Amanda Halter

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Amanda Halter is managing partner of the firm’s Houston office, a national authority on environmental and natural resources law and policy, and co-leader of Pillsbury’s multidisciplinary Minerals, Metals and Material Supply Chains and Canada practice teams.

Amanda represents domestic and global industrial clients on complex regulatory and environmental liability matters and effective strategies for managing legal, financial and reputational risks in the United States. With extensive experience in environmental regulation, litigation and public policy, Amanda advises on environmental liability management, transactional and business transformation opportunities, effective stakeholder and political engagement, as well as corporate sustainability and climate strategy, risk management, reporting and disclosures. Amanda believes deeply in—and delivers on—the power of dynamic collaborations to maximally access and leverage the full scope of the firm’s resources to bring innovative, efficient and value-driven advice and approaches to support our clients’ objectives.

As a testament to the strength of her practice, Amanda is consistently recognized as a leading lawyer for environmental law by numerous publications and directories. She is ranked by Best Lawyers and has earned the distinction of Lawyer of the Year (2024). She has also been recognized among the top lawyers for environmental law and litigation as a recipient of the Texas Legal Excellence Awards by Texas Lawyer (2021) and listed in The Legal 500 U.S., among other accolades.

Amanda frequently speaks or writes on emerging environmental and natural resource issues and developments, with topics varying from Superfund to climate change, to natural resource damages, to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and biodiversity, among others. She has been quoted in or highlighted for her work in the media by outlets, such as the Wall Street Journal, Law360, Dow Jones Institutional News and Texas Lawyer, to name a few.