Meet Victoria, Attorney at Whitehead Law, PLLC

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Victoria Rose Whitehead is a native of the Texas Panhandle, growing up in Hereford and Canyon. She received her Bachelors of Arts in Political Science from Texas Tech University (2012) and her Juris Doctorate Degree from Texas Tech School of Law (2016).

For the past decade, Mrs. Whitehead has had a powerful career working for Texas leaders such as State Senator Robert Duncan, Representative Drew Darby, and Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.  Victoria developed a passion for serving rural Texas through legislative advocacy and education and most recently served as the General Counsel for the High Plains Water District, where she was responsible for assisting and advising the District on groundwater law and policy issues, grant acquisitions, state and federal compliance, and legal matters that face the District. Currently, Mrs. Whitehead owns and operates Whitehead Law, PLLC, a general law practice in Lubbock dedicated to serving the businesses, industries, and people that make West Texas great. 

She is the recipient of notable industry and civic honors including the American Agricultural Law Association’s 2020 Scholarly Writing Award, Lubbock’s Top 20 Under 40, the Junior League of Lubbock’s 2019 Rising Star, and Capitol Crowd’s House Intern Most Likely to Be Running the Legislature in 10 Years. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ Women’s Campaign School. 

Mrs. Whitehead is very passionate about her community and Texas and enjoys giving back to in a variety of civic leadership roles and nonprofit organizations. She is a two-time gubernatorial appointee of Governor Greg Abbott, currently serving on the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and previously serving as Student Regent for the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents.

She and her husband, Jeffry, are the proud parents of Palmer, Brooks, and two fur babies, Casing & Fritz. 

• Juris Doctorate, Texas Tech School of Law
• Texas Tech University, Bachelors of Arts in Political Science 

• Member, State Bar of Texas 
• Energy Law Certificate, Texas Tech School of Law

• 87th Texas Legislature, Legislative Debrief Panel, Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts June 2021 Regular Business Meeting. 
• 22nd Annual Changing Face of Water Law Course, Texas Bar CLE:  Groundwater & Surface Water Permit Considerations in Agriculture & Ranching with Jason T. Hill. 
• American Agricultural Law Association 2020 Annual Educational Symposium:  Agriculture and the Ogallala: Drilling into the Law, Policy, and Technological Solutions for the Nation’s Largest Aquifer with Burke Griggs. 
• Decoding Water Law:  Ten Areas of Texas Water Law Every Ag Lawyer Should Know 5 Tex. A&M J. Prop 1, 449 (2019) with Jason T. Hill. 
• 13th Annual John Huffaker Agricultural Law Course: Decoding Water Law:  Ten Areas of Texas Water Law Every Ag Lawyer Should Know with Jason T. Hill.   
• 20th Annual Changing Face of Water Law Course: 2019 Groundwater Caselaw Update. 
• Lubbock Moms Blog, Take Care of Business, Mama! Five Estate Planning Documents to Finally Check Off Your To-Do List:  https://lubbock.citymomsblog.com/mom/take-care-of-business-mama-five-estate-planning-documents-to-finally-check-off-your-to-do-list/  
• Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts,  U.S. Supreme Court Issues Decision in County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund:  https://texasgroundwater.org/policy/emerging-legal-issues/ 

• 2022 Alpha Delta Pi Texas State Alumnae Association, Service to Community Recipient
• 2020 Professional Scholarship Award,  American Agricultural Law Association for  Decoding Water Law:  Ten Areas of Texas Water Law Every Ag Lawyer Should Know 5 Tex. A&M J. Prop 1, 449 (2019) with Jason T. Hill. 
• 2019 Top 20 Under 40, Lubbock Chamber of Commerce 
• 2019 Rising Star, Junior League of Lubbock 
• Appointed, Texas Tech Presidential Search Committee 
• Capital Crowd's "Most Likely to be Running the Texas Lege in 10 Years" 
• 2015, Top Regional Extern, Texas Tech School of Law 
• CALI, Negotiations Seminar 2015

• Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. Member of the Board - Gubernatorial Appointment by Governor Greg Abbott 
• Census 2020 Complete Count LBK, City Appointed Vice Chairman 
• City of Lubbock Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee, District 4 Appointee
• Texas Tech University System Board of Regents: Student Regent - Gubernatorial Appointment by Governor Greg Abbott 

• Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Young Professionals Committee Chair, Agriculture, Government Affairs (Previous Chairman)
• Treasurer, Capitol Area Republican Women 
• Committee Member, YWCA of Lubbock 
• Member, Lubbock Area Bar Association 
• Member, Junior League of Lubbock
• Member, Trinity Church

• 87th Texas Legislature: General Counsel, High Plains Water District
• 86th Texas Legislature: General Counsel, High Plains Water District
• 85th Texas Legislature: Director of Governmental Affairs, High Plains Water District
• 84th Texas Legislature: General Counsel & Extern, State Representative Drew Darby 
• 83rd Texas Legislature: Legislative Aide, State Representative Drew Darby 
• United States Senate: Congressional Intern, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison 
• 82nd Texas Legislature: Legislative Intern, State Senator Robert Duncan