Winstead’s Environmental Law Practice Group has significant experience in virtually all areas of environmental law, including regulatory, transactional and litigation matters. We have represented clients on matters involving all the major federal environmental laws and their Texas counterparts, including the Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). We have also represented clients on water law issues ranging from water rights to municipal utility districts.

We represent clients before a number of federal and state governmental environmental regulatory agencies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC).

Our environmental attorneys regularly counsel clients in highly complex transactions ranging from environmental indemnities to public financing of water transportation infrastructure. Among our achievements, our attorneys have assisted our clients in the drafting and passage of environmental legislation, and represented our clients in major contested case hearings necessary for environmental permits. Our attorneys are also closely tracking legislative, regulatory and case law developments involving climate change and greenhouse gases so that we are prepared to advise our clients in this rapidly changing and unsettled area of law.

Environmental Group Capabilities

The following discussions provide more details of our experience in the areas of environmental regulatory, transactional, litigation and water law representation of our environmental law clients. 

Regulatory Representation
Transactional Representation
Litigation Representation
Water Law Representation