Janet Spugnardi Bio

Janet Spugnardi

Janet joined the firm of Messer, Campbell & Brady in 2009, where her practice focuses on municipal law, litigation and appellate work on both federal and state lawsuits involving police liability, civil rights, land use, zoning, annexation, employment, discrimination, and tort claims of personal injury, property damage and wrongful death. In addition to handling litigation and appeals, she currently advises multiple cities on various municipal legal matters, including employment/civil service issues, contracts and contract disputes, open records, ordinances, resolutions, economic development and code compliance issues. Prior to joining Messer, Campbell & Brady, Janet worked at the City of Dallas as an Assistant City Attorney for almost six years where she engaged in extensive civil litigation involving land use, zoning, property code violations, fair housing, and nuisance abatement.

Janet won an interlocutory appeal at the Dallas Court of Appeals on a $13 million inverse condemnation claim against the City involving the demolition of a historic structure in the City’s West End Historic District. The decision is published at: TCI West End, Inc. v. City of Dallas and Texas Historical Commission, 274 S.W.3d 913 (Tex. App. – Dallas 2008, no pet.). Janet has successfully litigated the repair and/or demolition of over one thousand dilapidated structures in Texas courts and has experience representing cities before quasi-judicial boards on issues involving historic properties and substandard building enforcement.

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