 Hrbacek is an attorney and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).He has a law firm specializing in taxation, based in Sugar Land.In 1996, while serving as a City Council member for Sugar Land's affluent District Four, which included a large part of the First Colony master-planned community including Sweetwater Country Club (the one-time home of the LPGA), Hrbacek decided to run for the mayor's office being vacated by incumbent Lee Duggan who was term limited from seeking re-election after serving a total of ten years.