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Heilla J. Lain

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Angela Trafton512.494.3666
Heilla Lain has been a member of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP's environmental strategy section since 1999. Her practice primarily encompasses providing clients with environmental regulatory compliance counseling arising under the full array of federal and state environmental laws. She has experience dealing with environmental compliance audits, environmental management systems, cleanup and remediation requirements and alternatives for contaminated properties, environmental due diligence in corporate and real estate transactions, and regulatory agencies.
Ms. Lain has significant experience advising telecommunications companies regarding environmental issues involving leasing and licensing of wireless communication facilities, including cellular towers, collocations, in-building systems, master lease arrangements, and building and rooftop communications facilities.
In addition, Ms. Lain served as editor of the Washington University Environmental Law Review.
Publications and Speeches
Co-author, "The Law of Environmental Management Systems," Eighth Annual South Texas Environmental Conference, Corpus Christi, Texas, October 18-20, 2000.
Education
J.D., Washington University School of Law, 1999
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1996
Bar Admissions
Texas
Affiliations
Austin Bar Association, Environmental Law Section
Austin Young Lawyers Association
Association of Women Attorneys
American Bar Association, Environment, Energy and Resources Section
State Bar of Texas, Environmental and Natural Resources Section
Noteworthy
Texas Rising Stars, 2009
Editor, Environmental Law Review, Washington University School of Law, 1998
Languages
Fluent Hebrew
Conversational Spanish