Our Texas Team

Clients benefit from our Texas-specific experience, including our substantive knowledge of the Texas environmental permitting and regulatory programs and the insights and relationships that our Austin-based attorneys maintain from their careers within and work with key Texas governmental agencies. Several of our attorneys formerly worked for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the Texas Office of the Attorney General, and the U.S. Department of Justice. Our Texas attorneys include:

Lisa Dyar | Principal, Austin

Areas of Focus: Air, Climate Change | Litigation | Natural Resources, Federal Lands | Chemicals Regulation | Infrastructure, Project Development & Permitting | Oil & Gas | Superfund, Site Remediation, Natural Resource Damages | Toxic and Mass Torts | Enforcement Defense | Waste, Recycling

Biography | 512.391.8019 | [email protected] 


Aaron Goldberg | Principal, Austin and Washington, DC

Areas of Focus:  Hazardous Materials & Dangerous Goods Transportation |  Waste, Recycling | Compliance | International Environmental Law | Chemicals Regulation | Data Centers

Biography | 202.789.6052 | [email protected]


Bina Reddy | Principal, Austin

Areas of Focus:  Citizen Suit Defense | Toxic and Mass Torts | Enforcement Defense

Biography | 512.391.8007 | [email protected]


Josh Van Eaton | Office Managing Principal, Washington, DC

Licensed in DC and Texas, Josh is an integral part of our Austin team.

Areas of Focus:  High-Stakes Federal and State Enforcement Matters | Citizen Suit Defense | CAA Mobile Sources | Compliance

Biography | +1.202.789.6033 | [email protected]


Mike Vitris | Office Managing Principal, Austin

Areas of Focus:  Environmental Class Actions and Mass Torts | Citizen Suit Defense | Enforcement Defense | Workplace Safety

Biography | 512.391.8035 | [email protected]


Laura LaValle | Senior Counsel, Austin

Areas of Focus:  Air Permitting and Compliance | Climate Change | Enforcement Defense | Due Diligence | Auditing | Data Centers

Biography | 512.391.8020 | [email protected]


Amber Ahmed | Of Counsel, Austin

Areas of Focus:  Enforcement Defense | Permitting | Air, Climate Change | Water

Biography | 512.391.8018 | [email protected]


Leandra Ansah | Senior Associate, Austin

Areas of Focus:  Air, Climate Change | Chemicals | Litigation | Toxic and Mass Torts

Biography | 512.391.8055 | [email protected]


Andrew Womack | Senior Associate, Austin

Areas of Focus:  Enforcement Defense, Citizen Suits | Litigation | Toxic and Mass Torts | Site Remediation and Natural Resource Damages

Biography | 512.391.8009 | [email protected]


Ryan Andrée | Associate, Washington, DC

Areas of Focus:  Air | ESG, Sustainability | International Environmental Law | Renewable Energy

Biography | 617.419.2304 | [email protected]


Emma Dismukes | Associate, Austin

Areas of Focus: Litigation | Agriculture | Food, Beverage | Natural Resources, Federal Lands

Biography | 512.391.8030 | [email protected]


Benjamin J. "HR" Huber-Rodriguez | Associate, Austin

Areas of Focus:  Air, Climate Change | Environmental Justice | ESG & Sustainability | Electric Power | Infrastructure, Project Development & Permitting | Water | Waste Treatment, Recycling, Disposal Services | Waste, Recycling

Biography | 512.391.8024 | [email protected]


Blake Welborn | Associate, Austin

Areas of Focus: Air Compliance | Litigation | Enforcement | Citizen Suits | Environmental Justice

Biography | 512.391.8015 | [email protected]


Kelly Bennett | Paralegal, Austin

Areas of Focus:  Environmental Litigation Support | Regulatory Tracking | CAA Section 114 Responses | Enforcement Defense | Bluebooking

Biography | 512.391.8012 | [email protected]


Haley Graham | Paralegal, Austin

Areas of Focus:  Environmental Litigation Support | Regulatory Tracking | Air, Climate Change | Water Rights and Supply

Biography | 512.391.8028 | [email protected]