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ATTORNEYS ROBERT L. MEYERS is from Houston, Texas where he graduated from Spring Woods High School. He attended undergraduate school at Baylor University, receiving a B.A. degree in History. He is a 1980 graduate with a J.D. degree from Baylor University School of Law. Mr. Meyers served as an assistant city attorney for the City of Waco from 1980-1986 where he worked primarily in the area of ad valorem taxation. His duties included the supervision of the collection of taxes for the City of Waco and the Waco Independent School District as well as representing the City in establishment and operation of Tax Increment Financing Districts and Tax Abatement Districts. Mr. Meyers joined McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen on January 1, 1987. Mr. Meyers, as the managing attorney for the Waco office, represents various school districts, cities, counties and special districts in the collection of taxes. He also represents the McLennan County Appraisal District as general counsel and in appraisal litigation. He was appointed general counsel of the McLennan County Education District. He is a frequent speaker for the Texas Association of Appraisal Districts and Texas Association of Assessing Officers. Mr. Meyers is a certified instructor by the Board of Tax Professional Examiners and teaches several tax courses throughout the State. Mr. Meyers is a member of the State Bar of Texas and practices before the trial and appellate courts of this State. He is also a member of the State Bar of Texas Committee on Ad Valorem Taxation and Committee on Professionalism. He is licensed in Federal Court, where he has litigated cases concerning the appraisal of property for ad valorem taxation. MICHAEL REED is an attorney in our Austin office. Mr. Reed grew up in San Antonio, Texas, where he graduated from Jefferson High School in 1965. He attended Texas A&M University, graduating in 1969 with a degree in History and Political Science, and served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force from 1969-1972. He graduated in 1988 from the University of Texas Law School, and began to practice with McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen at that time. He is admitted to practice law in the state courts of Texas, the Federal District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas, as well as the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Since joining the Firm, Mr. Reed has largely focused on bankruptcy problems facing ad valorem tax jurisdictions. He has helped to devise the procedures that we use to maximize the recovery to tax jurisdictions of revenues that are jeopardized by bankruptcy proceed- ings. He has also participated in developing the computer system by which we are able to track bankruptcies with delinquent tax problems throughout the state. Apart from bankruptcy practice, Mr. Reed has been active in soliciting passage of useful ad valorem tax legislation in the Texas Legislature. Along with Harvey Allen, he has McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen 32