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Mr Kevin Collins
Work Department
Environmental Strategies
Position
Kevin assists companies responding to government investigations after major industrial accidents and chemical releases in the energy and chemical sectors. Kevin has experience responding to investigations by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Chemical Safety Board (CSB), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA), the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), California regulatory authorities, and state and federal prosecutors.
Career
Kevin is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney from the Eastern District of Texas. He serves as an adjunct professor for The University of Texas School of Law Trial Advocacy Program.
Education
J.D., with honors, The University of Texas School of Law, 2005; B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1993
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Environment > Environment: litigation
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense