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Biography
Cynthia C. Smiley is a partner in Kelly Hart & Hallman’s Environmental and Administrative Law practice group. With more than 25 years of experience, Ms. Smiley focuses her current practice on counseling clients on federal, state, and local laws relating to water and waste issues. She represents individuals, corporations, and other business entities before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and other agencies in matters involving water rights, water quality, underground storage tanks, waste characterization and management, municipal setting designations, and other environmental and administrative law matters. Ms. Smiley also assists clients in matters before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In addition, Ms. Smiley works with environmental consultants and clients who are evaluating potential environmental liabilities associated with property ownership, acquisition, and disposition.
Ms. Smiley’s prior experience in environmental and land use law includes review of federal environmental impact statements and other matters associated with oil and gas exploration and production. She was the rules coordinator in the legal division of the Texas Department of Water Resources and its successor agency, the Texas Water Commission. Her agency experience involved water rights and solid and hazardous waste issues, including permitting and enforcement actions, rulemaking, interagency agreements, and hazardous waste program authorization. Having received both her undergraduate and law school degrees at the University of Texas at Austin, Ms. Smiley continues to be a fan of "The University." Cindy and her husband, Scott, have a son and a daughter. Apart from the enjoyment of practicing law, Cindy volunteers in Girl Scouting and in the community, and she enjoys the fiction of John Grisham and Janet Evanovich.
Education & Honors
University of Texas, B.A., Plan II, summa cum laude, 1978
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1981
Outstanding Service Award presented by Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section, State Bar of Texas, August, 2004
Admission & Affiliations
State Bar of Texas, 1981
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 1988
Austin Bar Association, Member of Administrative Law Section; Oil, Gas & Mineral Section; and Environmental, Natural Resources & Water Law Section
Chair, Southwest Section of Air & Waste Management Association, 2001-2002
Chair, Central Texas Chapter of Air & Waste Management Association, 1997-1998
Member of Executive Committee, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section, State Bar of Texas, 2005-2008
Board Member and Vice Chair, Industry Council on the Environment, 2007
Leader, Girl Scout Troop 1086, Lone Star Council of Girl Scouts of America, 1998-present
2008 Vice Chair of Industry Council on the Environment
2008 Board Member, Southwest Section of Air & Waste Management Association
Publications & speeches
Author, "Learning to Delegate Through RCRA Program Authorizations," "Waste 101" column, EM Magazine, January 2008.
Moderator, "Municipal Setting Designations: Perspectives from Cities, the State, and the Environmental Practitioner," Industry Council on the Environment, Austin, Texas, October, 2007.
Author, "Navigating the Satellite Accumulation Rule," "Waste 101" column, EM Magazine, September, 2007.
Author, "Figuring Out F-Listed Hazardous Wastes," "Waste 101" column, EM Magazine, April, 2007. Author, "Hazardous Wastes by Listing," "Waste 101" column, EM Magazine, March, 2007 |
