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Mary Simmons Mendoza: Lawyer with Haynes and Boone, LLP

Mary Simmons Mendoza

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Administrative Partner - Austin
Austin,  TX  U.S.A.
Phone512-867-8418

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Practice Areas

  • Energy
  • Environmental Law
  • Regulatory Law
  • Litigation/Trial Practice
  • Projects
  • Clean Tech
  • Companies Facing Environmental Challenges
  • Energy and Petrochemical Industry
  • Oil and Gas
  • Exploration and Production
  • Oil Field Services
  • Remediation and Brownfields Developments
  • Climate Change and Corporate Sustainability
  • Environmental Litigation
  • Transactions and Corporate Matters
  • White Collar Criminal Defense
  • Environmental Crimes
  • Toxic Tort and Property Damage Litigation
  • Internal Corporate Investigations
  • Environmental Permitting, Regulatory Counseling and Compliance
 
Contact InfoTelephone: 512-867-8418
Fax: 512-867-8690
http://www.haynesboone.com/mary_mendoza/
 
University University of Texas at Austin, B.S., Civil Engineering, with highest honors, 1991
 
Law SchoolUniversity of Texas at Austin, J.D., with honors, 1994
 
Admitted1994, Texas
 
Memberships State Bar of Texas (Immediate Past Chair, 2006-2007, Chair, 2005-2006, and Executive Committee Member, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section); American Bar Association (Vice-Chair, Toxic Torts and Environmental Litigation Committee, Environment, Energy and Resources Section; Vice-Chair, State and Regional Environmental Cooperation Committee Program).
 
BornDallas, Texas
 
BiographyOrder of the Coif. Tau Beta Pi. Author: "American Law and Jurisprudence on Fracing," with T. Kurth, M. Mazzone and C. Kulander, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Journal, Vol. 47, No. 2, 2010; "Framework for the Environmental Regulation of the Use of Fossil Fuels for Energy Environmental Federalism: Background and Overview;" Essential Administrative and Environmental Law for Energy Projects Conference, University of Texas School of Law CLE program, November 18, 2010, Austin, TX and December 1, 2010, Houston, TX, article and presentation; "The Practical Impacts of Burlington Northern," with J. Civins, American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources as part of "Environmental Issues in Region 6: Recent Developments and Hot Topics" June 14-15, 2010; "Energy and Climate Change Legislative Update: What's Hot, What's Not," Green Technology Law and Business 2010: Legislation, Financing, Carbon Trading and Sustainability conference, PLI, San Francisco, Feb. 22, 2010; "Transactional Environmental Due Diligence - What diligence is due?" with J. Civins, January 5, 2010; "Environmental Due Diligence - Counting Carbon," with J. Civins and A. Sencenbaugh, Natural Resources & Environment, Volume 24, Number 2, Fall 2009; "Corporate Dealmaking in a Carbon Conscious World," with J. Civins, State Bar of Texas 8th Annual Advanced In-House Counsel Course, July 30, 2009, presentation and article; "Climate Change - An Overview," 21st Annual Texas Environmental Law Superconference, Austin, Texas, August 5-7, 2009; "The Carbon Revolution: Answering the Call," with J. Civins, Texas Bar Journal, April 2009; "Companies Should Be Cautious When Making Green Claims," with J. Civins, Executive Legal Advisor, March/April 2009; "Climate Change Disclosures - Avoid the Heat," with J. Civins, Texas Lawyer, February 2009; "The Opportunities and Risks of the New Federal Stimulus Bill - Environmental Aspects," February 19, 2009, presentation; "The Carbon Revolution," with J. Civins, UT CLE 2009 Carbon and Climate Change Conference, Austin, Texas, February 3-4, 2009; "When It Comes to Eco—Marketing, It's Not Easy Being Green," with J. Civins, Austin Business Journal, November 21, 2008; "Reporting Environmental Liabilities and Risks After Sarbanes-Oxley," UT-Dallas Institute for Excellence In Corporate Governance, May 4, 2006; "Environmental Case Law Update," 13th Annual Texas Environmental Law Superconference, August 2001; "Texas' Use of Institutional Controls," American Bar Association book, A Practical Guide to Implementing Institutional Controls at Brownfields and Other Contaminated Sites, August 2002; "The Great Evolution of Environmental Law," @Law, Spring 2003; "All Appropriate Inquiries - Are They Appropriate?," The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., January 1, 2006; "Reporting Environmental Liabilities and Risks After Sarbanes-Oxley" UT-Dallas Institute for Excellence In Corporate Governance, May 4, 2006; "Transactional Environmental Due Diligence - What Diligence is Due?," American Bar Association Natural Resources & Environment, Winter 2006; "EPA's New All Appropriate Inquiry Standard"; "All Appropriate Inquiry (AAI) Limitations and Concerns," AWMA Program, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 21, 2006. Leading Individual, Environmental Law, Chamber's USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2006, 2011). Who's Who Legal: Texas Environmental Law (2007, 2008). Texas Super Lawyer, Rising Star, Texas Monthly (2005-2007). Best Lawyers in America - Environmental Law (Woodward/White, Inc., 2006, 2008-2011). Member, Immediate Past President (2009-2010), President (2008-2009), Board of Directors and Secretary, Any Baby Can of Austin. Member, Leadership Austin (Class of 2005-2006).
 
ISLN900106253
 
Transactions Oil and gas exploration and production company in UIC permitting hearings. National oil company in a multimedia environmental audit of refinery/chemical production facility. Energy auditing firm in regulatory matters before Texas Real Estate Commission. A major manufacturer in defending a CERCLA cost recovery action. Major retailer in the environmental issues associated with the acquisition and development of store locations. A private equity fund in the acquisition of environmentally impaired assets out of bankruptcy. A major manufacturer in responding to a CERCLA information request. Purchaser of contaminated property in negotiating a bona fide prospective purchaser agreement with EPA. A manufacturer of water treatment equipment in a four week jury trial regarding alleged design defects. A major corporation in a multi-million dollar remediation of a contaminated site under the state voluntary cleanup program. Regulated industries in permit proceeding before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Defendants in enforcement hearings before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency. Defendant in enforcement action relating to alleged Clean Air Act violations arising out of release from commercial refrigeration system. Defendants in negotiations of RCRA and CERCLA cleanup orders with the Environmental Protection Agency. Multiple companies in the settlement of CERCLA liabilities with the Environmental Protection Agency. A multi state corporation in multimedia compliance audits of plant operations. Major property management companies in the defense of mold lawsuits and in the development of mold policies. An alternative fuels plant in connection with permitting before the TCEQ. A seller in a divestiture involving multi state property transfer notifications. A corporation regarding compliance counseling and divestiture of a water and wastewater supply corporation. Entities in appeals of agency orders. Multiple defendants in toxic tort litigation regarding a commercial waste disposal facility. Manufacturers in negotiations with the Consumer Product Safety Commission relating to product recalls. Entities in a contested case hearing related to horse race track licensing before the Texas Racing Commission.
 

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American Electric Power v. Connecticut: Greenhouse Gas Regulation Derails Common Law Claims
James D. Braddock,Jeff Civins,Mary Simmons Mendoza, June 23, 2011
On June 20, 2011, Justice Ginsburg delivered the unanimous opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court in American Electric Power Company, Inc. v. Connecticut, holding that the Clean Air Act and EPA action under it displaced the federal common law nuisance claims against CO2 emitters that plaintiffs sought...
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Mary Simmons Mendoza
Haynes and Boone, LLP
600 Congress Avenue, Suite 1300
Austin, TX 78701-3236




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