Mary Sahs

Mary Sahs practices environmental, water, governmental entity, and administrative law. She was selected by her peers for inclusion in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of “The Best Lawyers in America” in the field of water law.

Ms. Sahs, an honors graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, has practiced in the fields of environmental, water, governmental entity, and administrative law for over twenty years. For the past ten years, she was principal of Sahs & Associates, P.C. She served as a hearings examiner and the Public Interest Counsel at the Texas Water Commission. For several years she was an assistant city attorney for a number of small municipalities in central Texas. She is licensed to practice in Texas and is admitted to practice in the Northern and Western Districts of Texas.

Her recent water law practice includes serving as general and special counsel for various groundwater conservation districts throughout the state. She also successfully represented non-profit organizations in Wood and Blanco counties, who petitioned the state for creation of groundwater conservation districts.

Ms. Sahs participated in the Mesa Group permit application hearing before the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District, representing the interests of adjacent landowners opposing the permit. In addition, she represented in a preliminary hearing before the State Office of Administrative Hearings a group of landowners in McCulloch County who petitioned the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for a watermaster on the San Saba River.

Mary Sahs served for many years as an officer of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, including serving as a co-editor of the Environmental Law Journal. She has been a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas since 2001. Ms. Sahs has written and spoken extensively on water and environmental issues, most recently focusing on groundwater issues. She is co-editor of West’s Texas Practice Series, Environmental Law volumes, and is the editor of “Essentials of Texas Water Resources,” to be published by TexasBarBooks 2009.