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Mr. Jordan is a partner at Carrington Coleman. He was originally trained in commercial real estate law. His practice in this area continues and is oriented to building and development, capital formation, infrastructure finance, special tax districts, municipal relations, and onshore investment by foreign investors. He has substantial experience in commercial development (industrial and retail), commercial leasing, land and apartment syndications, mortgage lending, subdivision development and home-building, and debt restructuring. Mr. Jordan is also actively engaged in an environmental and water law practice, emphasizing legal defense and counseling in site- and facility-related enforcement, remediation, and compliance matters. He frequently represents potentially responsible parties in Superfund-related response cost actions and in indemnity and contribution actions between private parties concerning ultimate liability for site investigations, removal actions, and remediation activities. He also defends penalty and enforcement actions brought by the Environmental Protection Agency and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, typically in the administrative context. Mr. Jordan has an active docket of compliance counseling matters, primarily relating to water and soil media, and from time to time involving air issues. The need for such counseling typically arises out of (i) enforcement actions, which frequently expose the need for compliance systems; (ii) capital transactions (mergers, land transfers, and debt financing); or (iii) voluntary environmental audits, an increasingly common exercise to educate management and employees and encourage compliance. His real estate practice particularly complements his environmental practice in the areas of water district formation and interpreting and advising on water law and environmental site assessments, which play a major role in most purchase, sale, merger, recapitalization, and debt transactions. Mr. Jordan was admitted to practice in Texas in 1978. He is also listed in the 2006-2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, in environmental law. | 