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B. Luke Ledbetter
Associate
Environmental
1500 San Jacinto Center
98 San Jacinto Boulevard
Austin, Texas 78701-4078
United States of America
Phone: 512.322.2537
Fax: 512.322.3603
Education and Honors
Master of Laws, Cambridge University, 2006

J.D. (summa cum laude ), The University of Texas, 2006
Vice-Chancellor
Order of the Coif
Texas Law Review
Dean’s Scholarship
Dean’s Achievement Awards for the highest grade in Criminal Law, Evidence, and Professional Responsibility

B.A., Plan II Honors, The University of Texas, 2003
Distinguished College Scholar

Admissions and Affiliations

State Bar of Texas

United States District Court for the Western District of Texas

Federal Aviation Administration, Licensed Private Pilot
Practice Areas

Concentration

General environmental, regulatory and government relations matters 

Summary

Luke Ledbetter advises clients on a variety of environmental matters in the areas of air, water, waste and remediation. He also uses his political experience to provide government relations counsel to clients in a number of industries.

Prior to joining the Firm he served as a law clerk to the Honorable James R. Nowlin of the United States District Court of the Western District of Texas and as an interim law clerk to the Honorable Lee Yeakel of the United States District Court of the Western District of Texas. While at the court, he drafted orders and opinions, analyzed motions and petitions, prepared legal memoranda, performed legal research and attended and participated in trials and hearings.

During law school, Luke served as an intern to the Honorable Thomas R. Phillips, then Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court and as a legal clerk to State Senator Mike Jackson.

Prior to law school, Luke worked for Public Strategies, Inc., where he developed experience in crafting campaigns and framing public issues. In 2002 Luke served as an intern in the Office of the Senior Advisor to the President in The White House.

Publications, Speeches and Presentations

  • "The Lobbyist," The Houston Lawyer, September/October 2009 (co-author, James Grace)
  • "Consumer Deductibles: How to Distribute More Equitably the Risks of Medical Malpractice and Compensate Victims Adequately without Statutory Damage Caps," Appalachian Journal of Law, Summer 2006 and Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, Winter 2006