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Legal

Legal provides full-service, in-house legal support to the SAWS Board of Trustees, the President/CEO and Executive Management Team on behalf of SAWS. The range of legal expertise they provide includes water resources, labor, real estate, environmental, and public law.

Legal also incorporates the following functions:

Contract Administration – Responsible for the administration of construction and professional services contracts. This includes contract preparation, solicitation, negotiation, acceptance, monitoring, compliance, approval of payments and closeout. Contract Administration also coordinates and administers the Texas Water Development Board program.

Risk Management – Manages all facets of SAWS Comprehensive Commercial Insurance Program. Through our agent of record, this area responds to inquiries from Legal, Contract Administration, Purchasing and Counter Services (water and sewage connection permits) about insurance matters. It also conducts premises risk assessments.

Claims – Operates as a small insurance claims office for SAWS. All Worker Compensation, casualty and subrogation claims handling originates here.

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Frank Stenger-Castro, Vice President General Counsel, Legal
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Frank Stenger-Castro
Vice President
General Counsel

Stenger-Castro joined SAWS in 2001 bringing with him a wealth of legal experience. He previously served as deputy general counsel at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and held other key positions with the Texas Worker’s Compensation Insurance Facility, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the State of Texas.

He received both his undergraduate and Doctor of Jurisprudence degrees from The University of Texas at Austin. Stenger-Castro is a trustee for the Blue Star Contemporary Art Center and was selected in 2005 by Texas Lawyer magazine as one of 50 “Outstanding Corporate Counsel” in Texas.

Stenger-Castro is responsible for providing legal advice and counsel to SAWS Trustees and management on issues relating to the utility’s operations, including public law, water law, environmental law, public utility law and labor law.

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