Rob Todd
Rob Todd | |
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Former Houston City Council Member from E District | |
In office January 2, 1996 – January 2, 2002 | |
Preceded by | Joe Roach |
Succeeded by | Addie Wiseman |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Todd October 23, 1963 EntrepreneurAttorney |
Profession | Real estate development Telecommunications |
Committees | Aviation Ethics Finance |
Faculty | South Texas College of Law Adjunct professor of law |
Rob Todd (born October 23, 1963) is a Houston-based entertainment attorney and former member of the Houston City Council[1] from 1996 to 2002. Todd was a member of the Houston City Council from 1996 to 2002,[1] representing the eastern edge of Houston.
Todd's district included the
At the time of his initial election, Todd was the youngest person ever elected to Houston City Council at the age of 31[2] and has been a mainstay in the business community.
Personal life
Todd was born in
Todd is a graduate of
Political career
Todd has a long and diverse history in politics and public service.
In 1990 Todd served as a Russian language interpreter at a round of the strategic arms limitation treaty negotiations between the Soviet Union and the United States between U.S. Secretary of State James Baker and Eduard Schevarnadze at the
Five years later, in 1995 Todd was elected to Houston City Council. https://houstontx.gov/citysec/elections/120995.pdf</ref> As a City of Houston councilmember, given the public cost and effect on general road mobility, Todd opposed the expenditure of public funds on the installation of
In his capacity as chairman of the Regulatory Affairs Committee, Todd supported the passage of ordinances aimed at addressing the needs of the homeless in the context of aggressive panhandling, dumpster diving and camping. [11]
Todd is irreverent. His electronic access card to City Hall was briefly erased as a joke by Mayor Bob Lanier in 1997 after Todd wrapped the Mayor's chair with leftover "Free Kingwood" banners from an anti-annexation rally for that locality in opposition to the government action as he walked to his seat at the table. [12]
Since 2012, Todd has been Chairman of the City of Houston Tower Permit Commission, which has jurisdiction over Cellular towers within a 572-square-mile (1,480 km2) area of southeast Texas.[13] This commission is tasked with improving 911 reception within the Houston city limits and extra-territorial jurisdiction.
In [1] a 2015 article from Houston society magazine Lights, Camera, Action, Rob Todd was asked about his political future. As part of the magazine's Trailblazers series which features successful entrepreneurs, Todd said, "I get encouraged to run all the time. For now, my kids need my full attention so it will have to wait. Eventually...the time will be right."
Legal career
Todd is an entertainment and civil trial lawyer with Hawash, Cicack and Gaston, LLP in
Since 2003, Todd has been a popular adjunct professor of law at the
His teaching specialty is on the passage of legislation including the Voting Rights Act, Election Law, Public Corruption, Lobbying, and Entertainment Law.Activism
Todd's son Robert lost his hearing as an infant due to meningitis in 1988.
In his first year on City Council, Todd succeeded in efforts to provide closed captioning on Houston's government-information Government-access television (GATV) channel so that weekly televised city council meetings would be accessible to the hearing-impaired.[18]
In 1997 Todd was success in persuading the
In 2003 Todd brought a lawsuit against several movie distributors and producers under the
Rob Todd served as an attorney for 27-year-old Ariana Venegas in 2009 during a high-profile sexual harassment lawsuit against Harris County District Court judge Donald Jackson. Jackson was convicted of offering to dismiss Venegas's case in exchange for sex.[20][21]
Since July 30, 2015 Rob Todd has been an active member of Partnership for Baylor College of Medicine.[citation needed]
Since 2022 Todd has been general counsel for Accion Social Venezuela--Houston.[22][2] This humanitarian group provides services for recent Venezuelan Immigrants to Houston.
Technology Career
In 2003, after leaving city council, Rob Todd founded Amplified Solutions, a real-estate and telecommunications development firm that designs, implements, finances and manages
References
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- ^ Knight, Paul (2010-05-26). "Train Wreck". Houston Press. Houston, TX. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
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- ^ "Houston City Council Voter's Guide". Houston Chronicle. December 3, 1995. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
- ^ "SOVIETS ARE URGED TO CHANGE FASTER". Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ a b Sallee, Rad (2001-11-08). "Rail foes halted in their tracks?". Houston Chronicle. Houston, TX: Houston Chronicle Publishing. p. 1. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ Yardley, Jim (2001-02-13). "Houston Journal; Legal Fight Stalls a City's Plan for Light-Rail Relief". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ Sallee, Rad (2001-03-09). "Court gives green light to light rail". Houston Chronicle. Houston, TX: Hearst Newspapers. p. 1. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ a b Mathis, Nancy; Pope, Tara Parker (1991-09-13). "Senate panel gives monorail plan new life". Houston Chronicle. Hearst Newspapers. p. A9. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ Knight, Paul (2010-05-26). "Train Wreck". Houston Press. Houston, TX. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
- ^ Liskow, Samantha (1999-07-22). "Civil(ity) War". Houston Press. Houston, TX. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
- ^ Cook, Alison (1998-01-01). "Alison Cook Looks Back At 1997: The year that bit". Houston Press. Houston, TX. p. 3. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
- ^ Gafrick, Marlene (2010-12-28). Tower Permit Commission (Report). Houston, TX: City of Houston. Archived from the original on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
- ^ "Rob Todd".
- ^ "wiki maren altman - Yahoo Search Results".
- ^ "Adjunct Faculty of South Texas College of Law". Stcl.edu. Archived from the original on February 12, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ Fiebel, Carolyn (2009-01-14). "City Council weighs plan to keep cars off lawns". Houston Chronicle. Houston, TX: Hearst Newspapers. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
- ^ Binette, Chad (1996-09-23). "Closed captioning gets high sign for the deaf". Houston Chronicle. Hearst Newspapers. p. A13. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ a b Gullett, Beth (2003-01-30). "Sounds of Silence". Houston Press. Houston, TX. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
- ^ Stipes, Chris (2009-12-15). "Alleged Victim Testifies Against Judge". My Fox Houston. Houston, TX. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
- ^ "Judge guilty in official oppression case". KTRK-TV. Houston, TX: ABC. 2009-12-19. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
- ^ "Houston woman started a nonprofit out of a storage unit to help Venezuelans start their new lives". Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ "Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Receives Cell Coverage Boost from Verizon Wireless" (Press release). Memorial Hermann. 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2011-03-19.