Michael R. Goldman

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214.692.0025 (Direct)
214.692.6610 (Fax)
goldman@gsfpc.com

Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C.
750 N. St. Paul Street, Suite 200
Dallas, Texas 75201

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Mr. Goldman’s practice focuses on environmental litigation. He represents public and private clients in cases arising under the federal, state, and local environmental laws. Mr. Goldman has successfully represented clients in cost recovery and contribution actions and negotiated settlements in complex hazardous waste cleanup matters. He has also represented clients in commercial litigation as well as insurance defense matters. Mr. Goldman has represented individuals and businesses in state and federal courts in many diversified areas, including:

• Litigation relating to property damage claims and cleanup costs;
• Litigation relating to alleged contamination from underground storage tanks (“USTs”) and petroleum products;
• Citizen’s suit defense;
• CERCLA, RCRA and the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act;
• Clean Water Act;
• Commercial litigation;
• Cost recovery/contribution actions;
• Defense of enforcement actions;
• Endangered Species Act;
• Insurance defense and coverage litigation;
• Nuisance litigation;
• Real estate and land use litigation; and
• Toxic torts.

A sampling of his experience includes:

• Arbitrated a complex commercial litigation matter in Dallas, Texas;
• Tried a breach of contract matter to a Dallas jury in the 101st Judicial District Court, Dallas County in which client received a favorable verdict;
• Defended a large municipality in a citizen’s suit concerning multiple violations of the city’s storm water management plan. The city was ultimately dismissed on summary judgment and the citizen’s group was denied its attorney’s fees;
• Defended a former property owner in Harris County concerning alleged arsenic contamination which occurred over twenty years ago. Worked in parallel with the TCEQ concerning clean-up obligations for the ultimate closure of the property;
• Represented a property owner in Tarrant County whose property was contaminated by a neighboring property owner with Benzene and other hydrocarbons due to a leaking UST;
• Defended a manufacturer in Grayson County concerning nuisance and related claims by adjacent property owners;
• Defended a property contamination case in Yoakum County in which the property was contaminated by a leaking UST. The TCEQ was a party in the lawsuit and was involved in the ultimate clean-up obligations.

Education

• J.D. - South Texas College of Law - 1999
• B.S. Microbiology - The University of Texas at Austin - 1995
• Briefing Attorney for Justice Bill Vance with the Tenth Court of Appeals of Texas

Bar Admissions

• Texas
• Arizona

Court Admissions

• United States Supreme Court
• United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• United States District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas

Honors

• Named a Texas Super Lawyers’ Rising Star for 2010 and 2011 by Thomson Reuters Services.
• Selected for the 2010 Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Leadership Class
• Fellow of Dallas Bar Foundation

Memberships

• Dallas Bar Association - Environmental and Energy Law Sections
• Past officer and Director of the North Texas Association of Environmental Professionals
• Society of Texas Environmental Professionals
• Director of Dallas Electric Club
• Past Chair of the Ask-A-Lawyer Committee with the Dallas Young Lawyers Association
• State Fair of Texas Youth Livestock Committee, Raffle Committee, Big Tex Golf Classic Committee

Authoring and Presenting

• “Key Environmental Cases Concering the Oil & Gas Industry” (2010) (prepared with regard to related speaking engagement for executives in the natural gas industry)
• “What To Do When Your Employee Is Being Investigated” (March 2010) (Small Firm Section of the Dallas Bar Association)
• “The Ethics, They Are A-Changin“ (2010) (prepared and presented for a continuing legal education course)
• “Vapor Intrusion Litigation Updated” (2010) (prepared and presented for a continuing legal education course)