Our Team
The Team Behind Complex Public-Infrastructure Acquisitions
$1B+ in public infrastructure experience | 250+ real estate transactions | 200+ eminent domain matters | 50+ federal parcels across four states
CLF Enterprise brings together attorneys, right-of-way professionals, title and escrow specialists, project managers, and technical support personnel experienced in acquiring and documenting property rights for public infrastructure.
leadership has worked from multiple sides of the public-infrastructure process — within regulatory agencies, county government, legal practice, and project delivery. That experience helps the team identify title, acquisition, documentation, and stakeholder issues before they become schedule problems.
On the City of McAllen’s $20.2 million Bentsen Road Expansion, CLF’s team managed acquisition across 60 parcels and achieved a 90% voluntary acquisition rate, limiting the number of parcels requiring litigation. On its multi-state real estate acquisition work for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, CLF has supported more than 50 parcels across Texas, Arizona, California, and New Mexico.
Each assignment is supported by an integrated team of attorneys, ROW agents, title and escrow specialists, GIS and project personnel working within a standardized documentation and quality-control process. Deliverables receive dual-level review before submission, providing clients with consistent parcel files, acquisition records, and legal documentation across jurisdictions.
Meet the Team
PUBLIC-INFRASTRUCTURE REAL ESTATE EXPERIENCE FROM TITLE THROUGH ACQUISITION
Jose Luis Caso
General Manager
Jose Luis Caso, J.D. (UT Law), B.A. Rice University, licensed in Texas and D.C., has 18 years of legal experience spanning environmental regulation (TCEQ), litigation for governmental entities, county administration (Chief of Staff, Hidalgo County Precinct 4), and firm leadership. Since 2018 he has led CLF’s 12-person team through more than $1 billion in public infrastructure projects and is a recognized statewide authority on multi-agency TxDOT coordination, having briefed 200+ Texas city attorneys on the subject in June 2024.
Lee Reyes
Director of Administrative and Paralegal Services
Lee Reyes, B.A. Government (French language citation), Harvard University. Since July 2019, Reyes has directed CLF’s administrative and paralegal operations, overseeing electronic filing for real estate transactions and case workload management across the firm’s ROW and eminent domain practice. Before CLF, she served as a Legislative Aide in the Texas House of Representatives, synthesizing up to 35 bills weekly — a high-volume, deadline-driven background now reflected in the firm’s document turnaround discipline.
Carlos Jasso
Senior Right of Way Agent and Program Manager
Carlos Jasso, B.A. Finance, University of Texas–Pan American. Jasso brings a depth of experience with years of right-of-way services and hundreds of completed acquisitions across transportation, drainage, water, and infrastructure projects at the federal, state, and local level. Since 2022 he has managed CLF’s ROW project coordination and stakeholder engagement; he previously served as Grants Director for Edinburg ISD and Safety Manager at Econ Group LLC.
Martin Walker
Chief Quality Officer
Martin Walker, M.B.A., Saint Leo University; B.S. Liberal Studies, Excelsior University; Google Project Management Certificate. Walker has led CLF’s firm-wide QA framework since October 2023, applying ISO 9001/14001/45001 standards to legal and grant workflows. He spent 15 years as Fleet Superintendent for the U.S. Maritime Administration overseeing real estate and asset management for a federal facility and building an ISO-based QEH&S system, preceded by 20 years as a U.S. Coast Guard officer in federal policy review, investigations, and interagency coordination — a 35-year federal compliance background now built directly into CLF’s document and audit standards.
Oliver De La Garza
Community Liaison
Mr. De La Garza has worked with rural communities for over 15 years in county and state government by assisting them with obtaining infrastructure funding from state and federal agencies. Mr. De La Garza earned a BA from Our Lady of the Lake University.
Diana Villarreal
Senior Title & Escrow Specialist
Ms. Villarreal has over 20 years of experience in real estate transactions, Ms. Villarreal brings a high level of expertise in escrow, underwriting, and multi-party title resolution for public infrastructure projects. She has successfully facilitated the closing of complex, high-value acquisitions.
Karla Montemayor
Right of Way Agent and Grant Specialist
Ms. Montemayor, M.P.A. and B.A., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Primarily serving as a right of way agent and land acquisition negotiator, Ms. Montemayor also has great depth in researching and writing grants for government and nonprofit entities for seven years and holds advanced training in grant research and grant writing.
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