Mr. Brooke-Davidson is a shareholder in the firm’s Austin, Texas office.  He has practiced environmental law since 1985, when he received his law degree from The University of Texas School of Law.  His practice has included all facets of environmental law:  he has experience with all the significant federal environmental laws and their Texas counterparts; his practice has involved litigation, arbitration, enforcement, permitting, transactions, and counseling; he has worked with various industries including chemicals, energy, agriculture, manufacturing, and real estate; and he has practiced in government as well as in private firms.  He was named as one of The Best Lawyers in America for 2008 in the field of environmental law.

Mr. Brooke-Davidson received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his graduate work focused on environmental technology and policy issues.  Prior to attending law school, he worked as an environmental consultant, focusing on air quality matters.  He graduated from The University of Texas School of Law with honors; he was also a member of the Order of the Coif and served as Editor-in-Chief of The Review of Litigation.  He was selected into the Honors Attorney Program of the United States Department of Justice, where he served in the Environmental Enforcement Section for twelve years, first as trial attorney and then as a supervising attorney, receiving three Special Achievement Awards and a Special Commendation.  He has been in private practice in Austin since 1997.

Mr. Brooke-Davidson is a member of the State Bar of Texas and is also admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Western, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of Texas, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fifth, Seventh, and Tenth Circuits, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  He is a Vice Chair of the Environmental Enforcement and Crimes Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources and is a member of the Litigation Section and the Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section of the American Bar Association. He is a member of the Environmental Law Institute, the Air and Waste Management Association, the State Bar of Texas Environmental Section, the Austin Bar Association Environmental Section, and the Houston Bar Association Environmental Section.  He also serves on the Planning Committee for the Annual Texas Environmental Law Superconference.

Mr. Brooke-Davidson has given numerous presentations on a variety of environmental law topics and has authored several articles.  His recent articles includes: "The Continuation Of The Continuing Violation Fight: Supreme Court Asked To Decide Split Among Circuits On Continuing Violation Controversy,” American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, Environmental Enforcement and Crimes Committee Newsletter (April 2008);  "The Continuing Fight Over the Continuing Violation: Another Battle at Bull Run," American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, Environmental Enforcement and Crimes Committee Newsletter (November 2007); "Working With Expert Witnesses," Seventeenth Annual Texas Environmental Superconference (August 5, 2005).