<  ATTORNEYS MAIN

Todd A. Hunter

Areas of Practice
Automobile Liability
Defense
Banking
Civil Litigation
Commercial
General Tort
Governmental Relations
Insurance
Insurance Defense
Mediation
Mold/Mildew & Sick Building Syndrome
Personal Injury
Slab Foundation

Born Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1953; admitted to bar 1978, also admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Courts Southern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas.

Preparatory Education: University of Kansas (B.A. 1975).

Legal Education: Southern Methodist University (J.D. 1978). Fraternities: Delta Theta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa.

Offices Held: State Representative, District 36, 1988-1991; Chairman of Budget and Oversight of Elections Committee; Appropriations Committee Member; State Representative, District 32, 1992-present; Chairman, House Civil Practices Committee.

Professional Activities: Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Corpus Christi Bar Association (Past President); Corpus Christi Young Lawyers Association (Past President); Outstanding Young Lawyer of Nueces County, 1985; Texas Association of Bank Counsel (Speaker, 1991 Annual Convention); Past Program Planner and Speaker at State Bar of Texas Lender Liability Seminars; attended Attorney-Mediators Institute, Inc. (November 1991) and Attorney Mediators Institute, Inc. Advanced Training (April 1992).

Back to Top

Todd A. Hunter Legislative Biography

Todd A. Hunter, the senior partner of Hunter and Handel, P.C., completed four terms in the Texas House of Representatives. Former Representative Hunter was first elected to office in 1988 and has represented five Gulf Coast counties- Aransas, Calhoun, Jackson, Refugio and Nueces. He completed his term on January 14, 1997 in the Texas House of Representatives. Hunter served as Chairman of the House Committee on Civil Practices which had involvement with The Texas Practice and Civil Remedies Code and was a member of the important House Committee on Ways and Means. In his previous terms he has served on the following House committees: Appropriations (two terms), including one as chair of the Subcommittee on Education; State Affairs, Vice Chairman; Elections, Chairman of Budget and Oversight; Local and Consent Calendars; Urban Affairs; and Higher Education.

Todd Hunter was honored by the Corpus Christi Caller Times ad their "Newsmaker Of The Year" for 1996. The newspaper stated that "Todd Hunter leaves a prolific legacy" and provided a legacy of service.

Following the 74th legislative Session in 1995, Hunter was honored by a number of groups for his leadership and accomplishments. He was selected by the Harte-Hanks newspapers as one of the "Best of the Best" legislators. He was given an honorable mention by Texas Monthly magazine and was cited as one of the five legislators who had a "career year." Leadership Corpus Christi Alumni named Hunter its Outstanding Alumni of the Year for 1995. The Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission presented Rep. Hunter with the Harry Gibson Statesmanship Award. He was also recognized as one of Texas Medicine's Best Legislators by the Texas Medical Association in 1995. Also, in 1995, Texas Business magazine named Todd Hunter a "Friend of Business." In previous sessions, he was cited by the Corpus Christi Caller Times and the Dallas Morning News as a rising star in the Texas Legislature. He also received accolades in prior years from the Texas Chamber of Commerce, Texans for Financial Responsibility, and the Texas Municipal League.

In the Texas House of Representatives, Rep. Hunter was known as a key player in the successful effort to pass tort reform. He was instrumental also in the passage of a bill making Texas A&M University Corpus Christi a four-year university and fought for better funding to build the university. He co-sponsored the tuition revenue bond bill and passed legislation to give statutory existence to the Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network (TCOON), and authored a bill to help coastal ports and waterways. He is the author of the bill creating a Distance Learning Master Plan for colleges and universities in Texas. He sponsored a bill protecting the privacy of boat and outboard motor owners requiring written, rather than oral, request for information from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Always interested in bringing affordable and more available insurance to his legislative district, Rep. Hunter passed windstorm insurance reform legislation in 1991 and 1993 and slab foundation reform legislation in 1995. He passed legislation allowing Gulf Coast counties to use part of the hotel-motel tax it generates for tourism promotion efforts. He is also responsible for the law that transferred the state beach cleaning funds to the General Land Office.

An active member of the community, Todd Hunter is a member of the Greater Corpus Christi Business Alliance, the Corpus Christi Hispanic, the Rockport-Fulton, Port Lavaca-Calhoun County, Port O'Connor, Seadrift, Port Aransas and Jackson County Chambers of Commerce. Prior to his service in the Legislature, Todd was on the Corpus Christi Chamber's Governmental Affairs Committee, Ambassadors Committee, the Board of Directors, Vice President and President Elect. Other civic activities with which Hunter was or is involved, include the Consumer Credit Counseling Service (honorary board member), the Texas Lyceum Association, Leadership Corpus Christi (member and past chairman), Corpus Christi '90 Project, Corpus Christi Charter Revision Committee, the Red Cross (past director), Corpus Christi bend Boy Scouts (past director and current advisory board member), and the Corpus Christy Rotary Club. He is also a regular sponsor of youth sports league teams. Todd Hunter was a registered lobbyist during the 75th and 76th Texas Legislative Sessions. A firm client list can be obtained on request.

Back to Top

Mr. Hunter -- Board Certified, Civil Trial Law -- Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in any other areas of practice.