Speaking Engagements

• Michael R. Goldman presented “Ethical Issues Related to Hydraulic Fracturing and Shale Gas Development” to the Fort Worth Society of Petroleum Engineers on November 17, 2011.
• Michael R. Goldman presented “Environmental Issues Related to Hydraulic Fracturing and Shale Gas Development and the Laws that Govern” to the Dallas Association of Petroleum Landmen on November 14, 2011.
• David E. Whitten acted as moderator for the briefing by the University of Texas at Austin’s Energy Institute in which it released its initial observations and preliminary findings from its new study, “Fact-Based Regulation for Environmental Protection in Shale Gas Resource Development,” on November 9, 2011 in Fort Worth.
• Michael R. Goldman presented “Drilling into Hydraulic Fracturing and Shale Gas Development: A Texas Environmental Law Perspective” to the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Dallas Section on October 26, 2011.
• Joseph F. Guida and Jean M. Flores presented “From Here to a Penalty: Anatomy of EPA Civil Administrative Enforcement” to the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association Environmental Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 24, 2011.
• Michael R. Goldman along with two other panelists presented “Drilling into Hydraulic Fracturing and Shale Gas Development: A Three-State Perspective (PA, TX and NY)” in an ALI-ABA phone webinar on October 18, 2011.
• Carrick Brooke-Davidson moderated the session “Hydraulic Fracturing: The Legal Landscape” at the American Bar Association Environment, Energy, and Resources Law Summit: 19th Section Fall Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 14, 2011.
• James D. Payne presented “New Federal Procedural Rules Govern Cats in Expert Hats” at the 23rd Annual Texas Environmental Superconference in Austin, Texas on August 5, 2011.
• John Slavich presented “Allocating Environmental Liabilities and Risks by Contract and Making that Stick” at the 33rd Annual State Bar of Texas Advanced Real Estate Law Course in San Antonio, Texas on July 8, 2011.
• Michael R. Goldman, James D. Payne, and Greg Rogers presented “Turn a Sow’s Ear Into a Silk Purse! How an MSD can Solve Your Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Problems” in an on-line webinar on May 24, 2011.
• Carrick Brooke-Davidson presented “Environmental Case Law Update: An Idiosyncratic View” to the Dallas Bar Association Environmental Law Section on April 28, 2011.
• Michael R. Goldman presented “Environmental Litigation in the Barnett Shale” to the Fort Worth Association of Petroleum Landmen on March 17, 2011.
• Howard L. Gilberg and Michael R. Goldman presented “Environmental Strategies for the Barnett Shale” at the 2011 Energy Symposium sponsored by Texas Wesleyan Law Review and the Tarrant County Bar Association Energy Law Section in Fort Worth, Texas on March 4, 2011.
• John Slavich was a panelist at the National Brownfield Association Sustainable Communities Workshop in Austin, Texas on February 24, 2011.
• Howard L. Gilberg presented “The DFW Response to SIP Developments Current and Future” to the Air and Waste Management Association, DFW Chapter in Arlington, Texas on February 22, 2011.
• Howard L. Gilberg and Michael R. Goldman presented “Environmental Game Changers: Texas Oil & Natural Gas Industry,” to the Petroleum Engineers Club of Dallas on January 14, 2011.
• Howard L. Gilberg presented “Air Law and Strategy”; Paul Seals presented “Water Issues”; John Slavich presented “Allocating Environmental Liability and Risk in Oil and Gas Transactions”; Michael R. Goldman presented “Key Environmental Cases Concerning the Oil & Gas Industry”; and James D. Payne presented “Is the Barnett Shale Bound for the Courtroom?”, at the firm’s Environmental Breakfast Briefing for the Texas natural gas industry in Las Colinas, Texas on October 26, 2010.
• John Slavich presented “Dealing with Environmentally-Challenging Issues in Economically-Challenging Times” to the Houston Bar Association Real Estate Section on October 20, 2010.
• John Slavich participated in a panel discussion addressing “Current Due Diligence Practices” at the Industry Council on the Environment meeting in Austin, Texas on September 16, 2010.
• John Slavich presented “Dealing With Environmentally-Impacted Financially-Distressed Assets” at the Twenty-Second Annual Texas Environmental Superconference in Austin, Texas on August 5, 2010.
• Howard L. Gilberg presented “Air Quality Issues: Little Patch of Heaven” at the Twenty-Second Annual Texas Environmental Superconference in Austin, Texas on August 4, 2010.
• Howard L. Gilberg presented “Barnett Shale Air Quality Monitoring: Legal issues and Strategies” at the Providence Engineering Symposium in Irving, Texas on April 16, 2010.
• John Slavich moderated an online webinar entitled “Collateral Damage: The Impact on Lenders of Environmentally-Impaired Loan Collateral” sponsored by GeoSearch on April 13, 2010.
• John Slavich was a panelist on the “Using Brownfields to Update America’s Industrial and Energy Production Capacity” panel at the 13th National Brownfields Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 16, 2009.
• Howard L. Gilberg presented “Air Permitting and Enforcement of Barnett Shale Operations” at the Fort Worth Business Press Breakfast Symposium in Fort Worth, Texas on October 29, 2009.
• Greg Rogers presented “Corporate Environmental Disclosure Policy” at the American Bar Association Environment, Energy, and Resources Law Summit: 17th Section Fall Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland on September 24, 2009.
• Joseph F. Guida presented “Current Flare Enforcement Initiatives” at the NPRA 2009 Environmental Conference in Denver, Colorado on September 21, 2009.
• John Slavich presented “Dealing with Environmentally Challenging Issues in Economically Challenging Times” to the Dallas Bar Association Real Property Law Section on September 14, 2009.
• Howard L. Gilberg presented “Starting a Clean Air Program” at a North Texas Clean Air Coalition seminar in Dallas, Texas on September 10, 2009.
• Greg Rogers presented “Climate Change Disclosure” at the 21st Annual Texas Environmental Superconference in Austin, Texas on August 6, 2009.
• Howard L. Gilberg presented “DFW Business Risks and Rewards” at the North Texas Clean Air Coalition’s Operation Clean Air program in Dallas, Texas on July 23, 2009.
• Howard L. Gilberg presented “Municipal Setting Designations: Allocation and Resolution of Environmental Risk in Real Property Transactions” at the State Bar of Texas 31st Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course in San Antonio, Texas on July 10, 2009.
• Sally A. Longroy presented “From Dump to Diamond: History of the Trinity River Audubon Center” at the Trinity River Audubon Center on June 16, 2009.
• James D. Payne presented “Environmental Issues Pertaining to Texas Wind Farms” at the “Blowin’ in the Wind: The Future of Wind Turbine Farms” Conference sponsored by Texas Tech University School of Law in Lubbock, Texas on June 12, 2009.
• John Slavich presented “Federal Securities Disclosure Requirements and Climate Change” to the Dallas Bar Association Environmental Law Section on May 28, 2009.
• John Slavich served as an instructor for the Brownfields Technical Assistance Course presented by National Brownfields Associations and sponsored by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in Austin, Texas on April 21, 2009.
• Greg Rogers presented “Disclosure Dilemma: Financial Reporting of Contingent and Environmental Liabilities,” to students at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in Palo Alto, California on January 22, 2009.
• Greg Rogers presented “Fair Value Accounting and Environmental Liability: What You Need to Know Now” for an audio conference sponsored by BNA on December 10, 2008.
• Greg Rogers moderated a panel discussion on “Climate Change Disclosure: Draft ASTM Standard Available for Comments” for a teleconference sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Resources on December 4, 2008.
• Sally A. Longroy presented “Lending Goes Green – What Non-Energy Sector Borrowers Can Expect in the Future” at the 16th Annual Southern Methodist University Corporate Counsel Symposium in 2008.
• Sally A. Longroy presented “Environmental Regulations: Practical Considerations and Tips for the Design Professional Practicing Architecture in Texas” in 2008.
• John Slavich presented “Securities Disclosure Requirements and Climate Change” at The Law of Climate Change conference at The Center for American and International Law in Plano, Texas on November 7, 2008.
• Howard L. Gilberg presented “The Local Role in DFW SIP Development” to the Air and Waste Management Association, DFW Chapter in Colleyville, Texas on October 22, 2008.
• Howard L. Gilberg presented “The Role of DFW Employers in Developing Clean Air Solutions” at the North Texas Clean Air Coalition Business Outreach Luncheon on September 4, 2008.
• Greg Rogers presented “Globalization, Corporate Governance, and the Environment” at the University of Texas at Dallas School of Management Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance Third Annual Research Symposium on August 22, 2008.
• Greg Rogers presented “Oh, that three billion dollars: Emerging Issues in Reporting Environmental Liabilities” at the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Annual Conference in Snowmass, Colorado on July 20, 2008.
• James D. Payne presented “Environmental Issues Pertaining to Texas Wind Farms” at the Wind Law III Conference sponsored by the Texas Tech University School of Law in Sweetwater, Texas on June 19, 2008.
• Greg Rogers presented “Accounting for Contingent Liabilities in M & A Transactions” as part of a CFO Editorial Webcast addressing Environmental Regulation on May 20, 2008.
• Greg Rogers moderated a panel on “Remediation Disclosure Obligations under GASB 49” at the Brownfields 2008 Conference in Detroit, Michigan on May 5, 2008.
• Greg Rogers presented “New Rules for Environmental Liabilities in Mergers and Acquisitions” at the ABA 2008 Business Law Section Spring meeting in Dallas, Texas on April 11, 2008.
• Greg Rogers presented “Building Value by Paring Environmental Risk” at the CFO “Going Green” Conference in New York City, New York on March 26, 2008.
• David E. Whitten presented “Municipal Setting Designations Come to Houston” at the Texas Association of Environmental Professionals’ Environmental Challenges and Innovations Conference in Houston, Texas on February 21, 2008.
• Carrick Brooke-Davidson presented “Environmental Case Law Update” to the Dallas Bar Association Environmental Law Section on December 13, 2007.
• Carrick Brooke-Davidson presented “Environmental Issues with Renewable Energy” at the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association's Annual Meeting in Abilene, Texas on November 13, 2007.
• James D. Payne presented “Trends in Environmental Litigation” at the National Conference of Insurance Guaranty Funds Claims Seminar in San Antonio, Texas on November 8, 2007.
• Greg Rogers presented “Building Value by Paring Environmental Risk” at the RTM Contaminated Property Transactions conference in San Francisco, California on November 7, 2007.
• Howard L. Gilberg presented “Resolution of Environmental Impediments in the Real Estate Transactional Context” to the Houston Real Estate Lawyers’ Council on October 9, 2007.
• John Slavich, David E. Whitten and Greg Rogers presented "Municipal Setting Designations: Texas Brownfield Revitalization" in an on-line webinar sponsored by Geo-Search on September 25, 2007.
• Howard L. Gilberg presented “Environmentally Impaired Real Property: Getting the Deal Closed,” at the 41st Annual William W. Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute in Austin, Texas on September 20, 2007 and in Dallas, Texas on October 11, 2007.
• Carrick Brooke-Davidson acted as moderator for panels on Climate Change and Brownfields Redevelopment at the Nineteenth Annual Texas Environmental Superconference in Austin, Texas on August 2, 2007.
• John Slavich presented “Power Tools: Using Municipal Setting Designations and the Dry Cleaner Remediation Program to Address Contaminated Property in Texas," at the 29th Annual State Bar of Texas Advanced Real Estate Course in San Antonio, Texas on July 13, 2007.
• John Slavich participated in a panel discussion addressing “Due Diligence and All Appropriate Inquiry” at the Industry Council on the Environment meeting in Austin, Texas on May 17, 2007.
• John Slavich presented “Pimp My Site: Redeveloping Contaminated Property in Texas for Fun and (If You Do It Right) Profit” at the Urban Land Institute North Texas Spring Conference in Irving, Texas on May 16, 2007.
• Carrick Brooke-Davidson was a panelist at the "Legal Considerations and Strategies for Cleantech Start-ups” discussion at the Clean Energy Venture Summit in Austin, Texas on May 15, 2007.
• Greg Rogers presented “Environmental Disclosure Due Diligence: Taking the Next Step in Environmental Due Diligence,” to the American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, 36th Conference on Environmental Law in Keystone, Colorado on March 8-11, 2007.
• Greg Rogers presented “Environmental Financial Reporting: Emerging Risk and Opportunities” to the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at University of California Santa Barbara on February 5, 2007.
• Greg Rogers presented “Reducing Risk with Strategic Objectives to Corporate Valuation: How do Environmental Risk and Financial Reporting Relate to Corporate Value?” to the American Hazard Control Group's 17th Annual Corporate Affiliates Workshop in Phoenix, Arizona on February 1-2, 2007.
• John Slavich presented “A Practical Approach for Dealing with Environmental Issues that Impact the Development Process” at Real Estate Development from Beginning to End, sponsored by Lorman Education Services in Houston, Texas on January 31, 2007.
• John Slavich was a panelist on the “Long-term Stewardship” panel, and Greg Rogers was a panelist on the “Addressing Mothballed Properties” panel, at the EPA Region 6 Land Revitalization Summit in Austin, Texas on October 30-November 1, 2006.
• John Slavich presented “Buyer Beware; Broker Be Aware” to the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals in Dallas, Texas on October 10, 2006.
• Greg Rogers presented “Surviving and Prospering in the Era of Environmental Transparency: Disclosure of Environmental Liabilities” to the Environmental Risk Resources Association Conference at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Wisconsin on September 26, 2006.
• John Slavich presented “They Want to Do It Cheap and Then They’re In It Deep - Counseling the Client about the Pitfalls of Shortcutting Pre-acquisition Environmental Due Diligence for Real Estate Deals” to the Tarrant County Bar Association Corporate Counsel Section on August 2, 2006 and the San Antonio Real Estate Lawyers Discussion Group on September 14, 2006.
• Greg Rogers presented “FIN 47 and the EHS Manager: The Latest on Environmental Liabilities and Reporting” via the National Association of Environmental Managers (NAEM) Webinar broadcast on August 8, 2006.
• Joseph F. Guida was a panelist at the "Environmental Roundtable" panel discussion hosted by Texas Lawyer at the Dallas Bar Association on July 27, 2006.
• David E. Whitten, Greg Rogers and John Slavich presented “Using Municipal Setting Designations for Urban Redevelopment” at a seminar sponsored by Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C. in Dallas, Texas on April 27, 2006 and in Fort Worth, Texas on July 12, 2006.
• Greg Rogers discussed “Discovery, Analysis, Estimation, Accounting and Disclosure of Environmental Liabilities” at the Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on June 23, 2006.
• Greg Rogers discussed “Practical Business Strategies for Dealing with the New FASB Standards for Reporting Environmental Liabilities” in a Web Seminar Telecast by RTM Communications on May 31, 2006.
• Greg Rogers presented “Environmental Risk Management in Financing Transactions” to the EDR Environmental Risk Summit in Milford, Connecticut on May 24, 2006.
• Greg Rogers presented “Where Do Contaminated Assets Go When They Retire?” to the National Association of Environmental Managers (NAEM) Workshop in San Diego, California on May 10, 2006.
• John Slavich presented “Commercial Redevelopment of Contaminated Property” to the Southern Methodist University Environmental Law Society on April 12, 2006.
• Greg Rogers presented “New Standards for Financial Reporting of Environmental Liabilities” to the ENSR Conference in Houston, Texas on April 8, 2006.
• Sally A. Longroy presented “Changes to Phase I Environmental Site Assessments”, All Appropriate Inquiry - “AAI” at the annual City Attorney’s Office CLE Seminar in Dallas, Texas in 2006.
• Greg Rogers discussed “Environmental Due Diligence After EPA’s All Appropriate Inquiry (AAI) Rule: How will AAI Impact Business and Real Estate Transactions?" at the ABA Business Law Section Conference in Tampa, Florida on April 7, 2006.
• Greg Rogers presented “New FASB Rules for Reporting Environmental Liabilities and Risks After Sarbanes-Oxley” to the RTM Contaminated Property Transactions Conference in Washington, D.C. on March 29, 2006.
• Greg Rogers presented “Accounting for Environmental Asset Retirement Obligations" to the EHS Roundtable in Washington, D.C. on March 23, 2006.
• John Slavich presented “Who is Getting Taken To The Cleaners? Working With The TCEQ’s Dry Cleaner Remediation Program” to the North Texas Association of Environmental Professionals on March 15, 2006.
• John Slavich presented a roundtable discussion on commercial redevelopment of contaminated property at the ICSC U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference in Phoenix, Arizona on October 28, 2005.
• Howard L. Gilberg presented “Shifting Environmental Sands: Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Aviall Services, Inc. and Texas Municipal Designations” to the 39th Annual William W. Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute, in Austin, Texas on September 8, 2005 and in Houston, Texas on October 6, 2005.
• Carrick Brooke-Davidson presented “Working With Expert Witnesses” at the 17th Annual Texas Environmental Superconference in Austin, Texas on August 5, 2005.
• David E. Whitten presented “Municipal Setting Designations, The Real Estate Community Perspective” to the 17th Annual Texas Environmental Superconference, State Bar of Texas in Austin, Texas on August 4, 2005.
• Greg Rogers presented “Environmental Risk Management and All Appropriate Inquiry” at the EDR Environmental Risk Summit in Dallas, Texas on May 10, 2005.
• John Slavich presented “Strategic Considerations in Redeveloping Contaminated Property” to the Real Property Section of the Dallas Bar Association in Dallas, Texas on May 9, 2005.
• Greg Rogers presented “Accounting for Environmental Asset Retirement Obligations” at the Auditing Roundtable Conference in Dallas, Texas on April 19, 2005.
• Howard L. Gilberg presented “Allocation of Transactional Environmental Risk: Contractual Provisions” to the 16th Annual Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course on March 11, 2005.
• Greg Rogers presented “Certifying Environmental Financial Reporting and Internal Control Under Sarbanes-Oxley” at the North Texas Air & Waste Management Chapter Meeting in Dallas, Texas on February 15, 2005.
• Greg Rogers presented “Environmental Financial Reporting for Public Pension Fund Trustees” at the Investment Education Symposium in New Orleans, Louisiana on February 3, 2005.
• Greg Rogers presented “Sarbanes-Oxley, Environmental Disclosure, and Brownfields” to the Dallas Brownfield Forum on January 13, 2005.