The Best Lawyers in America®, a BL Rankings service, has named Beveridge & Diamond Bryan Moore the 2017 “Lawyer of the Year” for Environmental Law in Austin, Texas. Best Lawyers bestows “Lawyer of the Year” honors on only one lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area. This marks the second time Bryan has been named Lawyer of the Year, having first received this honor in 2015.

Bryan helps industrial, commercial, and oil and gas industry clients navigate and resolve contested environmental permitting proceedings, enforcement actions, and litigation so they can construct, operate, and expand their facilities. Whether in the substantive area of waste, water, or air regulation, Bryan provides comprehensive representation and strategic counseling from the agency permitting process to the administrative hearing and, ultimately, before the court to which an appeal may be taken. 

“We’re proud that Bryan has received this well-deserved recognition for a second time,” said Managing Principal Ben Wilson. “Bryan’s exceptional client service and mastery of environmental litigation strategy and trial tactics continue to benefit our clients in Texas and around the country.”

The “Lawyer of the Year” designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism, and their integrity.

In total, 18 B&D attorneys from across the U.S. were recognized for 2017.

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."