A.J. is an experienced environmental, health and safety (EHS) lawyer, with extensive in-house experience. Prior to joining Reed Smith, A.J. served as in-house health, safety, environmental, and security counsel at one of the world’s largest plastics, chemicals, and refining companies with several petrochemical plants and refineries located in Texas. While in-house, A.J. provided regulatory compliance advice under federal and Texas state EHS laws and defended enforcement actions brought by federal, state, and local authorities including US EPA, TCEQ, the Texas Attorney General, and Harris County.
A.J. also practiced in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Regulatory Counsel from 2012 to 2014. During that time, he primarily advised on mining and Clean Water Act issues, and he also worked with the Clean Air Act and Pennsylvania’s oil and gas acts.
A.J.’s experience spans a range of EHS and ESG matters and includes regulatory and compliance counselling under the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, defense of environmental enforcement actions brought by state and federal regulatory agencies, advising on OSHA investigations and enforcement, permit counselling, advising on EHS compliance audits, product safety compliance counselling under TSCA and REACH, and advising on renewable energy projects.
