Josh Wilson’s environmental practice includes bringing and defending litigation to advance client interests, successfully resolving administrative enforcement actions, navigating permitting and compliance obligations involved in business expansions and holistically assessing and managing legal risks presented by expansions, acquisitions or new regulatory developments. Josh focuses on federal and state programs under the Clean Air Act, but his experience also involves a wide variety of regulations related to hazardous materials, waste, water and human health and safety.
Prior to joining BakerHostetler, Josh practiced at the Office of the Texas Solicitor General, where he served as lead counsel in briefing and arguing several cases before state courts of appeals and the Texas Supreme Court, and drafted briefs on a variety of issues in the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. His background as a government litigator gives him a unique and valuable perspective in identifying litigation and enforcement risks and opportunities.
Litigation, Contested Cases, and Administrative Enforcement Defense
- Represents a major coal company in its challenge to the Affordable Clean Energy Rule in the D.C. Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Represents several industrial clients in navigating administrative enforcement actions brought by state and federal environmental agencies, including resolution of three separate Clean Air Act enforcement matters brought by Region 5 of the U.S. EPA in the past two years against a specialty chemical manufacturer, a steel pipe manufacturer and a spice manufacturer.
EHS Compliance, Permitting and Strategic Risk Management
- Provides strategic compliance and business counseling to several industrial clients in all environmental, health and safety (EHS) areas, with an emphasis on federal and state programs under the Clean Air Act.