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Practice Emphasis
Global climate change is on everyone’s mind — thanks to mountains of publicity, seemingly endless controversy, prophesies of disaster, and, yes, predictions of incredible opportunities for those with the foresight to capitalize on them. But thinking “green” isn’t as simple as following the latest trends. It requires an understanding of profound issues, the wisdom to discern their potential impacts, and the experience to maneuver expertly though challenges that are constrained solely by the human imagination.
For these reasons, Gardere has organized a
Climate Change Task Force
to help its clients adapt to these changing dynamics. The risks associated with climate change have garnered most of the attention — long-term risks to health, to the environment, to resources — indeed to the survival of life itself. To be sure, these are important concerns, but they are not the only issues. Climate change presents more immediate concerns to clients and their businesses in everyday life and in essential business planning. The impact of global climate change will be experienced in business and legal affairs long before its effects prove significant elsewhere.
In all these circumstances,
asking the right questions
is more important than presuming to know the right answers. These concerns are best addressed in personal consultations that first yield a clear understanding of your business goals. Armed with an understanding of those goals, Gardere is fully prepared to analyze your needs and to provide services necessary to help you achieve your ends. Problems such as global climate change, which bridge every legal discipline, are exactly the reason our full-service practice was created.
Gardere’s Climate Change Task Force is led by
Richard O. Faulk
, Chair of the Firm’s Litigation Department, and
John S. Gray
, Partner in the Environmental Practice Group. We invite you to contact them or any other members of the task force to discuss your particular concerns and needs in this challenging arena.
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News
May 21, 2013
Clean Air Report: High Court Deference Ruling May Boost Bid for Review of EPA GHG Rules - More >
April 29, 2013
Q&A with Gardere's Richard Faulk - More >
August 23, 2012
EPA Turned Back Over Clean Air Act Scope - More >
August 21, 2012
KLIF Discusses EPA Ruling with Environmental Chair Rick Faulk - More >
May 03, 2012
Houston Partners Richard Faulk and John Gray Earn Burton Award for Legal Achievement - More > March 22, 2012
Partner Rick Faulk Discusses Alien Tort Statute in Androvett Newswire - More >
January 26, 2012
Partner Rick Faulk Speaks to Androvett about Supreme Court Arguments - More >
March 01, 2010
Climate Change Litigation Hits a Roadblock in Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals - More >
February 16, 2010
Leading Texas Climate Change Lawyer Praises State's EPA Challenge - More >
December 01, 2009
Texas Environmental Attorney Headed to Denmark for United Nations Climate Change Conference Press Release - More > October 28, 2009
Climate Change Litigation Discussion at the US Chamber of Commerce with Richard Faulk, October 28, 2009 - More >
September 24, 2009
Court Takes Control of Climate Change Debate - More >
September 10, 2009
Richard Faulk to Address U.S. Chamber of Commerce - More >
February 20, 2009
Stormy Weather Ahead? The Impact of Climate Change Regulation and Litigation on the Texas Energy Sector - More >
October 25, 2007
Lawyers mobilize practice area as climate change issues heat up - More > |
Press Releases
January 09, 2013
Gardere Welcomes Skilled Environmental Partner Scott Deatherage in Dallas - More >
November 01, 2012
Gardere Honored in 2013 'Best Law Firms' National Rankings - More >
September 10, 2012
Texas Super Lawyers Recognizes 49 Gardere Attorneys - More >
August 22, 2012
Best Lawyers 2013 Recognizes 52 Gardere Attorneys - More >
June 07, 2012
Gardere Attorneys Earn High Marks in Chambers USA 2012 - More > April 27, 2012
Gardere Partners Richard Faulk and John Gray Earn Distinguished Legal Writing Award - More >
April 24, 2012
Gardere Environmental Partner Fran Phillips Elected to Board of EPA Alumni Association - More >
April 19, 2012
Gardere Litigation Chair Richard Faulk to Discuss Scientific Evidence at George Mason Judicial Symposium - More >
April 06, 2012
George Mason University School of Law Hosts Mock Supreme Court Argument with Gardere Litigation Chair Rick Faulk - More >
March 21, 2012
Gardere's Richard Faulk to Address Alien Tort Statute Liability at International Law Institute - More > February 01, 2012
Gardere Litigation Chair Rick Faulk Presents Mock Supreme Court Argument at University of Houston Law Center - More >
December 06, 2011
Gardere Partner Richard Faulk Joins Hydraulic Fracturing Panel in Dallas - More >
November 07, 2011
Gardere Partner Richard Faulk Joins 'Appellate Practice Essentials' Panel - More >
November 01, 2011
Gardere Earns National Honors in Best Law Firms Survey - More >
October 18, 2011
Gardere Partner Richard Faulk to Speak at Annual Judicial Symposium on Civil Justice Issues - More > October 06, 2011
Gardere's Fran Phillips Named 2012 Dallas Best Lawyers Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year - More >
October 05, 2011
Gardere Litigation Chair Richard Faulk Lends Expertise to Appellate Treatise - More >
September 13, 2011
47 Gardere Attorneys Named to Texas Super Lawyers - More >
September 12, 2011
The Best Lawyers in America 2012 Recognizes 43 Gardere Attorneys - More >
July 05, 2011
Gardere's Faulk to Present Mock Supreme Court Arguments at International Litigation Conference - More > June 20, 2011
Gardere Climate Change Lawyer Says Supreme Court Victory Leaves Important Questions Unanswered - More >
February 17, 2011
Gardere's Richard Faulk and John Gray Featured At California Climate Change Conference - More >
October 25, 2010
Gardere's Faulk Joins Searle Civil Justice Institute Board of Overseers - More >
September 28, 2010
Gardere's Faulk Selected to Join International Association of Defense Counsel - More >
March 01, 2010
Climate Change Litigation Hits a Roadblock in Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals - More > February 16, 2010
Leading Texas Climate Change Lawyer Praises State's EPA Challenge - More >
December 01, 2009
Texas Environmental Attorney Headed to Denmark for United Nations Climate Change Conference Press Release - More >
April 27, 2009
PCI Webinar Focuses on Liability Consequences of Climate Change - More >
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August 15, 2012
U.S. Fifth Circuit Vacates EPA’s Disapproval of Texas' Flexible Permit Program – Gardere Environmental Alert - More >
July 17, 2012
Texas Trial Court Recognizes Potential Application of "Public Trust" Doctrine to Redress Climate Change – Gardere Environmental Alert - More >
September 16, 2011
President Signs Landmark Patent Reform Legislation – Gardere Intellectual Property Alert - More >
August 17, 2011
Defendants Win "Round One" of Climate Change Fight in the U.S. Supreme Court - Energy and Environmental Alert - More >
March 24, 2010
Study of Texas Environmental and Energy Legislative Issues Announced - Legislative Alert - More > December 10, 2009
Updates from Copenhagen - Climate Change Alert - More >
October 16, 2009
Kivalina Climate Change Case Dismissed in San Francisco - Climate Change Alert - More >
September 24, 2009
Court Takes Control of Climate Change Debate - Environmental Alert - More >
August 05, 2009
SEC Disclosures Associated with Climate Change - More >
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Publications
November 21, 2012
Climate Change Regulation and Litigation: A 'Lost Decade' of Controversy and Confrontation - More >
September 26, 2012
D.C. Circuit Says EPA's 'Transport Rule' Violates Clean Air Act - More >
August 01, 2012
Texas State Court Judge Recognizes Potential Application of "Public Trust" Doctrine to Redress Climate Change - More >
May 16, 2012
Stepping Away from the Abyss? Will the Supreme Court Preclude Extraterritorial Application of the Alien Tort Statute? - More >
August 16, 2011
Defendants Win "Round One" of Climate Change Fight in U.S. Supreme Court - More > November 30, 2010
Atlantic Richfield Company et al. v. County of Santa Clara Amicus Curiae Brief - More >
October 22, 2010
Defending Big Oil Article - Texas Super Lawyers - More >
September 03, 2010
Industry Urges High Court To Nix Global Warming Suit - Law360 - More >
June 10, 2010
Crude Defenses? Liability Limits for Offshore Drilling Accidents and Oil Spills - BNA - Toxics Law Reporter - More >
May 28, 2010
Oil Spill Suits Promise Something for Everyone; Liability Cap May Be Illusory - BNA - Class Action Litigation Report - More > May 26, 2010
Stretching the Boom? Limiting Liability for Offshore Disasters - Westlaw Journal Article - More >
April 29, 2010
Shifting Landscape Article - D CEO - More >
April 29, 2010
Uncommon Law: Ruminations on Public Nuisance Article - BNA - More >
April 16, 2010
Vigilance Required Despite Stalled Climate Change Legislation - TGCF Report - More >
March 10, 2010
The Theater of Climate Change - Westlaw Journal - More > March 04, 2010
Hot Under the Collar: Challenging the EPA - Houston Business Journal - More >
February 08, 2010
Attorney Covers Climate in Copenhagen Article - Houston Business Journal - More >
February 03, 2010
The Winter of Our Discontent - Andrews Litigation Reporter, Winter 2010 - More >
December 23, 2009
The Queer Case of the Quarrelsome Convocation: Allies, Adversaries, Indifference And Exaggeration In Copenhagen Article - More >
December 23, 2009
Copenhagen's Disappointing Denouement: Anatomy of a Failed Convocation Article - More > December 23, 2009
The 'Climategate' Controversy: A Tree Falls in the Forest, But Is Copenhagen Listening? - More >
December 23, 2009
Bringing Diplomacy to a Boil: Options for Agreements in Copenhagen - More >
December 22, 2009
Failure in Copenhagen - The World of Manufacturing Industry Today - More >
December 12, 2009
The first 'Official' Draft of the Copenhagen Agreement Blanks, Brackets, Chewing Gum and Baling Wire - More >
December 11, 2009
Negotiating With Someone Else's Money Shifting The Responsibility For Climate Change Funding - More > December 10, 2009
The Insolence of Office? Exposing The Politics of Perception in Copenhagen - More >
October 09, 2009
Study: Cap and Trade would have Bad Effect on Texas jobs - Houston Business Journal - More >
July 27, 2009
Climate Change Litigation Set To Explode, Creating Opportunities, Perils For Insurers - National Underwriter P&C - More >
July 03, 2009
Lifting the Veil: Pressures Mount for Climate Change Disclosures – The Electricity Journal - More >
May 26, 2009
Alternative Energy & Environmental Law Roundtable: Has the Light Bulb Come on Yet? Think Green. - Texas Lawyer - More > November 28, 2008
A Glorious Mess: Congress' Creation if its Inaction forces EPA to Regulate Climate Change under Existing Laws - Houston Lawyer - More >
September 25, 2008
Presidential Candidates' Politics Color their Views on Climate Change - Houston Business Journal - More >
August 20, 2008
Defending Against Climate Change Litigation Threshold Issues - Environmental - Andrews Litigation Reporter - More >
July 25, 2008
Are Unilateral Climate Change Policies Creating the "Perfect Storm"? - World Energy Magazine - More >
July 24, 2008
The Mouse Roars! Rhode Island High Court Rejects Expansion of Public Nuisance - Washington Legal Foundation - More > July 10, 2008
Public Nuisance Causes of Action in Climate Change Litigation - Texas Lawyer - More >
May 14, 2008
Judges in the Hot Seat: How Does the Legal System Deal with Climate Change - energy Online Spring 2008 - More >
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Speeches and Presentations
May 17, 2013
Wetlands Challenges and Use of Mitigation Bank Credits - More >
October 19, 2012
The Law of Climate Change - More >
January 19, 2012
University of Houston Law Center Presents a Mock Supreme Court Argument on Climate Change - More >
December 13, 2011
Gas Drilling Operations Conference on Hydraulic Fracturing - More >
November 07, 2011
Gardere Partner Richard Faulk Joins 'Appellate Practice Essentials' Panel - More > September 07, 2011
2nd Conference on the Law of Shale Plays - More >
July 27, 2011
Stormy Weather Ahead? Climate Change Litigation After American Electric Power v. Connecticut - More >
May 27, 2011
Stormy Weather Ahead? Sustainable Development and Climate Change: Policy Choices in Uncertain Economic Times - More >
October 28, 2009
Climate Change Litigation Discussion at the US Chamber of Commerce with Richard Faulk, October 28, 2009 - More >
February 20, 2009
Stormy Weather Ahead? The Impact of Climate Change Regulation and Litigation on the Texas Energy Sector - More > |
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