Environmental law practices have evolved substantially since I began my environmental law practice in 1975 as an assistant state attorney general in the Environmental Protection division. Each change has brought with it an increased need for specialty environmental law practices. A general environmental law practice today won’t fly. Companies looking for guidance need to look at practitioners with a very specific skillset.
The year I started was not that long after Earth Day was founded in 1970 and the passage of a vast amount of new environmental statutes and regulations. In those years, much of these new environmental enforcement efforts in Texas were met with broad resistance, especially in small Texas towns where big industries were not seen as polluters, but as job producers. At that time, environmental lawyers were often seen as unreasonably determined to enforce environmental protection laws no matter the consequences to the industry and associated job market.
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