Publications
The U.S. Supreme Court Upholds a Corps Issued Clean Water Act 404 Permit in Lieu of a 402 Discharge Permit for Gold Mine Slurry Wastewater
Remanded: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Federal Jurisdiction Over Wetlands with Nexus - But Leaves Questions Unanswered
It All Depends on What the Definition of the Word 'Tributary' Is - Supreme Court Hears Major Environmental Cases
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William A. Wilcox, Jr.
Senior Associate |
Mr. Wilcox practices in the area of environmental law. He has 15 years of government environmental, administrative and procurement law experience. Immediately prior to joining the firm in 2005, Mr. Wilcox was the senior environmental attorney for the U.S. Army’s Base Realignments and Closures program.
As an active duty officer in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps from 1990 until 1995, he served at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland and Fort Bliss, Texas. He was environmental attorney at Fort Bliss from 1995 until 1998. From 1998 through 2001, Mr. Wilcox served as general counsel for the United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico.
A retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, he served on active duty in 2001-2002 following the tragedy of September 11, 2001. Prior to his retirement in 2007, Mr. Wilcox was a member of the 1st Legal Support Organization, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He frequently has contributed articles on military and environmental law matters to professional and academic journals, including the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, the Loyola of Los Angeles International & Comparative Law Journal, and the Villanova Environmental Law Journal. He currently serves on the editorial board of the Eastern Water Law and Policy Reporter.
Federal Bar Association
“Water Quality Problems on the United States-Mexico Border,” Environmental Law on the Border, November 1999, CLE International
“Western Flood Management – A Case Study,” Law of the Rio Grande, March 2000, CLE International
“Western Water Law on the International Border,” Western Water Law, March 2001, CLE International
“Basics of BRAC,” Base Realignment and Closure Workshop, U.S. Army Environmental Law Division (ELD), November 2003
“Legal Review of BRAC – Bonneville Case Study,” Senior Environmental Law Specialists Workshop, ELD, October 2004
“Reviewing BRAC Environmental Documents,” Environmental Sustainment Workshop, ELD, May 2005
“Dealing with Environmental Covenants,” Association of Defense Communities Annual Conference, July 2006
Published BooksThe Modern Military and the Environment: The Laws of Peace and War, Government Institutes, 2007

