Danny Worrell

Practice Areas

For approximately 30 years, Danny has represented clients on a wide variety of environmental issues before federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and in federal and state courts. His practice is focused on environmental contested case permitting and enforcement, and on regulatory compliance involving, among other subjects, hazardous and municipal solid waste, air quality, injection wells, water quality, underground and above-ground storage tanks, asbestos, and PCBs. Danny also routinely represents clients on matters concerning remediation of contaminated property, Superfund, Brownfields redevelopment, and corporate transactions and investigations involving environmental matters. He previously worked as a geologist, specializing in oil and gas exploration.

Career

Admitted to Texas Bar in 1990. Baker Botts Partner since 2019.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources.

Austin Bar Association.

State Bar of Texas.

Publications

Air Quality Regulation in Texas; State Bar of Texas (12/2019)

Brownfields Law & Practice, Texas chapter, Matthew Bender (2012-2020)

Environmental Regulatory Challenges for Oil and Gas Operators, 15th Annual Energy Litigation Conference (11/3/2016)

BACT and MACT – “Hunches in Bunches,” Texas Environmental Superconference (9/2011)

RCRA: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, ABA (2003)

Personal

J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 1990

M.S., Geology, Louisiana State University, 1984

B.A., Geology, The University of Texas, 1980