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 (BRAC) 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 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 currently serves on the editorial board of the Eastern Water Law and Policy Reporter.

Education

LL.M., University of Kent, 2000

J.D., University of Wyoming College of Law, 1990
Articles Editor, Law Review

M.A., University of Illinois at Springfield, 1984

B.A., Knox College, 1983

Admissions

District of Columbia, State of Wyoming

Affiliations

Federal Bar Association

Presentations

“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 Books

The Modern Military and the Environment: The Laws of Peace and War, Government Institutes, 2007

Firm Publications

Real Estate Newsletter (9th Edition), Fall 2005

External Publications

Remanded: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Federal Jurisdiction Over Wetlands with Nexus - But Leaves Questions Unanswered, Eastern Water L. & Poly Rep., 223, Co-Authored by Donald A. Carr, Aug./Sept. 2006

It All Depends on What the Definition of the Word ‘Tributary’ Is – Supreme Court Hears Major Environmental Cases, Envtl. Liability, Enforcement & Penalties Rep., 147, Co-Authored by Donald A. Carr, April 2006

Asset Purchases and Corporate Successor Liability, Envtl. Liability, Enforcement & Penalties Rep., 59, January 2006

California and Other States Grapple with Land Use Covenants on Federal Property, Envtl. Liability, Enforcement & Penalties Rep., 315, October 2005

Security Reviews of Media Reports on Military Operations: A Response to Professor Lee, 26 Harvard J. L. and Pub. Pol’y 355, 2003

Special Issues in Environmental Law Involving Federal Agencies, 14 Villanova Envt. L. J. 39, 2003

“Nonpoint Source” Pollution Regulation in International Streams: The United States-Mexico Border, W. Water L. & Pol’y Rep. 273, August 2002

Access to Environmental Information in the United States and the United Kingdom, 23 Loy L.A. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 121, 2001

Western Flood Management in the 21st Century: A Tightrope Between Competing Values, W. Water L. & Pol’y Rep. 153, April 2000

Solving Water Quality Problems on the United States-Mexico Border, W. Water L. & Pol’y Rep. 137, April 1999

Environmental Planning at Federal Facilities, The Army Lawyer 16, September 1998

The Engle Act and Military Land Withdrawals: A Blueprint for Inter-Agency Cooperation, 32 Land & Water L. Rev. 461 , Co-Authored by Andrew Vliet, 1997

Maintaining Federal Water Rights in the Western United States, The Army Lawyer 3, Co-Authored by Captain David Stanton, October 1996

Media Coverage of Military Operations: Oplaw Meets the First Amendment, The Army Lawyer 42, May 1995

The Changing Face of Sovereign Immunity in Environmental Enforcement Actions, The Army Lawyer 3, August 1993

Environmental Protection in Combat, 17 S. Ill. L. J. 299, 1993

Consumer Law Note, Assisting Victims of “Fly-by-Night” Auto Leasing Agencies, The Army Lawyer 42, October 1991

Note, Will Jurisdiction Attach in Citizen Suits Against Wholly Past Permit Violators Under Section 505 of the Clean Water Act?, 24 Land & Water L. Rev. 153 , 1989