Austin

Texas presence, national bench, international reach.

Applying decades of experience, our Texas team helps clients manage environmental issues, develop new projects, mitigate risk, defend their interests, and maintain successful operations. Our lawyers know the landscape for business in Texas and the Gulf Coast Region and offer focused expertise and personalized, efficient service. Clients benefit from flexible fee options and seamless access to a nationwide team of over 150 environmental practitioners who provide complete coverage for matters large and small.

Environmental Regulatory, Compliance, and Enforcement Advice

Companies from a wide range of industries rely on our Texas office for strategic environmental regulatory counsel as well as day-to-day operating and compliance advice on air, water, and waste requirements. We engage in environmental program developments and agency initiatives, assist with rulemaking comments and advocacy, and support audit, due diligence, and compliance functions. We also help companies respond to enforcement actions. Our Texas team includes former Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, former TCEQ staff attorneys, and former Texas and Tennessee Assistant Attorney Generals.

Litigation

Our Texas and Gulf Coast clients choose us for their high-stakes environmental and toxic tort litigation because we bring to bear unparalleled substantive expertise in all major environmental and chemical regulatory regimes, creative strategy, scientific proficiency, skilled communication, and efficient and farsighted case management to achieve litigation successes. We defend environmental, nuisance, toxic tort (including mass tort/class action), citizen suit, and product liability cases in state and federal courts across Texas. We also handle Litigation related to remediation of complex multi-party sites, and assist with clients’ participation in the Texas Voluntary Cleanup Program. Our Texas litigators represent a wide range of industries, including oil and gas, chemical manufacturing, and waste management, as well as major municipalities.

Contested Case Hearings

Dovetailing with our extensive firm-wide environmental litigation practice, we advise clients in every phase of the contested permitting process for all media – air, water, and waste (including hazardous, municipal solid, and nuclear) – from the agency’s review of the application, through the administrative hearing, and on appeal in state court.

Risk Management and Insurance Recovery

Our firm exclusively represents policyholders in coverage disputes with insurance companies. We have recovered hundreds of millions of insurance dollars for business clients facing environmental, toxic tort, product, employment, and financial liability claims, as well as other losses, including business interruption. We also advise clients on the sufficiency of their insurance and risk management programs.