Biography
Taylor Holcomb is an energy, environmental, and regulatory lawyer known for delivering practical advice that helps his clients stay ahead of industry trends and achieve their business objectives.
Taylor’s practice focuses on the development and permitting of domestic energy projects, ensuring compliance with state and federal laws, and defending against claims brought by administrative agencies and environmental activist groups. He has practiced before a variety of federal, state, and local agencies, including the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Texas Railroad Commission, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the New Mexico Environment Department, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Prior to Jackson Walker, Taylor practiced at an international law firm and served as in-house regulatory counsel for a midstream energy company.
Education
B.A., summa cum laude, Texas A&M University
J.D., with high honors, The University of Texas School of Law
- Texas Law Review
- Order of the Coif
Bar Admissions
Texas, 2010
- Advising gas utility on regulatory and commercial aspects of hydrogen blending project
- Defending clients in Clean Air Act enforcement actions, including actions brought by the TCEQ and the New Mexico Environment Department’s Air Quality Bureau
- Advising renewables services company on strategic corporate matters
- Representing clients before the EPA and TCEQ on various Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act compliance and permitting issues
- Shepherding environmental audits of Texas and New Mexico facilities
- Represented gas utility in various regulatory matters, including in rate case hearings at the Texas Railroad Commission
- Represented clients before the Texas Railroad Commission, including in hearings regarding Statewide Rule 32 flaring permits
- Advised on permitting of cross-border reclaimed water pipeline
- Prosecuted wholesale water rate case at the Public Utility Commission of Texas
- Defended mining company against state court allegations regarding violations of environmental laws
- Represented a large coal and coke export facility on the Gulf Coast in defense of a Clean Water Act citizens suit initiated by a combination of local and national environmental NGOs
- Represented clients in contested case hearings at the State Office of Administrative Hearings
- The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), Environmental Law, Austin, 2022
- Presenter, “Check Your (Texas Audit) Privilege: It Might not be Available in Federal Court,” Dallas Bar Association Environmental Law Section (October 2021)
- Co-Author, “Check Your (Texas Audit) Privilege: It Might not be Available in Federal Court,” Texas Lawyer (August 2021)
- Presenter, “EPA’s Cooling Water Intake Structure Regulations – What They Are and What They Mean,” ERCOT Market Summit in Austin, Texas (February 2015)
- Presenter, “EPA’s New Rules on Impingement and Entrainment: How Will They Affect the Power Sector?,” Gulf Coast Power Association Luncheon in Dallas, Texas (June 2014)
- Co-Author, “Legislation Could Keep Good Times Flowing in Texas Shales,” E&P (June 2014)
- Co-Author, “Roadblocks Ahead for EPA’s Stationary Source GHG Permitting?,” Zephyr Currents (January 2014)
- Side by Side Kids, Board of Directors and Secretary
- Texas Environmental Superconference, Planning Committee, 2021
- West Lake Hills City Council, Member, 2012-2015