Carrick Brooke-Davidson Joins the Firm to Open its Austin Office
Guida, Slavich & Flores is pleased to announce the opening of the firm’s Austin, Texas office, with Carrick Brooke-Davidson as the firm's resident shareholder. Read More

GSF Spearheading Buildable Hours Project in Dallas
Again in 2008 Guida, Slavich & Flores is spearheading a partnership between Dallas law firms and Buildable Hours, Inc., a Washington, D.C. - based nonprofit organization of law firms committing financial and physical resources to build homes with local Habitat for Humanity organizations for deserving families. Read More

John Slavich on SMU Legal Team for Bush Library
John Slavich served as a member of the legal team that represented Southern Methodist University in negotiating the agreements that will bring the George W. Bush Presidential Center to SMU. Read More

Jean Flores Named as a Texas Super Lawyer
Jean Flores was named as a Texas Super Lawyer in the October 2007 issue of Texas Monthly magazine. Read More

MSD Webinar Available for Downloading
John Slavich, David Whitten and Greg Rogers were featured presenters on a September 25 "webinar" regarding Municipal Setting Designations (MSDs). Read More

Joe Guida Named One of D Magazine's “Best Lawyers in Dallas” for 2007
Joe Guida was named by D Magazine as one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas for the practice of environmental law. Read More

Howard L. Gilberg Joins Trinity Commons Foundation Board
Howard L. Gilberg, Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C. shareholder, has been appointed to the Trinity Commons Foundation Board. The Trinity Commons Foundation is the coordinating organization for various local, state and federal government initiatives and private financial interests in the Trinity River Corridor Project. Read More

Recent Speaking Engagements:

• Greg Rogers presented “Globalization, Corporate Governance, and the Environment” at the University of Texas at Dallas School of Management Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance Third Annual Research Symposium on August 22, 2008.
• Greg Rogers presented “Oh, that three billion dollars: Emerging Issues in Reporting Environmental Liabilities” at the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Annual Conference on July 20, 2008 in Snowmass, Colorado.
• James Payne presented “Environmental Issues Pertaining to Texas Wind Farms” at the Wind Law III Conference sponsored by the Texas Tech University School of Law on June 19, 2008 in Sweetwater, Texas.
• Greg Rogers presented “Accounting for Contingent Liabilities in M & A Transactions” as part of a CFO Editorial Webcast addressing Environmental Regulation on May 20, 2008.
• Greg Rogers moderated a panel on “Remediation Disclosure Obligations under GASB 49” at the Brownfields 2008 Conference on May 5, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan.
• Greg Rogers presented “New Rules for Environmental Liabilities in Mergers and Acquisitions” at the ABA 2008 Business Law Section Spring meeting on April 11, 2008 in Dallas, Texas.
• Greg Rogers presented “Building Value by Paring Environmental Risk” at the CFO “Going Green” Conference on March 26, 2008 in New York City, New York.
• David Whitten presented “Municipal Setting Designations Come to Houston” at the Texas Association of Environmental Professionals’ Environmental Challenges and Innovations Conference on February 21, 2008 in Houston, Texas.
• Carrick Brooke-Davidson presented “Environmental Case Law Update” to the Dallas Bar Association Environmental Law Section on December 13, 2007.
• Carrick Brooke-Davidson presented "Environmental Issues with Renewable Energy" at the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association's Annual Meeting in Abilene on November 13, 2007.
• Greg Rogers presented "Building Value by Paring Environmental Risk" at the RTM Contaminated Property Transactions conference on November 7, 2007, in San Francisco, California.
• John Slavich, David Whitten and Greg Rogers presented "Municipal Setting Designations: Texas Brownfield Revitalization" in an on-line webinar sponsored by Geo-Search on September 25, 2007.
• Howard Gilberg presented “Environmentally Impaired Real Property: Getting the Deal Closed,” at the 41st Annual William W. Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute in Austin, Texas on September 20, 2007 and in Dallas, Texas on October 11, 2007.
• Carrick Brooke-Davidson acted as moderator for panels on Climate Change and Brownfields Redevelopment at the Nineteenth Annual Texas Environmental Superconference in Austin on August 2, 2007.
• John Slavich presented "Power Tools: Using Municipal Setting Designations and the Dry Cleaner Remediation Program to Address Contaminated Property in Texas," at the 29th Annual State Bar of Texas Advanced Real Estate Course in San Antonio, Texas on July 13, 2007.
• John Slavich participated in a panel discussion addressing “Due Diligence and All Appropriate Inquiry” at the Industry Council on the Environment meeting in Austin, Texas on May 17, 2007.
• John Slavich presented "Pimp My Site: Redeveloping Contaminated Property in Texas for Fun and (If You Do It Right) Profit” at the Urban Land Institute North Texas Spring Conference in Irving, Texas on May 16, 2007.
• Carrick Brooke-Davidson was a panelist at the "Legal Considerations and Strategies for Cleantech Start-ups" discussion at the Clean Energy Venture Summit in Austin on May 15, 2007.
• Greg Rogers presented “Environmental Disclosure Due Diligence: Taking the Next Step in Environmental Due Diligence,” to the American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, 36th Conference on Environmental Law in Keystone, Colorado on March 8-11, 2007.
• Greg Rogers presented “Environmental Financial Reporting: Emerging Risk and Opportunities” to the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at University of California Santa Barbara on February 5, 2007.
• Greg Rogers presented “Reducing Risk with Strategic Objectives to Corporate Valuation: How do Environmental Risk and Financial Reporting Relate to Corporate Value?” to the American Hazard Control Group's 17th Annual Corporate Affiliates Workshop in Phoenix, Arizona on February 1-2, 2007.
• John Slavich presented "A Practical Approach for Dealing with Environmental Issues that Impact the Development Process" at Real Estate Development from Beginning to End, sponsored by Lorman Education Services in Houston, Texas on January 31, 2007.
• John Slavich was a panelist on the “Long-term Stewardship” panel, and Greg Rogers was a panelist on the “Addressing Mothballed Properties” panel, at the EPA Region 6 Land Revitalization Summit in Austin, Texas on October 30-November 1, 2006.
• John Slavich presented “Buyer Beware; Broker Be Aware” to the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals in Dallas, Texas on October 10, 2006.
• Greg Rogers presented "Surviving and Prospering in the Era of Environmental Transparency: Disclosure of Environmental Liabilities" to the Environmental Risk Resources Association Conference at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Wisconsin on September 26, 2006.
• John Slavich presented “They Want to Do It Cheap and Then They're In It Deep - Counseling the Client about the Pitfalls of Shortcutting Pre-acquisition Environmental Due Diligence for Real Estate Deals” to the Tarrant County Bar Association Corporate Counsel Section on August 2, 2006 and the San Antonio Real Estate Lawyers Discussion Group on September 14, 2006.
• Greg Rogers presented "FIN 47 and the EHS Manager: The Latest on Environmental Liabilities and Reporting" via the National Association of Environmental Managers (NAEM) Webinar broadcast on August 8, 2006.
• Joe Guida was a panelist at the "Environmental Roundtable" panel discussion hosted by Texas Lawyer at the Dallas Bar Association on July 27, 2006.
• David Whitten, Greg Rogers and John Slavich presented “Using Municipal Setting Designations for Urban Redevelopment” at a seminar sponsored by Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C. in Dallas on April 27, 2006 and in Fort Worth, Texas on July 12, 2006.
• Greg Rogers discussed “Discovery, Analysis, Estimation, Accounting and Disclosure of Environmental Liabilities" at the Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on June 23, 2006.
• Greg Rogers discussed "Practical Business Strategies for Dealing with the New FASB Standards for Reporting Environmental Liabilities " in a Web Seminar Telecast by RTM Communications on May 31, 2006.
• Greg Rogers presented "Environmental Risk Management in Financing Transactions" to the EDR Environmental Risk Summit in Milford, Connecticut on May 24, 2006.
• Greg Rogers presented "Where Do Contaminated Assets Go When They Retire?" to the National Association of Environmental Managers (NAEM) Workshop in San Diego, California on May 10, 2006.
• John Slavich presented “Commercial Redevelopment of Contaminated Property” to the Southern Methodist University Environmental Law Society on April 12, 2006.
• Greg Rogers presented "New Standards for Financial Reporting of Environmental Liabilities" to the ENSR Conference in Houston, Texas on April 8, 2006.
• Greg Rogers discussed "Environmental Due Diligence After EPA's All Appropriate Inquiry (AAI) Rule: How will AAI Impact Business and Real Estate Transactions?" at the ABA Business Law Section Conference in Tampa, Florida on April 7, 2006.
• Greg Rogers presented "New FASB Rules for Reporting Environmental Liabilities and Risks After Sarbanes-Oxley" to the RTM Contaminated Property Transactions Conference in Washington, D.C. on March 29, 2006.
• Greg Rogers presented "Accounting for Environmental Asset Retirement Obligations" to the EHS Roundtable in Washington, D.C. on March 23, 2006.
• John Slavich presented “Who is Getting Taken To The Cleaners? Working With The TCEQ's Dry Cleaner Remediation Program” to the North Texas Association of Environmental Professionals on March 15, 2006.
• John Slavich presented a roundtable discussion on commercial redevelopment of contaminated property at the ICSC U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference in Phoenix, Arizona on October 28, 2005.
• Howard L. Gilberg presented “Shifting Environmental Sands: Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Aviall Services, Inc. and Texas Municipal Designations” to the 39th Annual William W. Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute, on September 8, 2005 in Austin, Texas and on October 6, 2005 in Houston, Texas.
• Carrick Brooke-Davidson presented "Working With Expert Witnesses" at the Seventeenth Annual Texas Environmental Superconference in Austin on August 5, 2005.
• David E. Whitten presented “Municipal Setting Designations, The Real Estate Community Perspective” to the 17th Annual Texas Environmental Superconference, State Bar of Texas in Austin, Texas on August 4, 2005.
• Greg Rogers presented "Environmental Risk Management and All Appropriate Inquiry"" at the EDR Environmental Risk Summit in Dallas, Texas on May 10, 2005.
• John Slavich presented “Strategic Considerations in Redeveloping Contaminated Property” to the Real Property Section of the Dallas Bar Association in Dallas, Texas on May 9, 2005.
• Greg Rogers presented "Accounting for Environmental Asset Retirement Obligations" at the Auditing Roundtable Conference in Dallas, Texas on April 19, 2005.
• Howard L. Gilberg presented “Allocation of Transactional Environmental Risk: Contractual Provisions” to the 16th Annual Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course on March 11, 2005.
• Greg Rogers presented "Certifying Environmental Financial Reporting and Internal Control Under Sarbanes-Oxley" at the North Texas Air & Waste Management Chapter Meeting in Dallas, Texas on February 15, 2005.
• Greg Rogers presented "Environmental Financial Reporting for Public Pension Fund Trustees" at the Investment Education Symposium in New Orleans, Louisiana on February 3, 2005.
• Greg Rogers presented "Sarbanes-Oxley, Environmental Disclosure, and Brownfields" to the Dallas Brownfield Forum on January 13, 2005.