Biography

Anne Idsal Austin is an environmental health and safety attorney. Founder of Austin Legal & Public Affairs. Anne served in the highest ranks of state and federal government, where she shaped environmental and energy policy at the highest levels of government. She provides strategic counseling and policy guidance in the complex arenas of environmental and natural resources law. She handles complex environmental and natural resources litigation. Her experience includes air, water and waste governmental enforcement actions; citizen suits under RCRA, CERCLA, the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act; climate change litigation; toxic tort lawsuits involving chemical exposures, dust exposures and industrial accidents and toxic tort claims;.

Anne served as the principal deputy assistant administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air & Radiation (OAR). In this role, she had a significant impact on U.S. clean air policy and regulation. Additionally, she served as the EPA Regional Administrator for Region 6, responsible for the implementation of federal environmental statutes and programs across Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and New Mexico. Before serving in the federal government, Anne was the Chief Clerk and Deputy Land Commissioner for the Texas General Land Office and served as the general counsel for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Prior to joining Burke Law Group and founding Austin Legal & Public Affairs, Anne was environmental partner with an AMLAW100 firm, where she represented regulated clients to position them for success before state and federal regulatory agencies.