Texas

CONTACT INFORMATION

Name: 
John Brusniak, Jr.
Title: 
Managing Shareholder
Company: 
Brusniak Blackwell PC
Company Website: 
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Address: 
17855 Dallas Parkway, Suite 300
Address: 
Suite 112
City: 
Dallas
State: 
Texas
Zip: 
75287
Telephone: 
972-250-6363
Fax: 
972-250-3599
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SPEECHES & PUBLICATIONS

Speeches & Publications: 


Academic
Texas A&M University, Annual Legal Seminar on Ad Valorem Taxation (1989 to date)
Bar Associations
American Bar Association Convention (1995, 1997 and 2008)
American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Mid Year Meeting (2010)
State Bar of Texas, Annual Seminar on Ad Valorem Taxation (1987 to date)
Colorado Bar Association, National CLE Conference (2007 and 2008)
Dallas Bar Association, Friday Clinic (2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010)
CPA Groups
Houston CPE Family Conference (2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010)
Houston CPA Tax Expo (2008)
Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (2008)
Professional Organizations
Appraisal Institute, North Texas Chapter, Seminar (1995, 1998, 2002 and 2006)
Institute for Professionals in Taxation, Tax Symposium and Conferences (1994-2000, 2005, 2008 and 2009)
Institute for Professionals in Taxation/American Bar Association, Annual Legal Seminar (1995-2000, 2008 and 2009)
Institute of Real Estate Professionals (Instructor 1995- to date)
Texas Association of Appraisal Districts (2003-2007, 2009, and 2010)
Texas Association of Assessing Officers (1998, 2001-2009)
Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals, Annual Conference and Seminar (1989-1994, 1996, 1997 & 2001)
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (2003)
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association Annual Conference (1995, 2000, 2001, and 2003)
Texas Oil & Gas Association (2001 to date)
Governmental and Other Agencies
Dallas Chapter of Texas Self Storage Association (2007 and 2009)
Dallas County Appraisal Review Board, “The Other Side of the Story” (2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009)
El Paso CPA Seminar, “What Every CPA Needs to Know About Property Tax” (2001)
Guida, Slavich & Flores (Guest Speaker on Environmental Property Tax Issues, 2008)
Harris County Appraisal Review Board, “The Other Side of the Story” (2008)
Lorman Education Systems, State of Texas Taxation (1991-1993, 1999 to date)
Lorman Education Systems, Texas Property Tax Code (2010)
Professional Education Systems, Inc.-Texas State Tax Issues (2000-2003, 2006 to date)
Tarrant County Appraisal Review Board, “The Other Side of the Story” (2007)
State Agencies
Texas Comptroller’s Property Tax Assistance Division (PTAD), Appraisal Review Board Training (Tyler, Odessa, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Lubbock, Brownsville) (2010)
Institute on Property Taxation and Texas Comptroller's Property Tax Division's Annual Conference (2006 to date)
Publications
 
State Bar of Taxation, Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law, The Reporter, Columnist & Board of Editors (1996 to date)
State Bar of Texas, Taxation Section Quarterly, Columnist on Current Property Tax Developments (1987 to date)
American Bar Association, Property Tax Deskbook, Texas Chapter (1995 to date) (Regional Editor:1997 to date)
Texas Property Tax Code Practice Insights published (LEXISNEXIS)
PROFILE

NAPTA Charter Member

John Brusniak, Jr. is a nationally recognized property tax attorney and the managing shareholder in the law firm of Brusniak | Blackwell PC; a firm whose practice is devoted to the representation of taxpayers in property tax disputes. John is a cum laude graduate of Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio with a degree in Accounting. He is an honors graduate of The George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C., where he was admitted to the Order of the Coif; a recognition of his graduation at the top of his law school class. Subsequent to graduating from law school, John served in a prestigious clerkship at the United States Claims Court in Washington, D.C. Thereafter, he was a partner in two of the largest law firms in the state of Texas. He has been heavily involved in property tax disputes throughout Texas and Oklahoma for thirty years. Due to his ground-breaking appellate successes, Texas property tax law bears his personal mark.
 
John served as Chairman of the American Bar Association's Property Tax Committee, Chairman of the State Bar of Texas' Property Tax Committee, Chair of the Taxation Section of the State Bar of Texas (the first time in the history of the State Bar of Texas that an ad valorem tax attorney held this position), President of the National Association of Property Tax Attorneys, a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas and a member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation. John has been repeatedly selected by his peers as one of “Texas’ Super Lawyers.” He publishes a regular column on property tax matters in the State Bar of Texas Taxation Section Quarterly, and a column in the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Reporter. He is the author of the Texas Chapter of the Property Tax Handbook published by the American Bar Association, Brusniak’s Texas Property Tax Digest, and Texas Property Tax Code Practice Insights published by LEXISNEXIS. He is a frequent speaker on property tax matters at seminars and conferences. John is also a licensed Texas real estate broker.