John Brusniak, Jr.

John Brusniak, Jr. is a principal in the law firm of Brusniak | Blackwell PC, a firm whose practice is devoted to the representation of taxpayers in property tax disputes. John is a graduate of Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio with a degree in Accounting and an honors graduate of The George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C., where he was a member of the Order of the Coif.  He scored the second highest grade on the Spring 1976 Texas bar exam.  Subsequent to graduating from law school, John served in a prestigious clerkship with the United States Claims Court in Washington, D.C.  Thereafter, he was a partner in two of the largest law firms in the state of Texas, Johnson & Gibbs, P.C. and Vial Hamilton Koch & Knox.  He has been heavily involved in property tax disputes throughout Texas and Oklahoma for twenty-three years. He is past Chairman of the American Bar Association's Property Tax Committee, past Chairman of the State Bar of Texas' Property Tax Committee, Past Chair of the Taxation Section of the State Bar of Texas (this is the first time in the history of the State Bar of Texas that an ad valorem tax attorney has held this position), a member of the Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals, President of the National Association of Property Tax Attorneys, a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas and the Institute for Professionals in Taxation.  He publishes a regular column on property tax matters in the State Bar of Texas Taxation Section Quarterly, and a column in the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Reporter. He is a frequent speaker on property tax matters at seminars and conferences and recently published a treatise on this subject.

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Professional Organizations

American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Property Tax Committee (Vice-Chair: 1990- 1993; Chair: 1993-2000)
American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Committee on State and Local Taxation (Member)
State Bar of Texas, Section of Taxation (Chair: 1999-2000)
State Bar of Texas, Section of Real Property (Member)
State Bar of Texas, Section of Taxation, Property Tax Committee (Chair: 1993-1997)
Institute for Professionals in Taxation (Member)
Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals (Member)
Texas Association of Assessing Officers (Member)
International Association of Assessing Officers (Member)
The Real Estate Counsel (Member Dallas Chapter)
Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee (Member - 1997 & 1998, Dallas Sub-Committee)
National Association of Property Tax Attorneys (President)

Speeches

Texas A&M University, Annual Legal Seminar on Ad Valorem Taxation  (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992,  1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002)
State Bar of Texas, Annual Seminar on Ad Valorem Taxation  (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992,  1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,  1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003)
State Bar of Texas, Annual Convention (1995)
State Bar of Texas, Advanced Tax Law Seminar (1993)
Institute for Property Taxation, Tax Symposium (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000)
Institute for Property Taxation, Regional Committee Meeting (1994)
Institute for Property Taxation/American Bar Association, Annual Legal Seminar (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000)
American Bar Association Convention (1995, 1997)
International Association of Assessing Officers, Annual Legal Seminar (1994, 1997)
University of Texas at Austin, 12th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute (1995)
Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals, Annual Conference and Seminar (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997 and 2001)
Lorman Education Systems, State of Texas Taxation (1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002)
University of Texas at Arlington (Guest Lecturer on Property Taxation 1994)
Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, Nonprofit Organizations Conference (1992-1993)
Appraisal Institute, North Texas Chapter, Seminar (1995, 1998)
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Annual Institute on Property Taxation (1992-1993)
Southern Methodist University School of Law (Guest Lecturer on Property Taxation 1994)
University of Texas at Arlington (Guest Lecturer on  Property Taxation 1994)
El Centro College (Instructor in Real Estate Law 1977-1993)
Institute of Real Estate Professionals (Instructor 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003)
Texas Association of Assessing Officers (1998, 2001, 2002 and 2003)
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association Annual Conference (1995, 2000, 2001 and 2003)
Professional Education Systems, Inc. - Texas State Tax Issues (2000, 2001 and 2002)
National Business Institute - Manufacturing Property Tax Issues in Texas (2001)

Publications

Brusniak’s Texas Property Tax Digest (James Publishing, 1999)
State Bar of Taxation, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law, The Reporter, Regular Columnist  (1996 -to date)
State Bar of Texas, Taxation Section Quarterly, Regular Columnist on Current Property Tax  Developments (1987-to date)
Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals Newsletter, Brusniak's Briefs column (1987-to 1998)
American Bar Association, Property Tax Handbook, Texas Chapter.

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