Biography
Ed served as counsel to companies, associations and landowners with legislative, regulatory and litigation issues. For more than 40 years, Ed represented his clients at the courthouse, legislature and state agencies and was the go-to lawyer in Texas for issues in the agriculture industry.
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Education
B.B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
J.D., University of Texas School of Law
Bar Admissions
Texas
Litigation and legislative experience includes:
- Water rights
- Property rights
- Oil and gas
- Animal health issues
- Mineral interests
- Received the 2013 Excellence in Agriculture award from the American Agricultural Law Association.
- Best of Business Attorneys & Corporate Counsel – Legislative/Lobbying, Austin Business Journal, 2005
- The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.)
- Litigation – Environmental, 2007-2020
- Energy Law – 2017-2020
- Government Relations Practice, 2017-2020
- Leadership Award, Texas Forestry Association, 2017
- Texas Agricultural Land Trust, Advisory Board Member
- Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, Honorary Director
- National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
- Texas Farm Bureau
- State Bar of Texas
- Travis County Bar Association
August 16, 2018
Attorney NewsBest Lawyers in America Recognizes 98 Jackson Walker Attorneys
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August 15, 2017
Attorney NewsBest Lawyers in America Recognizes 94 Jackson Walker Attorneys
The Best Lawyers in America, a widely regarded guide to legal excellence, has recognized 94 Jackson Walker attorneys in its 2018 edition. Best Lawyers listings are based on an exhaustive peer review survey of thousands of attorneys who vote on the legal abilities of others in their practice areas.
August 17, 2016
Attorney NewsBest Lawyers in America 2017 Recognizes Jackson Walker Attorneys
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become widely regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.
August 14, 2015
Attorney NewsJackson Walker Congratulates Its Best Lawyers in America 2016
Eighty-one Jackson Walker attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
August 18, 2014
Attorney NewsJackson Walker Congratulates Its Best Lawyers in America 2015
Eighty-two Jackson Walker attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
May 5, 2014
MentionsEd Small and Family Featured in ‘Texas Bar Journal’
Jackson Walker partner Ed Small was featured in a May 2014 Texas Bar Journal article that focused on the four generations of lawyers in his family.
February 17, 2014
Attorney NewsEd Small Speaks on Agriculture Water Conservation
Jackson Walker partner Ed Small spoke at the 2nd Biennial Texas Panhandle-High Plains Water Conservation Symposium on Wednesday, February 12, 2014, in Amarillo, Texas.
August 15, 2013
Attorney NewsJackson Walker Congratulates Its Best Lawyers in America 2014
Seventy-seven Jackson Walker attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
August 29, 2012
Attorney NewsJackson Walker Congratulates Its Best Lawyers in America 2013
Seventy-two Jackson Walker attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
September 13, 2011
Attorney NewsJackson Walker Congratulates Its Best Lawyers in America 2012
Sixty-seven Jackson Walker attorneys were selected as Best Lawyers in America 2012.