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By Brooks Igo
(July 12) – A former deputy commissioner of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has left the state agency for private practice at a prominent Fort Worth law firm.
Stephen Tatum, Jr., has joined the partnership at Cantey Hanger, where his dad practices and has served as managing partner. Tatum, Jr. will advise clients on environmental, energy, eminent domain and regulatory matters.
“Stephen’s extensive experience with complex environmental issues at the TCEQ, and his work with Texas and federal regulatory agencies in energy and public land matters, really complement and deepen the firm’s practices in those areas,” Jordan Parker, chairman of the firm’s litigation section, said in a statement.
During his nearly four years at the TCEQ, Tatum, Jr. served as special counsel to Commissioner Toby Baker. Tatum, Jr. played an instrumental role in implementing the RESTORE Act, the federal law governing the expenditure of more than $5 billion in penalties arising from the Deepwater Horizon blowout and oil spill.
Prior to his time at TCEQ, Tatum, Jr. spent five years as an assistant attorney general to then-Attorney General Greg Abbott after graduating from the University of Texas School of Law. His work at the state attorney general’s office included litigating eminent domain acquisitions for TxDOT with the Transportation Division and serving on the Opinions Committee.
Tatum, Jr. is a Fort Worth native and has been involved with the Amon Carter Foundation, First Tee of Fort Worth, the Boys & Girls Club and Stewards of the Wild.
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