Thompson and Knight Attorney to Present at National Conferences

Released on = April 20, 2007, 12:56 pm

Press Release Author = Thompson & Knight

Industry = Law

Press Release Summary = Thompson & Knight Environmental Law Partner Scott D.
Deatherage is a featured speaker at two upcoming national events.

Press Release Body = Dallas (April 20, 2007) - Thompson & Knight Environmental Law
Partner Scott D. Deatherage is a featured speaker at two upcoming national events.
Mr. Deatherage will present "Environmental, Safety & Climate Change Issues Raise New
Challenges for Directors and Officers: Will D&O Insurance Cover Any Lawsuits
Concerning These Issues?" on May 16, 2007, at the 3rd Annual Directors & Officers
Insurance ExecuSummit in New York City. The next day he will be in Las Vegas,
Nevada, for the Wells Fargo CFO Roundtable where he and Deloitte Senior Manager
Kathryn Pavlovsky will discuss the "Newest Disclosure & Accounting Requirements for
Environmental Liabilities Under FIN #47 / Sarbanes-Oxley."

"Both events will help companies who are facing many new environmental issues in
today\'s regulatory marketplace," says Mr. Deatherage. "Climate change concerns and
new accounting standards can be hard to navigate. Over the last six months there
has been a sea change in terms of the challenges facing companies from the TXU
transaction to the U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that the EPA has the
authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. In this new
era of the impact of environmental pressures on companies, I hope to provide
attendees with a better grasp on how to effectively deal with these important issues
and challenges."

Mr. Deatherage focuses his practice on permitting, compliance, administrative law,
and judicial litigation in environmental matters. In the area of environmental
management and corporate governance, he has counseled companies on reporting
protocols to boards of directors, development or review and revision of
environmental management systems, compliance audits, and developing operating
procedures and policies to address environmental issues.

In particular, he focuses on environmental financial disclosure issues. For the
last several years, he has served as the Vice Chair for Newsletters for the Special
Committee on Environmental Disclosure of the American Bar Association.

Mr. Deatherage authors two blogs relating to the environment. On his blog \"Law and
the Environment,\" http://lawandenvironment.typepad.com/, he publishes articles,
commentary, and analysis of the ever-evolving legal, policy, and practical
developments in environmental law, management, corporate governance, and financial
disclosure. This blog also discusses how affected corporations as well as their
management and directors are evolving to survive and prosper in this dynamic
regulatory environment. His other blog is entitled "The New Carbon Cycle,"
http://lawandenvironment.typepad.com/newcarboncycle/. Here he offers news and
analysis of the rapidly evolving law and policy surrounding carbon trading and
markets, climate change, and renewable energy.

For more information on the 3rd Annual Directors & Officers Insurance ExecuSummit,
please contact ExecuSummit, LLC at 800.905.9357 or registration@execusummit.com; and
for more information on the Wells Fargo CFO Roundtable, please contact Tina McIntyre
at tina_mcintyre@wellsfargois.com.

About Thompson & Knight
Since 1887, Thompson & Knight LLP has consistently made a positive impact on its
clients' successes. With its practice focused on the energy industry, the Firm has
extensive resources in litigation, tax, insolvency, and international energy
matters. The Firm has approximately 420 attorneys and offices and alliances in
Algiers, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, London, Mexico City, Monterrey, New
York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, and Vitria. Thompson & Knight represents companies,
government entities, and individuals in local, regional, and national markets
around the world.



Web Site = http://www.tklaw.com

Contact Details = 1700 Pacific Ave., Suite 3300
Dallas, TX 75201
214.969.1478
becky.jackson@tklaw.com

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