Mr Jason Hutt > Bracewell LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Bracewell LLP advises on the full spectrum of transactional and regulatory environmental issues throughout the United States, with particular strength in the energy sector. Matters range from energy infrastructure development projects and climate change regulation to major accidents and law enforcement actions. The team has significant experience in the renewable energy and oil and gas sectors, where it routinely advises on complex joint ventures, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and investments. The firm’s environmental, lands, and natural resources group is led by Austin-based Timothy Wilkins, who specializes in environmental litigation, energy transition, climate change, and ESG, and Washington DC-based Jason Hutt, known for representing clients in administrative, civil, and criminal actions related to federal and state agencies that regulate energy and environmental issues, including the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy. The team also includes natural resources expert Kevin Ewing, based in Washington DC, who represents leading companies in offshore wind, LNG and natural gas pipelines projects, and Austin’s Matt Paulson, whose focus is on the oil and gas, power and chemical manufacturing industries.

Attracting clients from across the energy, oil and gas and chemicals sector, the wnvironment, lands and resources group at Bracewell LLP is a key name to note for clients seeking aid with environmental litigation, prosecution and enforcement. The group is co-led by Kevin Collins  from the Austin office, who is known by clients within the chemicals sector for his adept handling of major incidents, alongside  Washington DC’s Jason Hutt , specialist in the defense of administrative, civil and criminal enforcement actions to do with environmental justice he also works on mandates relating to wetlands and air contamination. DC’s Ann Navaro is recommended for her wide knowledge of the natural resources law, while the Austin-based David Super handles environmental claims under the National Environmental Policy Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as well as the Clean Water Act, and Clean Air Act.

Bracewell LLP provides clients with a coast-to-coast regulatory practice that covers climate change, infrastructure development, particularly within the renewable energy sphere, ESG, hazardous waste, chemicals and contamination in addition to incident response. The group is co-led from Washington DC by Jason Hutt , who specializes in energy and environmental matters, and Jeffrey Holmstead , an experienced climate change lawyer, whose extensive experience in the Clean Air Act secures him a spread of work from the energy and industrial sectors. Over in Austin, Timothy Wilkins is a name to note for matters relating to the energy transition and ESG, while Brittany Pemberton, of the Washington DC office, attracts clients from the industrial and energy sectors for her experience handling regulatory compliance and enforcement mandates.