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Distinguished Lecture: Walking a Fine Line: Balancing Property Rights, Energy Production, and the Environment
December 28 @ 3:32 am
Joseph Fitzsimons will give a Distinguished Lecture entitled “Walking a Fine Line: Balancing Property Rights, Energy Production, and the Environment” from 12:00-1:00 p.m. on April 7, 2015 at the School of Law at The University of Texas at Austin. His talk will also focus on how law school has shaped his legal career in the natural resources, oil and gas, and water law sectors.
Lunch will be provided.
REGISTRATION
Attendance is free, but seating is limited and an RSVP is required. To register for this event, visit http://tinyurl.com/pa9gpgh.
SPEAKER BIO
Joseph B.C. Fitzsimons is a natural resources, oil and gas and water law attorney and third-generation South Texas rancher. Mr. Fitzsimons is a graduate of Deerfield Academy, Lewis & Clark College, and The University of Texas School of Law. He has served as Vice-President of the Texas Wildlife Association and is a Director of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. He is a former Chairman of the Parks and Wildlife Department’s Private Lands Advisory Board and, in 1999, was named by then Governor George W. Bush to serve on the Governor’s Task Force on Conservation.
In May of 2001, Governor Rick Perry appointed Mr. Fitzsimons to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission for a six year term, and Mr. Fitzsimons is now a Past Chairman of that agency. In January of 2002, he was named to represent the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission on the Texas Water Advisory Council, which has the statutory responsibility to advise the Office of the Governor, Speaker of the House and the Lieutenant Governor on issues affecting Texas water policy. In October 2003, Governor Perry appointed him as Chairman.
Recently, Governor Perry appointed Mr. Fitzsimons to represent the interest of fish and wildlife on the Environmental Flows Advisory Committee. Chairman Fitzsimons identified environmental flow as a priority for his term on the Committee, and continues to work to ensure water for wildlife.