Bryan J. Moore

I represent clients in matters arising under nearly every major federal and Texas environmental program in state and federal courts and before state and federal agencies including the U.S. EPA, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and the Railroad Commission of Texas. I most often appear before TCEQ in permitting and compliance matters and litigate contested TCEQ permit proceedings and enforcement actions before the Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH). I also routinely represent clients in EPA permitting, compliance, and enforcement matters, and have litigated permitting and enforcement cases before EPA's Environmental Appeals Board.

I provide clients with comprehensive representation and strategic counseling from the agency permitting process to the administrative hearing and, ultimately, before the court to which an appeal may be taken. For example, in a typical contested TCEQ permitting matter, I assist the client with the permit application and moving it through the TCEQ review process; I represent the client in a contested case hearing on the application before SOAH; and I defend TCEQ's issuance of the permit before the Texas state district and appellate courts.

In my regulatory compliance counseling practice, I most often work on solid waste matters, including hazardous and nonhazardous industrial waste, municipal solid waste, and recycling. My environmental litigation practice is more diverse. I litigate a variety of environmental matters, including contested waste, water, and air permits; citizen suits and agency enforcement actions under nearly every major environmental program; and statutory and common law claims in state and federal courts concerning soil and groundwater contamination, property remediation, and nuisance, trespass, and toxic tort claims.