Blaire A. Knox
Top rated Eminent Domain attorney in Austin, Texas
Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo, PLLC
Practice areas: Eminent Domain
Licensed in Texas since: 2010
Education: Baylor University School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2025 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2019 - 2020 Call today:
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Blaire Knox joined Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo, PLLC in 2016. Focusing in eminent domain, inverse condemnation, and land use litigation, she primarily researches complex legal issues and writes motions, discovery, and appeals, helping to advance cases during the litigation process.
Prior to joining Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo, PLLC, Ms. Knox was an associate with McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP, where she focused her practice on commercial litigation, including business disputes, oil and gas issues, condemnation matters, and administrative law matters in Texas and federal courts. She also has experience litigating civil cases in state and federal appellate courts.
Ms. Knox graduated with a B.A. in Plan II and English from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007. In 2010, she earned a law degree from Baylor University School of Law where she graduated summa cum laude, served as a Technical Editor on the Baylor Law Review, and was a member of the Baylor Moot Court and Mock Trial Teams. She also served as a briefing attorney to Justice Dale Wainwright of the Supreme Court of Texas from 2010–2011.
A licensed attorney in Texas, she is working towards obtaining her license to practice law in New Mexico as well.
Ms. Knox volunteers and supports numerous animal rescue organizations.
Ms. Knox is a member of the Commercial Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas and the Austin Bar Association. She has been admitted to practice in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Western and Northern Districts of Texas.
Practice areas
Eminent Domain- 100% Eminent Domain
First Admitted: 2010, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.barronadler.com/attorneys/blaire-knox/
Bar / Professional Activity
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- State Bar of Texas, 2010
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Pro bono / Community Service
- Volunteer, Volunteer Legal Services
- Volunteer, American Gateways
Honors
- https://profiles.superlawyers.com/texas/austin/lawyer/blaire-a-knox/a3d1e50c-5bd3-40d4-8b97-ccd2792783af.html, Super Lawyer, Texas Super Lawyers, 2025
- https://profiles.superlawyers.com/texas/austin/lawyer/blaire-a-knox/a3d1e50c-5bd3-40d4-8b97-ccd2792783af.html, Super Lawyer, Texas Super Lawyers, 2024
- https://profiles.superlawyers.com/texas/austin/lawyer/blaire-a-knox/a3d1e50c-5bd3-40d4-8b97-ccd2792783af.html, Rising Star, Texas Super Lawyers, 2020
- https://profiles.superlawyers.com/texas/austin/lawyer/blaire-a-knox/a3d1e50c-5bd3-40d4-8b97-ccd2792783af.html, Rising Star, Texas Super Lawyers, 2019
Educational Background
- J.D., Baylor University School of Law
- B.A., Plan II and English, The University of Texas at Austin
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Co-wrote a business disputes course for the State Bar of Texas, Co-Author, Attorneys’ Fees 2015, Business Disputes Course 2015, State Bar of Texas, 2015
- Wrote a paper on the complexity of the United States-Mexico border wall for the American Bar Association Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Journal, Co-Author, United States-Mexico Border Wall: The Past, the Present, and What May Come, American Bar Association Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Journal, 2018
- Co-Presented with Nicholas Laurent for the Austin Bar Association Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section monthly meeting, Co-Presenter, Pipe(line) Dreams Post-Denbury and Other Pipeline Valuation Issues, Austin Bar Association Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section, 2016
- Co-wrote a presentation on US-Mexico border wall acquisitions for the CLE International Eminent Domain Conference in Las Vegas, Co-Author, Federal Border Wall Acquisitions: Political and Substantive Condemnation Law Perspectives, CLE International Eminent Domain Conference, 2017
- Contributed to a presentation for the 58th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute and Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Contributor, The Prudent Operator Standard in the 21st Century, 58th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 2012
- Co-wrote a course no advanced personal injury for the State Bar of Texas, Co-Author, 28th Annual Advanced Personal Injury Course, State Bar of Texas, 2012
- Co-wrote a course on attorney fees for the State Bar of Texas, Co-Author, Attorneys’ Fees: Advanced Evidence and Discovery 2014, State Bar of Texas, 2014
- Co-wrote a business disputes course for the State Bar of Texas, Co-Author, Attorneys’ Fees 2014, Business Disputes Course 2014, State Bar of Texas, 2014
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Member of the Austin Bar Association
- Commercial Development
- Energy
- Real Estate
- Residential Development
- Transportation
- Utilities
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2025
- Rising Stars: 2019 - 2020
