R. Kinley Hegglund, Jr., City Attorney

Kinley Hegglund is the City Attorney for the City of Wichita Falls. He has served in the Wichita Falls City Attorney's Office since May of 2000, first as the City Prosecutor, then as the Senior Assistant City Attorney before being appointed City Attorney in 2014.  Kinley was born and raised in San Angelo, Texas. He graduated with a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the Texas Tech School of Law in 1999 and received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Texas A&M in 1995. He was licensed to practice law in Texas in 1999 and is also admitted as an attorney authorized to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit as well as before the Supreme Court of the United States.  He was the genesis of the gang injunction program in Wichita Falls and has become the leading authority on gang injunction litigation in Texas.

Kinley was recognized by the International Municipal Lawyers Association as a Local Government Fellow in 2014 and was awarded the Susan Rocha Award for Outstanding Service by an Assistant City Attorney in June 2014 by the Texas City Attorneys Association. In addition to representing the City, Kinley is the legal advisor for the 4A Wichita Falls Economic Development Board, 4B Sales Tax Corporation, and the City-County Hospital Board.  He is also the City’s representative to the Atmos Cities Steering Committee and the ONCOR Cities Steering Committee.

Publications, Papers, & Awards

• The Susan Rocha Award for Outstanding Service by an Assistant City Attorney
  • The Texas City Attorneys Association: June 2014
• Member of the Board of Directors for the United Regional Health Care System
• The Implementation and Enforcement of Texas Gang Injunctions
  • Co-presenter & co-author with James McKechnie, Wichita Falls Asst. City Atty - 2014 Code Summit
• Injunctions Against Street Gangs- Constitutionality, Legality, and Methodology
  • Co-presenter & co-author with Miles Risley, Wichita Falls City Attorney - International Municipal Lawyers Association - IMLA 2012 – 77^th Annual Conference
• Employee of the Year: December 2012- 2013
  • City of Wichita Falls: Wichita Falls Rotary North
• Certificate of Achievement (Regarding Hoova Crips Gang Injunction)
  • Wichita Falls Police Department: August 31, 2011
• Municipal Court: The Basics
  • Co-presenter and co-author with Miles Risley, Wichita Falls City Attorney - The Texas City Attorneys Association: 2010 Summer Conference
• Contempt of Court for Texas Gang Injunction Violators: A novel approach to keeping gang members off the streets while they await trial in Wichita County
  • The Texas Prosecutor: March- April 2010, Volume 40, No. 2
• Merit Certification in Municipal Law
  • Texas City Attorneys Association: June 9, 2010
• Certificate of Appreciation (Regarding Citizen’s Police Academy)
  • Wichita Falls Police Department: December 4, 2007
• Testimony to Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security
  • State of Texas: August 2007 (Regarding Texas Gang Injunction Statute)
• Certificate of Appreciation (Regarding Varrio Carnales Gang Injunction)
  • Wichita Falls Police Department: June 1, 2007