Stephen Fitzgerald advises clients in Texas and nationally on a broad spectrum of environmental matters by utilizing his considerable in-house experience and technical background to provide practical guidance. With his deep understanding of client values, Stephen delivers thoughtful counsel to the regulated community. He has represented clients at more than 175 environmentally impacted sites in all US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regions, Europe, and South America. Stephen also supports transactions and litigates environmental, toxic tort, and land use cases in state and federal trial and appellate courts.
Stephen has represented clients at sites that were the genesis of the Superfund program. As part of this practice he has defended clients in federal and state enforcement actions and private party suits under federal environmental statutes including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), and related state laws. He also has pursued claims against federal potentially responsible parties. Stephen also advises on enforcement, defense, and construction of environmental indemnities and has managed the environmental financial assurance program for a large oil, gas and chemical company.
Environmental Compliance, Regulatory & Administrative Representation
Transactional Support
Litigation
Recognized, Lawdragon 500 Leading Environmental & Energy Lawyers (2021)
Dallas Advisory Board, The Nature Conservancy
Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Award—In-Kind Services Supporter, D CEO Weekly (2020)
Research Editor, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law
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