Patricia LeCompte Hayden, Partner

Patricia LeCompte Hayden is a highly qualified and accomplished local government lawyer offering more than 32 years of experience specifically in the areas of tort litigation, contracts, complex constitutional issues, and inverse condemnation matters. She has successfully represented municipalities, toll road authorities, and special districts in a host of legal matters. Pat routinely manages her docket of cases independently from answer through appeal before the Texas Supreme Court, if necessary. She is highly successful at obtaining dismissal of her clients with her artfully crafted jurisdictional arguments. As a former briefing attorney for the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Pat is equally adept in the district courtroom and the appellate courtroom.

Doctor of Jurisprudence
University of Houston Law Center, Cum Laude, 1985

Bachelor of Arts (History & French)
Dominican College, Magna Cum Laude, 1975

Olson & Olson, LLP | Houston, Texas | 2012 – present | Partner
Olson & Olson, LLP | Houston, Texas | 2003 – 2012 | Attorney
Walker, Keeling & Carroll, LLP | Victoria, Texas | 1993 – 2001 | Partner
City of Houston | Houston, Texas | 1989 – 1993 | Senior Assistant City Attorney
McLeod, Alexander, Powel & Apffel, PC | Galveston, Texas | 1987 – 1989 | Associate
Fourteenth Court of Appeals | Houston, Texas | 1986 – 1987 | Briefing Attorney

Pat has over 30 years of experience focusing in all facets of litigation from inception of a lawsuit through trial and appeal of a verdict. She practices before Federal and State courts and has resolved cases for client cities involving personal injury, inverse condemnation, civil rights (including First Amendment issues), and contract issues.

• Defending on Someone Else’s Dime, presented at Texas Municipal League-Intergovernmental Risk Pool 2012 Attorney Workshop, August 2012, Austin, Texas
• Liability Risks Associated with “Borrowed” Employees, coauthor—presented at Texas Municipal League-Intergovernmental Risk Pool 2009 Attorney Workshop, August 2009, Austin, Texas

• City of Bellaire, et al. v. Johnson, 400 S.W.3d 922 (Tex. 2013) (Tort / Personal Injury)
• City of Willis v. Garcia, 523 S.W.3d 729 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2017, pet. filed in Cause No. 17-0713) (Ordinance / Red light Camera)
• City of Pearland v. Contreras, No. 01-15-00345-CV, 2016 WL 358612 (Tex. App.—Houston [1^st Dist.] Jan. 28, 2016, no pet.) (Tort / Premises liability)
• In re Steve Griffith, 485 S.W.3d 529 (Tex. App.—Houston [14^th Dist.] 2015, no pet.) (Injunction against City’s non-consent tow contracts)
• Integrity Collision Ctr. v. City of Fulshear, 837 F.3d 581 (5th Cir. 2016) (Challenge to City’s non-consent tow policy)
• Parks v. Matagorda County Sheriff’s Department et al., No. 3:16-cv-00122; (5th Cir. 2016) (1983 Civil Rights / Police)
• Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Auth. v. Four Seasons Equip., Inc., 321 S.W.3d 168 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2010, no pet.) (Inverse condemnation / Breach of contract)
• Needham Fire & Rescue Co. v. Balderas, No. 14-16-00211-CV, 2017 WL 1416219 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 18, 2017, no pet.) (Tort / Car accident)
• George Rodriguez v. City of Houston, et al., No. 4:06-cv-02650; In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Civil Rights / Crime lab)