Heather N. Cook
Associate
Heather Cook joined the Randle Law Office in 2023 after serving the City of Houston as an assistant city attorney for eleven years. Heather shares her municipal experience from working at the fourth largest city in the nation. Heather’s experience includes advising city departments on various issues including building code enforcement, development, dangerous building issues, planning and development, group homes, ordinance interpretation, litigation, nuisance abatement and TABC license challenges. Heather worked closely with elected officials, city administrators and in the community developed relationships on behalf of Houston as a liaison with civic associations, property owners, builders, and developers. Heather graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio in 1995 with a degree in Biology and graduated from the University of Houston Law Center in 2011. Heather grew up in Houston and currently lives in Cypress with her husband Jason and their menagerie of pets. The empty nesters eagerly look forward to visits from their adult children.
Education
- Juris Doctorate, University of Houston Law Center, 2011
- Bachelor of Arts, Trinity University, 1995
Admissions
- Texas, 2011
Professional Recognition
- 2021 Outstanding Attorney of the Year Award – City of Houston
- 2016 Edward A. Cazares Award – City of Houston
Memberships
- Texas City Attorney’s Association, (Merit Certificate in Municipal Law)
- Texas Municipal League
- Houston Bar Association
Publications and Lectures
- April 2024, The University of Texas School of Law 28th Annual Land Use Conference, “Cities Don’t Enforce Private Restrictive Covenants, or Do They?: The City of Houston’s Unique Land Use Scheme”.
Reported Cases
- Creative Chateau, LLC, v. City of Houston, No. 01-21-00327-CV, 2023 WL 162741 (Tex. App.-Houston [1st Dist.] Jan. 12, 2023, reh’g denied) (mem. op.).
- Osamah M. Yacoub v. City of Houston, No. 06-21-00092-CV (Tex. App.—Texarkana [6th Dist.] June 16, 2022, no pet.) (mem. op.).
