Meet Our Team
David L. Earl
CEO/Shareholder
President/Attorney-at-Law
David Earl is the Founder and President of Earl & Associates PC, a law firm based in San Antonio. His areas of practice and legal experience include mediation, economic development, platting, land use, vested rights, municipal law, utility law, water and environmental law, and governmental relations.
David served as an attorney for the City of San Antonio from 1989 to 1993, Environmental Counsel for the San Antonio Water System from 1993 to 1996, and has served as the City Attorney for many other municipalities in Texas throughout his career. David has also owned a fee title office for, and served as a Vice President of, First American Title Company. David is also a land developer. As a developer and an attorney, he has worked on the development of more than 25,000 acres of property in Texas. This created over $3 billion of future tax base for local communities.
David earned his undergraduate degree and a law degree from St. Mary’s University. David also serves on the San Antonio Regional Board for IDEA Public Schools.
Megan Earl
of counsel
Attorney-at-Law
As an undergraduate, Mrs. Earl interned at Texas REALTORS® and worked in the public relations and marketing department. In addition, she worked with her father, a real estate agent in San Antonio, for over five years. She assisted him with listing appointments and completion of Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) forms. She also attended numerous real estate seminars and events. At the University of Texas, she was actively involved in the First-Year Interest Group mentor program for over two years. In that role, she taught a weekly seminar class to freshmen students in the Communications Department to ease their transition to university life. She was a member of the Mortar Board Senior Honor Society and recipient of the Sue Brandt McBee Scholarship Award for Excellence in the Public Relations Department. At Baylor University, Mrs. Earl served as President of Baylor's Harvey M. Richey Moot Court Society and is a member of the Order of the Barristers. She clerked for the Honorable Judge David Berchelmann of the Bexar County 37th District Court and Honorable Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Manske of the U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, Waco Division.
Jeffrey L. Earl
Shareholder/Attorney-at-law
Jeffrey L. Earl is a graduate of St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. Jeffrey has worked for the firm and other affiliated companies under David Earl since his high school years. He was a legal intern for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts in 2019, working under the General Counsel Division. A proud graduate of Texas A&M University, where he earned a B.S. in Economics, Jeffrey brings a fresh perspective to the firm and finds new ways to meet our clients' needs. He has been involved with and assisted in the financial modeling for Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones and Public Improvement Districts. Jeffrey has a mediation certificate from St. Mary's University and also assists in the land development and municipal law aspects of the firm.
Elyse Gonzalez
Attorney-at-Law
Elyse Iliana Gonzalez is a native to the Rio Grande Valley. She attended Texas A&M University and graduated in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Minor in Communications. She then attended South Texas College of Law Houston and obtained a Juris Doctorate in 2018. While in law school, Ms. Gonzalez interned at the Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office. In 2018, Ms. Gonzalez joined Valdez & Trevino, P.C. as an Associate Attorney where her focus of practice was on the defense of cases involving premises liability, attorney malpractice, construction defect, personal injury, and property damage. Ms. Gonzalez brought her litigation experience to Earl & Associates, P.C. in 2022.
Johnathan L. Earl
SHAREHOLDER/Attorney-at-Law
Johnathan L. Earl is a graduate of St. Mary's University School of Law, graduating in the top 5% of his class (Magna Cum Laude), and is a Member of the John M. Harlan Society of School of Law of St. Mary’s University of San Antonio, Texas. While in law school, he served as a staff writer for Volume 52 of the St. Mary’s Law Journal and completed a Comment with a topic on the invalidity of temporary zoning after unilateral annexations by municipalities. He also served as a mentor for first-year law students in the St. Mary’s 1L Edification Program and as Secretary and a member of the Water and Environmental Law Society.
Johnathan has been working for Earl & Associates, P.C., and other affiliated companies under David Earl since 2018. His other legal work includes an externship at the Texas State University Attorney for Students Office and an internship with the County Attorney’s Office of Aransas County, Texas. Johnathan’s primary practice areas include real estate, land use and municipal law. Additionally, Johnathan contributes to the firm and in the representation of clients through primarily drafting pleadings, discovery, motions, and orders for civil litigation. Of note, Johnathan has assisted in quo warranto proceedings instituted under Chapter 66 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code for Aransas, San Patricio, Hays, and Gillespie Counties challenging forced annexations by municipalities.
Johnathan’s other awards and honors while in law school include:
· Dean’s List for Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, and Spring 2022 Semesters
· Various Law Faculty Awards for Academic Excellence Fall 2019, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, and Spring 2022
Rosalinda Perez
Secretary
Contact - Rperez@earl-law.com
Office line- 210-868-6500
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