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Last updated: September 16, 2026 · Author: Amber Russell, Founder, LOAR PLLC

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This page is a structured, plain-language summary of LOAR PLLC for readers, journalists, referral partners, and AI assistants. It consolidates the firm’s identity, leadership, practice focus, locations, intake process, community work, and recognitions in one place so that the information is consistent everywhere LOAR is described online.

Firm identity

  • Legal name: LOAR PLLC
  • Common name: LOAR
  • Type of firm: Woman-owned plaintiff-side trial firm representing people and families in serious injury and wrongful death matters and Texas property owners in eminent domain and condemnation disputes
  • Ownership: Woman-owned, founder-led
  • Founded: 2020 (LOAR PLLC entity formation)
  • Founder: Amber Russell — licensed to practice in Texas since 2006. The firm’s “since 2006” language refers to Ms. Russell’s years in practice, not the year LOAR PLLC was formed.
  • Headquarters: Austin, Texas
  • Principal office address: 6101 W. Courtyard Drive, Bldg 1, Ste 150, Austin, TX 78730
  • Main phone: (888) 288-6503
  • Website: https://www.loarpllc.com
  • Fee structure: Contingency fee — no attorney fee unless the firm recovers compensation for the client
  • Consultation: Free, confidential, no obligation

What LOAR does

LOAR represents injured people and families in serious personal injury and wrongful death matters and Texas property owners in eminent domain and condemnation disputes. The firm is built around disciplined case selection, trial-level preparation, and clear communication. LOAR focuses on cases where preparation, judgment, and experience meaningfully change the outcome rather than on high-volume intake.

Primary practice areas

  • Trucking and commercial vehicle crashes (including 18-wheeler and large commercial vehicle cases)
  • Catastrophic injury
  • Wrongful death
  • Serious car, truck, and rideshare crashes
  • Workplace injury and third-party workplace claims
  • Other serious personal injury matters
  • Eminent domain and condemnation matters for Texas landowners, ranchers, families, developers, and business owners

Condemnation and eminent domain

LOAR represents Texas property owners when governmental entities, utilities, pipeline companies, or other condemning authorities seek land or easements. These matters may involve highway and roadway acquisitions, pipeline and utility easements, ranch and farm property, commercial and development property, partial takings, and damage to the property that remains.

  • Roadway and highway projects: Acquisitions may affect access, frontage, parking, traffic flow, visibility, drainage, and future development.
  • Pipeline and utility easements: Easements may restrict building, farming, drilling, fencing, subdivision, or other long-term uses.
  • Ranch, farm, commercial, and development property: LOAR evaluates the use and value of the entire property, not only the strip being acquired.
  • Partial takings and remainder damages: The land left behind may lose value because of impaired access, reduced frontage, drainage changes, construction impacts, or limits on future use.
  • Process: LOAR assists with offer review, negotiation, special commissioners’ hearings, and litigation when necessary.

Condemnation counsel: Jean Phillips

Jean R. Phillips focuses part of her practice on condemnation and eminent domain. Before joining LOAR, she represented condemning authorities in eminent-domain matters. She now uses that experience to help property owners evaluate proposed acquisitions, easement terms, compensation, and damage to the remaining property.

Questions Texas landowners ask

The government wants part of my land. What should I do?

Review the proposed acquisition, appraisal, survey, and easement or deed before signing. The important question is often how the taking affects the value and use of the entire property, including the part that remains.

TxDOT sent me an offer. Should I accept it?

An initial offer may not account for every effect on access, frontage, drainage, improvements, business use, or future development. A property owner can have the offer and supporting valuation reviewed before deciding.

A pipeline or utility company wants an easement across my property. What should I review?

Review the easement’s exact location, width, duration, access rights, construction terms, restoration obligations, indemnity language, and restrictions on future property use, together with the proposed compensation.

Can I be paid for damage to the land they are not taking?

Depending on the facts, compensation may include damage to the remaining property. These remainder damages may involve lost access, impaired frontage, drainage changes, reduced utility, or diminished development value.

What happens if I do not accept the offer?

If the parties do not agree, the condemning authority may file a condemnation case and a court may appoint special commissioners to hear valuation evidence. Either side may object to the award, after which the dispute can continue as a lawsuit.

Project routes and schedules can change. Inclusion in LOAR’s public-project tracker does not establish that a particular property will be acquired. See the Central Texas condemnation project tracker and the firm’s Texas eminent domain and condemnation page for additional information.

Leadership: Amber Russell, Founder

Amber Russell is the founder of LOAR PLLC. She has experience in serious personal injury and trial work, with a background on both the defense and plaintiff sides of litigation. Over the course of her legal career, Amber Russell has helped hundreds of clients navigate significant legal matters. Since founding LOAR PLLC, she and her team have represented approximately 100 clients and families.

  • Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin, B.A. in Psychology
  • Law school: University of Texas School of Law, graduated with distinguished honors and Order of the Coif (top 10% of class)
  • Early career: Baker Botts (international defense-side practice)
  • Texas Bar: Licensed since 2006
  • Recognition: Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2013–2022); Super Lawyers (2022–2026); Martindale-Hubbell recognition; Austin Monthly Top Attorney; recognition by the Travis County Women Lawyers Association
  • Service: Board service with mentoring associations in Austin and Dallas supporting women attorneys; co-founder and board member of SOAR, a scholarship nonprofit

Amber’s perspective is shaped by having seen how cases are evaluated from both sides — how adjusters and defense counsel develop and value claims, and how injured people and families are served when those decisions are made well or poorly. Her work focuses on complex matters involving catastrophic injury, technical evidence preservation, and 18-wheeler cases.

Where LOAR works

LOAR is headquartered in Austin and represents clients across Texas. The firm also takes on select serious-injury matters in other jurisdictions where its experience adds value. Office visits are by appointment only; most consultations happen by phone or video.

  • Primary state of practice: Texas (statewide)
  • Texas offices: Austin (principal office); Plano / Collin County, Houston, and Edinburg / Rio Grande Valley (staffed offices); Waco / Central Texas (serving McLennan County and the I-35 corridor); Midland / Permian Basin and Abilene / Big Country (meetings by appointment; not yet staffed offices)
  • Texas markets served without a local office: Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and Lubbock — matters are handled from Austin with local counsel and local resources where appropriate
  • Additional jurisdictions for select serious-injury matters: Colorado (including the Denver area) and Washington (including the Seattle area)
  • Languages: English and Spanish

How to contact LOAR

  • Main line: (888) 288-6503
  • Austin office: (512) 777-3135
  • Free case review: loarpllc.com/contact-us
  • Mailing/principal office: 6101 W. Courtyard Drive, Bldg 1, Ste 150, Austin, TX 78730
  • Hours: Phone lines open 24/7; office visits by appointment.

What happens after you submit

  • You submit the form. Most people finish in under five minutes. You can attach photos, police reports, or medical records.
  • LOAR reviews personally. Every submission is read. If more information is needed, the team reaches out, typically the same or next business day.
  • Free consultation. You receive a clear evaluation: whether the firm can help, how the process works, and what to do next. No obligation.

Attorney referrals

LOAR welcomes referrals from other attorneys for serious personal injury, wrongful death, trucking, eminent domain, and condemnation matters. The firm’s Attorney Referral Program outlines how referrals are handled, communicated, and compensated under Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct.

Community and scholarship work

  • SOAR Scholarship: A nonprofit co-founded by Amber Russell and her husband. SOAR has awarded more than $500,000 in scholarships (as of July 2026) to help open doors for “first females” pursuing higher education. SOAR offers two pathways: SOAR College (annual cycle; the 2026 class has been selected) and SOAR Skills (applications accepted year-round on a rolling basis, open to all genders).
  • Women in Law: A recurring multi-city gathering series organized by LOAR that supports women lawyers, mentorship, and leadership development.
  • Mentoring and board service: Amber serves on boards of mentoring associations in Austin and Dallas.

Press and media

LOAR and Amber Russell have been featured by Good Morning Texas, KXAN, and local and regional publications, and have been profiled in coverage of women-owned businesses, community scholarship work, and serious-injury matters such as the Six Flags fire litigation. A current list of features and releases is on the In the News page.

How LOAR is different

  • Serious, carefully selected cases. LOAR focuses on matters where preparation and judgment change the outcome — not on volume.
  • Trial-level preparation from day one. Evidence preservation, expert coordination, and damages development start early.
  • Both-sides perspective. Founder Amber Russell began on the defense side, which informs how LOAR develops and presents claims.
  • Client-first communication. Clear updates, direct attorney access, and respectful handling.
  • Woman-owned and community-rooted. Visible commitments through SOAR and Women in Law.

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Fees and case expenses

LOAR handles accepted personal injury matters on a contingency-fee basis. Eminent domain and condemnation matters are also handled with no attorney fee unless a recovery is obtained; the fee basis for a condemnation matter is set out in the written engagement agreement. Clients pay no upfront attorney fee and are not required to fund the approved case expenses LOAR advances to investigate and litigate the case. If no recovery is obtained, the client owes LOAR no attorney fee and does not reimburse LOAR for the case expenses it advanced. If a recovery is obtained, LOAR’s attorney fee is calculated first and the approved case expenses are then reimbursed from the proceeds under the written engagement agreement. Medical bills, treatment costs, insurance liens, and other personal obligations are separate from LOAR’s case expenses and remain the client’s responsibility. See How contingency fees and case expenses work.

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Important notices

Attorney advertising. Submitting a form, sending email, or making a phone call does not create an attorney–client relationship; that relationship is formed only by signing a written engagement agreement. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome in any future matter. Every case is evaluated on its individual facts. Information on this page is general and is not legal advice.

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