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Michael J. Booth, Attorney
Professional Background | Education | Publications | Speeches | Professional Affiliations
- born Austin, Texas, June 9, 1956
- admitted to bar 1982, Texas
- 1983, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
- 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- 1988, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
- 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- 1992, U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
- University of Texas (B.B.A., 1978)
- St. Maryís University (J.D., 1982)
- Phi Delta Phi. Notes and Comments Editor, St. Maryís Law Journal, 1981-82
- Briefing Attorney, Court of Appeals for the Third Supreme Judicial District, 1982-83
Publications:
- The Status of Privileges Allowed Environmental Audits under State and Federal Evidentiary Law
- 18 State Bar of Texas Environmental Law Journal 12 (1987)
Speeches:
- "Chapter 36 Groundwater Conservation Districts and Subsidence Districts", Texas Law of Water Resources (publication pending)
- “United States Fish & Wildlife Service Declares War on Texas’ Water Supply”, January 2006, TRWA/TWCA Water Law Seminar, Austin, Texas
- “Conservation: How Much, How Soon, and What are the Consequences?”, January 2005, TRWA/TWCA Water Law Seminar, Austin, Texas
- “Regulatory Dance: Rules of Capture & Chapter 36, District Perspective”, June 2004, Texas Water Development Board Conference One Hundred Years of Rule: The Past Present and Future of the Rule of Capture, Austin, Texas
- “The Role of Planning Groups in Meeting Environmental Flow Needs and a Proposal for Environmental Protections”, April 2004, Environmental Defense, Austin, Texas
- “Regulation by Groundwater Districts in Texas: What is Reasonable and What is Needed for the Future?”, January 2004, Austin, Texas
- “Balancing the Water Supply & Environmental Flows: Meeting the Challenge in Texas”, June 2003, AWWA Seminar, Anaheim, CA
- “Texas Instream Flow Issues”, January 2002, TRWA/TWCA Water Law Seminar, Austin, Texas
- “Interbasin Transfers in Texas”, January 2001, TRWA/TWCA Water Law Seminar, Austin, Texas
- “Interbasin Transfers in Texas”, November 2000, Texas Farm Bureau 2000 Annual Conference, Arlington, Texas
- “Status Report on Water Rights for Reuse”, September 1999, Alternative Water Strategies Conference of AWWA and WEAT, Austin, Texas
- “1999 Legislative Issues”, July 1999, Texas Water Utilities Association Southwest Texas Regional School, Victoria, Texas
- “Water Marketing in Texas”, April 1999, Joint Annual Conference of AWWA and WEAT, Fort Worth, Texas
- “Quick Guide to Water Reuse for the Regional Planner”, December 1998, 25th Annual Water for Texas Conference, Austin, Texas, by Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas Water Conservation Association and Texas Water Resources Institute
- “Texas Water Law”, June 1998, National Business Institute Conference on Fundamentals of Water Law in Texas
- “Indirect Reuse in Texas”, May 1998, American Water Works Association 1998 Texas Water Reuse Conference, San Antonio, Texas
- “Trends in Texas Water Law”, March 1998, The Great Plains Foundation Symposium 1998: The Ogallala Aquifer, Determining the Value of Water, Lubbock, Texas
- “Clean Water Act”, September 1997 (Houston), May 1997 (Houston), February 1997 (Dallas), September 1995, January 1994, Executive Enterprises, Inc. Environmental Regulation Course
- “Texas Water Reuse and Legislative Update”, June 1997, Texas Public Works Association Annual Conference & Exhibition, Corpus Christi, Texas
- “Overview of Texas Water Law”, September 1996, State Bar of Texas Advanced Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Course
- “Water Conservation Fact and Fiction”, 1993 Texas Water Conservation Association Mid-Year Technical Conference
- “Federal Government Pulls Plug on State Water Laws in the Name of Hydroelectric Development”, 1991 TWCA Mid-Year Technical Conference
- “Legal Aspects of Environmental Issues at the Corps of Engineers and the Texas Water Commission”, December 1997, Water Rights Seminar, Austin, Texas
- “Legal Rights and Duties Available during an RCRA Facility Assessment”, June 1987, Corrective Action Strategy Seminar, Houston, Texas
- “Use and Abuse of Expert Testimony”, June 1986, Administrative and Regulatory Law Section, Austin Bar Association. Groundwater Regulation in Central Texas: Overview and Current Issues and Developments, Environmental Issues for Central Texas Lawyers
Professional Affiliations:
- Water Rights Application Notice Advisory Group; American Bar Association (Public Utility Law, Tort and Insurance, and Urban, State, and Local Government Law Sections)
- Texas Bar Foundation; State Bar of Texas (Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section; Public Utility Law Section)
- Austin Bar Association (Administrative Law Section)
- Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission Ad Hoc Water Reuse Committee
- Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission Water Rights Advisory Committee
- Texas Water Commissionís Clean Water Council: Water Supply and Use Sub-Committee
- Health, Safety and Environment Committee, Austin Chamber of Commerce
- Lower Colorado River Authority Travis County Water Council
- Chamber of Commerce, City Regulatory and Planning Committee (1988-89)
- Texas Water Conservation Associationís Water Laws Committee, Chairman (1990-98)
- National Water Resources Association; Litigation Committee (Member 2004-06)
515 Congress Avenue, Suite 1515 | Austin, TX 78701-3503 | t 512.472.3263 | f 512.473.2609
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