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Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Administrative Law
- Environmental
- Toxic Tort
Patricia Finn Braddock has been a partner in Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.'s Austin office since 1992. As a member of the firm's Environmental Department, her practice focuses on permitting and enforcement matters before federal and state regulatory agencies, and associated litigation, in all aspects of environmental law, but primarily in the area of air pollution control. She is co-chair of the firm's Climate Change Practice.
From 1974 through 1987, Ms. Braddock worked in senior positions at Texas' environmental regulatory agencies on air, water quality and solid waste disposal permitting and enforcement matters. Through her thirty five years of government service and private practice, Ms. Braddock has developed a comprehensive working knowledge of both the legal and technical aspects of federal and state permitting, enforcement and remediation programs.
Ms. Braddock has extensive experience in handling matters before federal, state and local environmental agencies, including the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Texas Railroad Commission, and local programs in Harris County and the City of Houston. She has also represented clients in federal district courts in citizen suits and government enforcement actions. She regularly counsels clients on environmental regulatory requirements and environmental aspects associated with business transactions.
She has represented clients in complex Superfund contribution and cost recovery actions and assisted clients in obtaining approvals under state remediation programs, such as the Texas Voluntary Clean-up Program. She also conducts and supervise environmental compliance audits.
In addition, Ms. Braddock has represented clients in litigation brought by EPA and the DOJ in various states as well as in toxic tort litigation.
- Operating and managing contractors of the Pantex Plant in federal and state agency proceedings involving environmental aspects associated with plant operations for over nineteen years
- Refineries in citizen suits under the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act
- A Trustee in Bankruptcy regarding environmental conditions at a state superfund site
- Four major mid-stream oil and gas companies in air permitting and compliance issues at sites in Texas
- Three oil and gas companies in lawsuits alleging violations of the federal Clean Air Act brought by EPA and the DOJ in different states
- Companies in obtaining air permitting authorizations for a number of innovative technology pilot plants, including a demonstration of highly-engineered photosynthetic organisms to convert CO2 into liquid energy and pollution control equipment for capturing CO2 from coal-fired power plants
- Energy companies in the permitting of coal-fired power plants and natural gas-fired power plants
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- American Bar Association, Natural Resources Section
- Texas Bar Association, Environmental and Administrative Law Sections
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- Adjunct Professor in Air Pollution Law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin (1991)
- Texas Environmental Law Super Conference, Planning Committee and speaker (2000 - 2011)
- University of Texas CLE Carbon and Climate Change seminars, Planning Committee and Speaker (2007 - 2011)
- Texas Board of Legal Specialization, certified in Administrative Law
- American College of Environmental Lawyers
- PLC Which Lawyer (2009 - 2011)
- Chambers and Partners USA, Top Tier (2005 - 2011)
- The Best Lawyers in America (1999 - 2011)
- Who's Who in American Law (2006 - 2011)
- "Texas Super Lawyers," Law & Politics (2003 - 2011)
- "Top-Notch Environmental lawyer," Texas Lawyer (2007)
- "Best of Business Attorneys," Environmental, Austin Business Journal (2005)
Ms. Braddock has contributed to the Texas Environmental Law Handbook (Government Institutes) as an author (1989, 1991, 1993, 1996 and 2000) and as an editor (1996, 2000). She is also the author of numerous papers for the State Bar of Texas, the University of Texas CLE, firm seminars and the following:
- Co-author, "EPA Stay Vacated—Boiler MACT and CISWI Rules Now Effective," Fulbright Alert, January 12, 2012
- Co-author, "President Obama Withdraws Proposal to Lower the Ozone NAAQS," Fulbright Alert - Environmental and Energy, September 2, 2011
- Co-author, "U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Federal Common Law Causes of Action for Climate Change Litigation," Fulbright Briefing, June 23, 2011
- Co-author, "Strategies in PSD Permitting of Greenhouse Gases," Law360, March 2010
- Co-author, "EPA Finalizes Tailoring Rule for Stationary Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions," Fulbright Alert, May 14, 2010
- Co-author, "EPA Proposes Expanded Greenhouse Gas Reporting Requirements," Fulbright Alert, April 13, 2010
- Co-author, "EPA Finalizes Endangerment and Cause and Contribute Findings—Regulation of GHG Emissions Appear Imminent," Fulbright Alert, December 8, 2009
- Co-author, "Following Second Circuit’s Lead, Fifth Circuit Revives GHG Mass Tort Claims," Fulbright Briefing, October 26, 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, "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
- Co-author, "Fulbright Western Lands & Energy Monthly Update - August 2008," The International Law Firm of Fulbright & Jaworski - Western Lands & Energy, August 2008
- Co-author, "The Climate Change Decision's Bases And Implications," Energy Law360, April 20, 2007
- Co-author, "Supreme Court Issues Decision on Climate Change: Its Legal Bases and Implications," Fulbright ALERT, April 9, 2007
- Co-author, "EPA Announces Final Storm Water Rule for Oil and Gas Construction Activities," Fulbright ALERT, June 2006
- Co-author, "‘Global Warming’ Litigation," Litigation Update, October 2005
- Frequent lecturer at state and national conferences on federal and state air quality issues
1974 - J.D., St. Mary's School of Law
1971 - B.A., American University
Pat was admitted to practice law in Texas in 1974.
- Travis County Volunteer Legal Services, Board of Directors (2006 - 2008)
- Has represented bono clients in divorces, Social Security appeals and before the US Army Discharge Review Board
