Angela Tekell
Attorney at Law Offices of Tekell & Tekall, LLP

Professional Faculty - EdD in K-12 Educational Leadership
Angela Tekell has extensive experience in school law as well as in employment and civil rights law. She served as in-house counsel for a large public school district for ten years, and prior to going in-house full-time, handled civil litigation matters on both sides of the civil docket in federal and state courts.
As a school attorney, she handles issues particular to public school districts, including special education mediation and due process hearings, grievances, personnel matters, open government issues, TEA and Office of Civil Rights complaints and Title IX, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and bullying investigations. She also has experience with employment and civil rights matters, including Texas Education Code Chapter 21 contracts, non-renewals, and terminations. Since she served as in-house counsel for a fast-growth school district, she also has extensive experience with AIA construction and professional services contracting, management, and disputes. She also holds a Texas teaching certificate and taught high school for two years.
Before specializing in school law, Tekell handled complex business, insurance, employment, and civil rights litigation. She spent several years defending first-party insurance claims across the state of Texas. After law school, she served for two years as a briefing attorney for the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Waco Division.
Previously, Tekell served as a Trustee on the Waco ISD Board of Trustees.
Areas of Practice:
20% Civil Litigation
80% Education Law
Litigation Percentage:
20% of practice devoted to litigation
Bar Admissions:
Texas
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas — J.D.
Baylor University, Waco, Texas — B.A.
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Waco-McLennan and Bell County Bar Association
Texas Council of School Attorneys
State Bar College