Mr. Garrison is the firm’s founder and managing shareholder. Mr. Garrison personally oversees the firm’s environmental, real estate and land use matters. Mr. Garrison is an Adjunct Law Professor, Director of Law of the Oceans and Climate Change, Judge Pro Tem with the Superior Court, a licensed attorney in California, Texas, New York, and District of Columbia; he is also a certified Mediator. Mr. Garrison’s environmental and oil & gas experience includes: Negotiating and drafting drilling contracts for offshore venues including North Sea, Africa, Micronesia and Europe.
Mr. Garrison is an ABA Committee member of the Environmental Litigation and Condemnation, Planning & Land Use Litigation Committees. Mr. Garrison is a Section member of the Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources of the District of Columbia State Bar
Education
Southern Methodist University School of Law, Class of 1988, J.D.
Pepperdine University School of Law, The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
Post-Graduate, The Art of Facilitating Settlement, Mediator Certification (Malibu, CA)
Southwest Texas State University, Class of 1982, M.A.
Southwest Texas State University, Class of 1979, B.A.
with honors
Stanford School of Law
Post-Graduate, Trial Advocacy (Palo Alto, CA)
Admissions Details
1989, California1990, United States District Court for the Eastern District of California1990, United States District Court for the Northern District of California1990, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit1991, District of Columbia1993, Texas1995, United States District Court for the District of Arizona1996, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit1997, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit2004, United States District Court for the Central District of California2008, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit2009, New York2009, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit2015, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington2018, United States Supreme Court2019, United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama2020, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit2021, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
