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Mr. Gilberg, a shareholder in the firm, has been practicing environmental law
since 1981, concentrating in air quality and hazardous waste-related issues
affecting manufacturing industries and economic development interests. Mr. Gilberg
regularly handles complex and contested air, water, stormwater and waste-related
permitting issues, surface and subsurface contamination problems, public and
private environmental litigation and agency regulatory enforcement actions.
Ambient and indoor air quality, water quality and availability, toxic substances,
and matters involving the Texas Department of Health and U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers are also an important part of his practice. A significant part of
his practice also includes strategic environmental counseling and risk management
in the purchase and sale of business interests and real estate. He also works
on health and safety issues, including OSHA, MSHA, worker exposure, and asbestos
matters. Mr. Gilberg is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell and is listed
among the Who's Who of American Lawyers.
Mr. Gilberg is actively involved in the community through his membership and
participation with many local environmental organizations. He was recently named
to the board of the Trinity Commons Foundation, which is the coordinating organization
for various local, state and federal government initiatives and private financial
interests in the Trinity River Corridor Project. He was the Dallas County Chair
of the North Texas Clean Air Coalition from 1998-2004, and served as Chair of
the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce Environmental Task Force in 1998. He
is currently a Board Member of the Dallas-Fort Worth Ozone Non-Attainment Area
Emissions Reduction Credit Organization, and previously served as its Chair
in 1997-1998. He has been a Board Member of the North Texas Clean Air Steering
Committee since 2004. Mr. Gilberg was a Board Member of the Air Quality Advisory
Committee at the North Central Texas Council of Governments during 1995-1997.
He is active in the Air and Waste Management Association, North Texas Chapter,
serving as its Vice Chair in 1997-1998.
Mr. Gilberg has authored numerous publications concerning environmental topics
and has been on the Editorial Board of Environmental Protection magazine
since 1997. He is on the SMU Cox School of Business MBA Program's Advisory Committee
for "Law for the Entrepreneur." He is a frequent speaker on a wide
range of environmental topics and has been interviewed for radio, television,
and written publications concerning the environment, particularly the management
and control of air pollution.
Mr. Gilberg received his law degree, cum laude, from the Indiana University
School of Law in 1981, and earned his undergraduate degree, with honors, from
University of Virginia in 1977. He is admitted to practice in Texas and Illinois.
Mr. Gilberg is a member of the State Bar of Texas Natural Resources and Environmental
Law Section, and was its Chair 1999-2000. Mr. Gilberg is also a member of the
Dallas Bar Association and was the Chair of its Environmental Law Section in
1991. Since 1981, he has been a member of the American Bar Association Section
of Environment, Energy and Resources, and been a member of the Illinois State
Bar Association Environmental Law Committee.
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