Glenn Jarvis has practiced water law since the beginning of his career in 1963, when he was involved in the Valley Water Suit, adjudicating all the water rights to the Lower Rio Grande. He also was involved in the first adjudication of water rights in the state of Texas by the Texas Water Rights Commission, which involved all water rights in the middle and upper Rio Grande (above Falcon Dam to near El Paso). He has participated in other adjudication cases elsewhere in Texas and been involved in numerous water rights cases before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and its predecessors.
Mr. Jarvis has represented an association of more than 26 water districts in the Lower Rio Grande Valley since the early 1970s. His client list includes several individual irrigation districts and the Texas Irrigation Council, a statewide group of irrigation water districts and private irrigation companies. He also represents and has advised cities and other individual clients over the state on water rights issues.
EDUCATION
Mr. Jarvis earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1963 from the University of Texas Law School, where he served as associate editor of the Texas Law Review and was inducted into Phi Delta Phi, the honorary legal fraternity.
He graduated from Rice University in 1960, with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and from San Benito High School in 1956.
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Mr. Jarvis is credentialed to practice law throughout the state and federal systems, including:
- Supreme Court of Texas
- United State Supreme Court
He has also practiced before the following courts:
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Mr. Jarvis was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1963 and has remained an active member since then. He has served in various capacities in the organization:
- Chairman, Labor Law Section (1978-79)
- Executive Council, Labor Law Section (1975-1979)
- Member, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section (1983-present)
- Member, Board of Directors (1969-1970)
- Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation (1969-present)
- Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation (1991-present)
- Member, Labor Law Advisory Commission to State Bar Board of Legal Specialization (1978-1999)
Since 1988, Mr. Jarvis also has been a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas, an honorary society that recognizes Texas lawyers earning at least double the number of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) units required by the State Bar.
Mr. Jarvis has been a member of the Hidalgo County Bar Association since 1963, serving on its Board of Directors from 1963-1967. He also held positions of authority in the State Junior Bar of Texas (now the Texas Young Lawyers Association) from 1964 to 1971, including President and Member and Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Mr. Jarvis has participated in numerous advisory groups to state water agencies and officials:
- Texas Water Commission Water Planning Advisory Committee, 1987-1991
- Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission and Texas Water
- Development Board State Policy Advisory Group, 1995
- Legislative Ad Hoc Committee on preparation of Senate Bill 1 provisions, 1997
He has served as Chairman of the Rio Grande Regional Water Planning Group (Region M) created by the Texas Water Development Board under Senate Bill 1 since its inception in 1997. Previously, he was Coordinator for the Valley Water Policy and Management Council of the Lower Rio Grande Water Committee, Inc.
Mr. Jarvis has been a member of the Texas Water Conservation Association's Water Law Committee since 1990 and has held various positions on the TWCA's Board of Directors since 1998. He currently is serving as a TWCA Vice-President.
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In the past, Mr. Jarvis represented many individual clients, various cooperatives such as the Rio Grande Sugar Growers Association, Texas Citrus Mutual, various water districts and river authorities across the state, and many employers in the Rio Grande Valley regarding labor relations matters, but has confined his practice to matters in which he has a continuing interest because of legal issues involved.
Currently, Mr. Jarvis is representing the Texas Irrigation Council (association of irrigation districts and irrigation companies in Texas), the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water District Managers Association (28 water districts in Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas), General Counsel for Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 2, Hidalgo County Water Improvement District No. 3, United Irrigation District, Donna Irrigation District, Valley Co-op Oil Mill (cotton cooperative), the Concho River Water Conservation Association (individual water rights holders on the Concho River in Texas), the City of Laredo (water rights matters), and individual clients.
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