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Hilary Allen
Partner

Oklahoma City

Rashmin J. Asher
Senior Associate

Austin

Spencer Fane attorney Kaleb Brooks

Spencer Fane attorney Kaleb Brooks

Kaleb W. Brooks
Partner

Santa Fe

Hilary Allen assists clients in successfully resolving complex litigation of all types. Leaning on years of experience, she provides counsel on the full range of litigation risks that a business might encounter and provides efficient end-to-end solutions. Hilary regularly helps clients with a variety of matters and her trial experience is diverse and includes the defense and prosecution of cases including civil litigation, personal injury, insurance, products liability, contracts, construction, bad faith, employment, oil and gas, environmental, constitutional, commercial, professional malpractice, and medical malpractice matters.

Rashmin Asher focuses her practice on administrative law in the area of public utility regulation, and she has represented utilities and municipalities in proceedings before governmental and regulatory boards throughout Texas.

As a member of the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution practice group, Kaleb helps businesses and government clients litigate environmental and commercial disputes.

Andrew C. (Drew) Brought
Partner

Kansas City

Spencer Fane attorney Dani Cepernich

Spencer Fane attorney Dani Cepernich

Dani Cepernich
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Maris Chambers
Senior Associate

Austin

Andrew Brought counsels manufacturers, industrial clients, and businesses with complex environmental (EPA) and workplace safety (OSHA) challenges. A dependable and responsive advocate, he offers pragmatic and business-focused solutions to help his clients achieve their goals.

Dani assists clients throughout Utah in navigating various water and land use matters, as well as handling state and federal appeals.

Maris Chambers focuses her practice on water and wastewater utility service interests, including certificates of convenience and necessity, water rights, water supply, and water quality.

Eleanor D'Ambrosio
Partner

Austin

Spencer Fane attorney Shelly Dalrymple

Spencer Fane attorney Shelly Dalrymple

Shelly L. Dalrymple
Partner

Santa Fe

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Davis

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Davis

Scott L. Davis
Partner

Dallas

Eleanor D’Ambrosio combines her policy and regulatory experience to provide clients with proactive and responsive counsel and advocacy in utility-related regulatory and business matters, helping them provide efficient and high quality service to the public.

Shelly has more than 30 years of experience helping clients in complex litigation situations, with a strong background in multi-district litigation and class action defense. She has developed a focus on process and efficiency in dealing with large scale litigation. With a current emphasis on environmental litigation, Shelly handles CERCLA litigation, environmental nuisance, oil and gas industry environmental impacts, and federal and state compliance issues relating to air quality, water quality, noise pollution, and hazardous waste. She works closely with technical experts in investigations, analysis, compliance, and the crafting of experts’ reports in the environmental and natural resources arenas.

Scott Davis helps clients resolve complex business disputes through strategic counseling and litigation, advancing their interests while reducing financial exposure as he creates optimal paths for success in and out of the courtroom. His areas of focus include insurance coverage and bad faith claims, environmental disputes, financial disputes, business litigation, and personal injury litigation.

Patrice Douglas
Of Counsel

Oklahoma City

Spencer Fane attorney Shawn Draney

Spencer Fane attorney Shawn Draney

Shawn Draney
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Tom Driggs

Spencer Fane attorney Tom Driggs

Thomas D. (Tom) Driggs
Of Counsel

Las Vegas

Patrice Douglas counsels banks, energy companies and utilities on legal, regulatory, and compliance matters. She helps clients navigate the complex regulatory issues they face in today’s economy so they can close transactions efficiently and move forward to realize their goals.

Shawn Draney assists cities, special districts, irrigation companies, and landowners with advice, planning, transactions, negotiations, and litigation involving water resources.

Tom Driggs advises clients in the areas of water transactions and regulation, real estate and corporate transactions, and related government relations issues in Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. His clients include farmers, ranchers, dairies, hotel casinos, power companies, mining and industrial companies, golf course owners, real estate developers, individual homeowners, and a multinational resource-efficient agricultural producer working to grow blueberries in the Nevada desert.

Joseph M. (Joe) Dworak
Of Counsel

Santa Fe

Robert H. Epstein
Partner

St. Louis, Phoenix

Cody Faulk
Partner

Austin

Joseph “Joe” Dworak advises individuals, organizations, and governments on a wide range of regulatory matters, developing practical solutions that comply with rapidly evolving legal requirements and advance clients’ short- and long-term priorities in the areas of litigation, environmental and energy law, and governmental affairs.

Rob Epstein concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate, financial services, corporate, and environmental law. He helps clients resolve their business issues, achieve their goals and plan for the future.

Cody Faulk represents investor and municipally owned utility clients in both routine and complicated administrative, transactional, operational, and regulatory issues, helping them capitalize on financial benefits in operations while avoiding potential crises. He specifically focuses on regulatory and enforcement proceedings for municipalities, utilities, and landowners before the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Railroad Commission of Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and the State Office of Administrative Hearings, including providing consulting services to outside firms needing aid in navigating these regulatory agencies.

Jane E. Fedder
Of Counsel

St. Louis

Jason A. Flower
Partner

St. Louis

Thomas (Tom) George
Partner

Denver

Jane Fedder is a proven and trusted advocate, advisor, strategist, trial, and appellate attorney specializing in resolving complex environmental enforcement, litigation, and insurance recovery disputes.

Jason Flower is an environmental attorney with a nationwide practice focused on assisting corporate clients, especially in the chemical, manufacturing, mining, energy, and agricultural industries, with managing their environmental liabilities. Previously serving as the Environmental Practice Group Chair at an AmLaw 100 firm, Jason takes a team-oriented approach to helping clients strategically navigate an increasingly complex environmental regulatory landscape.

Tom George counsels municipal and local governmental entities throughout the state of Colorado in all aspects of formation, operation, and dissolution.

Spencer Fane attorney Angela Harris

Spencer Fane attorney Angela Harris

Angela E. Harris
Associate

Santa Fe

Wendy K. L. Harvel
Of Counsel

Austin

Edward (Ed) Herman
Of Counsel

Dallas, Plano

Angela currently serves a wide variety of clients in civil litigation and environmental matters. She practices utilities law, administrative law (primarily in water and oil and gas), and Native American law. She is dedicated to achieving the best possible outcomes for her clients, whether that be through non-legal solutions, mediation, or winning in court.

Wendy Harvel represents water, gas, electric, and telecommunications utilities in complex regulatory proceedings before the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Railroad Commission of Texas. She has represented utilities in the private sector for several years, prior to which she was a Master Administrative Law Judge and head of the Public Utilities Team for the Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings for nearly two decades.

Ed Herman helps clients purchase and sell improved and unimproved real property, as well as existing businesses. In addition, Ed assists his clients in addressing the day-to-day transactional issues that arise during the operation of their businesses. Ed currently represents numerous child care franchisees who have purchased and constructed new facilities in Texas.

Carlota (Coty) Hopinks-Baul
Of Counsel

Austin

Spencer Fane attorney Kami Hoskins

Spencer Fane attorney Kami Hoskins

Kami M. Hoskins
Of Counsel

Phoenix

Paul Jacobson
Partner

Kansas City

Carlota (Coty) Hopinks-Baul advises clients on a wide range of environmental, safety, and health issues including federal and state regulation of discharges to groundwater and surface waters, as well as drinking water, air, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, chemical releases, and workplace exposure matters.

Kami Hoskins creates and implements effective solutions for employers navigating complex labor and employment law issues, providing meticulous defense in state and federal courts as well as before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, National Labor Relations Board, and the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.

Paul guides businesses through their environmental and workplace safety legal challenges involving the EPA, OSHA, state environmental and workplace safety agencies, and private third parties.

Spencer Fane attorney Evan Johnson

Spencer Fane attorney Evan Johnson

Evan D. Johnson
Partner

Austin

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Martin

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Martin

Scott Martin
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Larry R. Martinez
Of Counsel

Denver

Evan Johnson represents water, electric, gas, and telecommunications utilities in complex regulatory proceedings before the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Railroad Commission of Texas, drawing on more than a decade of focused industry experience to consistently achieve favorable outcomes. Most recently, he has developed an expansive water practice representing regulated water utilities in acquisition and rate change proceedings at the Public Utility Commission, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the Office of the Attorney General.

Scott Martin’s diverse practice ranges from water law to real property and development matters to representing insurance carriers, sureties, and third-party insureds.

Larry R. Martinez is a litigator, defending and counseling businesses in a wide range of matters including employment, real estate, property tax, insurance, construction defects, environmental and toxic torts, and general business issues related to the operation of complex facilities and organizations.

Lisa K. Mayers
Partner

Denver

Spencer Fane attorney Creighton McMurray

Spencer Fane attorney Creighton McMurray

Creighton McMurray
Senior Associate

Austin

Jessica Merrigan
Partner

Kansas City, Overland Park

Lisa Mayers is a local government attorney who handles municipal, special district, and real estate related matters. She provides general counsel to public entities, including advising on municipal bond financings.

Creighton McMurray focuses his practice on public utility regulation and administrative law.

Jessica Merrigan is a partner in the Kansas City and Overland Park offices of Spencer Fane and currently serves as its Co-Chair of the Environment and Energy Practice Group. She counsels clients on environmental matters regarding regulatory requirements and represents them in litigation of environmental claims, including contribution claims under the federal Superfund law.

Karen D. Olson
Partner

Minneapolis

Spencer Fane attorney Kari Olson

Spencer Fane attorney Kari Olson

Kari E. Olson
Partner

Santa Fe

Spencer Fane attorney Thomas Olson

Spencer Fane attorney Thomas Olson

Thomas W. Olson
Of Counsel

Santa Fe

Karen D. Olson is an experienced regulatory, compliance, and litigation attorney that uses her significant government and private practice experience to represent her clients. Most recently, Karen served as Deputy Attorney General for the State of Minnesota for more than a decade. As Deputy Attorney General, Karen represented the Attorney General, Governor, Legislature, and state agencies and boards on complex and high-profile legal matters.

Kari Olson assists clients with administrative and regulatory matters throughout the state of New Mexico with an active focus on state and federal environmental law, public utility regulation, and western water law. Kari employs her diverse industry knowledge and acute attention to detail to navigate complex regulatory landscapes across multiple sectors.

Thomas represents public utilities and other clients with over four decades of experience in regulatory proceedings before the Public Regulation Commission and its two predecessor agencies, the Public Utility Commission and the State Corporation Commission.

John E. Peckler
Partner

Denver

James T. (Jim) Price
Partner

Kansas City

Matthew L. Rojas
Partner

Phoenix

John Peckler helps clients navigate complex development projects and real estate transactions. He works with individuals, businesses, and developers on all aspects of land use and real estate law.

Jim Price is a partner with Spencer Fane, where he is co-chair of its Environment and Energy Law practice group and was a member of the firm’s Executive Committee from 1997 to 2009. His practice concentrates on environmental regulation and compliance, environmental litigation, toxic torts, and business transactions involving environmental issues. Jim has served as lead counsel for numerous environmental matters, including lawsuits, Superfund proceedings, RCRA corrective action, environmental transactions, and environmental permitting and compliance for solid waste, hazardous waste, water, air, and other matters.

Matthew Rojas provides a collaborative resource to his clients, preemptively addressing the full range of potential risks related to environmental regulations and associated compliance to keep projects on schedule while avoiding potentially costly missteps. He has experience helping clients address a wide range of issues related to natural resources, especially water.

Baerbel E. Schiller
Partner

Kansas City, St. Louis

816.292.8123 / 314.333.3903

Spencer Fane attorney Sharon Shaheen

Spencer Fane attorney Sharon Shaheen

Sharon T. Shaheen
Partner

Santa Fe

Spencer Fane attorney Evan Singleton

Spencer Fane attorney Evan Singleton

Evan C. Singleton
Associate

Denver

Baerbel Schiller, a partner in the Kansas City and St. Louis offices, practices with the firm’s environmental group. Before joining Spencer Fane, Baerbel worked for the Environmental Protection Agency for 15 years in various management positions. At the EPA, Baerbel negotiated and litigated environmental cases arising under Superfund and RCRA and developed national EPA policies on regulating compliance, hazardous waste cleanups, Superfund and RCRA enforcement, and the reuse of contaminated sites.

Sharon assists clients with matters related to oil and gas, water, environment, and property, adeptly navigating intricate regulatory landscapes and tackling complex litigation, including class actions.

Evan Singleton assists clients with negotiating and drafting documents for real estate projects from the ground up, including purchase and sale contracts, easements, title review, restrictive covenants, declarations and maintenance agreements, leases, financing documents, and construction contracts. He has represented purchasers and sellers of real estate, with specific experience in navigating complex environmental matters related to the transaction and subsequent development of property.

Spencer Fane attorney Joel Taylor

Spencer Fane attorney Joel Taylor

Joel Taylor
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Greg Walch

Spencer Fane attorney Greg Walch

Gregory J. (Greg) Walch
Of Counsel

Las Vegas

John L. Watson
Of Counsel

Denver

Joel Taylor provides his clients exceptional legal counsel within his practice, focusing on complex commercial disputes, transportation and trucking cases, catastrophic injury cases, extra-contractual bad-faith litigation, and all aspects of insurance law and litigation. He is dedicated to his clients and committed to obtaining favorable results.

Greg Walch advises on environmental, water, land use, mining, eminent domain, and administrative law matters throughout Southern Nevada. With more than 30 years of experience navigating all phases of natural resource and environmental issues – from sales transactions to permitting to compliance to litigation – he has established himself as an industry leader and boasts a track record of successful outcomes.

John Leonard Watson leverages his in-depth commercial trial and litigation knowledge to understand clients’ needs and goals and serves as a formidable advocate on their behalf. With his exceptional trial skills, John has successfully represented clients in state and federal courts, helping them plead their cases before juries and judges in dozens of trials to verdict. During his 46 years practicing law, he has also fought for his clients’ interests before numerous federal, state, and local administrative and regulatory agencies and shepherded them through alternative dispute resolution forums including arbitration and mediation.

Catherine J. Webking
Partner

Austin

Spencer Fane attorney Jeff Wechsler

Spencer Fane attorney Jeff Wechsler

Jeffrey J. (Jeff) Wechsler
Partner

Santa Fe

Kathleen M. (Kate) Whitby
Of Counsel

St. Louis

Catherine Webking provides clients with detailed and thorough advocacy on utility-related regulatory matters involving electricity, telecommunications, water, and natural gas services. She thoroughly understands her clients’ businesses to help them navigate the regulatory landscape to maximize success. Catherine enjoys and excels at providing her clients with exceptional representation and advocacy at the Texas Legislature, agencies like Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Railroad Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M in Chemical Engineering is a pivotal asset for advocacy in the often-times complex utility markets.

Jeff has served as lead counsel on a wide spectrum of high stakes matters in the areas of water, environmental, natural resources, and public utility regulation. He has over 150 days of trial experience and has argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as courts across New Mexico and throughout the west. According to Chambers, Jeff is a “leader in the field” of environmental and natural resources who has “excellent trial skills.”

Kate Whitby focuses her practice on environmental law, the environmental aspects of real estate transactions, and complex environmental litigation and dispute resolution.

Spencer Fane attorney Shelby Wood

Spencer Fane attorney Shelby Wood

Shelby Wood
Partner

Kansas City, Springfield

As a member of both the Environmental and Energy Law and the Real Estate groups at Spencer Fane, Shelby assists clients seeking to buy, sell, manage, finance, and redevelop environmentally impaired properties. Shelby regularly helps clients manage, investigate, and remediate CERCLA (Superfund) sites and contaminated properties in state run voluntary cleanup programs. He has also negotiated environmental use controls, restrictive covenants, and other agreements associated with managing long-term environmental liability at contaminated sites.