Ms. Longroy, Of Counsel to the firm, offers legal advice to clients on a wide variety of environmental matters involving an array of federal, state, and municipal regulatory programs, often related to commercial real estate, corporate, or capital transactions.  She helps clients effectively manage environmental risks, address environmental contamination, and comply with environmental laws.  Ms. Longroy has extensive experience in dealing with solid and hazardous waste, hazardous substances, water, and pesticide issues.  She also defends enforcement actions brought by the Environmental Protection Agency and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, typically in the administrative context.  In addition, she often provides substantive advice in federal and state environmental litigation, including toxic tort, cost-recovery actions, citizen suits, and environmental insurance defense.  Prior to commencing her law practice, Ms. Longroy was first an analytical chemist then gained extensive regulatory experience with laws governing the registration and manufacturing of pesticides and animal drugs.

Ms. Longroy has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Environmental Law since 2008.  She has a peer review rating on Martindale-Hubbell® of AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5.

Ms. Longroy frequently writes and presents on various environmental law topics, including topics related to green buildings, climate change, environmental site assessments, wetlands, and self-audits.  She authored a chapter on environmental ethics published in the Environmental Law series Texas Practice, by Thompson/West 2005.  Ms. Longroy was recognized by the College of the State Bar of Texas as one of the top three authors of the Outstanding CLE Article of the Year for her article “A Lawyer's Perspective on Environmental Reporting Ethics” presented at the Texas Environmental Superconference in Austin, Texas in 2002. 

Ms. Longroy received her law degree, cum laude, from Southern Methodist University, where she served as a member of the Southern Methodist University Law Review Association board.  She received a Southern Methodist University Law Review Association Scholarship and American Jurisprudence Award - Research Methods and Legal Writing.  Ms. Longroy earned her Master of Business Administration degree from Southern Methodist University’s executive program.  She received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry, with distinction, from the University of Michigan.

Ms. Longroy currently serves as Co-Director the American Bar Association Section of Litigation Division overseeing Publications, CLE & Programs.  She has served in various other Section leadership positions since 2000, including Co-Chair of the Environmental Litigation Committee from 2000 to 2003.  Ms. Longroy is also a member of the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources and Section of Real Estate, Trust and Estate Law.  Ms. Longroy is a member of the State Bar of Texas Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section and Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Law Section, and the Dallas Bar Association Environmental Law Section and Real Property Section.  Ms. Longroy is also a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and Dallas Bar Foundation and a member of the Texas State Bar College.

Ms. Longroy is also an active member of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) – Dallas and has volunteered with Attorneys Serving the Community since 1993.

Ms. Longroy has published numerous articles, including "Green Building Codes Become More Prevalent, Stringent,” Texas Lawyer, August 2008; “Ethical Considerations,” Texas Practice, Environmental Law, Vol. 46, Chap. 34; “Lawyer’s Perspective on Environmental Reporting Ethics,” presented at the State Bar of Texas, Fourteenth Annual Texas Environmental Superconference, 2002; “Disclosure Obligations and Reporting Requirements for Environmental Contamination,” presented at the State Bar of Texas, Doing the Real Estate Deal: The Ultimate Environmental Tool Kit, 2002; “Supreme Court Steels Away Another Citizen Suit,” presented at the American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Hot Topics in Environmental Law, 1998; and Note, “The Regulation of Storm Water Runoff and Its Impact on Aviation,” 58 J. Air L. & Com. 555 (1993).