• Aerospace
• Alternative energy
• Ceramic tile manufacturing
• Chemical
• Chemical distribution
• Compressed gases
• Commercial/residential property owners
• Concrete products
• Dry cleaning
• Electric power
• Environmental consulting
• Explosives manufacturing
• Fertilizer production
• Foundries
• Insurance
• Investment and commercial banking
• Materials and used oil recycling
• Metal fabrication and plating
• Oil and gas
• Paint manufacturing
• Pesticide formulation
• Petroleum refining
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Pipelines
• Plastic sealant manufacturing
• Printing and graphic arts
• Property managers
• Pulp and paper
• Real estate investment and development
• Remedial contracting
• Wood product manufacturing

Our capabilities include special experience in:

• Environmental litigation
• The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
• The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund)
• The Toxic Substances Control Act
• The Clean Air Act
• The Clean Water Act
• The Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act
• Other federal, state and local environmental, health and safety programs.
• State common law relevant to environmental damage and remediation.

• Joseph F. Guida, Founding Principal & Shareholder
  Mr. Guida has practiced environmental law since 1979. His diversified national practice includes experience in air and water quality control, solid and hazardous waste management, toxic substances, and state and federal Superfund for a broad array of industrial and commercial clients. His experience also encompasses compliance counseling, transactional work, and litigation.
  
  
• John Slavich, Shareholder
  Mr. Slavich has a diversified practice focusing on environmental law issues in real estate, corporate, and lending sectors as well as environmental compliance matters. A leading authority on brownfield redevelopment issues, his practice focuses on structuring deals that return environmentally-impacted properties to productive use.
  
  
• Jean M. Flores, Shareholder
  Ms. Flores has practiced environmental law since 1987. Her broad range of experience in the field includes waste management issues, Superfund defense and liability issues, air and water quality control regulation, and issues associated with real estate and commercial transactions, including lender liability, underground storage tanks, and asbestos. She regularly participates in compliance, transactional, and litigation matters.
  
  
• Howard L. Gilberg, Shareholder
  Mr. Gilberg has been practicing environmental law since 1981, concentrating in air quality and hazardous waste-related issues affecting manufacturing industries and economic development interests. A significant part of his practice also includes the sale of business interests and real estate. He is the current Chairman of the Texas Clean Air Coalition, former Chair of the State Bar of Texas Environmental and Natural Resources Section, and a Board Member of the Dallas-Fort Worth Ozone Non-Attainment Area Emissions Reduction Credit Organization.
  
  
• James D. Payne, Shareholder
  Mr. Payne has practiced civil litigation since 1991, concentrating in the area of insurance and corporate defense. Mr. Payne has vigorously pursued his clients’ interests in many diversified areas including Superfund, chemical transportation, property damage, and other toxic tort and commercial disputes. Mr. Payne is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
  
  
• David E. Whitten, Shareholder
  Mr. Whitten has practiced environmental law since 1979, concentrating on the areas of environmental litigation, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, and administrative law. He currently serves as a registered lobbyist before the United States Congress, and previously served as counsel to the Chairman of Water Resources Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives. His practice additionally is focused around federal, state and local legislative and governmental issues.
  
  
• Tonya L. Meier, Shareholder
  Ms. Meier has practiced civil litigation since 1996. Her practice is focused on commercial litigation on the behalf of businesses in the areas of contract disputes, environmental issues, fraud, employment, and DTPA violations. She has maintained an active trial practice in both State and Federal Court and is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
  
  
• Kirk D. Willis, Shareholder
  Mr. Willis is an established premier trial lawyer with a proven track record having tried more than 100 jury trials to verdict in his career. His practice focuses primarily on defending professionals in litigation, such as litigation involving legal malpractice, medical malpractice, and dental malpractice. He also specializes in commercial litigation.
  
  
• Carrick Brooke-Davidson, Shareholder
  Mr. Brooke-Davidson has practiced environmental law since 1985. His practice has involved litigation, arbitration, enforcement, permitting, transactions, and counseling relating to a wide variety of industries. Before entering private practice, Mr. Brooke-Davidson had served for twelve years as an attorney with the United States Department of Justice.
  
  
• Greg Rogers, Of Counsel
  In addition to his previous broad-ranging environmental legal practice with a national law firm, Mr. Rogers worked with Electronic Data Systems Corp. and General Motors in the areas of environmental business processes and environmental information management. Mr. Rogers also holds a CPA license and previously worked as an auditor with a Big Five accounting firm. Mr. Rogers’ legal practice currently focuses on environmental risk management in industrial operations and business transactions.
  
  
• Michael C. Lawrence, Of Counsel
  Mr. Lawrence has practiced civil litigation since 1992. His practice focuses on civil litigation on the behalf of businesses and individuals. He has maintained an active trial practice in both State and Federal Court, and he has successfully pursued and defended claims on behalf of clients throughout Texas.
  
  
• Kyle Ballard, Of Counsel
  Mr. Ballard is experienced in environmental litigation under both state and federal law (including Superfund). Mr. Ballard also has experience in a wide array of environmental permitting and compliance issues concerning air, water, and solid and hazardous waste. He is also proficient in Spanish.
  
  
• Steven F. Barrett, Associate
  Mr. Barrett has special experience with hazardous substances and waste issues and compliance issues under state and federal environmental laws. Mr. Barrett has represented clients in environmental permitting matters, regulatory enforcement actions, Superfund, property damage cases and other toxic tort and commercial disputes.
  
  
• Erika Erikson, Associate
  Ms. Erikson brings over 15 years of experience in the health, safety, and environmental field to her practice of law. Her experience includes regulatory compliance, consulting, and training. She has worked with a wide range of organizations, including industrial, non-industrial, and governmental entities as well as interacting with local, state, and federal regulatory agencies.
  
  
• Michael R. Goldman, Associate
  Mr. Goldman has practiced civil litigation since 2000, concentrating in the areas of commercial and securities litigation as well as insurance defense. His practice now focuses on the defense and prosecution of cases involving environmentally impacted properties and he has represented individuals and businesses in complex cases throughout the United States.