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Gardere Partner Faulk Invited to Speak at Sustainable Property Transactions Conference
Richard Faulk
To register or for more information, visit: http://rtm.kma.net/index.asp?bid=24.
Mr. Faulk concentrates his practice in complex toxic tort and environmental litigation, including class actions and other “mass tort” cases involving multiple plaintiffs and defendants. He has significant expertise in cases with international implications and comparative mass tort procedures.
Mr. Faulk also leads Gardere's Climate Change Task Force. He and his Gardere partner, John Gray, have authored one of the major scholarly papers in the area, "Stormy Weather Ahead: The Legal Environment of Global Climate Change." This comprehensive article has been presented at conferences of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in media events at the Washington Legal Foundation, and at various professional development seminars for lawyers, engineers, and businessmen.
Since climate change is a multi-disciplinary issue that affects clients in a variety of ways, Mr. Faulk has assembled a Climate Change Task Force at Gardere that includes not only trial and appellate lawyers, but also lawyers from the corporate, environmental, tax and intellectual property areas, as well as respected experts in the field.
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, an AmLaw 200 firm founded in 1909 and one of the Southwest's largest full-service law firms, has offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston and Mexico City. Gardere provides legal services to private and public companies and individuals in areas of government affairs, energy, litigation, corporate, tax, environmental, labor and employment, intellectual property and financial services.
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Houston TX 77002
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