FOUNDING PARTNER

Randy's transactional and commercial litigation practice emphasizes eminent domain, tax valuation and business disputes.  He has tried cases to judges and juries in county, state and federal courts, and he has conducted arbitrations before AAA and NASD panels. Randy’s litigation practice includes representing landowners and real estate development and holding companies in eminent domain and property tax valuation litigation in addition to defending product manufacturers, energy companies and engineering and construction companies.

His transactional practice includes drafting and negotiating real estate documents, including sales and financing documents related to Texas real property.  Other transactional experience includes drafting and negotiating general commercial agreements, including oilfield service agreements and contracts for purchase and sale of goods and services. He has received a rating from Martindale-Hubbell that indicates he has reached the height of professional excellence and has been recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity. Prior to forming Crump & Deutsch, PLLC, Randy practiced for a Houston real estate boutique for 13 years and for 17 years with a national litigation firm.

Randy is a member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of Texas and Houston Bar Association. While in law school, Randy was executive editor of the Houston Law Review, a member of the Order of Barons and an Honor Court Justice. He is a board member of the Houston Law Review Alumni Association and served as the organization's president.

Randy is a regular speaker at continuing legal education events on various topics, including real property taxation and eminent domain.

PUBLICATIONS

Nicholas Deutsch & P. Randall Crump, The Power Struggle Over the Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing, E&P Magazine, March 2014.

LICENSES

Randy is admitted to practice before the state courts of Texas and the U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas.

PRIOR FIRMS

1988 - 2001, Dow, Cogburn & Friedman, P.C.
2001 - 2018, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.

EDUCATION

University of Houston Law Center J.D., 1988
Texas A&M University B.B.A., Business & Accounting, 1981

RECOGNITIONS

Martindale-Hubbell AV rating
Top Lawyers of 2016 - Eminent Domain, Houstonia 

PRACTICE AREAS

• Eminent Domain

• Tax Valuation

• Business Litigation

• Design & Construction Law

• Real Estate