima, Peru. From 1979 until 1987, he was an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Fort Worth, working primarily on zoning, planning, and development matters. He currently serves as City Attorney for the cities of Euless, Haltom City, and Cross Timber and as general counsel for the Tarrant County 9-1-1 District. Wayne Olson has practiced his entire career representing governmental entities. His over forty years of experience has enabled him to acquire a knowledge and understanding of the issues that confront public entities and allows him to provide useful insight on how these entities can best manage their issues. He takes pride in providing sound, useful legal advice on all aspects of operating a local governmental entity. Wayne has extensive experience in land use matters, including zoning, platting, and other development matters; regulation of sexually oriented businesses; inverse condemnation and takings; eminent domain; governmental immunity; employment law; and nuisance abatement. He has also represented dozens of local governmental entities on behalf of the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool on matters involving employment discrimination; wrongful arrest and use of excessive force; drainage and flooding liability; trespass; due process violations; First Amendment and other constitutional violations. In addition to various state trial courts, Wayne has practiced before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States District Courts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts, the Texas Supreme Court and the Texas Courts of Appeal for the Fort Worth, Dallas and Eastland Districts. Practice Areas
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