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| | | | Site Information | | | Specializing in school finance, taxation, and election law, with offices in Austin, Conroe, and Longview. Includes information on practice areas, attorneys, and staff.
| Ray, Wood & Bonilla is uniquely qualified to represent your interests before Texas state government agencies. Two of our partners, Randall Buck Wood and Ray Bonilla, have served at the highest levels of major Texas state agencies, including the Comptroller of Public Accounts and the Office of the Secretary of State. Our attorneys are intimately familiar with the legal, political, and public policy dynamics that influence decisions made by administrative agencies charged with implementing important state laws. In private practice, our attorneys have extensive experience appearing before a wide range of Texas state agencies, including: the Comptroller of Public Accounts, the Texas Council on Environmental Quality (formerly the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission), the Texas Real Estate Commission, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Texas Ethics Commission, and the Texas Lottery Commission.
We offer our clients legal support on a full range of administrative law matters, including:
Contested case hearings.
Appeals of professional license suspensions or denials.
Rulemaking and challenges to proposed administrative rules.
Procurement issues, including protests of contract awards.
Open records and open meetings rulings.
Ethics filings and enforcement proceedings.
Trial and appellate court challenges of agency actions.
COLLECTIONS
Ray, Wood, & Bonilla has developed a world-class debt collection practice, lead by Doug W. Ray, a partner with the firm. Our clients include the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, the Arizona Higher Education Authority, Bank One and Lease Comm, a national equipment leasing company. To support our collection practice, we have invested in a state-of-the-art computerized collections and litigation system, which is maintained by an in-house programmer and systems administrator. Our highly experienced professionals stand ready to help your organization reach its collection goals.
Our collection practice covers a wide range of areas including:
Student loan collections.
Commercial collections.
Delinquent property tax collections
DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS
Ray, Wood & Bonilla collects delinquent property taxes for school districts, towns, and counties across Texas. To meet our clients' needs, we maintain three regional offices, which are staffed with highly trained professionals who work hard to maximize collections for our clients-while providing personalized service. We offer our delinquent property tax services at no cost to our clients since Texas law creates a 15% penalty for delinquent taxpayers to cover associated collection costs.
Dylan Wood, an associate with the firm, takes a lead role in the area of delinquent property tax collections.
Property Tax Collection-Click here for a brief overview of the process used by Ray, Wood, & Bonilla to collect delinquent property taxes.
Property Tax Sales-Click here for a listing of current sales.
SCHOOL FINANCE
For over a decade, Ray, Wood & Bonilla has successfully represented over 100 school districts in the administrative process leading up to the State Comptroller's Property Tax Division's (PTD) final determination of estimated property values. We offer our school district clients an unparalleled combination of legal, professional and technical expertise in the area of property value studies-and we get results. Our property value study team is managed by Jim Shear, Director of Client Services and Ray Bonilla, a partner with the firm. We help school districts maximize their state aid or minimize their local tax revenue recapture through our Local Tax Roll Quality Assurance Program. We also offer our school districts comprehensive administrative, and if necessary, judicial appeal representation.
For the past 20 years, managing partner Randall Buck Wood and Director of Client Services Jim Shear have been actively involved in all facets of the legal and legislative issues surrounding the state's school finance system. Mr. Wood has served as general counsel to the Equity Center-an association of more than 500 school districts throughout the state dedicated to enhancing both the equity and adequacy of funding for all Texas public schools. As general counsel of the Texas State Comptroller's Office and as a member of the firm since 1998, Ray Bonilla has also developed significant expertise in this important area of the law.
GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
Ray, Wood & Bonilla offers our clients an "insider's" perspective on the Texas legislative process and the inner-workings of Texas government agencies. Two of our partners, Randall Buck Wood and Ray Bonilla have held high-level management positions in Texas state government, and have interacted extensively with Texas lawmakers. Not only do we know the legislative process-we understand and can clearly communicate the complex public policy issues that matter to our clients, particularly in the area of tax policy.
Ray, Wood, & Bonilla governmental relations services, include:
Legislative strategy development.
Preparation and delivery of testimony before legislative committees.
Bill analysis.
Drafting of legislation and amendments.
ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Ray, Wood & Bonilla represent and advise a number of judges, lawyers, and public officials in Texas on ethics and professional responsibility issues. Randall Buck Wood, one of our firm's founding partners, takes the lead in this practice area.
ELECTION AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW
Ray, Wood & Bonilla offers our clients unparalleled experience and expertise in the area of election and campaign finance law. Prior to forming the firm, Randall Buck Wood enforced the state's election laws while serving as Director of the Elections Division of the Secretary of State's Office. Mr. Wood is a nationally recognized authority on election laws, and currently represents a number of elected officials, including members of the Texas House of Representatives and Senate and several prominent state judges. In addition to providing representation and advice on election law, Mr. Wood advises several clients on campaign finance matters.
Doug Ray, also a partner with the firm, handles litigation involving disputed elections and the Voting Rights Act. Ray Bonilla also has significant expertise in this area. He has served as legal counsel to several state and local candidates and regularly advises clients on campaign finance laws and Texas Ethics Commission matters.
GAMING LAW
Building upon our expertise in civil litigation and administrative law, Ray, Wood & Bonilla has developed a strong practice in gaming law, lead by Ray Bonilla, a partner with the firm. We have successfully represented the interests of our gaming industry clients in the rulemaking process, on open records and open meetings issues, and in administrative matters before the Texas Lottery Commission. Our firm's extensive experience representing clients before Texas state agencies, coupled with years of litigating in Travis County combine to help Ray, Wood, & Bonilla. achieve positive results for our gaming industry clients.
STATE AND LOCAL TAXATION
Ray, Wood, & Bonilla offers corporations, partnerships, nonprofit entities and individuals an insider's perspective on the administration of the full range of Texas tax laws. Ray, Wood, & Bonilla is committed to ensuring that our clients pay only the amount of taxes due to the State of Texas-not a penny more. We represent our clients aggressively, but professionally, and can structure fee arrangements that meet your needs.
Ray, Wood, & Bonilla helps our clients with sales and use, franchise, insurance, motor fuel, motor vehicle, alcoholic beverage, and unclaimed property taxation. Before joining the firm, two of our partners, Randall Buck Wood and Ray Bonilla served as General Counsel of the Texas Comptrollers Office, gaining invaluable expertise and insight regarding the administration of Texas tax laws. Our partners have worked at the highest levels of the Texas Comptrollers Office on major tax issues, and are familiar with both the agency's decision-making process and its decision-makers.
We offer our clients the following services:
Audit assistance.
Pursuit of refund claims.
Representation in administrative and judicial hearings.
Pursuit of favorable rulemaking and legislation.
Resource testimony before Texas legislative committees.
LITIGATION AND APPEALS
Ray, Wood, & Bonilla offers our clients top-notch courtroom skills and extensive experience. We have tried cases in virtually every area of law and have a proven track record of litigating complex cases.
Doug Ray, a partner with the firm, leads our business litigation practice and regularly tries cases involving breach of contract, employment claims, and deceptive trade practices. Doug has represented our clients in diverse venues, including state and federal district courts, the Texas Court of Appeals, the Texas Supreme Court, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ray, Wood, & Bonilla also handles collection and tax litigation for our clients, as well as appeals before state and federal courts.
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| | Date Added: Tue May 04 2004 | | Last Updated: Tue May 04 2004 | | | | |
