Lee Vail is of counsel to the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2010 and practices in the environmental regulatory, Process Safety Management, emergency response, and intellectual property groups. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana and holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering. Prior to joining Kean Miller, Lee served as Manager of Environmental Affairs for a worldwide oil and gas company.
Lee brings more than 30 years of process engineering, project management, process safety management, and environmental regulatory experience in the petroleum refining industry to the representation of industry clients. His expertise includes sophisticated interaction on behalf of industry clients in connection with regulatory compliance and permitting, Process Safety Management (PSM), Risk Management Program (RMP), RAGAGEP, Process Safety Information (PSI), OSHA, EPA, and CSB investigations, release reporting, incident management, and litigation avoidance. Lee also represents clients in connection with pipeline regulatory and safety issues under PHMSA and Louisiana Department of Natural Resources programs, including jurisdictional determinations, registration requirements, compliance and due diligence associated with mergers/acquisitions of pipeline facilities or financing of projects including pipelines.
Lee is also a registered Patent Attorney and is licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
- Environmental Law
- Intellectual Property
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Utilities
- Louisiana
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- Texas
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- United States Patent and Trademark Office
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Partner
- Kean Miller LLP
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- Loyola University New Orleans
- J.D. (2010)
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- Tulane University
- Ph.D. (1990) | Environmental Engineering
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- Louisiana State University - University of New Orleans
- MBA (1987)
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- Tulane University
- M.S. (1983) | Petroleum Engineering
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- Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge
- B.S. (1978) | Chemical Engineering
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- Louisiana State Bar Association
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- State Bar of Texas
- Current
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- 2017 RMP Amendments Now in Effect December 3, 2018
- Louisiana Law Blog
- RMP Reconsidered (Proposal) - What are the Takeaways?
- Louisiana Law Blog
- Consider RMP Reconsidered!
- Louisiana Law Blog
- EPA Administrator Signs Rule Delaying the Effective Date of RMP Rule
- Louisiana Law Blog
- Risk Management Program Rule Delay Decided?
- Louisiana Law Blog
- Common PSM/RMP Problems and Suggested Solutions, Kean Miller Environmental CLE, Houston, TX
- Website
- R. Lee Vail's Website Profile
- Website
- Kean Miller LLP Website
- Blog
- Louisiana Law Blog
- Property Taxpayers – New Legislation Means You Should Check Your Proposed Assessments Before the Deadline!
August 9, 2022 - Construction Contractors Beware: Modifications Made to Certain Time Periods Under the Louisiana Public Works Act in the 2022 Legislative Session
July 29, 2022 - New Allen Toussaint Legacy Act Creates a Right of Publicity in Louisiana
June 28, 2022
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