About The Principal

  William G. Gammon

Bill is a founding member and managing partner of the law firm of William G. Gammon and Associates, established in 1991, to exclusively represent community associations of all types, both single family and multi-family developments, as well as developers of real property. Gammon and Associates is based in Houston, Texas with its practice area extending to numerous counties within the State of Texas. Bill, and his firm, is experienced in handling all aspects of real estate transactions, litigation and property owner association representation. Bill provides counsel and advice to the firm's clients including general community association issues, warranty, contract, fair housing and litigation matters. He has authored master deed restrictions for numerous large residential and commercial developers and builders and has helped draft proposed legislation beneficial to community associations. Bill frequently testifies before legislative committees considering laws that would impact the rights of community associations in the State of Texas and has helped statewide coalitions of community association attorneys to oppose suggested legislation which would severely hamper a community association's ability to operate.

Bill has been representing community associations for over 15 years and has done extensive litigation and appellate work in the field. He has litigated a large number of association deed restriction enforcement cases including architectural, nuisance, corporate matters, construction, design defect, contract as well as defamation. He has helped to craft and clarify Texas law applicable to community associations by successfully prosecuting many significant cases including reported decisions such as Kingsbridge Park Community Ass'n, Inc. v. Tien Tao, 953 S.W.2d 525 (Tex.App.--Houston [1st Dist.] 1997, no writ). Over the years, Bill has regularly handled contract and tort claims brought in behalf of a community association to ensure that developers and independent contractors live up to the expectations contracted for by his clients. In addition to representing community associations in traditional litigation issues, he appears in bankruptcy court on a regular basis to represent his client's interest in bankruptcies filed by homeowners.

As a result of his litigation expertise, Bill brings a solid understanding and practical approach in counseling associations on complex, day to day issues. His practice emphasizes the preventative aspects of the operations of community associations. Bill believes that a proactive approach to legal issues within community associations is crucial to their success. He enjoys working closely with boards to develop goals and implement policies which will ensure the financial stability of their communities.

Bill graduated with honors from the University of Texas where he received his Bachelors Degree in Business in 1983. During his undergraduate years, Bill was a very active member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, the Texas Student Union, as well as a number of honorary scholastic fraternities. His performance in the undergraduate business program earned him an invitation into the honors business program offered at the University of Texas. There he was able to earn credit toward his Masters in Business Administration, a graduate degree which he later obtained from the University of Houston, while at the same time attending the University of Houston Law Center where he obtained his doctorate of jurisprudence in 1986.

Bill began his legal career with the law firm of Shrader & York, where he practiced primarily in the areas of insurance defense, banking, real estate and commercial litigation. He also has extensive experience in bankruptcy and landlord/tenant litigation. Since 1989, Bill has been practicing community association law and, in 1993, retooled his law firm to focus exclusively on association representation. Since that time, Bill has been quite active in drafting proposed legislation beneficial to community associations and writing various articles for legal trade journals including The Houston Lawyer and The Texas Bar Journal. Bill recently authored A Foreclosure Too Far: An Introduction to the Texas Residential Property Owner's Protection Act. [The Houston Lawyer, July/August 2002, Vol. 40, No.1, p. 18-25] In addition, Bill authors an internet blog newsletter devoted solely to community association interests entitled A View from the Property Line.

Bill has presented numerous legal seminars to both property management companies as well as directors of associations. Bill works actively with various national and regional trade associations such as the Community Associations Institute ("CAI") as well as the Cypress Creek United Civic Association ("CCUCA"). Bill sat as a director for the Cypress Creek United Civic Association for over eight years and conducted a monthly educational program geared to the numerous community associations that comprise the CCUCA. Bill has also sat as a board of director for the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance, a non-profit corporation created to promote the preservation and appreciation of Houston's architectural and cultural historic resources through education and advocacy.

Bill was licensed to practice law in all Texas State and federal courts in 1986. He is currently licensed to practice before all Texas Courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. He is a member of the Houston Bar Association and the American Bar Association. In addition, since 1994, Bill has been trained and certified as a mediator through the American Association of Arbitrators.

    
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