Mr Kevin Collins > Bracewell LLP > Austin, United States > Lawyer Profile
Bracewell LLP Offices
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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
The environment, lands and resources group at Bracewell LLP is particularly active in the energy sector and acts for top oil and gas, and pipeline companies in the US on a range of environmental litigation issues and reputational matters. The team has considerable experience of agency enforcement actions and negotiations, bankruptcy-related litigation, and permitting and leasing disputes. The group is led by Jason Hutt and Austin’s Kevin Collins, with Hutt handling administrative, civil and criminal enforcement actions by federal and state agencies, and Collins experienced in asset-forfeiture actions, internal investigations and industrial accidents. Ann Navaro is a name for climate change issues, as well as natural resources and environmental litigation, while David Super advises clients on claims relating to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the CWA, the CAA, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Attorneys are based in Washington DC unless otherwise stated.
Lawyer Rankings
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Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Capital markets: debt 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