Lino Mendiola, III

Commercial Litigation

• National Manufacturing Company — multi-forum litigation in South Texas involving claims of fraud, forgery and conspiracy
• National Consumer Finance Company — state court litigation in South Texas involving lending claims
• National Electrical Equipment Supplier — state court litigation involving claims of breach of contract, fraud, fraudulent inducement and tortious interference of contract
• International Petrochemical Company — state court litigation involving a claim of breach of contract after switching electricity suppliers
• Oil and Gas Operating Company — litigation analysis against electricity transmission and distribution company

Procurement and Public Law

• Major Texas Municipality — representation on use of alternative delivery methods, public private partnerships, general procurement and bid protests
• Major Florida Municipality — develop new procurement documents for consultant selection
• Major Texas County — claims involving the Equal Protection Clause and the Voting Rights Act
• International Domain Registry — matter involving submittal of proposal to operate a gTLD (generic top level domain)
• National Demolition Company — preparation and submittal of proposal to decommission a municipal power plant
• Major Construction Services Company — recurring matters involving contract disputes with contract counter parties
• Construction Management Firm — preparation of bid protest

Administrative Law

• Trade Association of Industrial Energy Consumers — recurring representation on contested matters before the Public Utility Commission, Courts of Appeal, and Supreme Court of Texas
• National Pipeline Company — representation before state agencies
• Trade Association of Florida Hospitals — represented trade association as electricity consumers in first regulated rate case filed by an investor-owned utility in more than twenty years, including a three week administrative trial
• Horse Racing License Applicant — represented an applicant for a Texas horse racing license in a multi-week administrative trial against another applicant seeking the same license

Representative Reported Cases

• CenterPoint Energy Houston Elec., LLC v. Public Util. Com’n, 354 S.W.3d 899 (Tex. App. - Austin, 2011)
• CenterPoint Energy Houston Elec., LLC v. Gulf Coast Coalition of Cities, 263 S.W. 3d 448 (Tex.App.-Austin Jul 25, 2008)
• AEP Texas Cent. Co. v. Public Utility Com’n of Texas, 258 S.W.3d 272 (Tex.App.-Austin Jun 27, 2008)
• State v. Public Utility Com’n of Texas, 246 S.W.3d 324 (Tex.App.-Austin Jan 25, 2008)
• Nucor Steel v. Public Utility Com’n of Texas, 168 S.W.3d 260 (Tex.App.-Austin Jun 23, 2005)
• Reliant Energy, Inc., v. Public Utility Com’n of Texas, 153 S.W.3d 174 (Tex.App.-Austin Dec 16, 2004)
• CenterPoint Energy, Inc., v. Public Utility Com’n of Texas, 143 S.W.3d 81 (Tex. Sep 03, 2004)
• Reliant Energy, Inc., v. Public Utility Com’n of Texas, 101 S.W.3d 129 (Tex.App-Austin Feb 06, 2003)
• City of Corpus Christi v. Public Utility Com’n of Texas, 51 S.W.3d 231 (Tex. Jun 06, 2001)
• TXU Elec. Co. v. Public Utility Com’n of Texas, 51 S.W.3d 275 (Tex. Jun 06, 2001)