Brian Tagtmeier

Mr. Tagtmeier specializes in construction litigation, commercial litigation, insurance law and litigation, personal injury law and professional liability. In his 30 years of practicing law, he has gained substantial experience and has tried cases to a jury in all these areas ranging from construction litigation, construction defect litigation, product liability, malpractice, labor and employment, consumer litigation and first party insurance litigation.

Mr. Tagtmeier also has a thriving mediation and arbitration practice having mediated over 1800 claims and arbitrated over 200 claims, including matters regarding commercial and residential construction, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, securities litigation, professional liability (med mal, attorney malpractice), sexual harassment, FSLA claims, wrongful termination, personal injury, property damage, maritime personal injury and property damage, breach of contract, fraud, libel and slander, and DTPA claims.

Community Activities

Mr. Tagtmeier is active with Rodeo Austin as a volunteer assisting with the Rodeo Committee and BBQ Austin.  Rodeo Austin is a year-round nonprofit funded by a month-long real western experience held every March. Rodeo-goers get to do things they can do nowhere else including a ProRodeo, one-of-a kind concerts, carnival and a livestock show, all while raising millions for Texas kids.

Lectures Presented

February 2008 – Houston Bar Association, Consumer and Commercial Law Section – A Practical Guide to the Texas Residential Construction Commission Act and Residential Construction Liability Act

March 2008 – Solos Supporting Solos – A Practical Guide to the Texas Residential Construction Commission Act and Residential Construction Liability Act

June 2008 – Northwest Harris County Bar Association- A Practical Guide to the Texas Residential Construction Commission Act and Residential Construction Liability Act

June 2008 – Katy Bar Association- A Practical Guide to the Texas Residential Construction Commission Act and Residential Construction Liability Act

July 2008 – Galveston Bar Association- A Practical Guide to the Texas Residential Construction Commission Act and Residential Construction liability Act

December 2008 – Lorman Educational Services – The Fundamentals of Construction Contracts: Understanding the Issues – Moderator and Presenter of Paper: Residential Construction Contracts and the Texas Residential Construction Commission; Presenter of Paper on Critical Path Concepts

January 2009 – St. Phillips Methodist Church – Seminar on Consumer Law

January 2010 – Houston Bar Association, Consumer and Commercial Law Section – Residential Construction Update

July 2010 – Fort Bend County Bar Association – How to Handle Residential Construction Claims

April 2011 – Houston Bar Association, Consumer and Commercial Law Section – Mechanic’s Liens and Construction Payment Issues in Texas

May 2011 – Lorman Educational Services – The Fundamentals of Construction Contracts: Understanding the Issues – Moderator and Presenter of Paper: Residential Construction Contracts and the Texas Residential Construction Liability Act

March 2016 – Houston Paralegal Association — How to Prepare the Client (and Your Attorney) for Mediation: A Practical Guide for Paralegals

April 2016 – Association of Attorney Mediators Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN – Construction Law Mediations

August 2019 – Texas Attorney General Office, Bankruptcy — Mental Health Issues in Law and Law Schools

September 2019 – Association of Attorney Mediators Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX – Mental Health Issues in Law and Law Schools