Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, PC

What Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, PC does

Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, PC is a Texas-based professional corporation law firm founded in 1962 in San Antonio. The firm operates two offices (San Antonio headquarters and Austin) and employs 24 attorneys organized across seven practice areas: Utility Law, Public Law, Litigation, Business & Real Estate, Eminent Domain, Estate Planning & Probate, and Employment Law. Its attorneys include Board Certified specialists and AV Preeminent-rated practitioners, several of whom are former government attorneys.

The firm serves a mix of public-sector and private clients. Named engagements include the City of Laredo, the City of San Antonio, and SAWS, alongside financial institutions, healthcare providers, utilities, and individual estate-planning clients. The firm holds a Certified Small Business Enterprise designation that supports its public-sector bidding position. Representative case outcomes include a $9.6M recovery for the City of Laredo, a $28M settlement for SAWS, and an $88M antitrust settlement on behalf of Brownsville.

Revenue is generated through traditional hourly and contingency fee legal services with no disclosed technology platform, subscription offering, or AI-enabled product. The firm is privately held and does not publish financial results. Between 2020 and 2025 the firm absorbed the deaths of founding partners Arthur Troilo (2020) and John Davidson (2024), and senior member Charles Hettinger (2025), making leadership succession the most material near-term operational issue.

Name

Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, PC

Legal name

Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, PC

Website

https://dtrglaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza is a 24-attorney Texas law firm founded in 1962, with offices in San Antonio and Austin. It provides utility, public, litigation, real estate, eminent domain, employment, and estate planning legal services to municipal, institutional, and individual clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAAAK

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

Keywords

• Legal services
• Municipal law
• Utility regulation
• Eminent domain
• Estate planning

Headquarters

HQ city

San Antonio, TX

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Traditional hourly billing and fee-for-service legal representation across multiple practice areas including litigation, transactional work, regulatory representation, and advisory services for government and private clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, PC is a San Antonio-based regional law firm providing legal representation and counsel across seven practice areas: Utility Law, Public Law, Litigation, Business & Real Estate, Eminent Domain and Condemnation, Estate Planning & Probate, and Employment Law. The firm serves municipalities, public agencies, utilities, financial institutions, businesses, and individuals throughout Central and South Texas. Services are delivered through attorney-led engagements on billable-hour, fixed-fee, or matter-based pricing structures.

Product overview

Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, PC is a regional law firm providing comprehensive legal services through a unified platform of practice areas rather than discrete software products. The firm's service portfolio comprises seven interconnected practice groups: Utility Law (serving public agencies and utilities), Public Law (municipal and government representation), Litigation (comprehensive defense services), Business & Real Estate Law, Eminent Domain and Condemnation, Estate Planning & Probate, and Employment Law. Clients include individuals, financial institutions, businesses, utilities, public agencies, and municipalities across Central and South Texas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Utility Law Services Legal services covering electric utility practice, municipal utility representation, water/wastewater services, regulatory compliance, and project development for public agencies and entities in Texas.
• Public Law Services Municipal and government entity representation including general counsel, city attorney services, administrative law practice before state agencies, and advisory services for political subdivisions in Texas.
• Litigation Services Comprehensive litigation defense covering insurance, transportation/trucking, commercial disputes, appellate matters, construction, tort defense, employment, healthcare liability, environmental law, financial institutions, and product/medical device liability.
• Business & Real Estate Law Services Legal services including real estate transactions, commercial development, construction law, bankruptcy/creditors' rights, business entity formation, banking/lending, and corporate representation.
• Eminent Domain and Condemnation Services Legal representation for governmental entities and landowners in condemnation matters, infrastructure projects, and public/private partnership acquisitions.
• Estate Planning & Probate Services Wills, trusts, estate administration, probate litigation, guardianship, asset protection, and tax planning for individuals and families.
• Employment Law Services Employment-related litigation defense and counseling including discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, workers' compensation, EEOC representation, and HR policy development.

Quantifiable outcome

• Recovered $9.6 million for City of Laredo in construction case (2020)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Holland & Knight LLP: National firm with significant Texas operations (including the legacy Thompson & Knight platform in Dallas) and an established public law and utilities practice. Broad-incumbent competitor for large Texas municipal and utility engagements.
• Norton Rose Fulbright: Global law firm with major Texas offices (Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio) and a sizeable public law and energy regulatory practice. Larger-scale incumbent competing for the same utility and governmental mandates as DTRG, but with broader geographic and practice reach.
• Foley & Lardner LLP: National firm with significant Texas presence (Dallas, Houston, Austin) and established utility regulation, government, and litigation practices. Competes with DTRG on Texas energy regulatory matters but typically serves larger enterprise and utility clients.
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP: Major Texas-founded international firm with deep municipal, public finance, and energy regulatory practices. Larger broad-incumbent peer whose public-sector work overlaps with DTRG's municipal and utility practice.

Direct peers

• Bracewell LLP: Houston-based Texas-rooted firm with a nationally recognized energy and utility regulation practice. Competes with DTRG for electric utility, water/wastewater, and municipal utility representation, particularly on rate cases and regulatory matters.
• Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend PC: Austin-based firm with one of the most specialized Texas water-law and utility practices in the state. Competes head-to-head with DTRG for water district, water rights permitting, and electric cooperative mandates across Central and South Texas.
• Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP: Austin-based Texas law firm with a leading governmental and administrative law practice, including utility regulation before the Public Utility Commission of Texas. Directly competes with DTRG for the same municipal general counsel, city attorney, and utility-rate-case engagements across Texas.
• Jackson Walker LLP: One of the largest Texas-based law firms with a deep public law, municipal, and utility regulation practice across San Antonio, Austin, and other major Texas cities. Closest large-firm direct competitor to DTRG for governmental and utility clients in the same geography.
• McGinnis Lochridge LLP: Austin-based Texas regional firm offering a comparable mix of utility, energy, litigation, and governmental law. Similar size and regional positioning to DTRG, competing for the same municipal and energy-sector clients.
• Haynes Boone: Texas-founded full-service firm with significant San Antonio and Austin presence. Overlapping practice areas include litigation, real estate, employment, and governmental matters — competing for the same mid-market business and municipal clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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