DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY ALLISON BASTIAN LEAVING CITY OF BROWNSVILLE TO WORK FOR HARLINGEN LAW FIRM

Allison Bastian, former Deputy
City Attorney

With the termination of City Attorney Mark Sossi seven months ago and no replacement for Assistant City Attorney John Chosy, Deputy City Attorney Allison Bastian has been carrying a heavy workload.

But, after eight years as Deputy City Manager preceded by service as a City Planner, Ms. Bastian is leaving the City of Brownsville to work as an attorney in the Harlingen office of Denton Navarro Rocha Bernal & Zech, specialists in labor relations and civil litigation.

The firm's website says the company reaches out to hire attorneys with city government experience:

"In addition to having extensive trial experience, many of our lawyers have worked as employees of governmental entities, giving us profound insight into the day-to-day issues and challenges inherent in public entity service."

Readers of this blog may recognize this firm as extremely active in handling labor arbitration cases for the City of Brownsville, particularly those cases connected to the Brownsville Fire Department.

We wish Allison the best in her new position.

While the City Commission formed committees several months ago charged with selecting applicants from those screened by a national search firm, no announcement have been forthcoming for a new City Attorney or City Manager.

Denton Navarro Roch