For six years, Michael Eaton, who handles a lot of property tax cases, never appeared before a jury. Such litigation rarely goes to a jury trial, he explains.
But recently Eaton represented nonprofit housing organizations in a three-day trial. On March 21, he won, saving them about $3.5 million in property taxes. His clients had sued the Bexar Appraisal District alleging in their Feb. 13, 2010, amended petition that they should receive a waiver for their 2007-2010 property taxes because they are nonprofits providing low- and moderate-income housing.
