Emilio Longoria

Assistant Professor of Law

Biography

Longoria is an Assistant Professor of Law at St. Mary’s University specializing in property law and land-use regulations. His research focuses on the intersection of the law and the built environment—with a particular interest in eminent domain disputes, public policy, and the emerging technologies and practices that are changing the shapes of cities.

Prior to joining St. Mary’s University, he worked in the Texas Legislature, taught at Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory, and practiced law in Houston with Norton, Rose, Fulbright LLP and Marrs, Ellis and Hodge LLP. Longoria also clerked for United States District Court Judge George C. Hanks, Jr. of the Southern District of Texas.

Longoria received a Bachelor of Arts in History from Rice University, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence with Honors from the University of Texas at Austin. He is admitted to practice in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Federal Court of Claims, Texas State Courts, and all four Federal District Courts in Texas.

Longoria is a member of the Texas Bar College, and he serves on the Board of Directors for the Galveston County Bar Association. Longoria is also a member of the State Bar of Texas Court Rules Committee, and he served as an advisory member for the Texas Pattern Jury Charge Committee, which focuses on oil and gas law.

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