JD, high honors, The University of Texas School of Law, 2006
BS, Chemical Engineering, Rice University, 1996

While attending law school, Bob was a member of the Texas Law Review and was inducted into the Chancellors, UT Law's highest honor society. Bob is also a member of the Order of the Coif.

• Colorado State Bar
• Texas State Bar

 Air Compliance and Permitting

• Representation of an oil and gas client regarding air standards and permitting issues, including Tribal NSR, NSPS Subpart OOOO, and source aggregation concerns
• Representation of a midstream client regarding air permitting, audit, and enforcement issues for numerous sites
• Representation of an energy utility regarding regulatory compliance issues, including citizen suit litigation over permit authorizations and MACT compliance
• Representation of an energy utility client regarding audit of startup emissions issues and associated disclosures to regulatory agencies
• Representation of an oil and gas client regarding Clean Air Act source aggregation issues associated with a proposed LNG facility
• Representation of a refining client regarding multiple audits under the Texas Environmental, Health, and Safety Audit Privilege Act (covering compliance with air permit emissions limits, the Benzene Waste Organics NESHAP, LDAR, emissions reporting, and other compliance issues)
• Representation of a cement industry client regarding requests to the TCEQ and the U.S. EPA seeking a waiver of NSPS stack testing requirements

Enforcement

• Air emissions enforcement matters by the TCEQ, CDPHE, PA DEP, and SCAQMD for the oil and gas, chemicals, and manufacturing industries
• Representation of a refining client regarding Section 114 information requests and associated stack testing and multiple U.S. EPA enforcement matters
• Representation of an oil and gas client regarding a consent decree with the U.S. EPA and the U.S. DOJ
• Representation of a midstream CO₂ processing and pipeline company regarding audit disclosures, a negotiated compliance plan, and other enforcement matters
• Representation of a midstream client regarding numerous TCEQ enforcement issues, including negotiating agreed orders and proposed penalties
• Criminal enforcement matters for a crude-by-rail facility and chemical plants

Climate Change/Carbon Sequestration

• Representation of an energy company regarding PSD permitting requirements for a proposed LNG facility, including BACT issues for GHG emissions
• Representation of a research and development facility regarding comments on and exemption from the U.S. EPA's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory rule
• Representation of a client regarding a feasibility study for a coal mine, coal-to-liquids, and carbon sequestration project; representation included a multi-state assessment of environmental, climate change, energy, and mining regulations and incentives for advanced/clean coal and carbon sequestration projects

Corporate Transactions

• Representation of a foreign investor regarding oil and gas production assets in California and Texas
• Representation of renewable energy companies during the acquisition of active and proposed wind farm, solar, and hydro power assets
• Representation of an energy company for the construction financing of a 37.5 MW biomass power plant
• Representation of a large municipality in the acquisition of an 800-MW natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant facility
• Representation of a private equity fund client on a joint venture for development and production of lease rights in Pennsylvania and West Virginia
• Representation of an energy utility company with environmental due diligence and in drafting environmental provisions for a financing agreement
• Representation of insurance underwriters regarding assessment of environmental due diligence risks

Miscellaneous

• Representation of a mining company with respect to federal and state environmental and safety requirements, including MSHA, for exploration and field operations.
• Representation of an industry association regarding legal jurisdictional comments on well flaring and venting rulemaking by the BLM
• Representation of an industry association regarding legal, technical, and economic comments on hydraulic fracturing regulations proposed by the BLM
• Representation of oil and gas companies regarding potential tort and regulatory liabilities associated with transporting crude oil by railcar
• Representation of oil and gas company regarding disposal of NORM and TENORM wastes associated with hydraulic fracturing and production activities
• Representation of LNG clients concerning NEPA issues associated with DOE and FERC approvals for multiple LNG export facilities
• Representation of a manufacturing client regarding potential environmental liabilities for blow out preventers used in offshore drilling
• Representation of a crude oil marketer regarding potential environmental liabilities associated with a proposed business plan

• Judge Suzanne Covington Pro Bono Service Award, Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas, June 2012
• Texas Rising Star, Environmental Law, Thomson Reuters, 2010 - 2011

• Co-author with Eddie Lewis, "Court vacates enforcement standard for oil spill," Bloomberg Law, August 18, 2017
• Co-author, "EPA Issues Climate Change Regulations for Oil and Gas," International Law Office, May 30, 2016
• Co-author, "New rules address earthquake and fracking concerns in Texas," International Law Office, November 17, 2014
• "The Summit Source Aggregation Decision Now Applies Nationwide – But For How Long," Energy Law Report, October 2014
• Co-author, "U.S. Supreme Court Rules on EPA GHG Permitting Requirements: Provides Partial Reprieve," Energy Law Report, September 2014
• "Here Come the Clean Air Act Citizen Suits," Corporate Counsel, Sept. 9, 2014
• Co-author, "US proposes stringent standards for rail transport of flammable liquids," Norton Rose Fulbright - Legal update, July 31, 2014
• Co-author, "US Supreme Court rules on EPA GHG permitting requirements: Provides partial reprieve," Norton Rose Fulbright - Legal update, June 24, 2014
• Co-author, "Supreme Court resurrects EPA's Air Transport Rule - bolsters agency discretion and FIP authority," Norton Rose Fulbright - Legal update, April 30, 2014
• "Colorado's new air rules for the oil and gas sector," International Law Office, April 28, 2014
• "The CWA, the Supreme Court, and the "significant nexus" standard," Norton Rose Fulbright - Western lands newsletter, April 08, 2014
• "Colorado's new air rules for the oil and gas sector," Norton Rose Fulbright -Western lands newsletter, March 26, 2014
• Co Author, "EPA proposes carbon capture as technically demonstrated and economically achievable," Norton Rose Fulbright - Legal update, September 2013
• Co Author, "Western Lands Newsletter," The International Law Firm of Fulbright & Jaworski - Western Lands Newsletter, February 28, 2013
• Co Author, "EPA Proposes More Stringent NAAQS for Fine Particulate Matter and Visibility Impairment," Fulbright Alert, June 18, 2012
• Co Author, "EPA Issues Air Emission Standards for the Oil and Gas Sector, Including Hydraulic Fracturing," Fulbright Alert, April 19, 2012
• Co Author, "EPA Proposes Carbon Standard and Carbon Capture for Power Plants," Fulbright Alert, March 28, 2012
• Co Author, "Unanimous Supreme Court Decision: EPA Administrative Compliance Orders Are Subject to Pre-Enforcement Review," Fulbright Alert, March 21, 2012
• Co Author, "EPA Defends GHG Rules in Court; Proposes Next Steps for the Tailoring Rule, " Fulbright Briefing, March 6, 2012
• Co Author, "EPA Stay Vacated—Boiler MACT and CISWI Rules Now Effective," Fulbright Alert, January 12, 2012
• Co Author, "A Bird's-Eye View Of Oil & Gas Regulation," Law360, November 29, 2011
• Co Author, "President Obama Withdraws Proposal to Lower the Ozone NAAQS," Fulbright Alert - Environmental and Energy, September 2, 2011
• Co Author, "Litigation Reform Impacts On Environmental Cases," Law360, July 15, 2011
• Co Author, "Strategies in PSD Permitting of Greenhouse Gases," Law360, March 2010
• Co Author, "A Potential Shield Against GHG Permits," Law 360, November 16, 2010
• Co Author, "EPA Finalizes Tailoring Rule for Stationary Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions," Fulbright Alert, May 14, 2010
• Co Author, "EPA Finalizes Endangerment and Cause and Contribute Findings—Regulation of GHG Emissions Appear Imminent," Fulbright Alert, December 8, 2009
• Co Author, "EPA Proposes PSD and Title V Thresholds for Greenhouse Gases—Expects Permitting Requirements to Trigger in March of 2010," Fulbright Briefing, October 2, 2009
• Co Author, "EPA Announces Proposed Endangerment Finding for GHGs—Standards for Mobile Sources Expected," Fulbright ALERT, April 20, 2009
• Co Author, "Fulbright Western Lands & Energy Monthly Update - March 2009," The International Law Firm of Fulbright & Jaworski - Western Lands and Energy, March 2009
• Co Author, "EPA Proposes Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule," Fulbright ALERT, March 11, 2009
• Co Author, "The EPA Interpretation of CO2 Emissions," Law360, December 30, 2008
• Co Author, "EPA Interpretative Memorandum Excludes CO2 From PSD Review," Fulbright Briefing, December 23, 2008
• Co Author, "In re Deseret Power Electric Cooperative," Fulbright ALERT, November 17, 2008

• "Methane in the Oil Patch," Texas Environmental Superconference, Austin, Texas, August 2015
• "Air Quality Challenges for Oil & Gas Operators," Breakfast Speaker Series, Denver Petroleum Club, Denver, Colorado, October 2012
• "Air Issues Surrounding Mining Operations," Regional Mining Conference, Colorado Hazardous Waste Management Society, Denver, Colorado, October 2012
• "EPA Air Update," 2012 Environmental Law Update Seminar, Houston, Texas, September 2012
• "Clearing the Air:  Issues Around Your Power Project," Fulbright Webinar, Austin, Texas, June 2012
• "Air Developments and Issues," 2011 Environmental Law Update Seminar, Houston, Texas, October 2011
• "Industry Focus, Part I:  Exploration and Production and Midstream Activities," University of Texas CLE Air Quality Seminar, Austin, Texas, November 2010
• "EPA and RCRA/Solid Waste Enforcement Update," 2010 Environmental Law Update Seminar, Houston, Texas, October 2010
• "Geologic Carbon Sequestration in Texas: Statutes, Regulations, and the Common Law," The University of Texas 2010 Carbon and Climate Change Conference, University of Texas CLE, Austin, February 2010
• "EPA Update," 2009 Environmental Law Update Seminar, Houston, Texas, October 2009
• "Geologic Carbon Sequestration (Technical and Legal Hurdles)," 2008 Environmental Law Update Seminar, Houston, May 2008
• "Climate Change and the Federal Clean Air Act," The University of Texas 2008 Carbon and Climate Change Conference, University of Texas CLE, Austin, April 2008

• Colorado Environmental Management Society
• Colorado Oil & Gas Association
• Western Energy Alliance
• Denver Petroleum Club