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“Lindsey Moorhead receives extensive praise from clients, who say: ‘Her communication skills, productivity and time management are top-notch.’ She acts across a wide array of environmental law matters including enforcement, cleanup and remediation. Also active in environmental litigation, she has a particularly impressive track record in cases involving CERCLA issues.”

— Chambers USA

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Lindsey C. Moorhead

Lindsey C. Moorhead

Partner, Houston
713.752.4465
lmoorhead@jw.com
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Recognition & Accolades Publications & Speeches Community Involvement

Practice Areas

  • Environment & Natural Resources

Experience

  • Environmental Compliance & Enforcement
  • Environmental Due Diligence
  • Environmental Litigation & Toxic Tort
  • Remediation & Property Redevelopment
  • Superfund
  • Waste

Biography

Lindsey C. Moorhead is an attorney in the environmental section at Jackson Walker. She represents clients participating in site cleanup and remediation projects, including cost recovery and contribution actions, regulatory enforcement actions, and representation of potentially responsible parties (PRP) for both individual PRPs and as common counsel for PRP groups. Lindsey has actively represented clients in matters involving environmental litigation, including cases where she has obtained summary judgment on CERCLA liability.

Lindsey has negotiated consent decrees and administrative settlement agreements on behalf of PRPs with the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice and defended governmental enforcement actions and claims involving natural resource damage, personal injury and property damage, and cost-recovery and indemnification. She works with clients, technical consultants, and engineers to ensure cost-effective and efficient site remediations while also working to ensure compliance with legal obligations.

Lindsey also represents clients on a number of pipeline matters, including conducting audits, negotiating agreements relating to pipeline easements, and advising on related environmental considerations.

Lindsey’s practice includes an extensive amount of environmental litigation, including PRP litigation and defending clients in cases concerning underground storage tanks.

Education

B.A., with special distinction, University of Oklahoma

  • Kappa Tau Alpha Graduate
  • Phi Kappa Phi Graduate
  • Ambassador, Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

J.D., cum laude, South Texas College of Law Houston

  • South Texas Law Review
    • Editor-in-Chief, 2010-2011
    • Assistant Articles Editor, 2009-2010
    • Assistant Managing Editor, 2009-2010

Bar Admissions

Texas, 2011

Court Admissions

United States Court of Appeals for the First and Fifth Circuit

United States District Court for the Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas

Recognition & Accolades Publications & Speeches Community Involvement
  • Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
    • Up and Coming in Environment – Texas, 2020
    • Associates to Watch in Environment – Texas, 2017-2019
  • Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation, 2018
  • Fellow, Houston Young Lawyers Foundation
  • Most Outstanding Female Graduate
  • Dean’s Honor List
  • Dean’s Scholar
  • Howard Warren Scholar
  • Order of the Lytae
  • Civil Procedure Langdell Scholar
  • SBA President’s Award
  • American Jurisprudence Awards (Top Score) – Civil Procedure, Family Law, and Health Law
  • Intern, Judge Jennifer Elrod – United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • Intern, Justice Michael Massengale – Texas First Court of Appeals
  • Law Clerk, Judge Mark Davidson – 11th District Court

Publications

  • “Supreme Court Allows “PRP” Landowners to Bring State Common Law Claims at Superfund Cleanup Site,” Jackson Walker Insights (April 23, 2020)
  • Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2015, Chapter 29 – Science and Technology
  • Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2016, Chapter 29 – Science and Technology
  • Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2017, Chapter 29 – Science and Technology

Speaking Engagements

  • “Environmental Indemnities in Agreements,” Quanta Services, September 25, 2019
  • “I Need to Hire an Expert: Now What?!,” Chevron Law Department, Lunch and Learn Series, August 2012
  • Presenter, Arranger Liability Post-BNSF, August 2016
  • Modern Day Consent Decrees, Pros and Cons, August 2017
  • American Bar Association, Vice Chair – Environmental, Energy, and Resources Law, Science and Technology Committee
  • Houston Bar Association, Auxiliary Scholarship Committee
  • Houston Young Lawyers Association
  • Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Calf Scramble Committee
  • Houston Bar Association – Environmental Law Section
  • South Texas College of Law Young Alumni Council
  • South Texas College of Law Alumni Association Board of Directors
  • Friends of Depelchin Board Member

Recognition & Accolades

  • Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
    • Up and Coming in Environment – Texas, 2020
    • Associates to Watch in Environment – Texas, 2017-2019
  • Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation, 2018
  • Fellow, Houston Young Lawyers Foundation
  • Most Outstanding Female Graduate
  • Dean’s Honor List
  • Dean’s Scholar
  • Howard Warren Scholar
  • Order of the Lytae
  • Civil Procedure Langdell Scholar
  • SBA President’s Award
  • American Jurisprudence Awards (Top Score) – Civil Procedure, Family Law, and Health Law
  • Intern, Judge Jennifer Elrod – United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • Intern, Justice Michael Massengale – Texas First Court of Appeals
  • Law Clerk, Judge Mark Davidson – 11th District Court

Publications & Speeches

Publications

  • “Supreme Court Allows “PRP” Landowners to Bring State Common Law Claims at Superfund Cleanup Site,” Jackson Walker Insights (April 23, 2020)
  • Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2015, Chapter 29 – Science and Technology
  • Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2016, Chapter 29 – Science and Technology
  • Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2017, Chapter 29 – Science and Technology

Speaking Engagements

  • “Environmental Indemnities in Agreements,” Quanta Services, September 25, 2019
  • “I Need to Hire an Expert: Now What?!,” Chevron Law Department, Lunch and Learn Series, August 2012
  • Presenter, Arranger Liability Post-BNSF, August 2016
  • Modern Day Consent Decrees, Pros and Cons, August 2017

Community Involvement

  • American Bar Association, Vice Chair – Environmental, Energy, and Resources Law, Science and Technology Committee
  • Houston Bar Association, Auxiliary Scholarship Committee
  • Houston Young Lawyers Association
  • Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Calf Scramble Committee
  • Houston Bar Association – Environmental Law Section
  • South Texas College of Law Young Alumni Council
  • South Texas College of Law Alumni Association Board of Directors
  • Friends of Depelchin Board Member

Practice Areas

  • Environment & Natural Resources
  • Government Relations & Public Policy

Experience

  • Environmental Compliance & Enforcement
  • Environmental Due Diligence
  • Environmental Litigation & Toxic Tort
  • Remediation & Property Redevelopment
  • Superfund
  • Waste

News

  • Supreme Court Allows “PRP” Landowners to Bring State Common Law Claims at Superfund Cleanup Site
  • Chambers and Partners Recognizes Jackson Walker Attorneys and Practices in 2020 USA and Global Guides
  • South Texas College of Law Houston Recognizes Lindsey Moorhead With Young Alumni Award
  • Chambers and Partners Recognizes Jackson Walker Attorneys and Practices Among 2019 USA and Global Guides
  • Jackson Walker Elects 13 Attorneys to Partnership Across Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio Offices
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