Daniella D. Landers | Professionals

dlanders@reedsmith.com

Houston
T: +1 713 469 3654

Daniella focuses her practice on a broad range of environmental compliance, transactional and litigation matters. She counsels energy companies, manufacturers, industrial facilities, financial institutions, real estate interests and other businesses on complex environmental and related land use issues, including environmental risk assessment, crisis management and incident response, environmental permitting and compliance, environmental due diligence in acquisitions and transactions, management of environmental issues affecting the upstream, midstream, downstream, and renewables/alternative energy sectors, natural resources damages claims, climate change initiatives, and pollution exposure disputes.

Daniella frequently counsels clients on corrective actions, brownfields redevelopment, environmental closures and groundwater remediation as well as assists in the review and audit of operations to address air, water and waste compliance issues for manufacturing, industrial or waste disposal facilities. She has been seconded by clients as in-house counsel on several occasions to handle environmental issues.

Daniella helps clients navigate environmental crises and develop legal response strategies tailored to each specific situation. She handles governmental investigations of environmental matters, environmental enforcement defense, responses to citizen protest actions, cost recovery claims and Superfund litigation.

Additionally, she is a prolific speaker and writer on environmental, energy and litigation issues. She has been featured in Law360 articles and on National Public Radio (KUHF). She serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center.

Credentials

University of Texas School of Law
University of Southern California, M.P.A.
Purdue University, B.A., with distinction

Texas
Michigan

U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals - Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court - Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court - Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Michigan

Houston Volunteer Lawyers, Board of Directors
State Bar of Texas, Legal Services to the Poor
Houston Bar Association, Board of Directors
Texas Association of Environmental Professionals
Greater Houston Partnership, Environmental and Energy Policy Advisory Committee
American Bar Association, Section of the Environment, Energy, and Resources
National Bar Association, Energy, Environmental and Public Utilities Section
Women in Energy Network, Houston Chapter, Executive Member
Harris County Dispute Resolution Center, Volunteer Mediator
Center for Women in Law, Leaders Circle
Law360's Environmental Editorial Advisory Board
Pipeline + Energy Expo Advisory Board Member

Awards & Recognition

Law Dragon Legal 500 US 2018 – Environmental Law
National Diversity Council, Houston Top 15 Business Women Award, 2017
Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce, Women in the Fast Lane Role Model, 2016
State Bar of Texas, African-American Law Section, Outstanding Achievement Award, 2016
Top Environmental and Land Use Attorney Houstonia Magazine, November/December 2016
Legal 500, 2011–2015
Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2005, 2007–2009
Center for Houston's Future, Graduate, 2009
Leadership Houston, Graduate, 2005

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