Gerald D Higdon

Career

Jerry is a talented environmental attorney with three decades of experience representing private and public parties in avoiding, managing, and resolving environmental liabilities and facilitating environmental sustainability solutions through brownfields redevelopment and the development and scaling of renewable energy.

Jerry focuses his national practice on advising members of the energy industry on the management of environmental issues affecting the renewables/alternative, upstream, midstream, and downstream energy. As a longtime member of the Houston and Texas environmental legal community, he regularly advises clients on the gathering, disposal, re-use, and recycling of produced water, and other oil and gas wastes.

Jerry routinely defends clients in state and federal environmental enforcement proceedings; develops, and implements environmental permitting and planning strategies to facilitate a client’s more rapid response to changing business climates and growth opportunities; and assesses, structures, and negotiates the allocation of environmental risk affecting transactions.

Jerry also represents potentially responsible parties at federal and state Superfund facilities; counsels on cost-effective and efficient remediation strategies; assists in the review and modification of operations to address environmental compliance issues for manufacturing, industrial, or waste disposal facilities; and represents clients in litigation and other disputes regarding responsibility for environmental liabilities.

Professional Memberships

Member, Environmental & Natural Resources Section, State Bar of Texas

Member, Houston Bar Association, Environmental Section

Member, Association of Chemical Industry of Texas