Corporate Transactions and M&A
Entity formation, governance, healthcare transactions, commercial agreements, reorganizations, financing documents, and deal structure.
The Walters Firm
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Austin, Texas
Brian EdwardWalters
Austin lawyer with 20 years of work across corporate transactions, complex litigation, regulatory strategy, transportation, insurance, and legal technology. The through-line is judgment under pressure: clean structure, hard research, statutory leverage, and systems that make legal work faster and more precise.
20
Years across litigation, transactions, and regulatory work
2009
Founded The Walters Firm in Austin, Texas
AV
Preeminent rating, Martindale-Hubbell, 2012-2025
AI
Legal workflow, compliance, intake, and enforcement tools
Operating Range
Core Competencies
Complex Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Third-party insurance claims, recovery disputes, transportation matters, environmental remediation claims, and high-stakes commercial conflict.
Legislative and Regulatory Strategy
Bill drafting, public testimony, policy advocacy, administrative defense, and industry-focused statutory repair.
Law Firm Leadership and Operations
Built and managed teams, trained attorneys and staff, developed systems, and scaled a multidisciplinary law practice.
AI and Legal Technology
Developed tools for intake, procedural deadlines, lien enforcement, compliance analysis, and regulatory responses.
Public Speaking and Thought Leadership
CLEs, industry conferences, published legal scholarship, and testimony before Texas House and Senate committees.
Experience
Professional Work
The Walters Firm, PLLC | Austin, Texas
Founded and scaled a multidisciplinary law firm. Litigated and negotiated recovery of several million dollars from insurers on disputed towing, recovery, and hazmat claims since 2022.
Developed litigation procedures for direct action claims by third parties against insurers through endorsements and statutes on major commercial motor vehicle crashes and pollutant remediation cases, with claims ranging from $35,000 to $600,000.
Drafted bills, coordinated with staff, worked with Legislative Counsel, and provided testimony at the Texas Capitol on insurance coverage, motor carrier regulation, heavy-duty recovery, hazardous materials cleanup, environmental remediation, and judicial proceedings.
Brown McCarroll, L.L.P.
Corporate, tax, and healthcare work involving physician practice acquisitions, ambulatory surgery centers, clinics, nonprofit organizations, governance, private placements, financing, and IRS recognition matters.
Education
South Texas College of Law Houston
Doctor of Jurisprudence, cum laude, 2006. Top 8 percent of class. South Texas Law Review. Order of the Lytae. Highest Grade Awards in Corporate Finance and Evidence.
University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Minor in Spanish, 2001. Dean's List and University Honors.
Recognition and Admissions
Recognition
AV-Preeminent Rating, 2012-2025. Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2014-2017. Distinguished Service Award, City of Austin, 2014. Contributing Author Appreciation Award, City of Austin Small Business Development Program, 2011 and 2012.
Federal Court Admissions
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas. United States Tax Court.
Selected Record
Publications and Presentations
SCRA Strategies; Best Practices for Towing and Storage
American Towman Showplace, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2024.
Locked and Loaded; Corporate Structuring to Safeguard your Towing and Storage Business
American Towman Showplace, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2024.
Building Your Files to Maximize Payment on Heavy-Duty Recoveries
American Towman Exposition, Fort Worth, Texas, 2023.
Notice Letters, Public Sales, and the Law of Heavy-Duty IM Towing
American Towman Exposition, Fort Worth, Texas, 2023.
Getting Paid on Heavy Duty Recoveries
TowTimes Tow Management Summit, San Diego, California, 2023.
A Case of Mistaken Identity: The Misclassification of Tow Hearings as Administrative Proceedings in Justice Court
Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal, Vol. 29, 83, Spring 2019.
Licensed to Steal, Texas Private Property Towing Regulation and Consumer Remedies
South Texas Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 3, Spring 2015.
Kick it Up a Notch, Texas Professional Business Entities
Corporate Counsel Review, Volume XXVIII, November 2009, Number 2.
Speaking Archive
Additional CLEs, Panels, and Industry Presentations
Recent Legislative Changes Affecting the Towing, Recovery, and Hazmat Industry
Panel Member, Southwest Tow Operators, 2023.
Getting Paid on Heavy Duty Recoveries and Crashes
American Towman Exposition, Fort Worth, Texas, 2022.
Legislative Update for the Towing and Storage Industry
Panel Member, American Towman Exposition, Fort Worth, Texas, 2022.
Legislative Update for the Industry
American Towman TowXpo, 2021.
Legislative Update, Administrative Law, Corporate Structuring, and Case Law Developments
American Towman Magazine TowXpo, 2018.
State and Local Occupational Regulation Industry, an Inside Perspective and Case Law Update
American Towman Magazine TowXpo, 2016.
Money Up Front, Advancement versus Indemnification Provisions in Governing Documents
Austin Bar Association Business, Corporate and Tax Section, 2015.
Get it Started! Texas Business Entity Formation
Travis County Women Lawyers Association, 2013.
Understanding your Professional Business Entity, A Discussion of Professional Entities in Texas
Austin AMFT, 2013.
The Texas Legal Protection Plan, a Lawyer's Perspective
Texas Legal Protection Plan 40th Anniversary Celebration, Bob Bullock Museum, 2012.
Every Texas Business Owner Should Know the Basics
City of Austin Small Business Development Program, 2011.
Business Contracts and Agreements
Austin Community College, 2010.
The Bare Bones Basics of Texas Business Entities
Austin Small Business Development Program, 2009.
Choice of Entity Under the Margin Tax
Austin Bar Association Business, Corporate and Tax Section, 2006.
Legislative Work
Policy and Statutory Development
2023 Regular Session
HB 898, enhanced penalties for Slow Down Move Over law. HB 3478, mandatory mediation proposal for property damage and heavy-duty recovery disputes over $20,000.
2021 Regular Session
HB 2879, possessory liens under Chapter 70, Texas Property Code. HB 2306, vehicle registration issues. HB 3909, predecessor to Texas Regulatory Consistency Act. HB 3941, credit card fees. HB 3142, vehicle storage facility fees and posting. HB 4440, abandoned cargo and commercial crash recovery.
2019 Regular Session
Incident management tow hearing proposal. HB 625, extended justice court filing deadlines. HB 3434, commercial cargo release and anti-kickback regime. SB 1651, residential parking restrictions.
2017 Regular Session
HB 2594, chancery court of appeals system in Texas, successor adopted in the 2023 legislative session. HB 1501, reporting requirements for storage facilities. HB 2166, heavy-duty incident management pricing. HB 2976, residential apartment vehicle relocation. HB 2508 and HB 4120, vehicle towing and storage regulation.
Source material: current 2025 resume and detailed 2023 professional record.