Paul C. Sarahan focuses his practice on environmental, transportation, and safety issues. Since 1994, his work has focused on environmental policy, enforcement, remediation, auditing, and permitting. Following his service as Director of the Litigation Division of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, he returned to private practice in 2005, and has represented clients in the energy, chemical, manufacturing, transportation, and retail industry sectors before federal, state, and local agencies. His key experience includes providing regulatory counseling, advising clients on environmental auditing, and representing clients in cost recovery and remediation cases.
Paul is well-versed in handling administrative, civil and criminal enforcement, permitting, auditing, litigation, workplace safety, air quality, water rights, water quality, waste handling and disposal, and Superfund matters. He represents clients before TCEQ and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as well as before state environmental agencies in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, and Wyoming. Paul also has handled matters before the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Coast Guard, Federal Aviation Administration, and Federal Railroad Administration.
Paul graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and received his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law and his LL.M. in Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Law from the University of Houston Law Center.
Paul is active in his community where he is focused on economic development, transportation, and racial reconciliation issues. He is a proud member of the Gilbert’s Gazelles running group and is training for his second marathon.
Paul is a member of the State Bar of Texas and its Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section, in which he serves on the Section’s council, and the Administrative & Public Law Section.
