Micah King is a shareholder at Winstead PC who focuses on land use and real estate development law. Micah regularly represents clients before city councils, boards, and commissions in addition to or as part of his traditional legal work.
As a former Assistant City Attorney for the City of Austin and via subsequent work throughout the state, he has gained valuable experience in governmental affairs and working collaboratively to resolve complicated municipal and county code issues. He has also achieved numerous zoning approvals and Board of Adjustment appeals and variances. Micah has worked throughout Texas on issues ranging from entitlements for thousands of housing units to due diligence for billions of dollars in private development and P3 projects. Product types include single-family, planned communities, multi-family, office, industrial, and civic.
Representative Experience
- Due diligence for developers and lenders of construction loans
- Overcoming obstacles to a wide array of development approvals
- Confirmation of federal, state, and local approvals for a $2 billion water project
- Development agreements
- Navigable waterway rights
- Regulatory compliance
- Approval of landmark bridge
- Variances for noteworthy hotel
- Discussions with neighbors and other stakeholders for rezoning and variance cases
- Appeal of staff determination involving vested rights