STEPHEN C. DICKMAN

LAW OFFICE OF STEPHEN C. DICKMAN
6005 Upvalley Run
Austin, Texas 78701
Tel: 512-922-7137
Fax: 512-454-8495
Email: sdickmanlaw@att.net

Overview of Legal Practice

Mr. Dickman's background combines senior-level environmental agency experience with many years of private practice in the area of environmental and administrative law.  As a member of the legal staff of the Texas Water Commission (predecessor agency to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality), Mr. Dickman served as a hearings examiner and then the senior attorney for hazardous and solid waste cases.  In private practice, he has over 25 years of experience in representation of clients on permitting, enforcement and rulemaking matters pending at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and other state and federal environmental regulatory agencies.  Mr. Dickman is certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Administrative Law and formerly briefly practiced as a certified public accountant.  

Education

• J.D., University of Texas at Austin School of Law – August, 1978
  • American Jurisprudence Award for Criminal Law – Fall, 1977
  • American Jurisprudence Award for Regulation of the Broadcast Industry – Spring, 1978
• B.B.A., Magna cum Laude, in Accounting, St. Mary’s Univ., San Antonio, Tx. – May, 1975
• Theodore Roosevelt High School, San Antonio, Tx. – 1971

Professional Experience

• Law Office of Stephen C. Dickman – Austin, Texas, 2017– Present)
• Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP - Austin, Texas, (Of Counsel: 1998 – 2006; Partner: 2007 – 2017).Law Office of Stephen C. Dickman - Austin, Texas, 1996 – 1998.
• Clark, Thomas & Winters, P.C. - Austin, Texas; Shareholder, 1992 - 1996
• Texas Water Commission, Austin, Texas
  • Senior Attorney for Hazardous and Solid Waste, 1990 – 1991
  • Staff Attorney 1988 – 1990
  • Hearings Examiner 1985 – 1988
• Texas Health Facilities Commission - Austin, Texas; Hearings Examiner, 1983 – 1985.
• Law Offices of Jack W. Ledbetter - Austin, Texas; Associate Attorney, 1982 – 1983.
• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts - Austin, Texas; Staff Attorney, 1979 – 1982.
• Law Offices of Rowland & Keim - Houston, Texas; Law Clerk, 1978 – 1979.
• Texas Department of Health - Austin, Texas; Law Clerk, 1976 – 1978.

Admitted to Practice

• Courts of the State of Texas (1978)
• U. S. District Court, Northern District of Texas (1994)
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas (2014)

Publications and Presentations

Understanding Utility Easements and Rights-of-Way” presentation for Land and Water Law: Ownership and Access seminar, Half Moon Seminars, June 14, 2016, Arlington, Texas.

“Water Well Drilling Laws and Regulations” presentation for Water Laws and Regulations seminar, Half Moon Seminars, June 3, 2015, Austin, Texas.

“New ASTM Standard and All Appropriate Inquiries” presentation to Austin Bar Assn., Environmental Law Section, February 6, 2014.

“EPA’s Plan to Study the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources” article for March 2012 issue of EM Magazine, a publication of the Air & Waste Management Association.

“Understanding Federal and State Rules on Stormwater Management” presentation for Texas Landscape Architects, Half Moon Seminars, August 19, 2011, Austin, Texas.

Guest lecturer on Texas groundwater law at Texas State University in San Marcos, Resource and Environmental Studies class, November 14, 2006.

“Essentials of Texas Water Resources”, State Bar of Texas, Contributing Author, (chapter on Wholesale Water Suppliers), 2009 and 2nd edition (2012), 3rd edition (2014), and 4th edition (2016).

“Case Law Update”, 14th Annual Texas Water Law Conference, sponsored by CLE International, Austin, Texas, September 13-14, 2004.  

“Case Law Update”, 4th Annual Texas Water Law Conference, sponsored by CLE International, Houston, Texas, May 24-25, 2004.  

“Case Law Update”, 13th Annual Texas Water Law Conference, sponsored by CLE International, Austin, Texas, October 2-3, 2003.  

“Water Service and Certificates of Convenience and Necessity – What’s New”, State Bar of Texas seminar on The Changing Face of Water Rights in Texas, February 2002 (co-author). 

“Regionalization of CCNs by Municipalities – Point/Counterpoint”, CLE International seminar on Texas Water Law, October 15-16, 2001 (co-author).

Texas Practice Series on Environmental Law (2nd Ed.), West Publishing Co., 1997, Contributing Author (chapter on Texas Underground Injection Control program).

“The Texas State Superfund Program: Current Developments", 3rd Annual Texas Environmental Superconference, 1991.

“Statutory Amendments to State Superfund", University of Texas School of Law 2nd Annual Hazardous and Solid Waste Management Institute, 1989.

Professional Organizations and Activities

• Austin Bar Association, member: Administrative Law and Environmental Law Sections
• Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas
• Industry Council on the Environment, Regulatory/Legislative Committee Chair
• Central Texas Chapter – Air & Waste Management Association
• Texas Board of Legal Specialization – Administrative Law Advisory Committee, 2007 - 2010

Personal Information and Interests

• Married 23 years to Terri Dickman – no children
• Member of St. Mary’s Cathedral Catholic Church – active in home and hospital visitation and liturgical ministries
• Personal interests: golf; chess; Texas Longhorns sports